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James Gavek sr

James Gavek sr

P&G Technician
Wyalusing,PA

Summary

I am born and raised in Tunkhannock Pa. I started my career at P&G right after high school in 1975. I am currently working at P&G and about to start my 48 th year with the company. I had initially retired from P&G in 2013 with 38 years. I was asked to come back in 2017 for a couple years and I'm still there. Its been 9 years.

Back in my early years 1986-1996 I was part of a modified race team where I worked on the pit crew. I built , maintained and helped on every aspect of the car from start to finish.

I currently live in Camptown Pa with my wife of 29 years and our 9 year old grandson.

Work History

Technician

Proctor and Gamble

I've been working at Procter and Gamble for 47 years. I've been a Team leader, Line Leader, Maintenance Planner. I've also held the Safety Leader position. As a team leader I've managed 12+ people overseeing the daily production and kept management updated as needed pertaining to the production and mechanical issues. As a line leader I would oversee the daily production on the lines and my people with keeping lines running checking quality of product. When I was the Maintenance planner I was on call 24/7 to react to any breakdowns and part issue on 2 lines. Scheduling down days and outages for preventative maintenance and fix what was needed. As the Safety Leader I was incharge of managing team safety by reviewing Safety practices with each team member and making sure any safety issues were dealt with. I spent most of my 47 career years on the production line with 12 years in Maintenance roll. I am excellent at trouble shooting problems. I am mechanically inclined when it comes to taking apart and putting things together and fixing anything I find wrong in the process.

Education

Tunkhannock Senior High School
Tunkhannock, PA
06.1975

Skills

Mechanical

Leadership

Welding (certified PG welder)

Timeline

Technician

Proctor and Gamble

Tunkhannock Senior High School
James Gavek srP&G Technician