Jacob Schmidt
La Porte,IN
Summary
Results-driven manufacturing and production professional with over 25 years of experience in optimizing processes and improving operational efficiency. Expertise in lean manufacturing principles, quality control, and team leadership within fast-paced environments. Proven ability to streamline production workflows, reduce waste, and enhance product quality while ensuring compliance with safety standards. Strong problem-solving skills coupled with a commitment to fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration among cross-functional teams.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/General Contractor
Schmidt Contracting Services
, IN
07.2020 - Current
- Build and remodel residential construction
- Coordinated with other workers onsite to ensure efficient completion of tasks.
- Monitored progress of construction activities making sure deadlines were met.
- Performed various carpentry tasks such as constructing walls, installing doors, windows and siding.
- Utilized power tools such as saws, drills and sanders when necessary on projects.
- Oversaw all aspects of construction projects from start to finish.
- Managed construction projects from conception to completion.
- Established work, budgets, and construction timelines to manage and plan projects.
Welder
Lafayette Wire Products
Lafayette, Indiana
01.2020 - 06.2020
- Production Mig welding
- Gathered required materials for each project in order to meet production deadlines.
- Utilized oxyacetylene torches for preheating metals prior to welding or bending them into desired shapes.
- Performed preventative maintenance on welding tools and equipment.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
Welder/Lift Technician
Supreme Corporation
Goshen, IN
06.2017 - 01.2019
- Installed hydraulic liftgate on box trucks style frames.
- Wired parking and running light sequences and to power liftgate.
- Utilized oxyacetylene torches for preheating metals prior to welding or bending them into desired shapes.
- Performed preventative maintenance on welding tools and equipment.
- Read blueprints, drawings related to projects in order to determine proper dimensions of components being fabricated, welded together.
Fabrication Supervisor/CNC Programmer
Sapa Extrusions
North Liberty, Indiana
06.2011 - 01.2016
- Provided technical guidance on complex fabrication issues to staff members.
- Trained new personnel on proper operating procedures for equipment used in fabrication activities.
- Ensured compliance with safety regulations and quality standards in all fabrication processes.
- Developed and implemented process improvements for increased efficiency in fabricating operations.
- Enforced company policies, answered coworkers' questions and trained new personnel.
- Set up and adjusted machines and equipment to produce pre-determined results.
- Planned and developed new operation processes to innovate and stay competitive.
- Reviewed customer blueprints and drawings to determine optimal machining strategies.
- Verified finished parts against engineering drawings using inspection equipment such as calipers and micrometers.
- Conducted training in equipment operations and safety procedures, briefing employees of hazards associated with work.
- Created detailed program documentation, including machine setup instructions and tooling lists.
- Optimized existing programs to reduce cycle times and improve part accuracy.
- Troubleshot and resolved CNC programming issues in a timely manner.
- Performed offline programming using CAD and CAM software such as Mastercam or Solidworks CAM.
- Utilized G-code language to create programs for various types of milling machines.
- Developed and maintained CNC programs for a variety of machining operations.
- Determined program operations sequences and chose appropriate tooling.
- Performed calculations, determined materials to be cut and translated instructions into computer automated manufacturing (CAM) program.
Education
Certificate of Technical Studies - Welding
Atterbury Job Corps
Edinburgh, IN03-1992
GED -
Atterbury Job Corps
Edinburgh, IN03-1991
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management
Purdue North Central
Westville, INSkills
- Verbal and written communication
- Process optimization
- Project management
- Quality management systems
- Safety operation procedures
- Procedural manual drafting
- ISO standards
- Process improvement
- Production scheduling
- Machine programming
- Computer-aided design
- Welding techniques
- Workflow coordination
- Troubleshooting and diagnosis
- Processes implementation
Timeline
Owner/General Contractor
Schmidt Contracting Services
07.2020 - Current
Welder
Lafayette Wire Products
01.2020 - 06.2020
Welder/Lift Technician
Supreme Corporation
06.2017 - 01.2019
Fabrication Supervisor/CNC Programmer
Sapa Extrusions
06.2011 - 01.2016
Certificate of Technical Studies - Welding
Atterbury Job Corps
GED -
Atterbury Job Corps
Some College (No Degree) - Business Administration And Management
Purdue North Central
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