Joshua Orton
Quality Control Technician
Bellevue,TX
Summary
Motivated and knowledgeable professional with a positive and can-do attitude, dedicated to supporting the company in achieving its goals as set forth by management. Possessing a strong skill set, committed to utilizing expertise to contribute to the success of the organization. Proactive approach and passion for excellence, eager to make a meaningful impact and help drive the company towards continued growth and success.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Quality Control Technician
Axis Oilfield Rentals
02.2024 - Current
- Maintained quality documentation and records for conformance with relevant standards.
- Collaborated with production teams to address and resolve quality concerns, improving overall product reliability.
- Inspected raw materials and finished products to verify quality and disposed items that did not meet safety requirements.
- Enhanced product quality by conducting comprehensive inspections and identifying defects in a timely manner.
- Maintained accurate records of all quality control activities, ensuring easy retrieval for audits or management inquiries.
- Proposed corrective actions to address recurring quality issues.
- Trained new team members on proper quality control techniques, fostering a culture of excellence within the department.
- Tested and evaluated product precision against specifications to reduce discrepancies.
- Reduced customer complaints by proactively addressing potential issues before products left the facility.
- Collaborated with production staff to improve processes, reduce defects and optimize quality.
- Tracked and analyzed product quality data to identify trends and insights.
- Improved communication between departments by acting as a liaison between production and engineering teams on quality matters.
- Conducted regular internal audits to assess compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements, driving continuous improvement efforts.
- Developed and implemented quality control processes to meet product standards.
- Kept up-to-date with industry best practices and emerging technologies to continually improve the effectiveness of quality control measures.
- Managed non-conforming product evaluations and disposition, minimizing negative impacts on production schedules and customer satisfaction.
- Optimized calibration schedules for measurement equipment, ensuring consistent accuracy during inspections.
- Implemented process improvements for increased efficiency and reduced waste in quality control procedures.
- Supported the development of new products by providing input on potential quality risks early in the design process.
- Analyzed data trends to identify areas of concern and recommend proactive solutions, resulting in fewer product returns.
- Conducted thorough root cause analysis for recurring issues, leading to targeted corrective actions and continuous improvement.
- Developed and executed test plans to ensure products met customer specifications, increasing client satisfaction rates.
- Streamlined defect reporting process, enabling quicker response times and corrective action.
- Enhanced accuracy of quality control measurements by calibrating and maintaining testing equipment.
- Enhanced customer satisfaction by identifying and rectifying defects before products reached market.
- Collaborated with production team to refine manufacturing processes, resulting in higher quality outputs.
- Increased efficiency in testing process with implementation of streamlined quality control procedures.
- Achieved significant improvements in product durability by recommending material changes based on test results.
- Facilitated training sessions for new technicians, elevating overall competency of quality control team.
- Maintained meticulous records of quality control efforts, providing reliable audit trail for compliance purposes.
- Contributed to reduction of waste by identifying inefficiencies in production process and suggesting improvements.
- Ensured product quality met industry standards by conducting detailed inspections and performing rigorous testing.
- Conducted comprehensive audits of production processes to ensure compliance with internal and external quality standards.
- Reduced time needed for quality control inspections through process optimization, without compromising thoroughness.
- Led project to update company's quality control manual, ensuring it reflected current best practices and regulatory requirements.
- Reduced product return rates, meticulously examining each item for adherence to quality specifications.
- Developed quality control checklist for each product category, standardizing inspection process.
- Played key role in obtaining prestigious industry certification for company by leading quality control aspect of audit.
- Improved inter-departmental communication by establishing regular meetings between quality control and production teams, fostering culture of continuous improvement.
- Supported development of new product line by providing expert quality control advice, ensuring successful market launch.
- Improved product reliability with thorough quality assessments and feedback to production team.
- Reported problems and concerns to management.
- Inspected items and compared against standards to meet regulatory requirements.
- Reviewed production processes and identified potential quality issues.
- Performed routine maintenance and calibration on testing equipment.
Field Technician
Thomas Oilfield Services
03.2019 - 05.2020
- Manage the successful deployment, maintenance, repairs, and delivery of oilfield equipment ranging between $15000-35000
- Train new hires
- Follow proper tie down techniques to ensure road safety and delivery of unharmed equipment
- Maintain clean work and safe work environment
- Repair any and all faulty cables belonging to company
Supervisor of Security and Daily Activities
Allied Universal
01.2018 - 02.2019
- Maintain order, discipline, and security within assigned areas in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, policies, and laws
- Maintain knowledge of, comply with, and enforce all institutional policies, rules, procedures, and regulations
- Secure facility and all its assets
- Resolve problems between officers
- Monitor behavior of subordinates to ensure alert, courteous, and professional behavior toward fellow employees, visitors, company staff, and the public
- Instruct employees or provide on-the-job training
- Supervise or provide security for visitors performing tasks, such as construction, maintenance, food service, or other industrial or agricultural operations
- Convey security officers and site staff complaints to superiors
Correctional Officer
Core Civic
06.2016 - 08.2017
- Maintain order, discipline, and security within assigned areas in accordance with relevant rules, regulations, policies, and laws
- Take, receive, or check periodic inmate counts
- Maintain knowledge of, comply with, and enforce all institutional policies, rules, procedures, and regulations
- Restrain, secure, or control offenders, using chemical agents, firearms, or other weapons of force as necessary
- Resolve problems between inmates
- Supervise or perform searches of inmates or their quarters to locate contraband items
- Monitor behavior of subordinates to ensure alert, courteous, and professional behavior toward inmates, parolees, fellow employees, visitors, and the public
- Instruct employees or provide on-the-job training
- Supervise or provide security for offenders performing tasks, such as construction, maintenance, laundry, food service, or other industrial or agricultural operations
- Rate behavior of inmates, promoting acceptable attitudes and behaviors to those with low ratings
- Transfer or transport offenders on foot or by driving vehicles, such as trailers, vans, or buses
- Convey correctional officers' or inmates' complaints to superiors
- Review offender information to identify issues that require special attention
Swamper
Tank 1 Services
02.2013 - 07.2015
- Schedule work crews, equipment, or transportation for several different work locations
- Coordinate dismantling, moving, and setting up equipment at new work sites
- Monitor workers to ensure that safety regulations are followed
- Seal outlet valves on trucks
- Monitor product movement to and from storage tanks, coordinating activities with other workers to ensure constant product flow
- Check conditions and weights of vessels to ensure cleanliness and compliance with loading procedures
- Clean interiors of tank trucks, using mechanical spray nozzles
- Test vessels for leaks, damage, and defects, and repair or replace defective parts as necessary
- Unload cars containing liquids by connecting hoses to outlet plugs and pumping compressed air into cars to force liquids into storage tanks
- Connect ground cables to carry off static electricity when unloading tanker cars
Truck Unloader
Walmart
08.2012 - 02.2013
- Monitor product movement to and from storage areas, coordinating activities with other workers to ensure constant product flow
- Clean interiors of tank cars or tank trucks
- Operate conveyors and equipment to transfer grain or other materials from transportation vehicles
- Operate industrial trucks, tractors, loaders and other equipment to transport materials to and from transportation vehicles and loading docks, and to store and retrieve materials in warehouses
- Perform general warehouse activities, such as opening containers and crates, filling warehouse orders, assisting in taking inventory, and weighing and checking materials
Education
High School Diploma -
Bellevue Independent School District
Bellevue, TX05.2011
Skills
- Product inspection
- Visual inspection
- Equipment calibration
- Inspections and reviews
- Workplace safety
- Test method validation
- Documentation skills
- Auditing techniques
- Continuous improvement
- Production troubleshooting
- Calibration standards
- Data interpretation
- Testing protocols
- Testing procedures
- Customer focus
- Report preparation
- Quality management systems
- Documentation expertise
- Compliance verification
- Electrical testing
- Quality auditing
- Testing efficiency
- Quality control coordination
- Retrospective quality review
- Measurement tools
- Attention to detail
- Quality issue identification
- Attentive and observant
- Data entry
- Quality control data compilation
- Safety compliance
- Adaptability and flexibility
- Documentation
- Multitasking
- Product Inspections
- Finished goods inspection
- Safety procedures
- Test results interpretation
- Staff training
- Testing documentation
- Critical thinking
- Audit assistance
- Corrective actions
- Corrective action implementation
- Staff mentoring
- Data capture and analysis
- Excellent communication
- Database maintenance
- Time management
- Functional testing
- Technical troubleshooting
- Production monitoring and assessment
- Operations monitoring
- Mechanical operations monitoring
- Solution development and optimization
- Technical writing
- Word processing
- Performance testing
- Outside testing coordination
- Technical liaising and consulting
- Regulatory submission support
- Remote video conferencing
Timeline
Quality Control Technician
Axis Oilfield Rentals
02.2024 - Current
Field Technician
Thomas Oilfield Services
03.2019 - 05.2020
Supervisor of Security and Daily Activities
Allied Universal
01.2018 - 02.2019
Correctional Officer
Core Civic
06.2016 - 08.2017
Swamper
Tank 1 Services
02.2013 - 07.2015
Truck Unloader
Walmart
08.2012 - 02.2013
High School Diploma -
Bellevue Independent School District
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