Juan Castanuela
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Hard-working professional with 20+ years of experience and a proven knowledge of production lead time and warehouse operations. Focused on being productive and safety-minded at all times.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Production Associate
Tesla
04.2024 - Current
- Inspect Cybertruck stators coming out of assembly line.
- Separate the defected stators and send back to get reworked.
- Inspected final products to assess compliance with quality standards.
- Escalate technical and process issues to the appropriate support groups and leaders.
- Evaluate the assembly processes and equipment to look for continuous improvement opportunities.
- Used equipment properly to avoid workplace hazards or injuries.
Quality Inspector
Tesla
03.2023 - 04.2024
- Performed frequent visual inspections to root out tolerance and compliance issues.
- Reworked defected products and materials not conforming with specifications, reducing the risk of customer dissatisfaction or returns.
- Analyze and disposition component and product defects on the Tesla models as a member of the Material Review Board.
- Collaborated with manufacturing team to ensure consistent quality standards across all products.
- Comprehend current production quality trends based off occurrences in the line.
- Maintained a flexible approach to work assignments, willingly cross-training in other areas to support changing production needs.
Offline Repair
Navistar Manufacturing
01.2021 - 03.2023
- Performing routine inspections on products, processes, materials to assure work output meets specifications of shop floor paperwork
- Assembling and installing parts using hand tools, air/power tools.
- Fitting, bolting or otherwise connecting components and equipment according to work instructions and specifications.
- Attending to equipment and ensuring proper operation. Participate in the implementation of Total Productive Maintenance.
- Loading raw materials into production processes and removing output from machines or fixtures.
- Conducted diagnostic procedures to determine root cause of mechanical issues and provide accurate repair recommendations.
Quality Inspector
TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING
10.2009 - 12.2022
- Inspect vehicles or equipment to ensure compliance with rules, standards, or regulations.
- Test drove vehicles following repair work to check for any remaining issues.
- Conducted in-depth inspections of vehicles to identify damage, missing parts and mechanical issues.
- Prepared reports on vehicles' condition after inspection and submitted to supervisor.
- Identified improperly repaired items and addressed with supervisor to resolve.
- Address reported equipment failures or violations regarding vehicle operations, investigated accidents and drafted detailed reports.
Team Leader
FIESTA WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION
01.2005 - 10.2009
- As a Team Leader I had to supervise employees in shipping and receiving, as well as operate forklifts.
- Complete production reports to communicate team production level to management.
- Operate machinery and heavy equipment, such as forklifts.
- Perform quality checks on products and parts.
- Supervise assemblers and train employees on job procedures.
- Read production and delivery schedules, and confer with supervisors, to determine sorting and transfer procedures, arrangement of packages on pallets, and destinations of loaded pallets
- Thread strapping through strapping tools; then secure battens with strapping to form protective pallets around extrusions
- Operate consoles to control automatic palletizing equipment.
- Examine freight to determine loading sequences.
- Check specifications of materials loaded or unloaded against information contained in work orders.
Forklift Operator
NEWS GROUP
01.2004 - 01.2005
- Load, unload, or adjust materials or products on conveyors by hand, by using lifts, hoists, and scoops, or by opening gates, chutes, or hoppers
- Distribute materials, supplies, and equipment to work stations, using lifts and trucks.
- Package finished products and prepare them for shipment.
- Used strapping and bracing techniques combined with proper balancing to prevent load shifting.
- Updated daily logs with production data such as weights, destinations and delivery times to keep management current on team activities.
- Received cargo by lifting and moving it using hand trucks and pallet jacks.
Material Handler
UNITED FASHIONS OF TEXAS
02.2002 - 01.2004
- Read production orders, work orders, shipping orders and requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered or distributed.
- Packed items into appropriate containers for shipment.
- Attached identifying tags to containers to mark with identifying shipping information.
- Received and unpacked shipments and new equipment as directed.
- Performed cycle counts and inventory control to accurately track product levels.
- Fastened receipts, packing slips and bills of lading, to shipments leaving facility.
Education
High School Diploma -
EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL
San Antonio, TXSkills
- Spanish Speaking
- Forklift Experience
- Production Line
- Assembly Line
- Manufacturing Experience
- Machine Operation
- Quality Control
Timeline
Production Associate
Tesla
04.2024 - Current
Quality Inspector
Tesla
03.2023 - 04.2024
Offline Repair
Navistar Manufacturing
01.2021 - 03.2023
Quality Inspector
TOYOTA MOTOR MANUFACTURING
10.2009 - 12.2022
Team Leader
FIESTA WAREHOUSING AND DISTRIBUTION
01.2005 - 10.2009
Forklift Operator
NEWS GROUP
01.2004 - 01.2005
Material Handler
UNITED FASHIONS OF TEXAS
02.2002 - 01.2004
High School Diploma -
EDGEWOOD HIGH SCHOOL