JAMES R. BRAY
Phoenix,AZ
Summary
Production Supervisor with 18 years of experience managing, scheduling, and overseeing employees. Highly knowledgeable within the production environment with proven methods for improving efficiency. Priority on employee safety in fast-paced environment.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Shift Supervisor
Drug Plastics Closures
Phoenix, AZ
08.2010 - Current
- Supervise a staff of 11 operators,4 technicians, and 1 quality auditor
- Delegate manufacturing personnel to maintain production schedule
- Initiate timely solutions to maintain continuity of production according to production schedule
- Maintain and oversee all production documentation in reference to cGMP
- Organize and implement monthly shift safety discussion meeting
- Enter and post daily shift production report
Operations Manager
AMTEC Molded Products
Rockford, IL
07.2006 - 06.2010
- Managed a staff of8 direct and27 indirect employees
- Created and implemented a working budget along with quarterly sales forecast
- Implemented scientific molding to validate new molding processes
- Introduced automation to help reduce labor costs and increase production efficiencies
Process Engineer Manager
Solar Corporation
Libertyville, IL
03.2003 - 07.2006
- Managed and trained a staff of10 process technicians along with5 setup technicians
- Used scientific molding, along with DOE to validate new molding processes
- Extensive experience with gas assist injection molding, along with Bauer gas controllers
- Troubleshoot existing process problems to maintain production requirements
Process Engineer
Shieldmate
Itasca, IL
08.1997 - 03.2003
- Used scientific molding to validate new molding processes
- Programmed robotics and secondary automation
- Created process improvement documentation
Process Technician
G.A.I.M. Engineering
Bensenville, IL
10.1995 - 07.1997
- Mold setups and startups
- Process improvement and documentation
- Troubleshoot existing process problems to maintain production requirements
Education
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts
William Rainy Harper College
Palatine, IllinoisPaulson Interactive Training Program
Shieldmate
Itasca, IllinoisSkills
- Workplace safety
- Policy enforcement
- Employee training
- Safety awareness
- Continuous improvement
- Positive attitude
- Problem-solving
- Strong verbal and written communication
- Assigning work
- Production reporting
- Shift scheduling
- Production scheduling
Certification
- January1998 Certificate of Completion Avalon Vision Systems, Itasca, Illinois
- January1998 Netsal/Setup and Processing Shieldmate, Boston, Massachusetts
- January1999 Engel Education Program in RC100 Robots Shieldmate, Guelph, Ontario
- January2000 Certificate of Completion Project Management Training, Itasca, Illinois
- January2004 RJG/Master Molder I Solar Corporation, Libertyville, Illinois
- January2005 Certificate of Completion Gas Assist Injection Molding, Libertyville, Illinois
Timeline
Shift Supervisor
Drug Plastics Closures
08.2010 - Current
Operations Manager
AMTEC Molded Products
07.2006 - 06.2010
Process Engineer Manager
Solar Corporation
03.2003 - 07.2006
Process Engineer
Shieldmate
08.1997 - 03.2003
Process Technician
G.A.I.M. Engineering
10.1995 - 07.1997
Associate of Arts - Liberal Arts
William Rainy Harper College
Paulson Interactive Training Program
Shieldmate