Joseph Hopkins
Bryan,TX
Summary
Motivated Finishing Department Supervisor with one year of supervisory and 4.5 years of quality control experience in manufacturing environment working under pressure and meeting deadlines to maintain production schedule. Excellent management skills and proven expertise in promoting teamwork and accountability to support and lead individuals in day-to-day finishing operations. Maintains high production levels through sound decision making, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Finishing Supervisor
GATX
02.2022 - Current
- Supervised and supported employees by overseeing production, submitting work hours, processing time off requests and performing evaluations to maximize department productivity and efficiency.
- Coordinated production operations by calculating material and labor needs to maximize resources.
- Informed leadership of problems and situations that affected department performance and drove accountability by formulating solutions to resolve issues.
- Applied leadership and technical skills to facilitate safe and effective department operations.
- Maintained work area and equipment and followed prescribed safety procedures to minimize injuries and incidents.
- Interacted with warehouse personnel to resolve quality issues to reduce downtime.
- Created reports and scheduled production requirements in excel to facilitate department operations.
- Reported injuries and incidents and submitted supporting documentation to facilitate company investigation.
- Supported department policies, procedures and standards to advocate for organization and maintain compliance.
- Continually sought to reduce costs, accelerate throughput time, minimize work in process and improve quality.
- Reviewed time sheets and work orders.
- Interacted with customers to deliver satisfaction and communicate project progress.
Outbound Inspector
GATX
08.2017 - 02.2022
- Improved quality assurance procedures to minimize errors and increase effectiveness of inspections.
- Inspected and examined materials and finished parts and products for defects and wear to verify conformance with blueprints, diagrams and template specifications.
- Prepared reports detailing findings of inspections, investigations, and tests.
- Upheld codes and regulations governing materials, processes, and procedures.
- Used measuring instruments such as rulers, calipers and gauges to measure dimensions of materials and products.
- Measured and tested finished products, assemblies and components for proper functioning and operation.
- Completed documentation and updated tracking spreadsheets each day.
- Inspected all final products of railcars to ensure all FRA/AAR regulations were followed and any customer requested regulations were followed.
- Worked hand and hand with third party customer inspectors to ensure all customer requirements were met before final products left shop.
- Took numerous photos of each railcar for documentation purposes and categorized each picture.
Grit Blaster/Hopper Mechanical/Valve Technician
GATX
06.2014 - 08.2017
- Grit blasted interior/exterior of railcars to specific specs to ensure a coating could be applied.
- Built the mechanical portion of multiple styles of hopper rail cars to ensure proper functionality for product to be added and removed.
- Built the valve portion of multiple styles of tank rail cars to ensure proper functionality for product to be added and removed.
- Followed specific guidelines per AAR/FRA regulations to ensure all rail cars were worked properly and safely.
Education
High School Diploma -
Rockdale High School
Rockdale, TX05.2013
Skills
- Production Goals
- Project Requirements
- Standard Operating Procedures Proficient
- Company Safety Policies
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Listening
- Project Scope Evaluation
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Corrective Actions
- Operational Procedures
- Product Quality Assurance
- Quality Control
- Daily Operations Management
- Effective Communication Skills
Accomplishments
- Promoted to a quality supervisor at the age of 23, being the youngest supervisor ever in my company.
- Given more and more responsibility throughout the years of working at GATX and always going above and beyond any expectation that anyone ever had of me.
- Supervised team of 26 staff members.
Certification
- GATX Visual Testing certification. Which consists of being able to inspect every portion of a rail car to ensure they meet all AAR/FRA and DOT specifications before leaving the shop. Visualizing inspecting any and all welds on the rail cars for porosity, undercut, slag inclusion or any other defect.
- GATX Bubble Leak Test certification. Which consists of performing a water/soap air test on rail car fittings to ensure there are no leaking parts.
- Forklift certification through GATX.
- CPR/First aid certification through GATX.
Timeline
Finishing Supervisor
GATX
02.2022 - Current
Outbound Inspector
GATX
08.2017 - 02.2022
Grit Blaster/Hopper Mechanical/Valve Technician
GATX
06.2014 - 08.2017
High School Diploma -
Rockdale High School