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| | Click here or scroll down to respond to this candidate6131 Creft Circle MATTHEW S. SMOTHERSIndian Trail, NC Street Address EMAIL AVAILABLE Cell: PHONE NUMBER AVAILABLEPACKAGING ENGINEER / QUALITY ASSURANCE / RESEARCHPackaging Science Expertise: Excellent engineering and quality assurance experience in the packaging industry. Thorough knowledge of and experience in supervising operations and personnel. Demonstrated abilities in cost reduction, productivity, and overall performance. Participated in plant start-ups, performing research and analyzing results, troubleshooting, and assuring compliance with regulatory requirements.Operational Procedures & Technical Skills: Sencorp Heat Sealer - Chatillon Tensile Strength Tester - Vertical & Horizontal Form/Fill/Seal Machines - ISO 9000 - ISTA (International Safe Transit Association) procedures - various PLC's (American, Italian, German, Taiwanese). MS Windows, Word, Excel - WordPerfect - Lotus 1-2-3 - Visio - Basic & Pascal programming skills - AutoCAD-14 - CAPE software.EDUCATION / HONORS / ACTIVITIES1998 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY, Clemson, SCB.S. Degree in Packaging Science - Concentration in MarketingHonors: Dow Chemical Scholarship ... Flexible Packaging ScholarshipActivities: Packaging Science Club ... Intramural football, soccer, and softball ... Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, Social Chairman (managed budget, liaison with university officials, responsible for vendor negotiations/contracts)SYNOPSIS OF EXPERIENCEExperienceSocial Worker/Recruiter for Doors To Success 2008-2018Receiving Supervisor for Southern logistics / Detroit Diesel 2005 -2008Packaging Engineer for Tyco International and Clinipad Corporation 00-01Assistant Supervisor for Nan Ya Plastics 1999 - 2000At Doors To SuccessI'm responsible for customer accounts.My work has been finding people with disabilities employment.Maintaining relationships with all vendors to keep customers employed.Making and reviewing resumes.At Southern Logistics,Responsible for receiving and inventory for all packaging materials.Received all automotive parts and put them in the system.Scheduled trucks to come pick up excess materials.At Tyco,Worked in the NC Distribution Center and was responsible for handling all aspects of packaging for10 different divisions (package design and implementation and communicating all packaging specifications for all S.E. facilities).Assisted in the transition of Tyco and Siemens in the packaging department.Identified new packaging and described the package and contents on Tyco's computer system.At Clinipad,Worked in quality control packaging laboratory and wrote protocol for tensile strength testing of medical packages. Created various spreadsheets relating results of experiments to machine settings (dwell time, pressure, temperature).Completed nearly 60,000 tensile strength tests on 7 different multi-layered structures. Responsible for production process, automated packaging equipment, personnel administration, regulations and standards, abnormal conditions, maintaining package quality on a specific level. Adhered to ISO 9000 Quality Standards.Identified best settings for running machines at maximum capacity by performing time, temperature, and pressure studies for medical packages. Documented all procedures.At Nan Ya Plastics,Supervised Quality Control Automated Packaging department and packaging personnel managing the key-in work and package quality performed by them.Responsible for the production process, automated packaging equipment, personnel administration, regulations and standards, abnormal conditions, maintaining package quality on a specific level.Adhered to ISO 9000 Quality Standards.Designed a system of Housekeeping Stations for workers.Created a new system for breaking down boxes which cut man hours and reduced the cost of breakdown.Involved in the start-up of a new production facility, from plant construction to machinery installation.OtherAssignments Shipping/Receiving, BBQ Galore 0405Quality Assurance Auditor, Sonoco 02-03...Subscriber Advisor, Sitel CustomerService, UPSAt BBQ GaloreI was responsible for picking orders, organizing pallets, shrink wrapping the final pallet to be shipped.My assignments included unloading trucks, counting inventory, organizing new products to stored location.Working in Shipping/Receiving everyday.At Sonoco,Audited finished goods for product quality and established the count produced for each pallet of product completed.Prepared/distributed/maintained records of certifications and reports (manual and computerized). Communicated non-conformances to manufacturing and quality personnel.Gathered, recorded, and filed process datasheets.Identified quality errors in the product and prevented bad packaging to go to customer.At Sitel,Worked with the Onstar navigation system and provided information and emergency services to customers in the Onstar database.At UPS,Entered data and located packages using a global tracking system.Organized inventory control numbers. |