Emily Simmons
Roscoe,TX
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Technician
Hard Head Veterans
Sweetwater, TX
08.2025 - Current
- Operates and maintains tools and equipment to ensure optimal performance and efficiency.
- Collaborates with team members to streamline workflow and enhance production processes.
- Conducts quality checks on finished products to uphold industry standards and specifications.
Sales Associate
Dollar General
Roscoe, TX
04.2025 - 08.2025
- Enthusiastically provided exceptional customer service, enhancing overall shopping experience for customers.
- Developed strong product knowledge, guiding customers to informed purchasing decisions.
- Kept shelves organized and stocked, maintaining an aesthetically pleasing shopping experience.
Chemist
Eljen Technology
Sweetwater, TX
04.2023 - 08.2025
- Assisted laboratory technicians and other chemists with laboratory duties following specific protocols.
- Maintained a clean, safe laboratory environment.
- Assisted in research on new methods within the laboratory.
Rural Carrier Associate
US Post Office
Sweetwater, TX
10.2014 - 04.2023
- Cased and delivered mail to residences and businesses in a safe and timely manner.
- Worked independently to ensure that mail is delivered accurately and intact.
- Exhibited safe driving habits and maintained vehicle to ensure the safety of the mail, myself, and residents of Sweetwater.
- Established and cultivated good rapport with postal customers to uphold trust in the postal service and the integrity of the mail.
- Worked outdoors in all types of weather conditions while keeping a positive attitude.
Environmental Field Technician
City of Lubbock-Solid Waste Department (Landfill)
Lubbock, TX
06.2013 - 12.2013
- Monitored landfill flare operations, gases, and leachate to ensure environmental compliance.
- Assisted in groundwater and leachate sampling, maintaining sample integrity and quality.
- Inspected, calibrated, and maintained equipment to assure it was always in excellent working order.
- Responsible for the safe driving and upkeep of City vehicles.
- Kept a daily logbook of activities and updated records monthly.
- Accountable for making prudent purchasing decisions based on reasonable judgment and cost analysis.
- Eagerly learned and adapted in an ever-changing environment.
- Able to persevere through physically and mentally strenuous situations.
- Worked well with others and independently.
Laboratory Technician
Lubbock Water Reclamation Plant
Lubbock, TX
07.2012 - 06.2013
- Independently performed various laboratory analyses on wastewater and solid waste.
- Carefully and efficiently followed established procedures, with special attention to specific quality control guidelines.
- Analyzed and reported reliable, defendable data that could be trusted.
- Participated in the training of new employees.
- Executed and documented routine equipment maintenance and troubleshooting.
Chemist
Trace Analysis, Inc.
Lubbock, TX
01.2007 - 07.2012
- Analyzed and reported data using various established and approved chemical methods.
- Proficiently managed and trouble-shot laboratory equipment, including ion and gas chromatography machines and software, pH and conductivity meters, centrifuges, ovens, titration devices, and many other types of wet and organic chemistry laboratory devices.
- Assisted in the maintenance of inventory and MSDS databases.
- Participated in the disposal of chemical waste and samples.
- Responsible for the thorough training of competent new employees.
- Well-rounded in all types of preparatory work throughout the laboratory, boosting the overall production and sample turn-around times for the company.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX01.2006
Timeline
Production Technician
Hard Head Veterans
08.2025 - Current
Sales Associate
Dollar General
04.2025 - 08.2025
Chemist
Eljen Technology
04.2023 - 08.2025
Rural Carrier Associate
US Post Office
10.2014 - 04.2023
Environmental Field Technician
City of Lubbock-Solid Waste Department (Landfill)
06.2013 - 12.2013
Laboratory Technician
Lubbock Water Reclamation Plant
07.2012 - 06.2013
Chemist
Trace Analysis, Inc.
01.2007 - 07.2012
Bachelor of Science - Biology
Texas Tech University