Renae Nowak
Trinity,AL
Summary
Knowledgeable Area Leader with strong background in leading teams and driving operational excellence. Proven ability to implement strategic initiatives that enhance productivity and efficiency. Demonstrated expertise in team leadership and process improvement.
Overview
39
39
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
2nd shift L2 Main Line Area Leader
08.2023 - Current
- Improved production and quality
- Minimized overtime
- Developed rotation schedules on multiple jobs to eliminate risk of repetitive motion injuries
2nd shift L3 Main Line Area Leader
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Improved production and quality
- Minimized overtime
- Developed rotation schedules on multiple jobs to eliminate risk of repetitive motion injuries
2nd shift L3 Door Area Leader
12.2020 - 08.2021
- Improved production and quality
- Minimized overtime
- Developed rotation schedules on multiple jobs to eliminate risk of repetitive motion injuries
2nd shift L3 Door Quality Analyst
03.2019 - 12.2020
- Brutus start up team member
- Designed and implemented new QC template for EOS reports
- Make quality checks, work with operators, controlmen and Area Leaders, to make a quality product for customers
- Measure, gauge parts, record measurements, log scrap, approve or reject questionable parts
- Evaluate and troubleshoot problems that arise
2nd Shift Door Drum Foam Controlman
03.2017 - 03.2019
- Drum start up team member
- Developed steps to eliminate down time
- Operated Drum Foam machine, Robot, four conveyors, oven and 4 SGVs
- Troubleshoot and maintained all equipment
- Install door liners to complete the foam process
- Make quality checks on foam process, door fabs, and liners
2nd Shift Product Service Specialist/Foam Controlman
03.2014 - 03.2017
- Selmer transfer to make Product Service door fabs for DPO team member
- Coordinate and schedule areas in plant that have orders for various parts to be made packed and shipped out
- Talk with suppliers
- Update schedules weekly
- Order packing supplies, inspect, pack and load parts on tractor trailers with forklift
- Create shipping notices
- Gather and build parts to make various replacement doors
- Unload packing and stack in staging areas
- Make quality checks on products ordered before packing and shipping to customers
- Troubleshoot and maintain all equipment
- Operate Salvagnini S4, P4, FIP clinch and Pre M1 30” clinch machines to makes door fabs
- Calibrate Poly blend and ISO for Foam Wet System
- Operate door foam machine to make doors
- Change fixtures to accommodate different door sizes to fill various orders
- Transport finished doors to packing area to ship
3rd Shift Vac-Form Controlman
01.2013 - 03.2014
- Extruder controlman – Operate and maintain extruder machines
- Make quality checks and operate forklift to move extruder sheets to storage areas
- Troubleshoot and maintain all equipment
- Vac-Form Controlman
- Operate and maintain Inline Thermo former machines
- Frequently make quality control checks with a Parametric thickness gage to ensure the parts are within the specific tolerances, ensure the correct numbers of holes are present within each part
- Make visual inspections to ensure material meets the quality standards
- Adjust within the heater beds, platen timing, vacuum pressure, releasing air, timing speed and recipe menus to ensure a quality part is produced
- Troubleshoot and maintain all equipment
2nd Shift Controlman
06.2011 - 01.2013
- Line 3 Bander controlman
- Start up, band boxes, do visual and physical quality checks
- Change out wire spools
- Troubleshoot problems and make repairs to the equipment
- Line 2 Bander controlman when required to flex over
- Same job description as line 3 bander controlman
1st and 2nd Shift Accumulator Shipper & Receiver
01.1994 - 06.2011
- Team member for developing coffin loading
- Worked in the Warehouse office
- Checking drivers in, assigning orders, and instructing the drivers to the correct shipping door to receive their load
- Input information in computer, check product lists and assign bill of lading to truck shipments and rail box car shipments
- Assign rail and truck orders to line 2 and line 3 personnel that offload the product coming from the plant
- Operate Basiloid truck
- Warehouse logistics
- Responsible for consolidating, scanning barcodes, loading/coffin loading and unloading tractor trailers and rail box cars for shipment of refrigerators to various customers
- Operate track mobile to pull and push rail box cars in and out of the warehouse, make yard switches, hook up and unhook box cars
- Worked in rework area to repair products that are on hold
- Worked on Line 2 & Line 3 unload lines
- Took physical inventory daily, input information into the computer for totals and location reference for product models
- Any other jobs requested
1st and 2nd Shift Production Worker
01.1988 - 01.1994
- Brazier - Units
- Spin fin operator – Misc
- Fabrication
- Heavy load processor – Line 2 Post Foam
- Induction Brazier - Line 2 Pre-Assembly
- End of line checker/Deadline repair - Line 2 Main line
- Absentee Replacement - Line 2
- Absentee Replacement / minor paint repair – Misc
- Fabrication
- Pinch off brazier – Line 2 Main line
- Installed inner mullion – Line TA/TB
Engineering Aide
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
01.1986 - 01.1988
- Company Overview: Manpower Temporary Services
- Responsible for assigning Engineering Change Notifications to engineers
- Log drawings and information in computer
- Make copies of ECMs and distribute
- Attended Blueprint reading classes
- Manpower Temporary Services
Education
SMHU - General Studies
01.2020
Hartselle High School graduate -
Hartselle High School
01.1985
Skills
- Leadership skills
- Operations Improvements
- Productivity Improvements
- Teamwork and Collaboration
- Training and coaching
- Problem-Solving
Certification
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, 03/15/19
- Lean Six Sigma White Belt, 03/04/19
- Lean Six Sigma 5S, 03/02/19
- Quality Core Training, 12/01/18
- Control Core Training, 06/01/11
- Six Sigma Braze Training, 01/01/97
- Six Sigma Braze Training, 01/01/19
- Lean group training exercise, 01/01/98
Timeline
2nd shift L2 Main Line Area Leader
08.2023 - Current
2nd shift L3 Main Line Area Leader
08.2021 - 08.2023
2nd shift L3 Door Area Leader
12.2020 - 08.2021
2nd shift L3 Door Quality Analyst
03.2019 - 12.2020
2nd Shift Door Drum Foam Controlman
03.2017 - 03.2019
2nd Shift Product Service Specialist/Foam Controlman
03.2014 - 03.2017
3rd Shift Vac-Form Controlman
01.2013 - 03.2014
2nd Shift Controlman
06.2011 - 01.2013
1st and 2nd Shift Accumulator Shipper & Receiver
01.1994 - 06.2011
1st and 2nd Shift Production Worker
01.1988 - 01.1994
Engineering Aide
Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant
01.1986 - 01.1988
Hartselle High School graduate -
Hartselle High School
- Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt, 03/15/19
- Lean Six Sigma White Belt, 03/04/19
- Lean Six Sigma 5S, 03/02/19
- Quality Core Training, 12/01/18
- Control Core Training, 06/01/11
- Six Sigma Braze Training, 01/01/97
- Six Sigma Braze Training, 01/01/19
- Lean group training exercise, 01/01/98
SMHU - General Studies
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