Dakota Jumet
Galva
Summary
Results-driven professional with a proven track record of meeting organizational needs through effective and organized practices. Expertise in thriving under pressure and adapting to dynamic challenges, enhancing brand reputation. Strong ability to motivate teams and foster positive dynamics to achieve ambitious goals. Committed to cultivating a culture of open communication and empowerment for all employees.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Machanic
Johns Manville
McPherson
02.2022 - Current
- Dismantle devices to access and remove defective parts, using hoists, cranes, hand tools, and power tools.
- Inspect, operate, or test machinery or equipment to diagnose machine malfunctions.
- Operate cutting torches or welding equipment to cut or join metal parts.
- Diagnose mechanical problems and determine how to correct them, checking blueprints, repair manuals, or parts catalogs, as necessary.
- Use tools ranging from common hand and power tools, such as hammers, hoists, saws, drills, and wrenches, to precision measuring instruments and electrical and electronic testing devices.
- Inspect drives, motors, and belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, or perform other maintenance actions, following checklists.
- Align and balance new equipment after installation.
- Set up and operate machine tools to repair or fabricate machine parts, jigs, fixtures, or tools.
- Trained new employees on operational processes and company standards.
- Conducted performance evaluations and provided constructive feedback to staff.
- Complied with company policies, objectives and communication goals.
- Recruited, trained, mentored, coached, and evaluated staff as necessary.
Tool and die maker
Vigea LLC
McPherson
01.2017 - 02.2022
- Verify dimensions, alignments, and clearances of finished parts for conformance to specifications, using measuring instruments such as calipers, gauge blocks, micrometers, and dial indicators.
- Inspect finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects.
- Conduct test runs with completed tools or dies to ensure that parts meet specifications, making adjustments as necessary.
- Set up and operate conventional or computer numerically controlled machine tools such as lathes, milling machines, and grinders to cut, bore, grind, or otherwise shape parts to prescribed dimensions and finishes.
- Visualize and compute dimensions, sizes, shapes, and tolerances of assemblies, based on specifications.
- Design jigs, fixtures, and templates for use as work aids in the fabrication of parts or products.
- File, grind, shim, and adjust different parts to properly fit them together.
- Study blueprints, sketches, models, or specifications to plan sequences of operations for fabricating tools, dies, or assemblies.
- Set up and operate drill presses to drill and tap holes in parts for assembly.
- Select metals to be used from a range of metals and alloys, based on properties such as hardness and heat tolerance.
- Set pyrometer controls of heat-treating furnaces and feed or place parts, tools, or assemblies into furnaces to harden.
- Smooth and polish flat and contoured surfaces of parts or tools, using scrapers, abrasive stones, files, emery cloths, or power grinders.
- Maintain machine tools in proper operational condition.
- Align and secure holding fixtures, cutting tools, attachments, accessories, or materials onto machines.
Welder
ATP
McPherson
01.2013 - 01.2017
- Ignite torches or start power supplies and strike arcs by touching electrodes to metals being welded, completing electrical circuits.
- Prepare all material surfaces to be welded, ensuring that there is no loose or thick scale, slag, rust, moisture, grease, or other foreign matter.
- Position and secure workpieces, using hoists, cranes, wire, and banding machines or hand tools.
- Examine workpieces for defects and measure workpieces with straightedges or templates to ensure conformance with specifications.
- Dismantle metal assemblies or cut scrap metal, using thermal-cutting equipment such as flame-cutting torches or plasma-arc equipment.
- Operate brazing and soldering equipment.
- Clean or degrease parts, using wire brushes, portable grinders, or chemical baths.
- Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.
- Melt lead bars, wire, or scrap to add lead to joints or to extrude melted scrap into reusable form.
- Set up and use ladders and scaffolding as necessary to complete work.
- Detect faulty operation of equipment or defective materials and notify supervisors.
- Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions.
- Chip or grind off excess weld, slag, or spatter, using hand scrapers or power chippers, portable grinders, or arc-cutting equipment.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Welding Technology
Salina Tech
Salina, Ks05-2027
Bachelor of Science - Applied Management
Grand Canyon University
Phoenix, AZ05-2027
Associate of Applied Science - Machine Technology
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson, Kansas05.2020
Skills
- Communication skills
- Policy enforcement
- Team building and teamwork
- Work order management
- Employee training and development
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Customer service and support
- Mentoring and coaching
- Relationship building
Timeline
Machanic
Johns Manville
02.2022 - Current
Tool and die maker
Vigea LLC
01.2017 - 02.2022
Welder
ATP
01.2013 - 01.2017
Associate of Applied Science - Welding Technology
Salina Tech
Bachelor of Science - Applied Management
Grand Canyon University
Associate of Applied Science - Machine Technology
Hutchinson Community College