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Gavin Neel

Houston

Summary

Skilled manufacturing associate with 5+ years of manufacturing and production related experience relating to operating, maintaining and troubleshooting machinery and its components as well as 3+ years of furnace and robotics experience

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Furnace Operator

JSW Steel
09.2024 - 02.2025
  • Operates furnaces and maintains / monitors air, fuel and temperature at all times
  • Heats metal slabs within the furnaces to the specified temperature
  • Controls and monitors the emissions that are produced within state / EPA standards and regulations
  • Conducts daily inspections of furnaces and their components
  • Performs routine and preventative maintenance on the furnaces and furnace equipment

Furnace Operator / Machine Operator

VOELSTAPINE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS
07.2023 - 07.2024
  • Monitors and troubleshoot robots, furnace and press for smooth operation
  • Makes parameter adjustments as needed due to stoppages, faults and quality related issues
  • Performs machine set-up, tooling changeovers and die change overs
  • Programs robots and machinery components to ensure accurate and good production results
  • Works with and addresses issues to maintenance concerning malfunctioning production equipment and machinery

Manufacturing Technician

Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc
04.2022 - 05.2023
  • Operates an A.T.O.M tire building machine
  • Loads a variety of material on and or inside the machine to produce tires
  • Troubleshoots machine for errors, faults and minor electronic and electro-mechanical issues
  • Conducts daily and hourly quality checks on tires being produced as well as the material used in the manufacturing process

Furnace Operator / Machine Operator

VOELSTAPINE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS
09.2020 - 03.2022
  • Monitors and troubleshoot robots, furnace and press for smooth operation
  • Makes parameter adjustments as needed due to stoppages, faults and quality related issues
  • Performs machine set-up, tooling changeovers and die change overs
  • Programs robots and machinery components to ensure accurate and good production results
  • Works with and addresses issues to maintenance concerning malfunctioning production equipment and machinery

Material Handler(Temp to Hire)

Paragon MFG Solutions LLC
06.2020 - 09.2020
  • Loads raw materials into machine and unloads finished product to keep manufacturing process running smoothly
  • Operates production line equipment and conveyors
  • Inspects product to ensure it meets quality standards
  • Packs finished product and prepares it for shipping

Quality Assurance Team Lead

Personnel Staffing
12.2019 - 03.2020
  • Trains and supervises quality assurance staff
    Develops procedures for proper inspection, identification and documentation of defects
  • Provides assistance with investigating and correcting issues through customer feedback
  • Analyzes data to identify trends in product quality or defects with the goal of mitigating and preventing recurring and future defects
  • Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing data

Quality Assurance Technician

Personnel Staffing
08.2019 - 12.2019
  • Reads work-instructions, plans and specifications to understand the process of quality assurance
  • Inspects material to ensure that its met quality standards and regulations
  • Identifies and separates defective or suspect material
  • Documents inspection results by completing reports and logs
  • Certifies and labels material after the inspection process and prepares material for shipping

Education

High School Diploma -

Texas Virtual Academy
Houston, TX / Cartersville, GA
12.2018

Skills

  • Manufacturing
  • Machine & Production Line Operation
  • Furnace Operation
  • Crane Operation
  • Robot Teaching & Programming
  • Electro-Mechanical & Software Troubleshooting
  • Hydraulics & Pneumatics
  • Mechanical Maintenance
  • Preventative Maintenance
  • Quality Control & Quality Assurance
  • Quality Testing
  • SAP

Timeline

Furnace Operator

JSW Steel
09.2024 - 02.2025

Furnace Operator / Machine Operator

VOELSTAPINE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS
07.2023 - 07.2024

Manufacturing Technician

Toyo Tire North America Manufacturing Inc
04.2022 - 05.2023

Furnace Operator / Machine Operator

VOELSTAPINE AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS
09.2020 - 03.2022

Material Handler(Temp to Hire)

Paragon MFG Solutions LLC
06.2020 - 09.2020

Quality Assurance Team Lead

Personnel Staffing
12.2019 - 03.2020

Quality Assurance Technician

Personnel Staffing
08.2019 - 12.2019

High School Diploma -

Texas Virtual Academy

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