Joseph Soto

Was on 51 coater for about 4 years days, 2nds & 3rd shift. Ran silicone, double dies, permascel, TB 591,592,597, zone coat 4564, ALF200,200L, & 300 retake idlers, as long with cleaning ovens & the in closures. Setting up coater, getting weights right & oven temps as well as web tensions. Still help out with trail runs & if they need help. Have been in maintenance for about 9 months on days, where I did roll changes, replacing bearings, shafts, fixing boxes for rolls, replace air lines, fix or replace tote pumps & cylinders, replace cut off blades, remount or replace switches, also did painting or touch up where needed. Back to coating on 52 coater been there 4 years certified 3rds & now days. Also im in charge of Hazard waiste, checking dates, lids are tight on barrels & making sure the area is clear & clean, helping out with mixing department with batches, prep, setting up & cleaning. I'm also was a member of the event planning group, where we planned events, party's for the family's here at IPG. Been involved in activities outside of work representing IPG involveing SIU like the boat race. Also member of the CI piller team, where we try & make production run smoother & our team work better together, hopefully making everyone's day here at IPG better than yesterday, also a member of the green team trying to clean up our facility & the environment around us. I have dedicated my time outside of work representing IPG to pick up around carbondale which is home to IPG.

I was in charge of molding the vinyl for the dash boards for the 2017-18 GMC moldals. I ran a machine that melt & molded onto dash board frame with over 275 heat zones, making sure everyone had the proper heat to mold not burn, if a zone lost heat had to inspect it fix or replace, a lot of preheat & trail runs. Had multiple colors & designs, I had to load making sure vinyl was stocked ready to run. I became the main crew member for that machine. I was sent to making glove boxes where i soon became leader over. I was about to be sent to michigan to tend to college for a tech spot in antolin.

I was hired as a reglur bulk pasta machine operator, make egg noodles & spaghetti noodles after a few months I was running 4 of the 7 moving machines they had. Includes elbow, macaroni, special design, rotini, Laguna, even started training. After about year or 2 I was stepped up to leadman, where my hobby was to help other operators with trouble shooting their mixers, change overs, shutting down & starting up, making sure blowers, fans, water flow, airlocks, shakers, sprockets & chains was in working conditions, checking packing on water pumps, cleaning the containers that hold the water, checking pipes that blow the tower making sure there's no clogs "if so I would have to unclog". Basically making sure my shift "crew" was able to run. Checking fans & fan speeds if needed replace, checking the radiators for leaks if needed replaced, same for screens either patch or replace, checking the bars in the screens if they was missing or bent fix or replace. I also became the assistant supervisor basically fill in when supervisor wasn't present, making sure my crew was there & in order set to run. Checking the moister in samples. I would have to be there early "them days" making sure everything was ready to start ovens heated up, boiler on heated, power to mixers, dies & die plates was clean ready to use, mixers clean & ready to fill. In that time I was employed there I was also included in a project crew. I was building, messure, cutting metal & welding applying vibrators on tanks, invold in spacial runs. In my time employed there I was CPR certified & half electrician certified with john a logan.

Started to work at Murphysboro McDonald's while attending high school in murphysboro, there I worked as a closing cook & back window & front desk register, was also called in time to time for stock truck. After while I was crew leader where I was the main cook & trainer