DOUGLAS MCCARRON
Bettendorf,IA
Summary
Professional production manager with strong focus on team collaboration and achieving results. Skilled in overseeing production processes, optimizing workflows, and ensuring quality standards. Reliable and adaptable, effectively managing resources and fostering productive work environment. Expertise in safety protocols, inventory management, and process improvement.
Overview
37
37
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Supervisor
Arconic
06.2024 - 01.2025
- Scheduled maintenance for equipment to minimize downtime and maintain operational flow.
- Support efficient production work flow and ensure all health, safety protocols and company policies.
- Train, guide and communicate with a team of 25 production staff member's to assign and schedule personnel, monitor progress and coordinate strategies.
- Oversee daily quality control checks throughout all stages of production to ensure compliance and customer expectations.
- Facilitated team discussions for identifying and resolving production bottlenecks.
- Conducted safety audits for identifying potential hazards and implementing corrective actions.
- Motivate staff with regular feedback to improve performance and productivity.
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Simmons Foods
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Supervise eight technicians who are responsible for enforcing daily checks to meet product quality standard
- Review Production Batch Records and other manufacturing-related documents to verify compliance and record keeping for all mandated manufacturing processes, quality checks, testing, and sampling
- Audit quality control of raw materials, packaging components, labels, and finished products to ensure compliance with established specifications and regulatory standards
- Assist in coordination of testing results involving finished products, raw materials, and packing components and the appropriate release and hold programs associated with these materials
- Oversee the 'On Hold' product program, including the status, release, and destruction of 'Rejected' products
- Manage daily timecards, approval of vacation, hiring and terminating technicians
Scheduler/Planner
Ancient Brands Milling
03.2022 - 12.2023
- In collaboration with Customer Service, plant Operations, Purchasing coordinated customers' orders and coordination of all contract manufacturing documentation and inventories
- Receiving sales orders from customer service and schedules and completes entry into the fishbowl system
- Negotiates with Customer Service shipping dates when required to achieve customer satisfaction and to maximize operations schedule efficiency and compliance to required protocol
- Coordinates all contract manufacturing documentation, inventories, and schedules
- Works with contract manufacturing contacts on inventory control
- Scheduling and shipments of finished goods
- Acts as a liaison between contract manufacturing contracts and Ancient Brands Milling for all necessary communications and activities
Scheduler/Planner
Allied Blending
12.2017 - 03.2022
- Responsible for collaborating with Customer Service, plant Operations, Purchasing in coordination of customers' orders and coordination of all contract manufacturing documentation and inventories
- Receiving sales orders from customer service and schedules and competes entry into MRP system
- Negotiates with Customer Service shipping dates when required to achieve customer satisfaction and to maximize operations schedule efficiency and compliance to required protocol
- Oversees shipping and receiving dock schedules to maximize utilization of personnel resources and dock times
- Works with purchasing and customer service as needed to accommodate inbound and outbound demand
- Coordinates all contract manufacturing documentation, inventories, and schedules
- Works with contract manufacturing contacts on inventory control
- Scheduling and shipments of finished goods
- Acts as a liaison between contract manufacturing contracts and Allied Blending LP for all necessary communications and activities
Production/Quality Technician
Allied Blending
11.2014 - 12.2017
- Responsible for collecting and inspecting all incoming raw materials
- Inspect Certificates of Analyses for material to ensure quality
- Run moisture and granular test on all raw ingredients
- Prepare sample blends for current and potential customers
- Trained on rapid methos microbiology unity
- Monitored new ingredient trials in the plant
Assistant Plant Manager
Allied Blending
07.2013 - 11.2014
- Responsible for scheduling all orders through the plant
- Take part in interviewing and the discipline of hourly employees
- Must ensure that the overall man hours for the plant are managed at an appropriate level
- Troubleshoot all aspects of the production process to ensure a quality product
- Increase production daily for maximum output
- Assist, coordinate, and direct staff members in the absence of the Plant Manager
- Manage all production data, update spreadsheets, and generate required reports on a timely basis
Lab Technician
Allied Blending
05.2011 - 07.2013
- Responsible for collecting and inspecting all incoming raw materials
- Inspect Certificates of Analyses for material to ensure quality
- Run moisture and granular test on all raw ingredients
- Prepare sample blends for current and potential customers
- Trained on rapid method microbiology unit
- Monitored new ingredient trials in the plant
Production Supervisor
Case New Holland (CHN)
01.2010 - 05.2011
- Ensure material, equipment, personnel, and documents are available to schedule work assignments and maintain flow of products through departments
- Supervise employees and ensure adequate employee training, review product quality, improves methods and productivity and maintain a safe work environment
- Perform quarterly reviews for each of my employees
Quality Control Manager
Bagcraft Paperson
03.2005 - 01.2010
- Responsible for writing and administrating all quality control audits, checking all C of A's of incoming raw material and supervising all new products from start to finish throughout the entire plant
- I work with numerous sales representatives to keep their product at the best quality possible
- When a product is returned, it is my job to contact the customer and discuss what can be done to correct the issue at hand
- I have implemented meetings with employees to improve quality on various steps throughout the plant
- During my employment at Bagcraft Paperson, I was responsible for the annual audit by Cook and Thurber in which we have received scores of 97.5 to 99.7 out of ten
- I also monitor all the GMP and HACCO throughout the entire plant
Quality Control Technician
Metso Minerals
07.1992 - 03.2005
- Responsible for doing quality audits on the first part produced
- Do daily audits on all parts produced and record all data
- Run daily destructive test and record all results
- I make the decisions regarding whether the product meets quality standards
- I use micrometers, calipers, and many types of measuring instruments
- Blueprint reading is an ongoing daily requirement
- I inspect returns for defects and determine what actions to proceed with
Production Supervisor
Mesto Minerals
07.1988 - 07.1992
- Supervise production in the Mill Room and Machine Shop
- Ensure material, equipment, personnel, and documents are available to schedule work assignments and maintain flow of products through departments
- Supervise employees and ensure adequate employee training, review product quality, improves methods and productivity, and maintain a safe work environment
Education
BACHELOR OF ARTS - Industry with an Emphasis on production and machine tools
UNIVERSTY OF NORTHERN IOWA
12.1986
MACHINIST CERTIFICATE - Completion of the curriculum required fabrication of several projects that demanded machining to close tolerances, The projects gave me over 1200 hours experience on the following machines: engine lathe, turret lathe, shaper, drill press, horizontal saw, and vertical saw. CNC programming was required on some of the machines.
MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
07.1982
Skills
- Microsoft Excel
- PowerPoint
- Outlook
- Production targets
- Continuous improvement
- Production management
- Training and mentoring
- Health and safety compliance
- Staff management
- Schedule management
- Assembly and production
- Production planning
- Process improvement
Timeline
Production Supervisor
Arconic
06.2024 - 01.2025
Quality Assurance Supervisor
Simmons Foods
01.2024 - 05.2024
Scheduler/Planner
Ancient Brands Milling
03.2022 - 12.2023
Scheduler/Planner
Allied Blending
12.2017 - 03.2022
Production/Quality Technician
Allied Blending
11.2014 - 12.2017
Assistant Plant Manager
Allied Blending
07.2013 - 11.2014
Lab Technician
Allied Blending
05.2011 - 07.2013
Production Supervisor
Case New Holland (CHN)
01.2010 - 05.2011
Quality Control Manager
Bagcraft Paperson
03.2005 - 01.2010
Quality Control Technician
Metso Minerals
07.1992 - 03.2005
Production Supervisor
Mesto Minerals
07.1988 - 07.1992
MACHINIST CERTIFICATE - Completion of the curriculum required fabrication of several projects that demanded machining to close tolerances, The projects gave me over 1200 hours experience on the following machines: engine lathe, turret lathe, shaper, drill press, horizontal saw, and vertical saw. CNC programming was required on some of the machines.
MARSHALLTOWN COMMUNITY COLLEGE
BACHELOR OF ARTS - Industry with an Emphasis on production and machine tools
UNIVERSTY OF NORTHERN IOWA
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