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Heather Pate

Summary

Resourceful Production Associate with experience in overseeing manufacturing processes, ensuring high-quality output and maintaining workplace safety. Strengths include strong problem-solving abilities, exceptional organizational skills and thorough understanding of production procedures. Previous work includes successfully improving operational efficiency, streamlining production lines and reducing downtime.

Work History

Production Associate 3-CI

  • Facilitated change in culture, attitude, and capability through active engagement as a change agent.
  • Organize / facilitate Kaizen Event-based and specific tool training for all monthly Kaizen Event teams.
  • Support best practice thinking and read across within the site to ensure information is shared and reapplied efficiently to accelerate results.
  • Demonstrated strong analytical skills to identify and resolve issues.
  • Ensures overall quality of work produced by performing quality audits and engaging in problem solving activities to resolve issues of concern.
  • Application of hardware to units with the appropriate tooling.
  • Participated in cross-rotation with operators to enhance collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team.
  • Assisted in cross-training initiatives, contributing to skill development and flexibility among team members.

QC Technician

  • Conduct daily spot checking on all critical processes in main areas of responsibilities.
  • Interface (i.e. train, spot checking) with operator in proper use gages, understanding all Quality System requirements, (1st Piece, Control Plans, Gaging, Product Identification, etc.)
  • Implemented internal corrective actions for quality issues and assisted in documenting process and product flow charts.
  • Collected, categorized, analyzed, and reported defects data, contributing to reduction of remakes and scrap.
  • Assist other employees in department with inspections functions.
  • Communicate all supplier problems.
  • Provided vendor-related information (DMR) and product support issues to Quality Manager for timely resolution.
  • Assist with New Employee Training Program.
  • Supported training personnel during onboarding sessions.

Lead Production Associate 1

  • Lead by example in safety, quality, housekeeping, attendance, and productivity.
  • Coordinated daily workflow to align materials, equipment, and staffing with production needs.
  • Communicate daily priorities, quality alerts, safety reminders, and production changes to team members.
  • Monitored production output to support achievement of quality and efficiency targets.
  • Assign employees to tasks in the absence of the Supervisor, consistent with established procedures and direction.
  • Coordinate and document job rotation schedules to support safety, quality, and skill development.
  • Supported on-the-job training for production employees, reinforcing adherence to standard work.
  • Identify quality, safety, and process issues and escalate concerns promptly to supervision.
  • Participated in safety incident investigations and root cause analysis.
  • Support resolution of quality or process issues and follow-up corrective actions.

Skills

  • Quality assurance
  • Quality control
  • Product inspection
  • Process improvement
  • Workflow optimization
  • Workflow coordination
  • Safety compliance
  • Measurement tools
  • Production support
  • Root cause analysis
  • Process adherence
  • Production metrics
  • Quality assessment
  • Problem solving
  • Attention to detail
  • Team collaboration
  • Effective communication
  • Efficient communication
  • Customer focus

Timeline

Production Associate 3-CI

QC Technician

Lead Production Associate 1

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