Jacob Price
Manufacturing Technician III
Kyle,TX
Summary
Manufacturing Technician with 3 years of experience in production operations, process improvements, safety compliance, and quality tracking. Skilled in analyzing downtime, production, and quality data to support process improvements in anode material slitting. Combines hands-on manufacturing experience with college-level computer science coursework, offering a strong blend of technical, mechanical, and analytical problem-solving skills for manufacturing specialist or engineering roles.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Technician III
Tesla
07.2023 - Current
- Maintain floor safety with proper PPE, LOTO, and follow posted manufacturing notices/instructions.
- Operate and maintain Anode material slitting machinery; Troubleshoot issues with mechanical slitter and slitter human machine interface using designated OCAP procedures. Submitting FLUX tickets or OPS Genie’s when necessary.
- Track Grafana for Electrode width and pancake width yield data from slitting tools as well as MARS downtime data tracking and monitor quality vision systems to track any material defects coming off material rolls.
- Fill out Executive Pass down reports, trihourly process reports, and hourly downtime updates.
- Work with engineering and maintenance teams to create improvements for the slitting tools Assign workstations and workflow schedules for production associates working at slitters.
Production Associate
Tesla
10.2022 - 07.2023
- Follow posted PPE, Manufacturing Instructions, and Safety Guidelines.
- Learn technical running operations for slitting tool
- Use Electric Pallet Jack to transport completed anode pancakes on weldments.
- Use crane to transport material rolls to racks or AGV (motorized) carts for onloading
- Work with Quality to identify and improve defects on material
Scheduling Technician
Thermo-Temp
03.2022 - 10.2022
- Field & Lab Calibration Certificate processing
- Technician scheduling management
- Microsoft Excel spreadsheet and Calendar creation/management.
- Podio ticket creation/distribution
- Customer contact list management, Field support e-mail management
Education
No Degree - Computer Science
Lonestar College
Kingwood 05.2001 -
Skills
Safety protocols
Equipment troubleshooting
Process improvement
Production recordkeeping
Troubleshooting and diagnosis
Multitasking
Data collection
Quality control guidelines
Problem-solving
Attention to detail
Timeline
Manufacturing Technician III
Tesla
07.2023 - Current
Production Associate
Tesla
10.2022 - 07.2023
Scheduling Technician
Thermo-Temp
03.2022 - 10.2022
No Degree - Computer Science
Lonestar College
05.2001 -