Experience

Borroughs

• Punch Press Operator



Ameriwood Industries, Dowagiac, MI

• MRO Buyer and Stockroom Attendant

  • Sep 2005 - Jul 2007

  Responsible for the requisition, purchasing, stocking and distribution of parts, items and materials for the Maintenance Dept. and various areas of Production. Responsible for the requisition, purchasing, stocking and distribution of parts, items and materials for the Maintenance Dept. and various areas of Production.



Kalamazoo Fabrication, Kalamazoo, MI

• Shipping and Receiving Clerk and Delivery Driver

  • Jun 2004 - May 2005

  Responsible for: 1) Unloading trucks and trailers containing raw materials and vended items making sure that the paperwork was in order (a purchase order number was present and the correct material and amounts were present) mark the paperwork as received and submit the paperwork to the purchasing agent to be matched to PO’s in the system. 2) Shipping packages and assemblies that were not local orders via UPS, FED EX, and trucking companies. 3) Making local deliveries and pickups to vendor contractors (chrome platers and powder coaters) and customers, Show less



LinkTech, Inc., Bangor, Michigan

• Shop Supervisor

  • Oct 1998 - Dec 2003

  Responsible for establishment and overall operations of small plastics fabrication shop. Responsible for establishment and overall operations of small plastics fabrication shop.



B.E.I., Inc., South Haven, Michigan

• Sheet Metal Mechanic

  • Sep 1973 - Oct 1998

  1) Design and fabricate components and assemblies for fruit and vegetable harvesters, cleaners, and packaging equipment incorporating metalworking, electronics and pneumatics in accordance with established blueprints or working with engineering to establish those blueprints, 2) Responsible for maintenance of equipment in the sheet metal department including: locating vendors for repair parts or vendors who could fabricate those parts, ordering the parts and performing the actual work necessary to make the repairs up to and including the complete rebuilding of equipment, 3) Trained new employees in the sheet metal department, assisted in other departments, i.e., machine shop, hydraulics and general frame assembly. Ordered stock material for fabrication related to the sheet metal department. *I eventually came to be the de-facto department head although such titles were not used there. Show less