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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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LEADERSHIP
COMMUNICATION
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Luis Angel Estrada

Albuquerque,United States

Summary

Professional in training industry, ready to drive impactful training initiatives. Known for implementing comprehensive training programs that enhance team capabilities and support business objectives. Highly collaborative, adaptable, and reliable, with focus on achieving tangible results. Proficient in instructional design, adult learning principles, and performance evaluation.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Training Lead

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2024 - Current
  • Develop and administer technical skills training for hourly frontline employees through online, classroom, and on-the-job training methodologies. Manage the onboarding of newly hired hourly frontline employees. Provide coaching and guidance to hourly frontline employees throughout the training and qualification periods. Manage and participate in qualification assessments, re-qualifications, and cross-training activities. Help drive the development of standardized jobs and qualifications, as well as an annual review and maintenance process.

Interim Production Coordinator and Scheduler

Atkore United Poly Systems
08.2024 - 03.2025
  • Manage data review and transactions into WMS as material is received, cycle counted and shipped. Track and expedite lost or missing parts for internal & external customers. Administer the cycle count program, including creating audit sheets, updating stock locator system, investigating variances and tracking bin accuracy. Ensure accuracy of all transactions including back orders through examining P.O.’s and investigating all aspects of the order to discover all discrepancies, missing or excess items, or any other issues that arise through a robust cycle count cadence. Support specialty inventory transactions including the RMA process, loose and lost materials, and internal fulfillment ship errors. Be actively involved with the operations floor supporting an organized inventory system, highlighting, and mitigating process fails that would diminish its accuracy. Coordinate with outside vendors for completion of secondary outsourcing processes. Draft routing reports and intra-department communications and calculate figures across variable units of measure. Production Scheduling & Planning: Develop and manage short-term and long-term production schedules, optimizing workflow, minimizing bottlenecks, and ensuring efficient use of resources. Capacity & Demand Planning: Collaborate with supply chain, procurement, and logistics teams to align production capacity with material availability and market demand. Real-Time Problem Solving: Monitor production performance, quickly identifying and resolving scheduling conflicts, constraints, or deviations to maintain production targets. Cross-Functional Coordination: Work closely with manufacturing, quality, and operations teams to ensure production schedules align with operational needs and company objectives. Data-Driven Optimization: Utilize analytics, predictive modeling, and real-time data to continuously improve scheduling processes and enhance manufacturing efficiency.

Interim Production Manager

Atkore United Poly Systems
08.2024 - 01.2025
  • Directly responsible for managing and coordinating all activities for assigned shift. Responsible for compiling all shift information and line status data in an accurate and timely fashion and reporting that information to the support groups as well as the oncoming shift management team. Responsible for ensuring and enforcing compliance with cGMPs, site-specific policies, and procedures. Will serve as the representative on shift to all internal support groups and aid the customer service representative with external customers. Responsible for maintaining and reporting the performance of current Key Performance Indicators (KPIs). Responsible for the professional development and mentoring of direct reports. Responsible for the succession planning and in-depth cross-functional training of all members of the shift. Directly accountable for production schedule adherence and material consumption rates. Responsible for all safety incidents and quality deviations that occur on shift and responsible for the thorough investigation and timely reporting of such. Must become fluent in all functional areas of responsibility. Must share resources with other teams/departments as needed and when available. Effective interpersonal relation skills, while maintaining the adaptability to achieve company goals. Verbally expresses ideas and facts in a clear, logical, concise, and accepted grammatical style. Read/interpret SOPs to ensure compliance. Maintain up to date trainings.

Co-founder

Pro Drywall LLC
03.2019 - 09.2024
  • Jobsite betting, organizing schedules for workers, material ordering and spending. Billing and payments. Estimate adjuster. Planning out long projects to make sure they are done within the assigned time lapse.

Training Lead

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2024 - 08.2024
  • Develop and administer technical skills training for hourly frontline employees through online, classroom, and on-the-job training methodologies. Manage the onboarding of newly hired hourly frontline employees. Provide coaching and guidance to hourly frontline employees throughout the training and qualification periods. Manage and participate in qualification assessments, re-qualifications, and cross-training activities. Help drive the development of standardized jobs and qualifications, as well as an annual review and maintenance process.

Night Shift Supervisor

Atkore United Poly Systems
04.2023 - 02.2024
  • Ensure all team members are wearing PPE accordingly and following LSR rules. Able to perform changeovers and start-ups of the lines on all products. Make adjustments and troubleshoot to specific equipment (i.e. puller, saw, beller, chamfer, etc.) Ensure 5s and housekeeping are maintained on the shift and communicate any tools that are missing or need to be replaced. Evaluate team members and provide coaching to identify areas for improvement and communicate it to the Production Manager. Conduct safety stand-downs when needed or required. Verify Silo’s outside to ensure proper blending per the inspection report and be familiar with the product and the compound material. Basic maintenance knowledge including water chillers, air compressors, and central vacuum, and coordinate accordingly with the Maintenance department if needed. Ensure the forklift safety log is filled out correctly and concerns are brought to the attention of maintenance. Train material handler to complete the Hour-by hour boards and ensure is completed accurately. Fill out and encourage team members to fill out LSNI forms and provide training on how to complete it properly. Fill out Gemba and Pareto boards by using information on the HxH boards. Print/Write work orders with concise information so maintenance has a clear understanding of what the problem/issue is and follow up with them to see how the issue was resolved. Fill out all accident/incident forms and communicate them to HR, the Plant manager, and the Production manager in a timely manner. Act as a Leader of the Shift with their team and communicate with the maintenance department in a timely manner when a changeover is needed. Prioritize work for the shift and assign duties to employees. Excellent communication skills and being accountable to all Levels employees. Exhibit excellent skills in Teamwork, mentoring, cross-functional work, and Problem-solving

Production Technician

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2021 - 04.2023
  • Responsible for maintaining production equipment elements like start-up, operation, changeover, shutdown, and preventative maintenance with the extrusion machinery. Equipment may include but is not limited to, extrusion line equipment, tools, and material. Maintain and control process conditions on extrusion machine equipment and related processes to ensure quality and quantity production standards are met. Download associated quality data as applicable for Quality Control review. Follow documented work instructions, monitor materials, tubing, equipment, cycle times, and part quality. Resolve issues related to tooling alignment, part handling, containment, part placement, process, etc., through proper adjustment of program coordinates, speeds and tooling hardware. Perform preventive maintenance on machines to ensure equipment and tooling are in proper working order. Support the extrusion and molding team in other departmental work as required to maintain the production output in accordance with the production schedule. Follow and operate equipment in accordance with Erbe Medical Company Safety Policy. Perform manual tasks such as supplying extrusion line's additives, resin, reworking and packaging products. Follow supervisor instructions for machine line operations. Report to supervisor with mechanical or operational errors. Able to work well with others and maintain a positive attitude and good attendance. Responsible for keeping the work area clean and organized. Provide general plant, production line, and facility clean up. Other duties as assigned by manager.

Line Operator

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2020 - 02.2021
  • Monitor and check product during manufacturing process to meet order requirements. Check print and footage markings and make corrections as needed. Monitor for continuous stripe. Understand quality requirements for all products being produced. Make corrections as needed to meet order specifications and inform the line supervisor. Use reel components to build reels to size specifications. Place correct reel onto coiler and prepare for startup. Ensure wraps on reels are correct and neat. Cut conduit, tie-off and cap conduit when each reel is complete. Remove reel from coiler using a forklift and transport finished product into inventory. Grind material scrap as it is produced and stack scrap. Assist in line start-ups and maintain a neat and orderly work area. Follow all safety requirements and company safety guidelines.

Carpenter/flooring installer/painter/taping

HB Construction
02.2019 - 11.2019
  • Installation of tile, vinyl, carpet and VTC flooring. Paint and finish painted walls. Tape and textured wall. Managing 2 other floor installers to make sure the end result got accomplished in a timely manner and assuring a clean job.

Epoxy Installer

Cornerstone Flooring
03.2018 - 02.2019
  • Prepping surfaces to install resin coats. Removing and pouring concrete. Slopping floors for water draining. Mixing components depending on resin type and finishes. In charge of making sure the crew got to the jobsite on time.

Pipe fitter

File Construction
04.2017 - 03.2018
  • Fitting pipe, laying long runs of pipe, making tie ins, setting up water pump stations, installing water meters and driving materials to jobsites. Picking up rental equipment for specialty jobs.

Epoxy Installer

Hasse Construction
05.2016 - 04.2017
  • Get surfaces ready to install epoxy resin, resin installation. Taking samples to make sure proper curing. Concrete repairs. Fixing structural damage to concrete structures such as bridges. Time management during different steps and coat installation.

Head Chef

Guava Tree Café
03.2015 - 05.2016
  • Organizing kitchen crew before service and assuring prep was done before and during the service. Inventory, shutdown and startups. Tally register and make deposits, locking restaurant after service.

Supervisor

United Poly Systems
04.2014 - 03.2015
  • Organizing crew before shift, inform them about changeovers and duties needed to be done during the shift. Production reports and assuring orders got done before shipping dates. Change overs including size, color, resin, SDRs and configuration. Shutdowns and startups of the equipment during holidays. Troubleshooting equipment and pipe imperfections.

Fine Dining Head Cook

Pueblo Harvest Café at The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
06.2012 - 04.2014
  • Getting ready for service. I was responsible for all fine dining dishes and worked the line by myself from noon to closing. Inventory, labeling and closing kitchen leaving it ready for morning shift.

Accountant/Customer service

Burlington Coat Factory
08.2013 - 03.2014
  • In charge of returns and tax-exempt forms. Tally all registers at the end of the shift, make deposits and order currency. File tax exempts and government funding receipts.

Crew trainer

Mc Donald’s
04.2010 - 07.2012
  • Organize crew and train them on tasks from opening to closing the restaurant

Education

High school diploma -

Albuquerque High School
05.2008

High School Diploma - undefined

Valley High School
05.2010

Culinary Arts associates - Engineering courses

CNM
05.2013

Fire extinguishing class

Albuquerque Fire Department
03.2018

6 Sigma

Gemba Academy
460 Johnson Rd., Keller, TX 76248

Skills

  • Work well under pressure
  • Most of my experience comes from working on fast pace environments
  • Knowledgeable about distributing tasks to get the job done in a safe, fast and coordinated manner
  • Always trying to build up the team where everyone can depend on each other
  • Employee onboarding
  • Coaching and mentoring
  • Train-the-trainer
  • Training delivery
  • Technical training
  • Soft skills training
  • Learning management systems
  • Blended learning
  • Organizational leadership
  • Training and mentoring
  • Team building
  • Operations management
  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Problem-solving
  • Attention to detail
  • Reliability
  • Critical thinking
  • Data organization
  • Continuous improvement
  • Project management
  • Technology integration

Certification

  • Certified OSHA 30-Hour, University of South Florida - Issued Mar 2025 · Expires Mar 2030
  • Certified Forklift Trainer, Welch Equipment Company - Issued Feb 2024 · Expires Feb 2029
  • Certified Adult and Pediatric First Aid/CPR/AED, National Safety Council - Issued Jan 2021 · Expires Jan 2027

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Full Professional

Timeline

Interim Production Coordinator and Scheduler

Atkore United Poly Systems
08.2024 - 03.2025

Interim Production Manager

Atkore United Poly Systems
08.2024 - 01.2025

Training Lead

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2024 - Current

Training Lead

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2024 - 08.2024

Night Shift Supervisor

Atkore United Poly Systems
04.2023 - 02.2024

Production Technician

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2021 - 04.2023

Line Operator

Atkore United Poly Systems
02.2020 - 02.2021

Co-founder

Pro Drywall LLC
03.2019 - 09.2024

Carpenter/flooring installer/painter/taping

HB Construction
02.2019 - 11.2019

Epoxy Installer

Cornerstone Flooring
03.2018 - 02.2019

Pipe fitter

File Construction
04.2017 - 03.2018

Epoxy Installer

Hasse Construction
05.2016 - 04.2017

Head Chef

Guava Tree Café
03.2015 - 05.2016

Supervisor

United Poly Systems
04.2014 - 03.2015

Accountant/Customer service

Burlington Coat Factory
08.2013 - 03.2014

Fine Dining Head Cook

Pueblo Harvest Café at The Indian Pueblo Cultural Center
06.2012 - 04.2014

Crew trainer

Mc Donald’s
04.2010 - 07.2012

High School Diploma - undefined

Valley High School

Culinary Arts associates - Engineering courses

CNM

Fire extinguishing class

Albuquerque Fire Department

High school diploma -

Albuquerque High School

6 Sigma

Gemba Academy

LEADERSHIP

Always like to guide others through issues, since understanding processes from industry specific tasks can be difficult at times. I believe in leading by example and that most people learn better hands on rather than through theoretical lectures. I believe a company is only as good as its employees and helping each other the workload becomes easier to handle. I believe people tend to respond better to a leader they can trust and someone who can answer their questions about the entire process. Developing personnel benefits everyone.

COMMUNICATION

Good communication skills, respectful to others. Always treating and talking to others in ways they are most attentive. Always trying to guide people on the process of performing tasks more efficiently. I believe employees can learn from their mistakes if they have good guidance and constant support. I believe good communication amongst members of the team is essential to a good work environment.

Training

  • Various safety and handling trainings including CPR training.
  • Diversity and leadership communication lectures.
  • Chainsaw training.
  • Forklift certified.
  • Minor cut and injury handling training.
  • Lean training for weeklong Kaizen event with consequent 30, 60 90 and 120 day company follow ups.
  • JDE implementation training.
  • Cyber security trainings.
  • 6 Sigma Training
  • Lean Transformation Trainings

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