Brandi Finley

I am a mother of two with a granddaughter on the way. My family is everything. I am looking for a place where I can have a career and stability supporting my family. 

I have worked a variety of jobs, beginning in fast food then ranging from commercial cleaning to customer service in a call center to factory work to being a preschool teacher. 

Keurig Dr Pepper                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             3109 Water Plant Road    Knoxville, TN 37914     

Production Technician I

JUNE 2022 - JAN 2023

Operating and troubleshooting “front of line (FOL)” assembly area, including Keurig Kcup filling machines and conveyor system. Duties including, but not limited to: Ordering materials needed and scanning in materials used via palm pilot. Hourly quality control checks. Logging of production numbers and checking production schedule to know amount of materials required. Using hoist system to lift bags of materials. Also, at times, working “end of line (EOL)” assembly area. Monitoring and troubleshooting robots used to package products and case products, then stack on to pallets. The pallets would be wrapped after placing shipping labels on them.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Lifetime Products                                                                                                                                       2015 Eastbridge Boulevard                                                                                                        Mascot, TN 37806                       

Level 2 Technician and Trainer, Quality Department

JUNE 2020 - JULY 2021

Primary duty to observe and record production notes for all aspects of production from the raw materials being used to the final check before assembled parts are sent to the customer, directing process technicians and supervisors throughout process.

After becoming technician, I began training with Lifetime Utah Quality Supervisor Don Waite. Then I was given a position to train everyone at Lifetime Tennessee. This included my supervisor as well as all other supervisors within the plant. I assisted my supervisor with rewriting processes for quality training throughout our entire facility. Training included several duties including but not limited to: quality audits of products throughout entire manufacturing process ensuring no recalls or returns; measuring plastic blow-molding products thickness including boats, sheds, coolers, deck boxes ensure they meet Lifetime Products product guarantee; working with production and process techs, as well as multiple other departments within the plant.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Wetekam Monofilaments, USA                                                                                         Dandridge, TN                                                                                                                    Supervisor: Eugene Barnette

Process Technician / Shift Lead Trainee

OCTOBER 2019 - JUNE 2020

Oversaw daily production of up to three extrusion "lines" (each consisting  of extruder, water bath, up to four ovens,  up to five rollstands, lubrication roller stand, and a winder station which could hold up to 200 yarns). Worked startup shift, bringing up, typically,  two monofilament extrusion lines each start-up day, making adjustments to equipment to get material within specifications. Daily duties included: hourly line checks to adjust windings and check raw material levels. Restringing  any yarn breaks and/or line crashes.  Doffing (changing spools when full).  Lab testing. Packing full spools and prepping for shipment. Material handling. Became familiar with several different plastic polymers and blending them. Became an expert in monofilament quality control. 

Republic Plastics                                                                                                                                                 5316 S. Nati                                                                                                                                  Supervisor: Rodney Kennedy

Extrusion Operator

JULY 2019 - OCTOBER 2019

Operating and troubleshooting an extruder line producing hay bale-size rolls of polystyrene. Duties including, but not limited to: Ensuring continuous flow of materials through vacuum systems into blending system.  Operating grinders to put excess and scrap back into process. Taking and checking samples of each roll to ensure quality and specification conformity. Making adjustments    z                                                                                   Knoxville, TN 37912                                                               

Contracted to: Lifetime Products 

Mascot, TN 37806                                                                                     

Blow-Mold Machine Operator

FEBRUARY 2019 - JULY 2019

Operating and troubleshooting multiple blow-molding machines and robots producing primarily kayaks but also outdoor deck boxes, tables and floors. Duties including, but not limited to: Checking production schedule to determine the number of parts to be made and/or any color changes. Ensuring continuous flow of materials into blending systems. Checking products coming off the line to ensure quality and specification conformity. Adjustments made to the machine accordingly through quality checks.. Troubleshooting the grinder and conveyors as necessary. Basic troublblending systems and the head of the blow-molding machines. 

Luttrell Staffing Group       Knoxville, TN 37919                                                                                  Contracted to: Keurig / Dr. Pepper                                                              Knoxville, TN                                                                                                         Machine Operator

JULY 2018 - FEBRUARY 2019

Operating and troubleshooting “front of line (FOL)” assembly area, including Keurig Kcup filling machines and conveyor system. Duties including, but not limited to: Ordering materials needed and scanning in materials used via palm pilot. Hourly quality control checks. Logging of production numbers and checking production schedule to know amount of materials required. Using hoist system to lift bags of materials. Also, at times, working “end of line (EOL)” assembly area. Monitoring and troubleshooting robots used to package products and case products, then stack on to pallets. The pallets would be wrapped after placing shipping labels on them.

Kelly Services

Knoxville, TN 37922                                                                                                       

Contracted to: The University of Tennessee, Facility Services                             

Knoxville, TN  

Building Aide 

NOVEMBER 2017 - JULY 2018

Cleaning and maintaining buildings on campus and areas directly outside the buildings. Duties including, but not limited to: cleaning all public areas such as restrooms, elevators; break rooms / kitchens; classrooms, labs, and auditoriums; as well as offices. Stripping, buffing, and waxing floors using high- and low-speed floor machines, floor scrubbers and carpet shampooers.

Waffle House           

Strawberry Plains, TN 37924      

MIT (manager-in-training)

JULY 2013 - MAY 2016

“Shadowing” manager of the unit, learning all duties to be able to successfully run my own unit. Duties included but not limited to ordering products from multiple suppliers, product inventory,  scheduling employees taking into consideration labor costs, calculating daily sales and doing end-of-shift reports. At times, cooking, waiting tables, and cleaning. 

CERTIFICATIONS

Powered Industrial Lift Truck OSHA- Training and Certification                

 Trainer: David Crouse (Technical/Production Manager @ Republic Plastics)                                                                                                      

Carter High School; Strawberry Plains, TN - Dec. 2005