Jose Hernandez
Avenal,CA
Summary
Quality-driven leader support corporate strategy by developing team and individual goals, objectives, operational standards, and expectations for safety, quality, and productivity expectations. Successful at motivating and building positive team dynamics to accomplish aggressive goals. Dedicated to opening, a communicative culture where employees feel empowered to contribute to the company's success.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Operations Zone Leader
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
Lost Hills, CA
05.2023 - Current
- Trained new employees in proper safety procedures to minimize accidents with proper behaviors.
- Provided ongoing training to address the operation’s needs.
Coached and mentored associates through constructive feedback to build teamwork in the workplace. - Created standard work for employees to use as a reference guide.
- Provided leadership, insight, and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of current processes.
- Inspected or evaluated workplace environments, equipment, or practices to verify compliance with safety standards and government regulations.
- Managed daily operations, including scheduling personnel, assigning tasks, and monitoring progress.
- Quality Control – Thoroughly review and approve QA samples for packaging, ensuring the accompanying documentation for lab results.
- Preprocessing - As a supervisor, my responsibility is to oversee the hourly employees in the preprocessing department. I ensure that they meet the customer specifications and maintain optimal machinery performance to produce high-quality pistachios. To achieve this goal, I review the quality output and make sure that the pistachios meet the OZ count.
Safety Trainer
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
Lost Hills, CA
09.2023 - 05.2024
- Building relationships with employees across all levels of the organization
- Respond to incidents about safety and security.
- Ensure Employees adhere to all company GMP policies.
- Co-ordinate and facilitate specialized regulatory and non-regulatory safety training courses for affected employees to increase overall safety awareness and reduce incident reoccurrence
- Developed and implemented safety training programs for new employees.
- Conducted safety audits to identify potential hazards in the workplace.
- Provided guidance to supervisors on how to enforce safety regulations.
- Developed and delivered presentations related to health and safety topics.
- Monitored employee compliance with safety policies and procedures.
Food Safety Environmental Swab Tech
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
Lost Hills, CA
04.2018 - 09.2023
- Swab Plant Environment for Salmonella, Listeria, and Enterobacteria
- Pre-op machinery after sanitation to ensure machinery is safe and clean for production
- Work with Zone Leaders and Area Leaders on day to day Food Safety issues to maintain plant environment safe for production needs
- Open and work through Corrective Actions to meet standard protocols.
Sanitation
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
Lost Hills, CA
10.2016 - 04.2018
- Ensured RTE machinery was cleaned, sanitized, and safe for production and customer needs
- Worked with company authorized chemicals
- Team oriented environment.
Harvest Operator
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
Lost Hills, CA
08.2016 - 10.2016
- Operate Peelers
- Ensured there was minimal waste
- Provided feedback to employees and supervisor.
Education
Avenal High School
Skills
- Able to work independently
- Bilingual
- Self-starter and motivated individual
- Computer software: Microsoft Office, Apex
- Team Management
- Motivational Leadership
- Continuous Improvement
Certification
- HACCP
- TOP EIC 1
- TOP MECH 1
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Safety Trainer
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
09.2023 - 05.2024
Operations Zone Leader
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
05.2023 - Current
Food Safety Environmental Swab Tech
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
04.2018 - 09.2023
Sanitation
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
10.2016 - 04.2018
Harvest Operator
Wonderful Pistachios & Almonds
08.2016 - 10.2016
Avenal High School
- HACCP
- TOP EIC 1
- TOP MECH 1
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