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Rasheem Blair

Rochester

Summary

Dynamic Solutions Delivery Operator with extensive experience, skilled in production management and quality control. Proven track record in optimizing chemical delivery systems and enhancing operational efficiency. Strong team leadership and employee training abilities, ensuring compliance with GMP standards and safety regulations. Committed to continuous process improvement and effective inventory management.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solutions Delivery Operator

QuidlOrtho
06.2025 - Current

Operate and maintain solvent and aqueous solution delivery systems supporting chemical coating processes, including the setup, verification, and troubleshooting of pumps, valves, filters, mixers, and solution vessels to ensure controlled chemical flow. Execute SOP-driven solution delivery with thorough system pre-checks, leak testing, flow verification, and process documentation to maintain safe and consistent operations. Monitor system performance, identify and resolve process or flow deviations, and decommission chemical delivery equipment for cleaning and subsequent production runs.

Manufacturing Assistant Supervisor

Oregon Freeze Dry
05.2024 - 01.2025

Conducted employee evaluations and safety training sessions. Created Gantt charts for production and cleaning, monitored workflow, and ensured timely completion of production goals. Completed PIR investigations and created preventative actions using ADKAR to address changes as needed. Scanned production transactions, monitored employee performance, and enforced safety regulations. Performed audits, tracked KPis, and implemented corrective actions. Prepared safety and production reports for plant managers and supervisors.

Trained employees in LOTO, forklift driving, and chemical handling. Trained Chamber Coordinators, ensuring a smooth transition into their roles. Completed daily maintenance rounds, checked equipment, and documented checks to ensure functionality. Corrected errors on production runs in the Redzone system. Created safety plays in the Redzone system for training purposes.

Chamber Coordinator

Oregon Freeze Dry Inc.
05.2022 - 05.2024

Created daily production schedules based on the Gant chart, room availability, chamber availability, and staffing levels.

Delegated daily tasks to crew members, supervised, monitored, and assisted in completing the production schedule. Inspected wet-side processing rooms for contamination, foreign materials, GMP standards, non-conformance, cleanliness, and sanitary conditions, ensuring compliance with SOPs. Verified product details, retrieved raw materials using a forklift, and managed the vacuum pressurized chamber processes. Monitored chamber conditions, performed quality checks, and ensured product specifications were met. Trained employees on production, cleaning, sanitation, and equipment operation. Assisted the supervisor with safety meetings, employee evaluations, and corrective actions. Managed inventory and updated system reports.

Shipping and Receiving Clerk

GXO
08.2021 - 04.2022

Designated trucks lo dock doors, inspected inbound and outbound loads. and logged product inventory into the system. Built shipping orders, created packing lists and labels, and completed inventory reports. Operated forklifts to load and unload trucks, stored products in the warehouse, and picked and palletized orders.

Received and stored products from the production line.

Handled high-volume paperwork and collaborated with administrators to resolve invoicing and shipping problems.

Plate-line Operator

Crossman
08.2020 - 08.2021

Inspected the plate-line for proper functioning and performed chemical checks.

Maintained chemical levels, cleaned loot valves, changed vessel filters, and maintained equipment. Sorted and documented defective material. Cleaned and stored empty chemical drums properly.

Followed job order for product specifications, dimensions, tolerances, and sequence of operations.

Extrusion Lead Operator

Dolco Packaging
03.2020 - 07.2020

Supervised a crew, verified running jobs according to the production schedule. and assigned daily tasks, Started up and shut down extruders, set temperatures and levels, and trained new employees. Inspected lines, raw materials, and finished rolls.

Prepared daily summary reports for shifts.

Prevented personnel injuries during plant maintenance by practicing diligent lockout-tagout processes.

Extrusion Operator

Dolco Packaging
09.2019 - 03.2020

Performed quality checks, filled hoppers with raw materials, cut over rolls, and set up hoses. Ground scrapped materials, performed job changeovers, adjusted settings, and recorded hourly production and scrap. Maintained cleanliness in work areas and between lines.

Operated multiple extrusion lines to extrude various tubes, wires, and structural shapes used in manufacturing products.

Followed formulas in weighing resins and other chemicals to maintain productivity requirements.

Powder Coating Assembly Line

McAlpin Industries
08.2018 - 12.2019

Loaded material onto the line and checked for detects.

Affixed labels and protective material according to manufacturing process control documents, Scanned material Into the database system. Palletized materials for shipping.

Team Lead

McAplin Industries
12.2018 - 08.2019

Inspected machinery for proper functioning and damage. Managed scheduling and job placement. Logged shipping orders and printed shipping labels. Documented material defects. Trained new hires, mentoring individuals with lagging skills and evaluated employee skills and knowledge regularly. Monitored the production system. Supervised the powder coating assembly line, Shut down and locked up the facility at the end of shifts.


Extrusion Operator

American Packaging Corporation
02.2017 - 05.2018

Determined setup procedures and specifications. Drew or pressed metal into shapes and diameters. Reeled extruded products into rolls. Replaced worn dies and adjusted controls for vacuum, air pressure, sizing rings, and temperature. Synchronized extrusion speeds and checked for conformance to specifications.

Spliced cables, Installed and tested equipment, cleaned tools. sealed splices, and accessed areas by climbing poles and ladders.

Utility Operator

American Packaging Corporation
10.2016 - 02.2017

Positioned rolls of material at the rear of machines. Read and understood customer specifications for jobs. Cut cores for finished rolls using an automatic core cutter. Prepared palletizing material and stacked rolls onto pallets. Prepared finished materials per customer specifications and stretch-wrapped them. Cleaned work areas machine tools, and equipment. Participated in safety programs and made safety observations. Trained under operators to run machines in their absence. Operated forklifts and loaded and unloaded trucks.

Manufacturing, Shipping and Receiving

StudCo. Building Systems
05.2016 - 10.2016

Filled customer orders according to standard operating procedures (SOPs). Generated labels using computer hardware and software. Performed cleaning according to SOPs. Maintained shipping supplies. Ensured products were delegated to the correct courier. Assisted in labeling packaging, and preparing shipper cartons. Operated forklifts and arranged loads within the warehouse.

Gained extensive knowledge in data entry, analysis and reporting.

Machine Operator

StudCo. Building Systems
09.2015 - 05.2016

Complied with company and OSHA safety rules and regulations. Performed machine setups and controlled functions and settings.

Inspected parts with precision tools. Tested machine operations and fixed issues during shifts. Kept records of approved and defective units. Maintained activity logs.

Education

GED -

N.Y.S Department of Education
Albany, NY
01-2009

Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY
01-2009

Skills

  • Production management
    Daily production schedules
  • Task delegation and supervision
  • Quality control
  • SQF
  • HCCAP
  • Swabs and ATP Handling
  • Inspections and quality checks
  • Microsoft Applications
  • GMP standards compliance
  • Employee training
  • Team leadership
  • Customer Service
  • Inventory management
  • Safety compliance
  • Machine Operation
  • Equipment operation and
    Trouble Shooting maintenance
  • Process Improvement
  • Data management
  • Chemical Handling
  • Mechanical
  • Material Handling and RF scanner

Certification

BOCES 2 - Spencerport, NY, 2015 (Certificate for Forklift Driving, Forklift

Operator Permit)


N.Y.S Department of Labor Asbestos

Supervisor Certificate, 2021


OSHA 10 Certification, 2021


Monroe Community College, 2024

(Supervisor/Management

Development)

Timeline

Solutions Delivery Operator

QuidlOrtho
06.2025 - Current

Manufacturing Assistant Supervisor

Oregon Freeze Dry
05.2024 - 01.2025

Chamber Coordinator

Oregon Freeze Dry Inc.
05.2022 - 05.2024

Shipping and Receiving Clerk

GXO
08.2021 - 04.2022

Plate-line Operator

Crossman
08.2020 - 08.2021

Extrusion Lead Operator

Dolco Packaging
03.2020 - 07.2020

Extrusion Operator

Dolco Packaging
09.2019 - 03.2020

Team Lead

McAplin Industries
12.2018 - 08.2019

Powder Coating Assembly Line

McAlpin Industries
08.2018 - 12.2019

Extrusion Operator

American Packaging Corporation
02.2017 - 05.2018

Utility Operator

American Packaging Corporation
10.2016 - 02.2017

Manufacturing, Shipping and Receiving

StudCo. Building Systems
05.2016 - 10.2016

Machine Operator

StudCo. Building Systems
09.2015 - 05.2016

GED -

N.Y.S Department of Education

Marist College

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