Luis Salgado Mateos
Waukegan
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Machine Operator
Purpose Built Brands
12.2024 - 03.2025
- Complied with company and OSHA safety rules and regulations.
- Trained new employees on proper machine operation, ensuring adherence to company standards and safety guidelines.
- Loaded raw materials into machines and unloaded finished products to keep manufacturing process running smoothly.
- Demonstrated adaptability by quickly learning how to operate new machinery and implementing newly introduced processes within the production environment.
- Operated various types of machinery, contributing to the successful completion of diverse projects.
- Set up and ran machinery to produce exceptional products for industrial needs.
- Calibrated, tested, and adjusted machine settings or controls in preparation for production operations.
Landscape Foreman
J&E Nursery
05.2019 - 03.2023
- Supervised daily operations of landscape maintenance teams to ensure quality and timeliness.
- Inspected completed work for compliance with design specifications and client expectations.
- Developed relationships with clients to understand their landscape needs and preferences.
- Used trimmers and chainsaws for grounds maintenance, brush clearing, and tree removal and thinning.
- Performed planting, watering, mulching, and edging of lawns.
- Planted bulbs, trees, bushes, and flowers for residential and commercial clients.
- Operated skid steers, wheel loaders, forklifts, and yard goats.
- Maintained grounds by trimming, weeding, and general clean-up.
- Ensured high-quality workmanship by training crew members in proper techniques for planting, pruning, irrigation systems, and equipment use.
Shipping and Receiving
Sigma Services
12.2014 - 04.2018
- Supervised shipping and receiving, distribution and workplace safety.
- Collaborated with team members to optimize shipping and receiving workflows, resulting in reduced processing times.
- Operated forklift and hand truck to transport shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas.
- Followed shipping and receiving procedures for goods and materials.
- Performed shipping and receiving functions to properly load products onto correct material movement device.
Skills
- Strong work ethic
- Good communication
- Attention to detail
- Machinery operation
- Problem-solving
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Power and hand tools
- Assembly and production
Timeline
Machine Operator
Purpose Built Brands
12.2024 - 03.2025
Landscape Foreman
J&E Nursery
05.2019 - 03.2023
Shipping and Receiving
Sigma Services
12.2014 - 04.2018