Experience

Glacier Water Services, Inc. (Acquired by Primo Water December 2016)

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Service Technician

  • Jun 2017 - Present

  Self-Supervised SERVICE TECHNICIAN for the State of Iowa for a national water company that places water dispensing machines and bottled water company in grocery and big-box retail stores. MAINTENANCE of 70+ water dispensing machines and processors in Iowa and northern Missouri on a 4-week rotation using company van. Duties include: Recording statistics on water usage, conduct water sample tests, replace filters, motors and pumps, complete reorders on refillable water jugs as needed and manage maintenance on company van. Maintain WAREHOUSE, place parts orders, manage and conduct quarterly inventory. Direct Supervisor located in IL. 100% attendance; quick study on all tasks and repairs Show less



Barnes & Noble, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Head Cashier

  • Oct 2010 - Apr 2016

  HEAD CASHIER at national retail bookseller. Managed all aspects of "cash wrap" retail cash/credit transactions, including wrapping/packaging purchases. Also responsible for counting tills, completing bank deposit and coin/bills replenishment, opening and closing of all store registers. MANAGER-ON-DUTY as needed. TRAINER of all new employees on cash register. CUSTOMER SERVICE, sales and promotions. ACHIEVEMENT: Held the highest sales numbers for Children's Book Drive (a donation-driven promotion) for the West Dundee store for two consecutive years. The first of those two years, my sales accounted for nearly half of total store sales for that Book Drive. Show less



LIVING DESIGN, INC.

• United States

• Quarterly Maintenance Technician

  • Mar 2002 - Feb 2007

  TRAVELED 12-state Midwest Region servicing exotic bird aviaries in nursing homes, hospitals, doctor's offices, assisted living and half-way house facilities on a quarterly basis. I was based in Chillicothe, IL, and was responsible for stocking my van with supplies and parts and all exotic birds for each aviary on that week's route. MAINTENANCE required gathering all juveniles to return to "flights" back in Chillicothe (to fully mature before being placed back into aviaries), along with medicating the mature birds, trimming claws and beaks when necessary; cleaning and repairing the aviary structure, stocking the facility with bird seed and bedding. TRAINER: Instructed facility personnel on weekly maintenance of aviary, bird feedings and how to recognize sick birds between quarterly visits. Show less



AGI North America

• Jacksonville, IL

• Quality Assurance Inspector

  • 1995 - 1998

  INSPECTIONS: Monitored all aspects of print production from pre-production plate burning to off-set printing, utilizing Heidelberg Speedmaster 2-color, 4-color, 6-color and 8-color printers, folding machines, stitching machines, gluing lines and final packaging. TRAINER new QA personnel. ISO 9002 Document Author. Helped to organize and streamline the company's onsite archive library. Note: AGI closed its Jacksonville IL plant in 2011 to consolidate it with its Melrose Park plant. INSPECTIONS: Monitored all aspects of print production from pre-production plate burning to off-set printing, utilizing Heidelberg Speedmaster 2-color, 4-color, 6-color and 8-color printers, folding machines, stitching machines, gluing lines and final packaging. TRAINER new QA personnel. ISO 9002 Document Author. Helped to organize and streamline the company's onsite archive library. Note: AGI closed its Jacksonville IL plant in 2011 to consolidate it with its Melrose Park plant.



Peoria Plastics Inc.

• Peoria, Illinois Area

• Molding Operations Technician

  • Jul 1979 - Sep 1989

  QUALITY ASSURANCE / QUALITY CONTROL: Molding Machine Operator at an injection molding plastics company. required on the particular item being produced, making changes in-process to produce the highest quality item possible. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Top 5% of Operators with lowest scrap rate and highest production rate in the history of the company - LEAD NEW-HIRE TRAINER in all aspects of machine operation and production. - My Trainees were consistently in the Top 10% of Operators with lowest scrap rate and highest production rate - Member of the Employee Advisory Committee. This is an elected position with a tenure of 1-year. I was elected for four consecutive years: 1986-1989. Peoria Plastics, Inc., is no longer in business. Established in 1946, as a plastics injection molding company, PPI utilized their own inventory of molds including a line of housewares utility items (laundry baskets, tubs, etc.), Easter items (eggs, baskets, etc.), musical toys (guitars, violins, banjos, etc) and custom molding for other cos. such as US Tobacco (snuff cups, glasses and tins, etc.) and a pharmaceutical supply co. that produced allergy testers for the medical industry. Show less