Mike Thompson

Experience

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  Sierra Pacific Cumber co

  Jun 1987 - Aug 1994

  Operator

  Operated numerous machine centers bringing wood products from raw logs to finished, kilndried lumber. Machines included head rig, quad saw, resaw, stacker, puller, trimmer,edger, optimizer, fork lift, diverters, gang saw and chipper.

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  Southwest Airlines

  Dec 1994 - Aug 1996

  Purchasing Services Clerk

  Worked in uniform services department at the airlines headquarters facility at LoveField. Main duties including inventory management and customer service for all of theairlines 20,000+ uniformed employees. Skills included customer service, warehouse orderpulling, inventory tracking, shipping of inventory and computer assisted inventorymanagement functions.

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  Tower Systems Inc

  Aug 1996 - Oct 1997

  Construction Operator

  Winch operator and installer of cell phone towers thru out the united states and overseas. Duties included construction of towers using 2 drum hydraulic winch, boom truck, guywires, gin pole and installation of working electronics. Construction was from empty siteto finished, up and running tower.

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  Exiss / Sooner / Featherlite Trailers

  Jan 1998 - now

  B.O.M. Auditor
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  Featherlite Inc

  Jan 1998 - Mar 2007

  Welder, Quality Control, Supervisor

  Began employment as bucker/driller. Worked up thru ranks in production as a welder,assembler and installer. Joined quality department in 1999 as an inspector. I was awardedthe quality lead man job and in 2005 became quality assurance supervisor. This allowed meto accept an internal transfer to the Quality Assurance/Control Manager position withUniversal Trailers (Featherlites sister company) in Oklahoma.

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  Featherlite, Inc.

  Jan 2001 - Mar 2007

  Quality Assurance Supervisor
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  Universal Trailer Corp

  Mar 2007 - Oct 2008

  Quality Control/Assurance Manager

  Department manager for all personnel, duties and equipment relating to the QualityDepartment. Developed inspection procedures and protocol, developed and maintainedinspection charts and criteria relating to quality from suppliers to dealer satisfaction.Helped to negotiate outside vendor contracts with Purchasing Manager. Managed 3 full timeQuality Inspectors and was Plant Manager to 15 production employees in the finalinspection process.

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  Featherlite Inc

  Oct 2008 - Mar 2011

  Coordinate, order and manage materials for production, engineering and warehouse fromconcept to finished good. Record daily and weekly cycle counts and quarterly physicalinventories. Was Plant 1 representative for inventory reduction project. Welding, manufacturing of steel and aluminum trailers on the NASCAR production line.Daily duties included various air and electric hand tools, steel and aluminum welding,blue print analysis and overall construction from start to finish.

  • Material Coordinator

    Aug 2010 - Mar 2011

  • Craftsman Welder

    Oct 2008 - Aug 2010
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  Universal Trailer Corp

  Mar 2011 - Apr 2014

  Quality Control Analyst/Line Supervisor

  Manage 2 Quality Control Inspectors performing daily audits on aluminum horse andlivestock trailers in a manufacturing facility. Develop and maintain quality standardsfrom incoming raw material thru final product. Start up and supervise custom productionline involving 8-10 employees. Responsible for timely construction, quality, 5S and safetyduring manufacturing of 1 to 2 units per day.

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  Universal Trailer Corporation

  Apr 2014 - Jan 2020

  BOM Analyst

  Analyze, update, correct and order bill of material items for standard and custom order aluminum horse, livestock and vehicle transportation trailers.