James Adams
Chillicothe,MO
Summary
20 Years experience in the plastics industry. Safety conscious individual, with a high level understanding of safety polices and procedures. Excellent motivational leader, effectively communicates duties and tasks. Dedicated to providing highest standard of service and creating warm and welcoming environment for employees and customers. Have progressed career substantially with current employer, and continue to learn and grow individually. Strong problem solving abilities. General understanding of Six Sigma/Lean Manufacturing. Highly proficient leading and mentoring direct reports. Advanced critical thinking skills. Extensive mechanical knowledge.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
SPS Coordinator/Safety
Sonoco Plastics
11.2021 - 05.2024
- Gathered and organized materials to facilitate Steering team meetings.
- Collected and presented data on key performance indicators.
- Actively met will the pillar leaders to establish a thorough understanding of pillar expectations.
- Tracked team progress on the maturity model.
- Led the Safety pillar team and tracked the one-year plan progression.
- Delivered customized training for each pillar.
- Developed and presented monthly safety training.
- Enrolled employees in required Sonoco University training.
- Scheduled annual safety training, drills, and exercises.
- Led safety based capital projects.
- Facilitated monthly plant meetings.
- Participated in divisional safety meetings and shared "best practice" ideas.
- Tracked all salaried safety participation.
- Tracked safety action items for all sub-pillars.
- Developed spreadsheets to track plant safety performance.
Shift Supervisor
Sonoco Plastics
11.2008 - Current
- Established effective employee schedules and delegated tasks to take advantage of individual abilities and meet expected demands.
- Built performance-oriented culture with satisfied, hardworking employees by clearly highlighting employee success and developing leaders from within.
- Evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly, training and mentoring individuals with lagging skills.
- Prepared shift reports for supervisor and communicated regularly on goals and progress.
- Enforced company policies and regulations with employees.
- Delivered superior training and leadership to teams to boost performance and help team members achieve performance targets.
- Prepared, calibrated and monitored production machinery to maintain optimal production levels and consistently achieve daily targets.
- Attended leadership training in South Carolina develop enhanced leadership abilities.
- Implemented 5S within facility, trained all employees on 5S process.
- Created training and procedures, trained employees.
- Overseen attendance, payroll, vacations for 30+ employees.
- Assisted in monthly inventory verification checks.
- Performed monthly safety training with all employees.
- Assigned key talent to appropriate roles, to utilize their abilities effectively.
Process Technician
Associated Packaging Technologies/Sonoco Plastic
11.2006 - Current
- Performed mechanical troubleshooting on all equipment.
- Controlled material usage and underweight's.
- Kept site operations and equipment running smoothly by adjusted monitoring equipment.
- Trained and developed Machine Operators.
- Ensured all lines where running at standard.
- Setup all equipment following changeovers and preventative maintenance downtime.
- Loaded all raw materials to the lines.
- Communicated all changes to equipment, and best practices through daily notes.
- Covered for supervision when needed.
- Performed thorough clean outs on equipment, during changeovers.
- Developed master setup sheets for equipment.
Machine Operator
Associated Packaging Technologies
11.2004 - Current
- Monitored machines during operation to detect sounds of malfunction or excessive vibration and adjusted machines to eliminate problems.
- Manually set up machinery.
- Adjusted machine settings or controls in preparation for production operations.
- Set up and ran machinery to produce exceptional products for industrial needs.
- Tended operating machinery to identify equipment malfunctions and locate sources of product defects.
- Operated machining equipment safely with team of operators.
- Performed quality inspections, to ensure parts where meeting customer specs.
- Manually monitored temperatures, pressures, and material levels.
Inspector Packer
Associated Packaging Technologies
11.2003 - Current
- Inspected all product thoroughly, to ensure quality product was shipped to customers.
- Protected materials for transport by correctly packaging products in boxes.
- Operated pallet jacks and material moving equipment to receive and transport items from various warehouse locations.
- Kept efficiency accurate and current by documenting materials produced on flow bills.
- Performed required housekeeping to keep work areas clean such as sweeping floors, putting trash in trash containers and picking up product from floor.
- Helped train and develop new employees.
Unloader
Wal-Mart
10.2002 - 10.2003
- Handled packages with care while transporting from truck to loading dock.
- Operated pallet jacks and forklifts to aid in safe transport of heavy items.
- Performed general support clean-up duties and maintained clean work area by using high-pressure water systems, backhoes and skid-steers.
- Operated pallet jacks, forklifts to maneuver products on to load trailers and trucks.
- Unloaded packages with care and placed in proper staging area.
Education
High School Diploma -
Northwestern R-1
Skills
- Project Management
- Safety understanding
- Staff Scheduling
- Conflict resolution techniques
- Operations management
- Communication
- Task Completion
- Troubleshooting
- Leadership
- Business planning
- Inventory control and record keeping
Accomplishments
- Supervised a team of 20-30 employees.
- Developed training and work instructions.
- Effectively trained large groups of employees.
- Achieved bronze certification by completing 5S tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
- Used Microsoft PowerPoint to display training, residual risk reductions, and storyboards. Spoke to these items in a corporate setting.
- Working knowledge of sps and tasks to achieve silver certification.
Certification
Osha 10 Certified
First responder
Leadership Training (Florence SC)
Microsoft Excel Training
Blue Belt Training
Timeline
SPS Coordinator/Safety
Sonoco Plastics
11.2021 - 05.2024
Shift Supervisor
Sonoco Plastics
11.2008 - Current
Process Technician
Associated Packaging Technologies/Sonoco Plastic
11.2006 - Current
Machine Operator
Associated Packaging Technologies
11.2004 - Current
Inspector Packer
Associated Packaging Technologies
11.2003 - Current
Unloader
Wal-Mart
10.2002 - 10.2003
Osha 10 Certified
First responder
Leadership Training (Florence SC)
Microsoft Excel Training
Blue Belt Training
High School Diploma -
Northwestern R-1
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