Felipe Amézquita Contreras

4+ years experience in manufacturing industries (Food/pharmaceutic ingredients, plastic packaging, brewing) in production and quality departments.

Experience and Knowledge in quality department enforcing food safety regulations, GMP, HACCP, and applying problem-solving techniques such as root cause analysis (5-whys, 8M & Fishbone).

Experience as mechanical assembler and troubleshooting assembly instruction errors.

Experience as warehouse assistant and inventory count. Able to use handtools and powertools. Firm believer of safety rules. 2 years in food handling and as service crew on the restaurant industry. Real team player committed to high levels of job performance. Adaptable, trainable, accepts feedback easily. Able to conduct physical work.

Food Delivery Driver - UBER EATS / DOORDASH SELF EMPLOYED - Winnipeg – Manitoba Canada

(2025-09)

• Managed end-to-end logistics and last-mile delivery operations for diverse retail and food service providers, optimizing distribution routes to ensure timely fulfillment and maintaining 100% accuracy in order documentation and digital verification

Assembly Associate - MOTOR COACH INDUSTRIES LTD NFI - Winnipeg – Manitoba Canada

(2025-07 - 2026-01)

• Performed the assembly and installation of internal bus components and final cleaning of the bus before delivery to the customer.
• Provided support in the final area where final adjustments and changes are made in case of damage.

External Assembly L1 - PTI TRANSFORMERS - Winnipeg – Manitoba Canada

(2025-02 - 2025-05)

• Responsible for the mechanical assembly and installation of various electrical transformer components, including temperature and oil level gauges, mineral oil piping, and a wide range of valves such as ball, butterfly, diaphragm, globe, needle, pinch, and plug types. Experience with connecting and routing cables, installing bushings, core positioning, and control panel integration.
• Also supported the dispatch area by organizing and preparing components for customer orders.
• Trained in working at heights, aerial lifts (Skyjack), forklifts, overhead cranes and hoists, while strictly following industrial safety and 5S protocols.

Production Assembler - Warehouse - Yakta – Arrowquip - Woodlands – Manitoba Canada

(2024-06 - 2025-01)

• Conducted the assembly of zero-turn lawn mowers, on a different in-process assembly stations and sub-stations, including parts pre-inspection, issue troubleshooting applying mechanical concepts, and station cleanliness managment, ensuring adherence to quality standarts and safety work instructions.
• Conducted warehouse activities backup when required by short staff ensuring suply of parts to the assembly line and FIFO inventory rotation. Also participated on inventory count on over time hours.
• Conducted visual an technical pre-inspection of in-process products to ensuring a final product's quality and functionality.
• Designated assembler to conduct for rework of rejected and returned finished mower according quality and engineering instructions.
• Final packaging and preparation for dispatch of lawn mowers, ensuring proper product protection and the completion of required documentation for shipment to authorized dealers.
• Maintained the organization and cleanliness of the work environment.

Quality Analyst - Special Plastics S.A.S - Yumbo, Colombia

(2023-11 - 2024-05)

• Responsible for the inspection of plastic materials and finished packaging films which were used by further customers to package food products (humans and animals), and body care products.
• Performed quality tests on finished packaging films to control static and dynamic friction coefficient, sealing force, lamination force, dyne marker test to guarantee the surface tension of the packaging.
• Perform computer chromatography of solvents retained from used inks to guarantee maximum levels as per regulations.

Quality Analyst - Unilever Foods - Cali, Colombia

(2022-09 - 2023-05)

• Responsible for the technical analysis of sauces (ketchup, mayonnaise, mustard, BBQ) to monitor its moisture, granulometry, water activity, pH, acidity.
• Carried out sampling of raw materials for the microbiology laboratory.
• Carried out training on GMP, food safety, taking samples, handling equipment for measuring parameters during the process of production and process stops.
• Supported the internal audits, check documentation of prerequisite programs, cleaning.
• Collection of control samples of finished product.

Process Operator - Anheuser-Busch InBev – Bavaria - Yumbo, Colombia

(2021-09 - 2022-09)

• Responsible for the technical analysis of beer and carbonated drinks to control the alcohol percentage, bitterness level (IBU), light absorbance, color, pH analysis, apparent extract analysis and limit extract analysis.
• Operated the filter press machine and conducted maintenance activities which included the disassembly and reassembly of machinery parts.

Quality Analyst - B-Altman & Company S.A.S - Cali, Colombia

(2019-05 - 2021-09)

• Performed physicochemical analysis to ensure the conformity of powdered food products and pharmaceutical ingredients: Purities of iron, calcium, zinc, magnesium, copper. Crude fat content using the Soxhlet method, nitrogen and protein content by Kjeldahl method, granulometry, colorimetry by absorbance, losses on ignition and ash.
• Responsible for take of samples for microbiology testing of raw materials and finished products.
• Managed the release of finished products and issuing the applicable quality certificates.
• Supported the design of new products by performing sensor tests and analysis as requested by R&D.
• Conducted the internal audits, inspections of the process and plant areas including storage area.
• Supported the correct classification and documented registration of waste according to its nature (recyclables, organics, glass, liquid waste, chemicals).

Food Handler/ Food preparer - Universidad del Valle - Cali, Colombia

(2018-02 - 2019-04)

Volunteer Food preparation - Colombian Alliance of Manitoba Inc (CAMI) - Winnipeg

(2024-06 - 2024-10)

Course - Quality course ISO 9001, GMP, Quality System - SENA (2023 - 2023)

University - Food Technology - Universidad del Valle (2020 - 2020)

High school - Comfandi El Prado (2014 - 2014)