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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

Timeline

Technician

Proctor and Gamble

Tunkhannock Senior High School
James Gavek srP&G Technician