George Palmer

Experience

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  Tuff Boy Sales Inc.

  Mar 1988 - Mar 1989

  Fitter/Welder

  Production Welder/Low Boy Plummer(installation of all air lines/pods). Manufacture Low Boys and installed various components throughout the trailers.

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  Interlake GKN

  Jul 1993 - Oct 2001

  Production Manager

  Supervise the Weld Certification process, Robotic Arms Operation and Semi-Automatic Weld Operations, ensuring all employees in Frame Manufacturing are certified to the AWS D1-1 standard. Supervise Paint line, Fabrication, Shipping and Receiving Departments as well.As a Lean Practitioner, constant overview on continuous improvement programs(Kaizan), past and present. Performing cost analyst on equipment for all Departments.Played an active role in the Safety Committee, Safety Manager, ensuring employees following the Safety Policies of the Company as well as to OSHA. Show less

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  PDM Strocal Inc

  Oct 2001 - Mar 2004

  Production Supervisor

  Supervise the Weld Certification process, ensuring all employees in Structural Manufacturing are certified to the AWS D1-1 standards. Verified welds passed all Ultrasonic Weld Testing as well as repair. One other role was Planner and Scheduler. Ensuring that MTRs were correct and that all prints issued to the shop floor coincided with which structural part to be manufactured.Part of the Safety Committee ensuring employees following the Safety Policies of the Company as well as to OSHA.

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  Siemens Industry Mobility

  Sept 2004 - Mar 2013

  Production Supervisor

  Coordinate with Graz, Austria with Floor layout for Bogie Manufacturing(1st in the US). Implementation of 3x3 matrix to ensure employees are properly cross trained. Supervise the "In house" Weld Certification process, ensuring all employees in Bogie Manufacturing are certified to the AWS D1-1, D1-3 and DIN (international weld certification) standards. Verified welds passed all Ultrasonic and Radiographic Weld Testing as well as repair.As a Lean Practitioner, constant overview on continuous improvement programs, past and present. Performing cost analyst on equipment such as for Machining as well as for the Weld Departments.Played an active role in the Safety Committee ensuring employees following the Safety Policies of the Company as well as to OSHA. Show less

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  New Era Imprints/Logo Choices

  Mar 2013 - Mar 2014

  Production Manager/Graphic Designer

  In charge of Designing graphics for product. I had to interface the designs with the laser. The laser was capable of putting patterns on apparel, wood, as well as metal.

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  BasX Solutions LLC

  Mar 2014 - now

  Manufacture Air Flow Handlers. Coordinate with General Manager on Shop Floor layout for Weld Manufacturing. Implementation of 3x3 matrix to ensure employees are properly cross trained for Assembly and Weld Department. Supervise the Weld Certification process and Robotic Arm Operation, ensuring all employees in Weld Manufacturing are certified to the AWS D1-1 standards(Tig, Mig, aluminum and Stainless Steel). As a Lean Practitioner, constant overview on continuous improvement programs. Performing cost analyst on equipment such as for Fabrication as well as for the Weld Departments.Played an active role in the Safety Committee as Safety Manager ensuring employees following the Safety Policies of the Company as well as to OSHA.Ensure Great Quality products are the only product leaving our Facility. Show less

  • Production Supervisor

    Mar 2014 - now

  • Safety Manager

    Mar 2014 - now