Gregory Loyless
Dallas
Summary
Accomplished machine operator with a strong background in aluminum extrusions and fabrication processes. Demonstrates advanced skills in operating CNC mills and a variety of machinery, including Haas and Mazak models. Focused on delivering high-quality results while maintaining a customer-centric approach and fostering employee engagement. Proven ability to manage time effectively and contribute to organizational goals through strategic problem-solving.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Shear Machine Operator(temp)
ResourceMFG
02.2024 - Current
- Set up power shear machine, achieving precise cuts on steel sheets and bars.
- Positioned materials accurately with guides and stops, ensuring quality control throughout operation.
- Performed routine maintenance tasks while strictly following safety procedures.
- Built pallets and various wooden structures to enhance daily production efficiency.
Lead Cook
Hickory House
07.2010 - Current
- Oversaw food handling and preparation throughout a kitchen.
- Monitored and evaluated staff and coordinated break schedules.
- Stocked and maintained all food stations, ensuring hygienic workspaces.
- Grill Master
- Completed all custodial duties when needed
- Worked the cash register and completed online orders
- Controlled and organized catering operations and delivered food to customers
- Communicated with customers to resolve complaints or ensured satisfaction
Machine Operator(temp)
Grid
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Operated and maintained lathe and milling machines for precision production.
- Reviewed blueprints and samples to ensure accurate manufacturing specifications.
- Took precise measurements for optimal cutting and shaping outcomes.
- Selected appropriate machines and settings based on project requirements.
Machine Operator/Assembler(temp)
Staff Sense-Morrison Products
09.2020 - 04.2021
- Operated machinery to fabricate blower parts, ensuring adherence to customer specifications.
- Managed assembly and packing operations for blower components efficiently.
- Performed visual inspections of parts for defects; communicated issues to supervision promptly.
- Recorded production activities and time entries using shop floor terminals effectively.
- Updated MP 245 tags on all produced items as needed.
- Maintained organized work conditions while following safety rules rigorously.
- Documented production counts, scrap levels, and indirect labor diligently.
- Followed inspection procedures according to quality assurance forms.
Fork Lift Operator(temp)
Randstad Staffing Service
03.2020 - 09.2020
- Executed forklift and hand truck operations for optimal materials management.
- Monitored inventory accuracy using wireless RF scanning technology.
- Completed cycle counts as needed to support stock integrity.
- Wrapped, picked, and staged shipments adhering to company service standards.
- Conducted inspections and upkeep of forklifts and material handling tools.
- Recognized workplace safety hazards and communicated them effectively.
- Streamlined operations by consolidating partial pallets of incoming merchandise.
Fabricator(temp)
Professional Plastics
09.2019 - 02.2020
- Implemented basic fabrication methods encompassing cutting, routing, bending, drilling, gluing, and polishing.
- Applied thermal fabrication techniques such as thermoforming, blow molding, drape forming, welding, and annealing.
- Utilized advanced fabrication skills in precision machining, laser-cutting, stamping, and die cutting.
- Supervised extrusion of profiles and injection-molding processes for plastic and metal parts.
- Monitored machine functions to execute necessary modifications for improved output quality.
- Documented all machine operations by completing production and quality records.
- Resolved logistics issues encountered throughout part manufacturing processes.
- Verified that machining outcomes adhered to client requirements and standards.
CNC Machine Operator A
Alexandria Extrusion South
10.2016 - 09.2019
- Setup and G and M Code Programmer Capabilities
- Translate engineering drawings and requirements into dimensions for production.
- Ensures that the CNC, lathe and mill machine operates in accordance with the guidelines of the company and check machinery on a daily basis to guarantee functionality.
- Oversee the machines while they execute the tasks and make the necessary changes to produce improved results.
- Record all machine actions by completing production and quality logs.
- Communicate logistics issues that arise in the process of creating a part.
- Ensure that results of machining process align with client expectations.
- Conduct regular CNC, lathe and mill machine assessments.
- Oversaw the QRM Implementation Team
- Operate Shipping and Receiving Department and provide timelines to clients for an order
- Fabrication/Notching and swedging to complex multi-stage punching and precision cutting experience
- Precision stretch forming and bending of low/high carbon steels, alloy steels, stainless steels, aluminum, brass/bronzes, gray/ ductile irons experience
- Operate the metal saw and robbi and trained over 10 people
Lead Cook
Big Ray's BBQ
12.2016 - 09.2017
- Oversaw food handling and preparation throughout a kitchen.
- Monitored and evaluated staff and coordinated break schedules.
- Stocked and maintained all food stations, ensuring hygienic workspaces.
- Grill Master
- Completed all custodial duties when needed
- Worked the cash register and completed online orders
- Controlled and organized catering operations and delivered food to customers
- Communicated with customers to resolve complaints or ensured satisfaction
Slitter Machine Operator
Diab Inc
01.2016 - 10.2016
- Installed and aligned knives, disk cutters or fixtures to shear, bevel, or trim fabricated items.
- Tested and adjusted cutting speed and action, according to specified length of product, using gauges and hand tools.
- Started machine, adjusted blade and controls, using wrenches, rule, gauge, or template, and monitored operation.
- Selected, cleaned, and installed spacers, rubber sleeves, and cutter on arbors.
- Lubricated and cleaned machine.
- Lifted workpiece manually or by hoist, and positioned and secured against guides and stops.
- Laid out cutting lines on metal stock to obtain maximum number of pieces from stock.
- Measured dimensions of workpiece, using tape, gauge, template, or rule and square, for conformance to specifications.
- Honed cutters with oilstone to remove nicks.
- Observed machine operation and examined cut strips for flatness, holes, burrs, and surface defects.
- Threaded end of metal coil from reel through slitter and secured ends on recoiler.
Education
GED -
Kimball High School
Skills
- CNC technology
- Plastic molding processes
- Welding methods
- English language proficiency
- Quality inspection techniques
- Assembly line skills
- Mathematical skills
- Manufacturing operations knowledge
- Press brake machinery operation
- Forklift driving skills
- Micrometer tools usage
- CNC lathe machining skills
- Caliper tools application
- Blueprint reading skills
- GD&T principles understanding
- Sheet metal processing
Certification
Forklift | Combi/CB Lift Komatsu-| Forklift | Combi/CB Lift Komatsu-|
Additional Information
Forklift | Combi/CB Lift Komatsu-|
Timeline
Shear Machine Operator(temp)
ResourceMFG
02.2024 - Current
Machine Operator(temp)
Grid
06.2022 - 12.2022
Machine Operator/Assembler(temp)
Staff Sense-Morrison Products
09.2020 - 04.2021
Fork Lift Operator(temp)
Randstad Staffing Service
03.2020 - 09.2020
Fabricator(temp)
Professional Plastics
09.2019 - 02.2020
Lead Cook
Big Ray's BBQ
12.2016 - 09.2017
CNC Machine Operator A
Alexandria Extrusion South
10.2016 - 09.2019
Slitter Machine Operator
Diab Inc
01.2016 - 10.2016
Lead Cook
Hickory House
07.2010 - Current
GED -
Kimball High School
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