Twenty Eight Years of Operations Management experience.
2007/Present- Evangers Pet Foods- Supervisor/Safety Coordinator
Resposibilities included production, sanitation, quality and safety.
*Performed sanitation audit on work performed during night and advise as to changes and needs. Advise sanitation crew as to next nights sanitation needs.
* Utilizing company provided safety topics and material, conducted weekly safety meetings for employees. Conducted personal safety audits on daily basis to ensure employees following company PPE and GMP policies. Reported any potential safety hazards to appropriate department for correction and repairs.
* Trained employees on the proper use of company issued PPE equipment and GMP compliance.

2005-2007-Confidential,
Production/ Sanitation Supervisor
*Responsible for 6 production lines and 35 employees. Responsible for production, Sanitation, quality and safety of departments.
* Following AIB documented violations, coordinated facility cleaning for
Followup AIB audit resulting in EXCELLENT rating.
* Assigned with LOTO development program for Syrup and Starch departments. Utilizing company provided materials and format, identified, photographed, documented and placed in instruction sheet all power sources and their respective lock out points. Program included all indentified LOTO points on all production lines as well as all off line main power sources as well as step-by-step instructions on LOTO process.
* Took personal initiative to conduct weekly safety meetings with shift employees utilizing safety topics and materials researched from internet. Documented and submitted meetings to Safety Manager Ed Saak.
* Performed daily departmental Safety audits to ensure company PPE & GMP policies were in effect. Identified and reported any evident safety hazards in department for repair .
* trained employees on the proper use of company issued PPE equipment and GMP compliance.

2004- 2005- Confidential,
Operations Supervisor/ Safety Coordinator
Conducted quality checks on raw materials to ensure compliance and product uniformity.

*Responsible for 9 production lines and 40 employees including all production, quality, sanitation and safety issues .
* Held weekly departmental safety meetings utilizing company provided ,OSHA 5 minute videos on various safety topics and submitted documentation of meetings.
* Conducted daily safety audits to ensure compliance with company PPE & GMP policies. Identified any potential safety hazards for repair or correction.
* Trained employees on the proper use of company issued PPE equipment and GMP compliance.

2001- 2003 - Confidential,
Production Supervisor/ Safety Coordinator
*Responsible for 4 production lines, 2 Lead Persons & 30 union employees
including Operations, Safety, Quality and Sanitation.
* Safety Committee Member, Assigned safety training on all 3 shifts utilizing company provided OHSA materials, i.e. videos, demonstration materials and quizzes. Submitted documentation of activities to Safety Manager. resulting in 12 months no lost time accidents.
* As safety Committee member, conducted monthly Safety Audits of facility to identify and correct any potential safety hazards.
* Conducted daily safety inspections to ensure compliance with company PPE & GMP policies.
*Co-Assigned with Forklift Training recertification program for drivers utilizing ALTAS Forktruck Safety Program which was implemented plantwide for driver recertification.
* Trained employees on the proper use of company issued PPE equipment and GMP compliance.

1999-2001- Confidential,
- Sanitation/Production Supervisor
Focus areas included production,quality, safety and subsequent sanitation of facility.

• Effectively managed sanitation resulting in 70% reduction in micro counts
• Reorganized raw material tracking to ensure product quality
• Trained employees on the proper use of company issued PPE equipment and GMP compliance.
• Conducted and documented weekly safety meetings utilizing company issued materials and topics.
• Conducted LOTO training for Sanitation employees utilizing company provided materials and information. Maintained LOTO compliance set by company via identification and documentation of LOTO violations.
• Conducted Chemical safety training for sanitation employees utilizing Hazardous Material identification provided by Ecolab.

* Conducted daily safety audits to ensure compliance with company PPE & GMP policies. Identified any potential safety hazards for repair or correction.

1998-1999 Confidential,
-Production Supervisor
Focus areas included Production, Safety, Quality and sanitation
*Implemented relief rotation resulting in 30% efficiency increase.

• Reduced changeover time by coordinating with maintenance Team Leader
• Responsible for overall production on 3rd shift.
• Conducted daily safety audits to ensure compliance with company PPE & GMP policies. Identified any potential safety hazards for repair or correction.
• Conducted and documented weekly safety meetings utilizing company issued materials and topics .
• Trained employees on the proper use of company issued PPE equipment and GMP compliance.

1995-1998 Confidential,
– Production& Safety Team Leader
Focus areas included Production, Safety and Quality and line efficiencies.
Responsible for 40 union employees and 4 Group Leaders on 2nd shift

• Increased Production Efficiencies from 45% to 90%.
• Implemented GMP Program bringing Sanitation Index to 86%.
• Increased Production Compliance from 31% to 89% through effective team Building.
• Trained employees on the proper use of company issued PPE equipment and GMP compliance.
• Conducted and documented weekly safety meetings utilizing company issued materials and topics.
• Conducted safety audits to identify potential safety hazards in facility

1979-1995 Confidential,
Chicago and Niles Facilities- Supervisor
Focus areas included Production, Safety and Quality with emphasis on Mixing
and processing.
Managed 30-40 union employees in Baking Facility.
* Began shift by performing quality checks on doughs mixed earlier to determine ability of product to be run. Quality checks included temperature checks, sizing, proof time as well as ingredient checks for proper amounts and temperatures. Spot check mixer paperwork for proper recording of all pertinent critical information regarding traceability, temperature, mix times.
* Checked with mixer and Maintainence for any problems incurred .*Conducted and documented weekly safety meetings utilizing company issued materials and topics including videos, reading materials and short quizzes.

• Authored Technical Training Manual for Mixing Department. Manual inclusive of all equipment operations, mixing procedures, documentation responsibilities and ingredient delivery systems.
• Redesigned raw material documentation to ensure product integrity.
• Implemented daily Sanitation Schedule reducing 25k in overtime.
• Conducted safety audits to identify potential safety hazards in facility

Education: Augustana College - Bachelor of Arts
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