Orlando Santos
San Antonio,TX
Summary
Operations professional with track record of maintaining high standards and delivering results in production environments. Proven ability to ensure smooth operations and uphold stringent safety protocols. Known for strong collaboration skills and adaptability to changing demands, with focus on precision and problem-solving.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
MF Operator/Quality Control Inspector
International Paper
01.2022 - 11.2025
- Responsible for operating a corrugator which produces corrugated sheets that are later sent to a converting department that make them into boxes and print the customers specifications/logos.
- Setting up roll stands with giant rolls of paper, aligning multiple liners, and mediums to run thru the module facer to be corrugated. Controlling from my desk heat, steam, tension, and starch levels from any defects called from the stacker operator (Quality Inspector at the end of Corrugator).
- Running about 500,000 linear feet in a 12hr shift
- Assisting in machine maintenance during daily and weekly PM's (Preventative Maintenance).
- As a Stacker Operator; I was responsible for controlling the stacker which stacked, and squared the corrugated sheets coming out. Where I would then QC the sheets doing moisture checks, caliper checks, warp checks, soak tests, temperature checks, and then logging it in where I would pass or fail it. Any defects were called over the radio to the control room and MF Operator for any needed adjustments.
Production Operator
Parex USA
10.2014 - 12.2016
- Responsible for production of batches within acrylic line through operation of robot, including, mixing chemicals, operating huge blenders and machinery, and adding fillers and sands to create final product (stucco). Adjusted viscosity to create textures while taking samples for QC, setting up and calibrating warehouse robot, using its master computer, for product scanning, printing, and pail labeling. Responsible for observing the line during production, power washing blender, in preparation for different prod-ucts preventing cross-contamination, and palletizing all pails. Assisted and monitored the production of pre-mixture employees, controlling chemical room, and unloading chemical tanker trucks. In addition, responsible for all acrylic line production, as well as paint and primer lines.
- Cross-trained in all Parex USA departments, including dry line for dry products, paint and primer lines, the tinting room, as well as assisting in shipping and receiving.
- Trained by management, as an additional duty, to maintain inventory of all warehouse products preventing supply deficiencies.
- Assisted in maintenance of operation and warehouse equipment saving Parex USA $10,000 annually in repair costs.
Machine Operator/Shipping Clerk
Meadow Burke
07.2007 - 12.2010
- Responsible for saw operation, including cutting steel channels, and punching holes in preparation for welders to weld I-beams or anchors upon them. Tasked in maintaining hydraulic saw, fluids, and utilizing cutting oil as necessary to ensure clean cuts were performed. Responsible for reading and interpreting blueprints, as well as bevels and lengths for customer product specifications. Accountable for organization of products, which included arranging products in specified inboxes for welders to receive seamlessly for product enhancement. Responsible for all shipping and receiving (pulling orders, loading and unloading trucks, contacting customers, creating packaging labels, shrink wrapping pallets, and maintaining a clean shipping-yard).
- Prepared $1,000,000+ worth of customized products quarterly.
- Reduced safety-related incidents by 85% in shop through safety training.
Education
A.A.S. - Engineering
San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX01.2026
Skills
- Leadership
- Production/Manufacturing
- Preventative maintenance
- Quality Inspector
- Electrician Apprentice License (TDLR Coarse)
- Customer Service
- Shipping
- Management
- Organization
- OSHA 30 Cert
- Construction
- Hand Tools
- Professionalism
- Asbestos
- Abatement-TX
- Communication
- Maintenance
- Monitoring
- Forklift Certification
- Computer Skills
- Safety
- Production
- Workshop Cleanliness
- Quality Control
- Risk Management
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Excel
- HTML
- Blue Prints/Schematics
- Tool Selection
- Graphing
- CAD/CNC
Accomplishments
- Meeting daily goals
- receiving quarterly bonuses
- Bringing down maintenance costs
- working safely with zero accidents
Certification
- OSHA 30
- TDLR Electrician Apprentice License
- Asbestos Abatement License
- Forklift Operator License (sit down/ stand-up)
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
MF Operator/Quality Control Inspector
International Paper
01.2022 - 11.2025
Production Operator
Parex USA
10.2014 - 12.2016
Machine Operator/Shipping Clerk
Meadow Burke
07.2007 - 12.2010
A.A.S. - Engineering
San Antonio College