Overview
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Education
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Quintus Clark

Windsor,VA

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Crew Leader

Smithfield Packing
10.2015 - Current
  • Trained employees in time management and proper ways to complete job duties.
  • Demonstrated knowledge of company mission and goals and mentored employees in reaching objectives aligned with company core values.
  • Maintained clean and well-organized production areas to avoid violations or unnecessary work delays due to hazards or inefficient layouts.
  • Maximized strategic approaches by keeping close eye on performance and making appropriate adjustments.
  • Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
  • Demonstrated respect, friendliness and willingness to help wherever needed.
  • Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
  • Communicated with production team members about quality issues.
  • Monitored product standards and quality-control programs.
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.
  • Monitored staff organization and suggested improvements to daily functionality.
  • Collected production samples regularly and performed detailed quality inspections.
  • Reported production malfunctions to managers and production supervisors.
  • Determined quality department standards, practices and procedures.
  • Established and tracked quality department goals and objectives.
  • Evaluated samples against standards by completing measurements, visual inspections and other established tests.
  • Helped uncover and fix production problems in order to reduce overall defect rates.
  • Routinely tested products to align temperature, specifications and ingredient levels with best practices and quality standards.
  • Halted production line in case of major non-compliance of specifications, standards or quality discovered during inspection process.
  • Trained and mentored new personnel hired to fulfill various roles.
  • Planned, developed and implemented strategies to convey information with key decision makers.
  • Reported repeated issues to supervisors and other departments, collaborating to identify issue roots and rectify problems.
  • Monitored performance and generated reports detailing quality of product and defect rates.
  • Completed precise measurements using special tools.
  • Monitored production processes to gain understanding of problematic steps and rectify issues.
  • Checked color, shape, texture and grade of products and materials against established templates, charts and samples.
  • Performed daily inspection rounds throughout facilities to check on all equipment and machinery.
  • Located and investigated production concerns and helped management implement corrective actions.
  • Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
  • Evaluated employee performance and coached and trained to improve weak areas.
  • Identified individual employee's unique work styles and adapted management methods.
  • Completed regular inspections and maintenance actions, as well as basic equipment repairs, to keep equipment operating at peak levels.
  • Offered staff coaching on observed at-risk work habits to minimize accidents and increase workplace safety.
  • Monitored safety practices of new and existing employees.
  • Kept main work areas free of debris and obstacles that could cause falls and mishaps.
  • Recognized, documented and advised on removal of hazards.

QA Technician

Smithfield Packing
01.2023 - 02.2023
  • Evaluated samples against standards by completing measurements, visual inspections and other established tests.
  • Performed thorough inspections of incoming materials and outgoing products.
  • Helped uncover and fix production problems in order to reduce overall defect rates.
  • Generated detailed reports outlining results and recommendations.
  • Achieved quality assurance operational objectives by preparing and implementing production, productivity and customer-service standards.
  • Developed quality assurance plans by conducting hazard analyses, identifying critical control points and establishing critical limits.
  • Analyzed test data to determine performance and reliability of materials
  • Inspected, verified and documented quantifiable characteristics of finished goods by comparing against customer specifications and company quality standards.
  • Routinely tested products to align temperature, specifications and ingredient levels with best practices and quality standards.
  • Educated employees on specific QA standards and confirmed maintenance of standards.
  • Kept inspection journals and daily summary logs as required.
  • Monitored product standards and quality-control programs.
  • Halted production line in case of major non-compliance of specifications, standards or quality discovered during inspection process.
  • Performed standard inspection of first article, first pallet and random sampling inspection to customer standards.
  • Provided regular updates to team leadership on quality metrics by communicating consistency problems or production deficiencies.
  • Completed deviation forms and recorded findings of inspection process, collaborating with quality team members and department managers to implement procedural remedies.
  • Fixed identified issues to increase productivity and boost workflows.

Press Operator

Smithfield Packing
07.2012 - 10.2015
  • Multi-tasked to keep all assigned projects running effectively and efficiently.
  • Set up and ran machinery to produce exceptional products for industrial needs.
  • Monitored machines during operation to detect sounds of malfunction or excessive vibration and adjusted machines to eliminate problems.
  • Carried out day-day-day duties accurately and efficiently.

Floor Associate

Smithfield Packing
02.2011 - 07.2012
  • Disposed of trash and recyclables each day to avoid waste buildup.
  • Evaluated hazardous conditions to develop successful mitigation strategy and maintain public safety throughout procedures.
  • Monitored contaminated area to determine scope of hazard and progress of cleaning efforts against targets.

Education

Windsor High School
Windsor, VA
06.2010

Skills

  • Team Player
  • Superior Work Ethic
  • An Eye For Detail
  • Critical Thinker

Timeline

QA Technician

Smithfield Packing
01.2023 - 02.2023

Crew Leader

Smithfield Packing
10.2015 - Current

Press Operator

Smithfield Packing
07.2012 - 10.2015

Floor Associate

Smithfield Packing
02.2011 - 07.2012

Windsor High School
Quintus Clark