James Patty
Sacramento
Summary
Experienced sawmill supervisor and superintendent who drives success in the areas of safety, quality, process efficiency, crew development, and production. Can and will deliver results with cost and downtime reducing strategies learned across 25 years in our industry.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Plant Site Relief Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
02.2025 - Current
- Supervise production shifts in multiple departments and across all shifts in a lumber manufacturing facility, ensuring achievement of goals in safety, quality, and production.
- Operate all production machines, train new crew members, assess and review crew members and processes.
- Troubleshoot issues with hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, servo control, and pneumatic systems to recommend and initiate corrective action, increase up-time, improve productivity.
Small Log Sawmill Superintendent
Sierra Pacific Industries
07.2013 - 02.2025
- Manage approximately 70 men and women in a lumber manufacturing facility, promoting improvement in processes to achieve goals in safety, quality, and production.
- Prioritize and administer all production and maintenance activities.
- Utilize MS Office Suite to compile, organize, and present data
- Trend data in order to accurately forecast expectations for the future.
- Train and supervise production supervisors.
- Take leading role in interviewing and selection of new hires.
- Recommend and initiate commendation, correction, disciplinary, and discharge actions.
- Review and monitor discipline of crew members to ensure fairness and consistency.
- Evaluate crew members, recommend and initiate advancements and awarding of job openings.
Small Log Sawmill Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
02.2008 - 07.2013
- Supervise production shifts, ensuring achievement of goals in safety, quality, and production.
- Oversee the breakdown of logs according to value driven algorithms in a highly automated environment
- Operate all production machines, train new crew members, assess and review crew members and processes.
- Troubleshoot issues with hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, servo control, and pneumatic systems to recommend and initiate corrective action, increase up-time, improve productivity
Large Log Sawmill Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
05.2007 - 02.2008
- Supervise production shifts in a large log sawmill, ensuring achievement of goals in safety, quality, process efficiency , and production.
- Oversee the breakdown of logs according to the value presented in each in a more operator driven operation
- Operate production machines, train new crew members, assess and review crew members and processes.
- Troubleshoot issues with hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems to recommend and initiate corrective action, increase up-time, improve productivity.
Production Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
01.2005 - 05.2007
- Supervise production shifts, first at small log sawmill, then at planer, ensuring achievement of goals in safety, quality, process efficiency, and production.
- Operate all production machines, train new crew members, assess and review crew members and processes.
- Troubleshoot issues with hydraulic, mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic systems to recommend and initiate corrective action, increase up-time, improve productivity.
Production Operator
Sierra Pacific Industries
03.2000 - 01.2005
- Safely operate all production machines in manufacturing facility, using mechanical, hydraulic, electrical, and pneumatic systems to breakdown logs into lumber, to include the use of laser guided optimization programs that ensure the most efficient use of raw fiber in a "no-waste", recovery driven environment.
- Assist in troubleshooting issues with all systems, training new operators, and coordinating maintenance as needed.
- Achieve, at the direction of shift supervisor, goals in safety, quality, and efficiency in a fast-paced, repetitive, production environment.
Education
Certificate of Completion -
Canscott Management Services, LTD
Leadership Training Modules01-2023
Certificate of Achievment -
Drying Lumber For Quality And Profit Workshop
Michael Milota, OSU01-2018
Certificate of Completion -
Karrass Effective Negotiating Seminar
01-2016
Certificate of Completion -
The Beck Group
Sawmill Manager Training Workshop01-2015
Certificate of Achievement -
Timber Operator's Council
Leadership Development Courses01-2006
Skills
- Sawmill department management
- Safety driven
- Excellent communicator
- Crewmember relations
- Policy enforcement
Timeline
Plant Site Relief Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
02.2025 - Current
Small Log Sawmill Superintendent
Sierra Pacific Industries
07.2013 - 02.2025
Small Log Sawmill Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
02.2008 - 07.2013
Large Log Sawmill Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
05.2007 - 02.2008
Production Supervisor
Sierra Pacific Industries
01.2005 - 05.2007
Production Operator
Sierra Pacific Industries
03.2000 - 01.2005
Certificate of Completion -
Canscott Management Services, LTD
Certificate of Achievment -
Drying Lumber For Quality And Profit Workshop
Certificate of Completion -
Karrass Effective Negotiating Seminar
Certificate of Completion -
The Beck Group
Certificate of Achievement -
Timber Operator's Council
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