Jeremy Smith

• Perform process observations to identify contributing factors to quality issues
• Collaborate with team members to provide solutions and implement to improve quality
• Poka Yoke processes preventing future defects
• Led projects to meet demanding deadlines
• Interacted with internal partners to track development progress and address non-conforming issues to avoid negative impacts on completion timelines
• Work to continuously improve processes, tools, fixtures and assembly methods

• Conducted daily checks on equipment including safety and mechanical checks
• Ensured HDMIS labels were up to date and visible on all chemical containers
• Performed regular checks on large chemical containers to ensure containers were properly grounded to prevent fire hazard
• Performed preventative maintenance on automated equipment to ensure production goals are met

• Balanced assembly process content to improve production efficiency reducing waste
• Ensured that balance proposals included safety risk assessment and that identified safety risks were eliminated before implementation
• Ergonomic impact to associates were reviewed and adjusted to provide safe productive work stations
• Regularly attended meetings when new assembly content was being planned to ensure work could be performed by associates in a safe and timely manner to meet safety guidelines and production goals
• Collaborated with process planners and partners to produce best possible work stations to meet company standards

• Coordinated new hire training plans within respective team ensuring that safety, quality, and production points were emphasized during training
• Evaluated new hire training progress and signed off on training completion forms
• Conducted daily 6S walks of assembly line ensuring work stations were up to company 6S standards resulting in a safe, clean, and organized work place
• Scheduled daily job rotations for 30+ associates rotating each quarter shift to reduce ergonomic impact on associates
• Worked with Early Intervention Program physical therapists to develop best possible job rotations to minimize negative ergonomic impact on associates and reduce loss of work time due to repetitive motion injury
• Conducted daily start up meetings to bring associates up to date on safety, quality and production issues and countermeasures

Mainline painter/sander in the paint repair department from Oct. 2002-Jan 2004

Assembly line worker on the door line and trim 2 area of assembly from Jan 2004-Nov 2006