Brody Baldridge
Winona Lake,IN
Summary
Focused and goal-oriented manager trained in resolution of critical issues within a time-sensitive environment. Successful at building and maintaining talented teams. Organized, motivated, and a multifaceted leader committed to continuous improvements. Proven record of providing employees with clear concise direction along with the instillment of motivation and cooperation. Driven to work with employees and management so that to achieve objectives given and the realization of the companies vision .
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Processing/Melt Supervisor
Warsaw Foundry Co.
Warsaw, IN
06.2022 - 08.2023
- Responsible for implementing safety standards and practices for both departments ensuring that there is a safe work environment.
- Carried out disciplinary actions if employees failed to meet company safety and productivity standards.
- Worked to make sure due dates for castings were met along with implementing existing quality measures, ensuring castings being sold had no structural or integrity issues.
- Maintained communication with production and Core room departments regarding quality issues present, along with updating conditions of newly sampled castings.
- Adhered to ISO standards to maintain the company vision for quality castings and on time deliveries. Headed calibration of all machinery and devices regarding the production of castings along with all corresponding processes involved per ISO requirements. This involved chemistry records were correctly documented, scrap records and casting defects correctly accounted for, and the implementation of pattern repair reports to correct the issues of the associated defects.
- Responsible for ordering inventory for both processing and melt departments, along with generating receiving and inspection reports of product ordered.
- Assisted Production department in pattern repair and rigging on new and existing tooling.
Furnace Operator/Melt Lead
Warsaw Foundry Co.
Warsaw, IN
10.2018 - 06.2022
- Responsible for maintaining the furnace in a safe operational state by the implementation of safety checks as indicated by the safety reports.
- Ensured chemistry was in the correct parameters as indicated by chemistry charts and job cards with the class of iron being poured that were issued.
- Maintained correct pour temperatures along with consistent ladle times as to not promote scrap due to inconsistent temperatures and castings being shifted too fast.
- Maintained a clean furnace by consistently slagging out and clearing out the pour spout of all slag.
- Responsible for pouring spectro disks and test bars. Then responsible for generating APL reports to outsource said items to a lab for the testing of tensile strength and microstructure per request of customer.
- Documented and kept accurate chronological records of chemistry reports, operation logs, weekly safety reports, monthly safety reports, end of week crucible measurements, and chemistry logs.
- Responsible for making end of week furnace repairs with the utilization of refractory and air rammers.
- Communicated with production when measurements indicated the current crucible needed pushed out and replaced. Headed this process with fellow employees by the utilization of re-alignment and centering processes.
Pattern Preparer
Warsaw Foundry Co.
Warsaw, IN
08.2015 - 10.2018
- Responsible for maintaining all patterns along with inspections of patterns before scheduled production dates.
- Delivered patterns to machine operators after inspection to ensure that the correct patterns were being ran on any given pour day.
- Rigging patterns to fit Hunter molding machines, ensuring correct sprue pin placement.
- Repairing patterns when needed along with documenting the actions and steps taken.
- Responsible for making gating, risers, runner bars, and the application of vent pins when needed to eliminate gas related issues, this was indicated by the review of scrap castings from sample or productions runs.
PVD Operator
Winona PVD
Warsaw, IN
06.2014 - 08.2015
- Maintained a clean environment free from foreign debris.
- Communicated issues with maintenance along with troubleshooting to solve and fix any break downs that were delaying production.
- Inspected all deposition chambers to insure cathodes were free from foreign material along with ensuring there were no gaps that would promote loss of pressure from each chamber.
- Worked closely with supervision to maintain the correct chemical levels at each wash station to ensure the product had no material and defects after the drying process.
- Responsible for de-pressurizing the PVD machine at the end of the week, this was done to open the chambers and replace existing plates and cathodes.
- Had to perform preventative maintenance to ensure production for the next week ran with limited down time.
Reworker/ Utility
Warsaw Foundry
Warsaw, IN
07.2013 - 06.2014
- Maintained 1/32" tolerances when grinding flash off castings while keeping a fast paced and productive work environment.
- Big wheeled castings adhering to the quality criteria's given.
- Organized product in the warehouse while assisting in keeping accurate records of casting inventory.
Set Off
Warsaw Foundry Co.
Warsaw, IN
06.2011 - 07.2012
- Responsible for setting molds on a conveyor belt, making sure that they are in the correct position and free from shift as to not promote scrap castings.
- Shoveled and maintained a clean environment in surrounding areas along with assisting in core hauling to maintain faster production.
Skills
- Problem solving and making critical decisions
- Utilization of efficient time management
- Effective communicator
- Team collaboration
- Good Customer service and relations
- Adept in excel, word, data entry, pareto charts, and cost benefit analysis presentations
- Quality assurance
- Operation of heavy machinery, such as molding machines, fork lifts, and squeeze molders
- Managing multiple departments and establishing short term and long term production goals
- Trained in Spill managing along with presiding over the spill management team
Accomplishments
- Furnace tear-down and rebuild. Tasked with pushing out the crucible inside the furnace. Jackhammering out high temperature resistant refractory to expose and remove shunts surrounding the furnace coil. Removal of coil as to make necessary repairs and application of new shunt packs to existing shunts before placing them around newly inserted coil. Responsible for leading a team to tighten shunts around new coil along with pouring new high temperature resistant refractory as to safely secure shunts and coil inside the furnace form.
Work Availability
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Timeline
Processing/Melt Supervisor
Warsaw Foundry Co.
06.2022 - 08.2023
Furnace Operator/Melt Lead
Warsaw Foundry Co.
10.2018 - 06.2022
Pattern Preparer
Warsaw Foundry Co.
08.2015 - 10.2018
PVD Operator
Winona PVD
06.2014 - 08.2015
Reworker/ Utility
Warsaw Foundry
07.2013 - 06.2014
Set Off
Warsaw Foundry Co.
06.2011 - 07.2012
Business Management
Western Governors University
Education
Business Management
Western Governors University
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