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Phoenix Coca Cola Bottling Co.
Tempe, AZ
Night Supervisor
08/2008 to 04/2010

• Manage the chemical cleaning and sanitation of machinery
• Created Standard Operating Procedures for all plant functions
• Conduct monthly safety training
• Insure the quality of product was at Coke USA and CCE standard
• Back-up for machine operators or lead positions during absences
• Manage the chemical cleaning and sanitation of machinery
• Created Standard Operating Procedures for all plant functions
• Responsible for the start up and shut down of all production lines
• Responsible for cleanup crew
• Supervised from 6 to 40 employees a shift
• Trained employees to be certified as fork lift operators
• Trained lead personnel on the process of blending and precontrol of products
• Cross trained employees on various machine
• Managed vacations and paid time off to include monitoring sick time use
• Reviewed and approved time sheets
• Responsible for employee relations, to include documentation
• Trained in ISO 2000

Phoenix Coca Cola Bottling Co
Tempe, AZ
Lead Person – Dasani Water Line
04/1996 to 08/2008

• Prepare the daily start ups of the reverse osmosis units
• Monitor gauges; inlet and outlet pressures, post-filter and pre-filter pressures to assure the conductivity levels are low enough to process our water
• Prepare samples of several stages of the waters process to the lab, which will test the minerals in the water (conductivity), ph levels, and ozone levels for the final product
• Responsible for issuing daily task to a team of five direct reports which includes 3 machine operators and 2 forklifts operators
• Daily documentation of hourly reports on efficiencies and down time of the machines.
• Safety representative for the production line
• Attend monthly training to assure a quality product
• Responsible to train new employees or those who are promoted to a new area
• Cross-trained to cover other lead positions when necessary
• Trained in Lean Six Sigma
• Trained in 5 S

Phoenix Coca Cola Bottling Co
Tempe, AZ
Lead Person – Production Line
04/1996 to 08/2008

• Qualified to running over 30 different filler machines, which includes packers, wrappers, palletizers, and forklifts.
• Experience in testing several products for quality assurance.

Education
Maricopa Technical College
Phoenix, AZ
1983-1985

• General Studies
• Electronics

Skills
Forklift certified, machine operator, scissor lift, electric pallet jack, over head crane, excellent communication skills, WORD and EXCEL

a typical work day would start out with me entering 6 caged machines, one by one I would scrape all the glue found in the machines from top to bottom, I would proceed on to clean the remaining dust In the machines with a c02 power hose, after the machines were done I would go on to sweep and mop the 4 main panel rooms on my floor, from then I would go to cold storage and sweep all 4 levels for dust, next I would go to shipment clean and sweep all the left over would from crates and pallets. After I was done with shipping I was to go to the hot floor with all employess pick up the remaining pieces of meat on the floor then throw out the trash to end the day.

I learned how to sanitize floors and how to keep a constant work pace while holding a time limit of my own

management was good they always cared about there workers and were very straight forward when I came to the job and slacking off

my co workers were great all from different nationalities but we all got along very well and I never had a problem with any of them

the hardest part was keeping up with the extra responsibilities that were put on me after a couple of months of working but I overcame and managed to keep up with the new work pace that was given.

The most Enjoyable part would be using the c02 power hose to blow everything away its amazing what power compressed air has and of course Lunch Time.

I worked for PSSI two & a half years. Good stable job. My primary responsibility is to ensure that the facility is clean and sanitary, in all areas of the building. This included the production, office, break rooms and bathrooms. I oversaw eight employees in their area of responsibility as well as- 
                                            •Supervised daily workloads, training staff, and handled performance reviews and                                                                                                                                                                                                         -                                           goal settings.
•Overseen all sanitation functions for plant/shift.
• Managed weekly payroll and plant billing sent to corporate office.
•Ordered and managed usage of chemicals and supplies. Responsible for inventory tracking & safe    chemical storage.
•Daily documented sanitation progress and issues in need of attention.
•Decided sanitary procedures and food safety adequacy.
•Adhered to Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard analysis and critical control points, or   HACCP, as well as Safe Quality Food (SQF).
• Continuous problem solving with employee needs, and equipment/plant issues. 
•Monitored staff to reduce costs and increase efficiencies whenever possible.
•Responsible for training all new sanitation workers in proper cleaning SSOPs, chemical use, and safety procedures.
•Managed detailed cleaning tasks through sanitation work orders, and master sanitation schedules.
•Daily correspondence with plant Management, Quality Assurance, U.S.D.A, about progress or issues.

There really isn't a typical day at work! Production runs different equipment daily, and for a different amount of time each day. Management tends to focus on the end time (when the room needs to be turned over to production) rather than our teams start times... which tends to put more strain on the employees because the end time is always the same. Some days we have up to 6 hours to get the room ready; others, we have as little as 3 1/2 hours to do so. This is also made even more difficult by the amount of employees that are there from night to night. Some employees go out of their way to do the extra required to get the job done in a timely manner; while others seem to simply be there for a regular paycheck. I would have to say that the hardest part is dealing with the uncertainty of everything on a nightly basis. The most enjoyable part of the job is the fact that all of management (from leads all the way up to plant manager) know that certain employees don't require supervision in order for them to follow the rules & regulations and get the job done by the required time.... and i qualify as one of them.

This company is a Sub-contracted company that goes into different kinds of food processing plants and cleans them to USDA and FDA standards. The job is extremely fun in my opinion, however, it is hard physical work. There were times where I would work 72 or more hours per week, and wake up in the middle of the night in pain from my wrists and fingers being locked in place- The money was worth every bit of it- Not to mention the room for growth. I really enjoyed being able to work next to a diverse group of people. I should also mention it is an overnight job, where you work anywhere from 6-13 hours per day, depending on the plant as well as your position. Management was good. The District managers and Area Managers would put a lot of pressure on Site managers and that would cause the pressure to be on for all employees. The job was time sensitive, as we were under contract to release the plants for production by a certain time in the morning. Failure to do so would cause the plant to bill PSSI for "Down Time". 
 
Loved the job! Would suggest the company to anyone. OH and I forgot to mention, I got to travel to about 7 states to work at different plants, company paid for lodging, food , and travel expenses!

Clear that the bottom line is more important than the people.
 The standards and procedural policies were important when it was time for an audit, and even then, back dating and pencil whipping was the answer, while the auditor watches documents be illegitimately created and or changed. 
Management and supervisory roles were meant to be just that, but at the end of the day, as a manager/supervisor, you were unable to manage or supervise due to lack of employees present. Partly due to attrition of the hourly worker, but more importantly, due to the limited number of staffing allowed on payroll. Meaning if even 1 person misses a day, it throws the whole thing off. 
Almost always 7 days a week. 
Employee perception of upper/corporate management was low. No confidence from employees that upper management had their best interest in mind. 
Pay was higher than average, but duties and responsibilities, mixed with unattainable goals under extremely short timelines make it a very inhospitable environment. Job work/life balance is such that you will likely miss any and all holidays, sporting, school, family events etc. 

read run sheet, pull out boxes, label all boxes and place in front of proper packers, start running and check stamps and dates on eggs and cartons, keep the cooler boy caught up by pulling and wrapping skids of eggs with forklift, go through bad eggs (yellow on egg, bad dates, bad EB stamp on eggs, etc.), help machine operator with changeovers, bad dates, broken egg in machine, going to dry storage and bringing up more cartons, help truck loaders load trucks, break people out for break, fill stamps with ink, do inventory in dry storage, do inventory in the cooler of finished product, maintenance tape machine, make labels for the boxes for next day, help sanitation clean when done running eggs for that day. management never gave raises for work ethic or more responsibility. They spent more time on break than working.management only got 25 cent yearly raises. hardest part of the job keeping up with all the work by yourself. most enjoyable part was laughing and joking with coworkers and the accomplished feeling at the end of a very long day.

a typical night in the life of a pssi employee starts at 11:45pm with a safety meeting and stretches.  Then you go into a very hot intense and fast passed work environment. followed by a break at 2:15am then at about 3:00am you start the second part of the night where you will have to move at a very fast passe to finish your task by 7:00 from 7:00 to 8:00 you will be rapping things up and getting ready to go home
i learned allot working for this company it actually helped me identify some talents that i didn't know i had. I learned allot about work place safety and people management.
the workplace culture is not very good. pssi has a very horrible turn over rate it is terrible at retaining employees. i think this is due to the the management and lack of leadership skills.
The hardest part of the job is showing up the next day after working wet for 8 hours at a very fast pace and being over worked due to the managements inability to keep it staffed.
the most enjoyable part of the job for me was being able to do what seems impossible to most of the people that walk through the doors.

I worked hard for 15 years to become a site manager and alot of relocating involved..the upper management was not dependable.no free luch..got bonus good pay..it a cold and hot environment.i met alot of great employees that worked very hard and very respectful but at times u have disrespectful...I loved my job I worked hard everyday to succeed to to further my career...I didnt like all the relocating but I got to see alot of things and Experience different plants...I was never late I didn't miss because I wanted to be there..I'm very disappointed of how they did me of 15 years of hard effort..and never got no further then a site manager....I loved my job but I didn't feel comfortable no longer when they tried to fire me for no reason then they forced me to resign..I disagreed with my work history with them to do me that way.i would recommend people to apply as everyone gets treated differently but it's a very wet job cleaning n standing..I'm very hurt after my hard eff6of 15 years to be done that wzt...you do make good money and they have good benifits..

i started at the age of 21, made lead at 23 then rather quickly made supervisor. relocated and made way better wages, its always wet, you get one break but it is paid for at the beginning of the shift. when i worked there thats how it was, has been a year since. its cold, you need proper training to handle chemicals that they use or your gonna end up hurt or have damage for life. management was the only issue i.e. the site manager. its not the same one now. and i no longer work there. so i cant say how its like now. but it was on a basis of being the bosses pet. i got spotted by higher ups and that a low chance on happening, am thinking of going back considering its something ive done for years without issues other then my hands going numb.. if ya want something to keep you on your toes this is for you. beware of having to move it like jagger tho or your not gonna make it. its ALWAYS 3rd shift at this plants area.

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