Richard Simon
Machine Operator
Chicago Heights,Illinois
Summary
Reliable and organized Machine Operator with 7 years of experience leveraging excellent time management and quality assurance skills. Proficient in operation of standard warehouse equipment and committed to facilitating team productivity.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Seasonal FC Associate I
Amazon MDW
Monee, IL
04.2023 - 06.2023
- Package customer orders, induct products, or sort products, depending on daily needs
- Go to other locations or perform different tasks as guided by management
- Locate and package customer orders in the appropriate shipping box or bag
- Scan each product in order to ensure it is the correct item using either the IR or optical scanner
- Locate missing items with the help of the sorters
- Perform induction, use an IR scanner and optical scanner for individual products that come in from Inbound Induction in totes and place them into individual totes for sorting
- Sort products that come in from induction, placing each product in the correct chute for the packagers
- Keep the individual orders separated for the packagers and help locate products the packagers cannot find
- Responsible for keeping up rates for each task, area cleanliness, and replenishment of supplies
- This includes replenishment of packaging tape, boxes and bags at the station, labels, and printer paper
- Report broken or non-functional equipment to building maintenance.
Machine Operator
Duro Bag Company
Alsip, IL
06.2022 - 12.2022
- Operate, perform maintenance on, and maintain cleanliness on high-speed paper bag making machines, keeping machines running at propers speed and as much as possible during shifts in a safe manner
- Perform random quality control checks on bags to ensure paste is aligned properly plus in enough quantity, printing is correct, and handle/bag integrity is correct
- Adjust as needed
- Determine what stopped machines and fix issue(s) to bring machines back to working states in a timely manner
- Assist machine adjusters with machine repairs
- Replace main rolls and handle rolls when needed
- Check and fill dyes to full levels when depleted
- Weigh and empty buggies with bad bags in the bailer
- Replenish dyes, tape, and all supplies.
Mill Cutoff Operator
Bull Moose Tube
Chicago Heights, IL
05.2021 - 05.2022
- Responsible for tube straightness, checking for and reporting defects, and measuring tube length to ensure tubes are within tolerance with tape measures
- Monitor mill speeds and perform random quality checks on tubing
- Adjust tubing using dual Turks Head to ensure tube straightness
- Report machine defects to maintenance, supervision, and mill operators
- Program HMI for each order, setting tube lengths and adjusting if tubing is found to be too short or too long
- Print tags for each bundle of tubing, ensure all piece counts are correct
- Perform changeovers, change out Turks Head and die for different sizes and shapes of tubing, and setup de-dimpler for round bar.
Formulations Operator/Batchmaker
Nufarm Americas
Alsip, IL
10.2020 - 04.2021
- Fulfill different roles for production lines, packaging fungicide products
- Operate forklifts to move material, stage batches, load/unload truck trailers, and dispose of waste
- Create fungicide batches by loading material into tanks, charging liquid products on lower levels and filling batches with chemical mix products at upper levels
- Follow batch records to determine materials needed to create batches, PPE requirements, and other pertinent information
- Bring samples to quality control lab for analysis
- Weigh out material for batches using containers, pallets, and forklifts
- Stage batches and verify material quantities, performing triple sign-off verification.
Production Technician II
Nanophase Technologies
Romeoville, IL
11.2015 - 03.2020
- Wear proper PPE while strongly adhering to OSHA safety standards
- Mainly responsible for running a blender through HMI while packaging zinc oxide powder
- Sift zinc oxide powder into boxes at specific weights, sealing boxes with tamper and clear tape while preparing boxes for next shifts
- Document batch information into production reports and entering batch information into Microsoft Access after completion of sifting
- Stage batches of powder using forklifts and pallet jacks to load into blender
- Brush down remaining powder into transfer units from blender to sifter
- Load batches into blender from loading hopper above the sifter
- Change drums, restock supplies, and detailed cleaning of entire areas
- Operate forklift pallet jacks (powered and non) to move materials and finished products.
Education
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Networking
Kaplan University
Davenport, IA 05.2001 -
Skills
Order execution
Timeline
Seasonal FC Associate I
Amazon MDW
04.2023 - 06.2023
Machine Operator
Duro Bag Company
06.2022 - 12.2022
Mill Cutoff Operator
Bull Moose Tube
05.2021 - 05.2022
Formulations Operator/Batchmaker
Nufarm Americas
10.2020 - 04.2021
Production Technician II
Nanophase Technologies
11.2015 - 03.2020
Some College (No Degree) - Computer Networking
Kaplan University
05.2001 -