Experience

Texas United Management Corporation

• United States
• Mining
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Warehouse Manager

  • Jul 1999 - Present

  Progressively promoted from Process Salt Operator to Packaging Supervisor then Warehouse Shipping & Receiving Supervisor and ultimately Plant Office Manager at the Baytown Facility where solution mined brine water from an underground salt dome is produced for evaporated salt products used primarily in food products, chemical processing, oil field drilling and production fluids, deicing, hide curing, agricultural feeding, commercial, industrial and residential water softening and our new product line used for chlorine generation in swimming pools. Responsibilities include; managing customer relations, accounts management, scheduling and inventory of all production, ordering/receiving raw materials for production and warehouse needs, hiring and training of new employees in quality control, warehouse production and quality shipping requirements, onsite trainer for OSHA specific forklift operations, assist with laboratory needs, ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, writing new plant start-up standard operating procedures to include Operations, Production, Laboratory, Warehouse and Shipping, led Food & Drug Administration (FDA) and State regulatory audits.



Uncle Ben’s Rice Mill

• Houston, TX

• Process Operator Tech

  • Jul 1991 - Jul 1999

  Progressively promoted from Packaging Machine Operator to Quality Technician II then Process Operator Food Tech II and ultimately Process Operator Food / Lab Technician; a position held until the mill relocated operations to Mississippi in 1999. Responsibilities included; performing operations and maintenance at aseptic processing and packaging facility, install, start-up and oversee the quality and efficiency of food service and retail jar production lines, train new employees in wet processing and production line procedures, maintain inventory control and purchasing of lab / plant supplies, conduct and maintain lab test results (pH, temperature, solids, viscosity, drain weights) in Quality Analyst software, perform micro sampling, end-of-run cleaning/sanitizing, maintain product storage records, assist State in FDA inspections.



Borden Dairy

• Houston, TX

• Laboratory Tech

  • Jan 1983 - Mar 1990

  Utilized training and previous experience to serve as Lab Tech performing similar duties as previous employment; proposed and implemented laboratory design and layout. Representative to management for the procurement and use of new testing procedures. Assisted with the incorporation of personnel programs for line members. Maintained all testing records for producers of dairy plant; pulled samples, analyzed for quality, entered results and made recommendations for improvement as needed. Completed 3-year Dairy Processing training and maintained Lab Tech duties as well as Production Lead and Assistant Supervisor. Proposed and implemented laboratory design and layout. Representative to management for the procurement and use of new testing procedures. Assisted with the incorporation of personnel programs for line members.