Matthew Penney
Colona,IL
Summary
Dependable individual with background in warehouse, assembler, maintenance and manufacturing settings. Skilled in operating a variety of industrial equipment, including electric, walkie-rider, and cushion-tire forklifts. Proven ability to adhere to strict safety regulations for safe and efficient operation of all equipment. Demonstrated expertise in loading, unloading, and moving materials in a timely and efficient manner as well as meeting timelines for assembly, packing and shipping.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
Work History
Forklift Operator
Liberty Packing
Rock Island, IL
05.2023 - Current
- Maneuvered forklift over and around loaded pallets, boxes and other materials.
- Moved freight, stock and other materials to and from storage and production areas and loading docks.
- Communicated with supervisor and other warehouse staff to coordinate work.
- Unloaded incoming items from trucks and rail cars and transported materials to staging area.
- Inspected lifts before use to prevent damage to goods.
- Transported material to correct locations and documented inventory changes.
- Used handheld scanners for warehouse management system compliance.
- Packaged, labeled and tagged goods before transfer.
- Checked shipments for damaged or incorrect items.
- Reported safety and quality issues to management.
- Operated power material handling equipment to accurately select and palletize loads.
- Communicated with team members to coordinate efficient and accurate movements.
- Estimated weights, heights and centers of balance to make precise placements.
Assembler/Maintenance
KONE
Coal Valley, IL
11.2014 - 04.2023
- Maintain safe and well-organized workplace and execute autonomous maintenance activities in given scope
- Standard Operating Procedure
- Participate and contribute to continuous improvement activities based on own observations and ideas
- Process execution and daily management
- Execute production according to production orders and other given specifications, work quality instructions reaching to daily production targets given by Production Supervisor and/or Factory Work Leader
- Report non-conformance
- Andon, Downtime, Mark Issue to relevant party and fixing issue according instructions
- Confirm production order operations timely manner with given tools and according to Standard Operating Procedure after execution
- Combined pallets for incoming goods and deliveries
- Communicated with supervisors and team members to ensure proper product handling
- Loaded and unloaded packages and merchandise from industrial trucks
- Performed maintenance and repairs on forklifts and other transport vehicles
- Maintained forklift logbook and tracked daily maintenance
- Labeled and packaged merchandise for shipping and storage
- Reported damaged and misplaced items to supervisors and took steps to avoid further complications
- Identified workplace safety hazards and reported findings to supervisors
- Monitored inventory levels and reported discrepancies to management
- Perform building Maintenance as needed
- Transported materials and equipment to production work stations
- Inspected machinery for signs of corrosion and damage and performed routine calibrations
- Moved levers and controls that operated lifting devices, such as forklifts, lift beams with swivel-hooks, hoists, and elevating platforms, to load, unload, transport, and stack material
- Trained new operators on safe driving techniques and procedures
- Positioned lifting devices under, over, or around loaded pallets, skids, or boxes, and secure material or products for transport to designated areas
- Weighed materials and products and record weight and other production data on tags and labels
- Collaborated with warehouse personnel to ensure timely delivery of materials.
Assembly /Welder/Paint line
McLaughlin Body Company
Rock Island, IL
09.2005 - 11.2014
- Changed wire, gas tanks and tools to meet different production demands.
- Built new product assemblies according to specifications and company production standards.
- Disassembled, corrected and reassembled defective components.
- Watched production lines for consistent errors and reported problems to supervisor.
- Prepared materials for welding by cleaning metal surfaces with scrapers and grinders, removing tough spots.
- Inspected, measured and tested completed metal workpieces for conformance to specifications using measuring and testing devices.
- Read blueprints, work orders and production schedules to determine product or job instructions or specifications.
- Complied with OSHA regulations and company safety standards to promote worksite safety, protect team members and prevent equipment damage.
- Utilized work order and diagrams to identify and apply job requirements and quality standards to effective production planning.
- Documented daily work on production logs and work orders and discussed activities with management to optimize future production.
- Maintained and recorded inventory transactions to reflect items used in each job and accounted for any discrepancies.
- Pulled non-conforming materials from production queue and reported to supervisor for single or production-wide corrections.
Education
High School Diploma -
Moline High School
Moline, IL05.1992
Skills
- Bolts, clips, rivets, screws, or otherwise fastens component parts of assembly together, using hand tools, power tools, or bench machines
- Drills, taps, or reams holes to prepare parts for assembly, using arbor or drill press or other bench-mounted drills
- Files, grinds, planes, sands, or buffs parts to remove burrs, alter shape, improve fit, or smooth finish, using hand tools or power tools
- Applies adhesive, bonding agent, or sealant, to surface of material by brushing, spraying, dipping, or rolling
- Cuts materials, such as fabric, metal, paper, or wood into specified dimensions or shapes, using cutting machine, scissors, or knife
- Reads process sheets, blueprints, or other specifications to determine assembly sequence, machine and tooling requirements, measurements, and tolerances
- Lifts, loads, sorts, and moves materials, supplies, and finished products between storage and work areas, using push- cart, hoist, or dolly
- Packages product in containers for shipment or ties into bundles
- Inspects cabs/components for quality prior to operation
- May operate crane/hoists to move large work pieces
- Insure accuracy in maintaining production records such as quantities and types produced
- Customer service, Communication skills, Time management, multitasking, Attendance, accountability
- Packing, scanning and staging
- Warehouse picking
- Forklift Operation
Timeline
Forklift Operator
Liberty Packing
05.2023 - Current
Assembler/Maintenance
KONE
11.2014 - 04.2023
Assembly /Welder/Paint line
McLaughlin Body Company
09.2005 - 11.2014
High School Diploma -
Moline High School