Donnie Knox
Indianapolis
Summary
Experienced industrial professional with over 30 years of troubleshooting and problem-solving experience. Thrives in a team-oriented environment that values culture and effective communication. Adheres to proper safety procedures and utilizes company equipment correctly. Skilled in equipment testing, inspection, and following instructions during production. Demonstrates a commitment to high-quality standards by manufacturing or refurbishing products using hand tools, fixtures, and fastening equipment while performing preventative maintenance. Proficient in receiving, inspecting, and shipping products while maintaining process documentation. Actively contributes ideas for process and product improvements. Seeks cross-training opportunities to enhance overall efficiency and quality through effective team building and collaboration. Implements policies such as safety, 5S, and continuous improvement. Authorized to work in the US for any employer.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Rail switches/ Shipping and Receiving equipment operator , Safety's Representative
OmniSource, LLC
02.2024 - Current
- Manage safe and efficient work conditions
- Efficiently plan work and allocate resources to ensure timely accomplishment of tasks
- Inspect production gang work and track construction projects to ensure quality compliance
- Monitor track inspection periodically to ensure that all Federal and CSX requirements are being met by Track Inspectors
- Ensure that any defects found by geometry cars and rail test cars are corrected by proper remedial action, within proper time frames by reaching out to TM at local CSX
- Exceptions Management System (SAI) for reporting and tracking work.Conduct efficiency and operational tests
- Effectively communicate and build rapport across departments, sub-departments, and public agencies
- Effectively utilize performance management and interpersonal skills to ensure timely feedback and coaching as required to maintain discipline and improve performance
- Conduct engineering activities at major derailments and natural disasters
- Conduct efficiency and operational tests
- Miscellaneous activities and responsibilities as assigned by manager
- This role covers a wide range of industrial equipment, including power distribution, conveyor systems, rail car unloading, marine vessel loading, automated production lines
- Equipment operator
- Such as Caterpillar, Sennebogen, and Kawasaki
- Equipments
- Skid steer
- Hydraulic Mag crane
- Hydraulic grapple crane
- Wheel loader
- Multi terrain loader
- Forklift
- Electric scissors lift
- Knowledge and Skills
- Leadership
- Microsoft Office skills (especially Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint)
- Engineering and Construction knowledge
- Railroad industry knowledge
- Knowledge of FRA regulatory standards
- Knowledge of basic track maintenance [e.g
- CSX Engineering Field Manual and Maintenance of Way Instructions (MWI)]
- Knowledge of curve elevation design theory and string lining curves
- Knowledge of derailment investigations
- Knowledge of track inspections
- Safety Rep
- Wear (PPE) protective equipment (such as welding shields, hard hat, hearing protection
- Identifies problem areas and takes the lead in facilitating the changes needed to come to a resolution
- Directs corrective actions including planning, training, and follow up
- Completes administrative duties with accuracy and timeliness
- Maintains applicable logs to document compliance and safety and quality indicators (ie OSHA300 series, calibration records, etc.)
- Facilitates investigation of all safety incidents and is a primary contact for all incident follow up procedures
- Issuance of Safety Alerts, Conduct Safety Audits, and administers Lock out/Tag out program, as applicable to the Site of employment
Fabrication technician
Carrier
04.2003 - Current
- Operator robotics,manual and automation presses to produce parts for assembly line
- Set dies and check the quality of parts for correct specifications
- Check and complete daily Tpm sheets and5's to ensure press is operational safely and functional
- Check and monitor inventory, created schedule, planning production
- 5
- Kazien( continue improvement throughout the factory) planning, created, execute and complete
- Leadership ( professional within20 years of professional combination throughout the facility) problem-solving, critical thinking, coaching and team builder
- Microsoft skills Access, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Word
- Fastened joints and seams together to assemble components into sheet metal products.
- Used rulers, squares and scribes to measure and mark dimensions and reference lines on materials.
Shipping and Receiving
Carrier
06.2003 - 05.2024
- Strong and custom interaction dealing well with clients on one-to-one basis
- Resolve claims and service problems
- Monitor the dock, inbound and outbound trucks
- Kept track of the dock pro productivity of each crew member
- Prepare and execute training
- Met daily demands for our customers
- Maintain various records and documentation
Leadership Team Member
Carrier
01.2003 - 05.2024
- Recognize as an effective negotiator and decision maker
- Demonstrate attitude and creativity and analyzing research and problem-solving
- Enthusiastic, through and prompt and complaining projects me and deadlines and staying within reasonable rules and guidelines
- Responsible for the entire production and employees
- A chairman over seven committees
- Interviewed with higher professional and trained staffs , responsible for all aspects of productivity
- Increase productivity by assisted with general knowledge on how to operate Microsoft's skills and summarizing of production ,knowledge and development training throughout the company
Education
Associate's Degree - Associate science
Indiana Wesleyan University
Indianapolis, IN04.2020
Skills
- Provide legal representations to all employees (10 years)
- Forklift (10 years)
- Negotiation (10 years)
- Kanban (10 years)
- Windows (10 years)
- Continuous improvement (10 years)
- Manufacturing (10 years)
- Organizational skills (10 years)
- Mechanical knowledge (10 years)
- ERP systems (10 years)
- 5S (10 years)
- Packaging (10 years)
- Warehouse experience (10 years)
- Kaizen (10 years)
- Computer Networking (10 years)
- Presentation skills (10 years)
- Analysis skills (10 years)
- Plant management (10 years)
- Plastics injection molding (10 years)
- Calipers (10 years)
- Inventory control (10 years)
- ISO9001 (10 years)
- Plastics blow molding
- Programmable logic controllers (10 years)
- Quality assurance (10 years)
- Computer networking (10 years)
- Assembly (10 years)
- Teaching (10 years)
- Handle investigation preparation for arbitration negotiations (10 years)
- Production planning (10 years)
- Distributed control systems (10 years)
- Statistics
- Communication skills (10 years)
- Forecasting (10 years)
- Microsoft Excel (10 years)
- Quality control (10 years)
- Power tools (10 years)
- Robotics (10 years)
- Budgeting
- Basic math (10 years)
- GD&T
- Lean manufacturing (10 years)
- Monitor and push for better safety standards throughout the plant (10 years)
- Lean (10 years)
- Microsoft Dynamics Navision
- Warehouse management system (10 years)
- Handle a wire range of admissible cases (10 years)
- Industrial Equipment Experience
- Precision measuring instruments (10 years)
- Customer service (10 years)
- Schematics
- Purchasing (10 years)
- Microsoft Word (10 years)
- Computer skills (10 years)
- HACCP
- Hand tools (10 years)
- Tooling
- Alternative dispute resolution (10 years)
- Supervising experience (10 years)
- Experienced working and talking to people at all level of an organization (10 years)
- Soldering
- Develop a relationship employees union stores and management (10 years)
- Woodworking
- Robot programming (5 years)
- Interviewing (10 years)
- Laboratory experience (10 years)
- Research (10 years)
- Root cause analysis (10 years)
- Project management
- Blueprint reading (10 years)
- Microsoft Office (10 years)
- SAP (10 years)
- Leadership (10 years)
- Management (10 years)
- Heavy lifting (10 years)
- Heavy equipment operation
- Worksite safety
- Skid steer operation
- Equipment inspections
Certification
- Heavy hydraulic and heavy equipment Certification Present 1. Caterpillar 2. Kawasaki 3. Sennebogen 4. Skid steer 5. Track loader 6. Forklift 7. Electric scissors lift 8. Multi terrain loader
- A degree in associate of science and business June2017 to Present Graduated with a3.8 GPA in Associates of Science Business
- Certification of attendance April2003 to Present Always received attendance certifications for being prompt and there every day
- Certification of achievement February2003 to Present OKI SYSTEMS LIMITED
- Certified hazard communication29 cf41910.1200 March2001 to Present Supervised all inspect of safety operation of close to2000 employees Creating an implement safety procedure programs Train and lockout tag out Playing execute push for continuous improvement throughout safety walk throughout the plant
- Certification of leadership December2000 to Present For showing initiative, facilitating groups activities and providing support to individual needs
- Certification of completion and metalworking October2000 to Present A concentrated course in shop math, blueprint reading , measuring and introductory punch press die setting
- Certification of of appreciation June1996 to Present Computer lab academic achievement
- Certification of participation June1996 to Present PAS first year lab program
- Certification of Raymond operation of industrial trucks April1996 to Present Have completed Raymond safety on a new training program in operation on Raymond industrial trucks able to commute with walkers, order picker, dock walker, easy reach and Tow motors
- Driver's License
- Pallet Jack Certification
Timeline
Rail switches/ Shipping and Receiving equipment operator , Safety's Representative
OmniSource, LLC
02.2024 - Current
Shipping and Receiving
Carrier
06.2003 - 05.2024
Fabrication technician
Carrier
04.2003 - Current
Leadership Team Member
Carrier
01.2003 - 05.2024
- Heavy hydraulic and heavy equipment Certification Present 1. Caterpillar 2. Kawasaki 3. Sennebogen 4. Skid steer 5. Track loader 6. Forklift 7. Electric scissors lift 8. Multi terrain loader
- A degree in associate of science and business June2017 to Present Graduated with a3.8 GPA in Associates of Science Business
- Certification of attendance April2003 to Present Always received attendance certifications for being prompt and there every day
- Certification of achievement February2003 to Present OKI SYSTEMS LIMITED
- Certified hazard communication29 cf41910.1200 March2001 to Present Supervised all inspect of safety operation of close to2000 employees Creating an implement safety procedure programs Train and lockout tag out Playing execute push for continuous improvement throughout safety walk throughout the plant
- Certification of leadership December2000 to Present For showing initiative, facilitating groups activities and providing support to individual needs
- Certification of completion and metalworking October2000 to Present A concentrated course in shop math, blueprint reading , measuring and introductory punch press die setting
- Certification of of appreciation June1996 to Present Computer lab academic achievement
- Certification of participation June1996 to Present PAS first year lab program
- Certification of Raymond operation of industrial trucks April1996 to Present Have completed Raymond safety on a new training program in operation on Raymond industrial trucks able to commute with walkers, order picker, dock walker, easy reach and Tow motors
- Driver's License
- Pallet Jack Certification
Associate's Degree - Associate science
Indiana Wesleyan University
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