Colleen Shanks
Fraser Rise,VIC
Summary
Customer orientated and focused on increasing production, minimizing equipment downtime and costs and maximizing overall plant efficiency. Production Supervisor focused on producing high quality that exceed customer expectations and help achieve company production and revenue goals. II always look forward to is learning and developing my knowledge and skills. My entire working life has been about establishing strong trusting relationships, and I think that my natural ability to use my excellent communication and interpersonal skills has always been one of my strongest assets.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
PICK PACKER
GLOBAL MEATS
06.2022 - Current
- Responsible for packing orders for customers
- Managing time to make sure orders go out on time
- Ensuring the product goes out at the highest level of quality
- Picking from chilled as well as frozen areas
- Lifting boxes from anywhere between 5kg to 25kg
- Training new employees when needed
- Working in a team environment
- Following stringent OH&S guidelines
- First aid Qualified as well as CPR (Current).
SUPERVISOR POST COOK
BERTOCCHI SMALLGOODS
01.2020 - 01.2022
- Oversee employees and implement rotations to avoid RSI injuries
- Comply to customers quality and output requirements
- Follow Quality control and food safety within guidelines to meet requirements of customers and the company
- Work with the pre cook area to organise the next days production and future orders
- Keep manning levels to a minimum to help with KPI’s and production requirements, to also maximise output
- Work closely with QA officers and management to ensure product is of premium quality
- Ensure correct PPE and HACCP were strictly followed.
KITCHEN HAND/PACKER
ORGANIC INDULGANCE
01.2018 - 01.2020
- Follow and cook recipes for organic dips, sauerkraut, muesli and organic soups
- Pack and pick orders for local customers and farmers markets
- Stocktake counts on produce
- Quality checks on use by dates of products.
BAKEHOUSE LABOURER/PACKER
FERGUSON PLARRE BAKEHOUSES
01.2017 - 01.2018
- Worked in the Creaming room whipping the product for application to cakes
- Followed strict guidelines for the distribution of baked goods to various stores
- Picking and packing for various locations
- Piping cream and icing on cakes
- Quality control on temperatures of cream before using whilst making sure right ingredients were added for final product.
PROCESS WORKER/BANDSAW OPERATOR/QUALITY
COUNTRY COOKED MEATS
01.2015 - 01.2017
- Was responsible for packing and processing meats for cooking
- Quality and safety for other employees and product
- Reported directly to the room supervisor and following stringent guidelines
- Checking post and pre cook temperatures of product
- Daily QA checks
- Implementing Quality control measures throughout the shift.
QA officer/production supervisor
Australian specialty foods
Melton
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Started at Frew’s as a qa officer
- Stayed in this position for a year or so and got promoted to production supervisor, I worked and reported directly to the operations manager and senior production supervisor
- Responsible for achieving production requirements
- Trained staff of 10 direct labour employees to perform assembly and manufacture of product
- Directed and coordinated the production and any processing
- Ensured that all health and safety guidelines were followed
- Made sure that products were produced on time and are of good quality
- Monitored product standards and quality-control programs
- Oversaw the production process and managed the production schedule
- Reviewed processing schedules and production orders concerning inventory requirements, staffing requirements, work procedures and duty assignments, considering budgetary limitations and time constraints
- Set and monitored product standards, examining samples of raw products and processing tests, to ensure the quality of all finished products.
Process worker/team leader/oh&s coordinator
Dons small goods
Altona
01.2008 - 01.2010
- Started at dons as a process worker/labourer
- Was later promoted to post cook team leader as a fill in for our team leader as needed
- Was responsible for up to 60 people on afternoon shift as well as production targets and kpi's
- Later my role at the company was the oh&s co coordinator which I was responsible for all aspects of safety and concerns in regards to employees and the company.
Knife hand/ mince room leader
Tasman meats abattoirs
Brooklyn
05.2005 - 10.2007
- I started in the boxroom and eventually worked up to knife hand work in the offal room
- It was a lamb and beef abattoirs
- After a year or so I was being trained to run the mince room, in charge of a small team of people and putting together and dismantling machinery for the day’s production
- Responsible for achieving production requirements
- Ensured that all health and safety guidelines were followed
- Made sure that products were produced on time and are of good quality
- Monitored product standards and quality-control programs
- Oversaw the production process and managed the production schedule.
Education
High School Diploma -
Skills
- Interpersonal skills
- Extremely quick learner
- Assembly line production
- Quality assurance training
- Quality inspection
- Strong leadership abilities
- OSHA regulations
- Production line management
- Quality Assurance
- Product Inspection
- Temperature Control
- Packing boxes
- Product Inspections
- Product Packaging
- Production Line Monitoring
- Weighing and Measuring
- Quality Inspection
Certification
- Level 2 first aider and CPR, MM/DD/YY
- Certificate IV in Food Processing, MM/DD/YY
- Monitor and Implement GMP procedures and quality and Food Safety Programs, HACCP included., MM/DD/YY
References
- Rowena Gelera, QA Supervisor, Australian Speciality Foods, 0422 077 567
- Kathy Forster, Senior Production Supervisor, Australian Speciality Foods, 0418 170 874
- Jess Gandolfo, Accounts Manager, Global Meats, 0481 999 762
Timeline
PICK PACKER
GLOBAL MEATS
06.2022 - Current
SUPERVISOR POST COOK
BERTOCCHI SMALLGOODS
01.2020 - 01.2022
KITCHEN HAND/PACKER
ORGANIC INDULGANCE
01.2018 - 01.2020
BAKEHOUSE LABOURER/PACKER
FERGUSON PLARRE BAKEHOUSES
01.2017 - 01.2018
PROCESS WORKER/BANDSAW OPERATOR/QUALITY
COUNTRY COOKED MEATS
01.2015 - 01.2017
QA officer/production supervisor
Australian specialty foods
01.2011 - 01.2015
Process worker/team leader/oh&s coordinator
Dons small goods
01.2008 - 01.2010
Knife hand/ mince room leader
Tasman meats abattoirs
05.2005 - 10.2007
High School Diploma -
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