Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Accomplishments
Certification
Languages
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Roland Waplo

Summary

Operations Manager who placed a strong emphasis on efficient team development, cost reduction, and operational enhancements. determined to reduce expenses without sacrificing service or product quality. dependable team player who is committed to building teams that perform well. a forward-thinking team leader who is adept at efficiently running departments to achieve goals. Effective background matching of employees to roles so that they can perform at their best. a person who is proactive and dedicated to continuous operational improvement.

Blade repair lead tech

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Operations Manager

Prometheus Wind
01.2022 - Current


  • Documentations: Create the blade department operational templates including but not limited to
  • Training program
  • site operations plans
  • emergency evacuation plans
  • OJT checklist
  • repair report template
  • Rag-line work instructions
  • blade repair work instructions
  • rigging and de-rigging procedures

Operations: manage personals

  • setup technicians interview
  • setup technician deployment (Training and Sites)
  • enforce the company's culture
  • Skilled in Microsoft (excel, PowerPoint, word-doc)


Wind Blade Repair Technician

Workrise
07.2021 - 01.2022

Lead Tech: worked on trailing edge and leading edge damages, delamination, foreign objects, etc.

Transport work baskets and tools and materials from sites to warehouses.

Wind Blade Repair Technician

Windcom Services
02.2021 - 03.2021


  • did repair following engineers or work procedures.
  • Transporting: transport tools, materials, work baskets, trailers, etc. to varieties of sites during operation to require sites
  • Lead Tech: did lightning strikes repair, LPS window repair, and Serrations installment.
  • Documentation: did daily reports and repair reports.


Wind Blade Repair Technician

Aeris Energy
11.2018 - 08.2020
  • Blade Repair Technician: Worked on LM Wind power blade at the LM plant doing repairs including but not limited to delamination, foreign object, blade bond alignment, window repair (repair LPS cables air/paste void), bushing (where the bolts studs are installed)
  • Blade Repair Team Lead: Repair shear web clips (remove crack paste or paste void)
  • Did Vastes V120 and V110 carbon spar-cap and carbon fleeces lightning strikes repair.
  • Work Basket: Bronto trucks, the 360 platform and small experience on the 2M basket
  • Inventory: Did weekly inventories on tools and consumables
  • Personal Protective Equipment: Ensure team PPE (Harnesses, Lad-safe, rescue kit etc.) are inspect monthly
  • Documentation: Did repair and daily report

Inspection Specialist

TPI Composites Inc
01.2018 - 06.2018


  • Mold Inspection: inspect the blade for defects, air void, resin void, wrinkles, waves, delamination, paste void, etc.
  • Trialing Edge Spar-Cap: inspect TE spar-cup for delamination, wrinkle, Resin/air voids, lay-up sequence and tolerance, length of spar-cap, etc. start and end or each layer,
  • Spar-Cap: Inspect lay-up sequence tolerance, delamination, wrinkle, Resin/air voids, start and end of each layer, etc.
  • Documentation: measure and document every defect, take photos before and after grinding defect. and enforce every deviation

Mold Technician

TPI Composites Inc
08.2016 - 01.2018
  • Mold Lay: Worked in a team to lay up fiberglass from root to tip in accordance with engineer procedures
  • Root build-up: worked as a team of four to construct the wind blade's root structure.
  • Infusion specialist: Install the fish net, release film, and peel ply, as well as the vacuum bag and vacuum hose so that the resin can flow through the mold.
  • Mold babysit: watch the mold for irregular resin flows, curing and air avoid/resin void
  • Mold Close: De-bag mold after the infusion cures and remove all consumables and sweep the blade.

Machine Operator

Harvest Innovations
06.2016 - 08.2016
  • Observed the machine grind flour or corn seeds as we dumped them so that they grind to the customer's satisfaction.
  • Machine Cleaning: Before putting the machine into operation mode, my teammates and I would clean it every three to four hours, get rid of any burned, jammed product or broken machine parts, and power wash it.
    compliance with the compliance company and USDA procedures.
  • LOTO: Before cleaning any machine, follow the lock-out and tag-out procedures of the company and Osha.

Food Inspector

Cargill
10.2013 - 07.2015
  • PPE Inspection: Inspected the latex gloves, mesh and plastic aprons, knives, and knives sharpener on a daily basis prior to work.
  • Head spikes (roundhead): while performing quality checks for hog poop and abscesses, safely used knives to remove the skin and fat from the hog's head.
  • Inspect rail: On a hog, quality checks for abscesses, poop, and missing hair were performed in collaboration with a USDA specialist.
  • Gut Snatch: Using a walking escalator, as the pig emerges from the kill room on a rail on the sequential construction system We remove the pig guts carefully without contaminating the hog. with some, of the stomach, gauging as much as 60 pounds
  • Team Player: Worked in teams and on assembly lines to cut hogs and look for contaminated or infected meat while keeping production going.

Education

No Degree - Accounting

Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa, IA

No Degree - Business Administration And Management

Grand View University
Des Moines, IA

High School Diploma -

Riverside High School
Buffalo, NY
06.2011

Skills

  • Microsoft Office Expertise
  • Planning and Implementation
  • Quality Assurance and Control
  • Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
  • Employee Motivation
  • Project Planning
  • Staff Development
  • Recruiting and Hiring
  • Operation Monitoring
  • Inventory Control
  • Leadership
  • Management
  • Systems Implementations
  • Project Development
  • Staff Management
  • Project Management
  • Team Leadership

Accomplishments

    Planned my wife and I, wedding successfully. Saving us 15% of the cost.

Certification

  • Osha10
  • GWO
  • NFPA 70E
  • LOTO
  • Confined Space
  • Bloodborne pathogen, etc


Languages

English
Full Professional
French
Limited Working

Timeline

Operations Manager

Prometheus Wind
01.2022 - Current

Wind Blade Repair Technician

Workrise
07.2021 - 01.2022

Wind Blade Repair Technician

Windcom Services
02.2021 - 03.2021

Wind Blade Repair Technician

Aeris Energy
11.2018 - 08.2020

Inspection Specialist

TPI Composites Inc
01.2018 - 06.2018

Mold Technician

TPI Composites Inc
08.2016 - 01.2018

Machine Operator

Harvest Innovations
06.2016 - 08.2016

Food Inspector

Cargill
10.2013 - 07.2015

No Degree - Accounting

Indian Hills Community College

No Degree - Business Administration And Management

Grand View University

High School Diploma -

Riverside High School
Roland Waplo