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GABRIEL ZELLER

Tipton,Iowa

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Machinist

John Deere Davenport Works
Davenport, Iowa
03.2023 - Current
  • CNC Operator
  • Loading and unloading castings, parts and weldments
  • Press fitting bushings using a hydraulic press
  • Deburring finished machined parts
  • Using overhead hoist and crane to load and unload parts
  • Fork truck operation including sit down and standup high rise with fall protection harness certification
  • Confined Space Supervisor: supervising maintenance personnel and monitoring air quality for optimal safety
  • Hot Work Supervisor: supervising maintenance/welding personnel during welding procedures to assure safety and prevent or neutralize any combustible occurrences
  • Material flow and inventory control helping to audit and properly label material, inventory and storage locations

CNC Beam Cutting Machine Operator

Tipton Structural Fabrications
Tipton, IA
12.2022 - 03.2023
  • CNC Machine Operation
  • Fork truck operation

Conductor

Canadian Pacific Railroad
Davenport, IA
04.2022 - 12.2022
  • Building Consist of train.
  • Taking track warrants, using radio communication to receive permission to operate the train on the designated area of track, observing all signals, and maintaining all paperwork for the safe operation and movement of the train.

Patternmaker

Russelloy Foundry
Durant, IA
09.2018 - 01.2022
  • Repair, alter and manage logistical control of all patterns and core boxes for foundry use.
  • Worked from blueprints, shop drawings and oral directions.
  • Worked with materials to weld, fabricate, machine and shape iron, steel, aluminum, wood and plastic.
  • Used manual mill, lathe, drill press, router, jointer, planer, disc sander, radial arm saw, band saw and fork truck.
  • Used various hand tools including chisels, screw drivers, drills, radius gauges, fillet shapers.
  • Used precision instruments such as height gauges, dial calipers, micrometers, steel rule and combination squares.

Large Machinery Technician/Parts Department Personnel

P & K Midwest
DeWitt, IA
10.2017 - 09.2018
  • Repaired Combines
  • Organized, stocked, inventoried, picked up and delivered parts from PDC and various other dealerships

Tradesman

Oertel Sheet Metal
Davenport, IA
10.2016 - 10.2017
  • Operated Punch Press
  • Operated Sheet Metal Rolls
  • Operated Hydraulic Press Brakes
  • Operated Sheet Metal Shears
  • Performed Mig and Stick Welding operations
  • Painting
  • Fork truck operation
  • Used Mag drill, hand drill, Belt Sander, Disc Grinder and Dynafile
  • Used Drill Press

Molder

KLOPPENBORG Foundry and Fan
Davenport, IA
03.2016 - 10.2016
  • Load and ignite furnace
  • Flux, degas and skim molten metal
  • Pour molten aluminum, bronze, manganese, copper and brass into molds
  • Sand blast, clean, cut, sand and grind casting
  • Making of sand cores and molds
  • Wore protective personal equipment to project from inhalation of fumes and chemicals

CNC Operator (Temp position)

REYNOLDS
Milan, IL
02.2016 - 03.2016
  • CNC, mill and lathe
  • Machining and balancing parts
  • Cleaning and degreasing CNC machines
  • Assemblies of machine castings and painted parts

Plastic Department Supervisor/ Metal and Wood Shop Personnel

LIBERTY PATTERN
New Liberty, IA
08.2011 - 03.2016
  • Read and interpret work orders, blueprints, specifications, and drawings and formulate necessary steps to complete projects successfully
  • Making partings, loose pieces, risers, gating, spruce, installing vents and chill magnets
  • Use various tools and machines: horizontal and vertical mill, drill press, radial arm drill, hand drill, spindle sander, router, table saw, panel saw, jointer, plainer, MIG, Arc welders, cutting torch, fork truck, skid steer, planetary mixer, mini fill urethane machine, combination square, center finder, compass, carbide end mills, drills, taps, reamers and miscellaneous hand tools
  • Lays out, positions, and clamps work using fixtures, templates and positioners for parts to be welded
  • Making black urethane cope, cheek, drag, core boxes and lose pieces
  • Welding and machining aluminum core box frames, cutting iron, steel, aluminum 6061, jig plate stock
  • Performed MIG and Arc welding
  • Performed fabrications, modifications, and repairs on all types of metals such as on aluminum, iron, and steel in the production of equipment
  • Apply accepted trade methods using manual welding processes
  • Apply welds using flat, vertical, horizontal and overhead positions using procedures and or techniques to minimize distortions
  • Operate carbon arc and oxygen/acetylene equipment for cutting and gauging of materials or weldments according to specifications
  • Use precision measuring instruments including digital and dial calipers, micrometers, height gauges, depth gauges and radius gauges
  • Perform preventative maintenance and repairs to equipments
  • Operate fork lift, overhead crane and hoist
  • Oversee Plastic Department and mentor team members
  • Sand blasting and use of solvents such as lacquer thinner, alcohol and toluene

Machinist

UNIPARTS OLSEN
Eldridge, IA
02.2010 - 06.2011
  • Set up and run warner and swasey 2 & 3 AB bar feeding lathe, turning bushings
  • CNC operating/button pushing

Education

High School Diploma -

Davenport Central High School
Davenport, IA
05-2005

Timeline

Machinist

John Deere Davenport Works
03.2023 - Current

CNC Beam Cutting Machine Operator

Tipton Structural Fabrications
12.2022 - 03.2023

Conductor

Canadian Pacific Railroad
04.2022 - 12.2022

Patternmaker

Russelloy Foundry
09.2018 - 01.2022

Large Machinery Technician/Parts Department Personnel

P & K Midwest
10.2017 - 09.2018

Tradesman

Oertel Sheet Metal
10.2016 - 10.2017

Molder

KLOPPENBORG Foundry and Fan
03.2016 - 10.2016

CNC Operator (Temp position)

REYNOLDS
02.2016 - 03.2016

Plastic Department Supervisor/ Metal and Wood Shop Personnel

LIBERTY PATTERN
08.2011 - 03.2016

Machinist

UNIPARTS OLSEN
02.2010 - 06.2011

High School Diploma -

Davenport Central High School

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