Thomas Ellis
Benvic
Suffolk,VA
10
years of professional experience
Reliable and Organized Worker with over 20 years of experience lifting and carrying heavy loads using warehouse equipment. Qualified to operate various classes of forklifts and practiced in wide range of heavy equipment. Talented problem-solver with strong ethics, integrity and relationship-building abilities.
Work History
FORK LIFT OPERATOR
5 Years 7 Months- Maneuvered forklift over and around loaded pallets, boxes and other materials.
- Unloaded incoming items from trucks and rail cars and transported materials to staging area.
- Transported material to correct locations and documented inventory changes.
- Inspected lifts before use to prevent damage to goods.
- Reported safety and quality issues to management.
- Consistently met deadlines for loading trailers to meet departure deadlines.
- Tied and secured loads to prevent shifting or damage to items.
- Drove industrial vehicles and equipment to transport goods and materials, load and unload designated trailers and route trucks.
- Relocated goods from dock area to appropriate storage locations.
- Communicated with team members to coordinate efficient and accurate movements.
- Employed hand signals to communicate effectively with coworkers operating transport vehicles and direct movements from floor.
SUPERVISOR
2 Years 3 Months- Complied with company policies, objectives and communication goals.
- Realigned workflows with changing business demands by evaluating processes and employee strengths.
- Established and enforced clear goals to keep employees working collaboratively.
Shift Leader
3 Years 5 Months- Supervised shift production activities, maintaining safety, quality, and output standards.
- Coordinated operators, assigning work to keep production lines running efficiently.
- Monitored process conditions, adjusting settings to support consistent compound quality.
- Conducted shift handovers, documenting issues, downtime, and priority actions.
FOLK LIFT OPERATOR
1 Year 5 Months- Unloaded incoming items from trucks and rail cars and transported materials to staging area.
- Maneuvered forklift over and around loaded pallets, boxes and other materials.
- Transferred materials to and from warehouses, production lines and packaging lines.
- Consistently met deadlines for loading trailers to meet departure deadlines.
STACKER
6 Months- Documented product movement in production logs.
- Identified opportunities to improve processes and efficiency and addressed with stacking.
- Operated equipment such as cement mixer with consistent attention to safety to prevent mishaps and malfunctions.
- Loaded, unloaded and moved materials on work site.
- Labeled products, noted SKUs and scanned barcodes into database.
- Operated equipment with consistent attention to safety to prevent mishaps and malfunctions.
- Loaded and unloaded materials like drywall, shingles and plywood for customers.
Education
- Electrical Engineering
Some College (No Degree)
Skills
Goal-oriented
Processes and procedures
Systems and automation applications
Materials handling and transport
Forklift certified
Inventory organization
Time management
Decision-making
Flexible
Multitasking
Reliable and trustworthy
Timeline
Shift Leader
Benvic
05.2023 - CurrentRead More
FORK LIFT OPERATOR
Cameron Chemicals
03.2021 - CurrentRead More
SUPERVISOR
Martin International
11.2018 - 02.2021Read More
FOLK LIFT OPERATOR
UFP
01.2017 - 06.2018Read More
STACKER
JTR
11.2016 - 05.2017Read More
Mitchell Community College
from Electrical Engineering
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