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KELLY JORDON

Machine operator
Goodman,MO
KELLY JORDON

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About me

Welcome to My Work Portfolio

Experienced Machine Operator | Forklift Certified | Dedicated Grandmother and Wife

Hello and thank you for visiting my work web page. With over two decades of experience as a machine operator, I bring a wealth of expertise and dedication to the table. My journey in the manufacturing industry has been both rewarding and fulfilling, and I'm excited to share it with you.

Professional Highlights:

  • 20+ Years of Machine Operation: My extensive career in machine operation spans various equipment, including press machines, injection blow mold machines, and Fuji operators. I've honed my skills over the years, delivering consistent, high-quality work.
  • Forklift Certified: Safety and efficiency are paramount on any factory floor. I hold a forklift certification, ensuring I can navigate the workspace with precision and care.

Personal Insight:

Beyond my professional life, I am equally dedicated to my roles as a grandmother and wife. These personal commitments have shaped my values, emphasizing the importance of reliability, teamwork, and perseverance.

I believe that a strong work ethic, attention to detail, and a passion for the job are essential not only in the workplace but also in every aspect of life. These qualities have been at the core of my journey, and I look forward to applying them to new opportunities and challenges.

Please feel free to explore my portfolio to learn more about my professional accomplishments and personal journey. If you're seeking a seasoned machine operator who brings experience, dedication, and a commitment to excellence to your team, I'd be honored to connect with you.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Work History

Jasper Products

Packaging Equipment Operator
08.2018 - Current

Job overview

  • Operated range of heavy equipment on regular basis with advanced skill.
  • Operated machining equipment safely with team of operators.
  • Used forklifts, hand trucks, scissor lifts, and other equipment to move materials around work sites and organized according to need.
  • Trained in diverse pieces of equipment and useful attachments to handle team needs.
  • Maintained and cleaned equipment after each job and inspected.
  • Communicated with ground team members and fellow operators to prevent safety hazards and keep materials moving.

Bemis Flexible Packaging /Amcor

Machine operator, Operational Partner/Machine Operator
02.2014 - 12.2020

Job overview

  • Preventive Maintenance for almost all industrial equipment
  • Troubleshooting, rebuilding and replacing parts
  • From simple air veyors and trimmers to various types of Blow Molders
  • Operating and setting up various types of Slitter machines to meet various customer orders on a daily basis
  • Procurement and Parts Specialist maintaining products and raw materials for production schedules as well as all replacement parts needed for equipment failures and maintenance
  • Quality assurance standards performing quality checks and entering into SAP and Infinity systems for SPC
  • OSHA standards followed and met in all aspects of any job
  • Performed
  • Certified as Forklift trainer maintaining all OSHA records and standards
  • Loading and unloading protocols for warehouse operations creating and scheduling loading and unloading and warehousing of products from raw materials to finish products creating and tracking shipments in SAP, Set up machines for various jobs to maintain compliance with manufacturing thresholds and waste reduction initiatives
  • Documented daily production data and submitted accurate time logs to keep management up-to-date, using S.A.P
  • Detected work print and material defects and machine malfunctions, maintaining quality to prevent future issues
  • Maintained assigned equipment and performed daily inspections to increase equipment lifetimes and cut costs
  • Read and understand blueprints product specifications setting up slitters to run customer specific jobs with tooling instructions to plan correct operational sequences along with IMS and other customer specific requirements along with GMP to prevent food hazards and product recalls
  • Maintained work environments safe and efficient at all times
  • Controlled material usage to keep costs low, proactively investigating and resolving discrepancies to minimize waste and maintaining all GMP guidelines.

Amcor Rigid Plastics

Blow Mold Operator
08.2012 - 12.2014

Job overview

  • Managed blow molders, bottle conveyors, air-conveyors stippers along with all downstream equipment successfully to produce quality products
  • Adhered to GMPs while maintaining a safe and organized work area
  • Read specifications for each assignment to properly setup machines, determine appropriate times and prepare correct temperature settings
  • Observed meters and gauges to verify and record temperatures, pressures and blow molder cycle times
  • Inventoried and recorded quantities of materials and finished products, requisitioning additional supplies
  • Regulated pressure, temperature and speed and feed rates as production or quality required
  • Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs
  • Operated hot molds casting machines according to manufacturing instructions to produce heat set products
  • Performed routine preventative maintenance and upkeep of all production equipment to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime such as in feeds and ovens as well as downstream equipment as well as performing quality checks on scheduled intervals.

Graham Packaging

Blow Mold Machine Operator
09.1999 - 05.2011

Job overview

  • Operated blow mold and bottle quality verification equipment accurately while quickly addressing machine malfunctions
  • Monitored production quantities for preform change, mold change and product completion
  • Performed operator-based preventive maintenance on mechanical systems, including disassembly, cleaning and reassembly of many mechanical as well as pneumatic as well as cam driven parts on and within blow molder
  • Managed blow molders, bottle conveyors, air-conveyors, tippers, chillers and air compressors successfully to produce a high quality multi layered bottle
  • Adhered to GMPs while maintaining a safe and organized work area
  • Performed routine preventative maintenance and upkeep of all production equipment to maximize efficiency and minimize downtime maintaining 5 screws with multiple colors and hoppers analyzing and maintaining feed throat temperatures and heat zones with die pin flow head and multiple thermal couplers with various heat zones
  • Read specifications for each assignment to properly setup machines, determine appropriate times and prepare correct temperature settings allowing for soak times screen pack changes and purging
  • Observed meters and gauges to verify and record temperatures, pressures and blow molder cycle times ensuring no blockages or bridging or contamination within the process
  • Implemented our shipping process for production schedule from trucking bid to hiring alongside Plant Manager
  • Inventoried and recorded quantities of materials and finished products, requisitioning additional supplies ensuring the required count for downstream production purposes
  • Worked successfully with a diverse group of coworkers from customer supervisors and employees to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products.Delivered project requirements, developed solutions and met deadlines
  • Warehouse manager shipping and receiving and maintaining inventories within 3 outside warehouses and 1 within our facility
  • Scheduled inbound and outbound loads of our product to meet our through the wall customers scheduling demands
  • Organized recycling with vendors and parts procurement with outside vendors maintaining raw materials as well as machine parts and dunnage for storage and shipments
  • Demonstrated self-reliance by meeting and exceeding workflow needs and maintaining high production standards while continuing to be self motivated and safety conscious.

Sunbeam outdoor products

Machine Set up Operator
06.1992 - 09.1999

Job overview

  • Communicated with supervisors and specialized machine technicians to receive instruction on correct machine operation and request assistance with set-up when necessary
  • Reviewed specifications to determine dimensions tolerance of product output, adjusting machine calibrations accordingly
  • Monitored lights, gauges and general performance indicators to detect mechanical malfunctions and modify or cease operations accordingly, preventing damage and waste of materials
  • Used many different types of hand tools for die setting also using many hydraulic and pneumatic tools such as die clamps and rollers to move large dies weighing up to 30,000 lbs
  • Adjusting all feeders and material loaders to maintain correct feed length for part specification
  • Operated press machine when Set up complete pressing rolls of steel into quality parts for Bar-B-Que grills while maintaining all safety and exceeding companies unit requirements
  • Cooperated with production line quality assurance and production improvement engineers, describing processing procedures and output tolerances to aid in operational streamlining
  • Installed dies adjusted, dismantled, reassembled and removed parts and equipment such as rollers, dies, printing plates chains and transfer equipment loading nitrogen and moving dies with forklifts and overhead cranes
  • Collaborated with technicians from maintenance to tool and die department to diagnose equipment and die failures, breakdowns and address quality issues
  • Unloaded processed materials from machines, inspecting products to verify compliance with specifications required for further processing and discarding or reprocessing defective output.

Education

Neosho High School
Neosho, Crowder, MO

GED
05.1990

University Overview

Some College

Completed welding course Completed basic computer course Completed Train the Trainer Industrial Forklift course

University Overview

Skills

  • Operating Industrial equipment
  • Proficient in training and operating lift trucks and aerial lifts
  • Knowledgeable and skilled in using and understanding uses for almost all hand pneumatic and industrial tools
  • Time Management
  • Construction Quality Standards
  • Mechanical Tools
  • Safety Compliance
  • Proficient in Equipment Type]
  • Grease and Lubricant Application

Timeline

Packaging Equipment Operator
Jasper Products
08.2018 - Current
Machine operator, Operational Partner/Machine Operator
Bemis Flexible Packaging /Amcor
02.2014 - 12.2020
Blow Mold Operator
Amcor Rigid Plastics
08.2012 - 12.2014
Blow Mold Machine Operator
Graham Packaging
09.1999 - 05.2011
Machine Set up Operator
Sunbeam outdoor products
06.1992 - 09.1999
Neosho High School
GED
Some College
Completed welding course Completed basic computer course Completed Train the Trainer Industrial Forklift course

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