Jason Mankin

• Recommended adjustments to production processes to optimize product quality.
• Used various precision measuring instruments to check workpiece accuracy.
• Operated CNC and manual lathes, mills and drill presses to produce precision machined components.
• Trained and mentored new and existing machinists on proper machining techniques.
• Proven ability to learn quickly and adapt to new situations.
• Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment.
• Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.
• Managed time efficiently in order to complete all tasks within deadlines.
• Demonstrated leadership skills in managing projects from concept to completion.
• Resolved problems, improved operations and provided exceptional service.

• Planned projects by identifying necessary equipment, tools, and required assistance.
• Monitored tool and equipment condition and arranged repairs.
• Completed precise joining and high-quality finish work by properly anchoring and bracing structures.
• Read and interpreted blueprints to follow specifications of projects.
• Operating lathes, skill saws, electric and battery operated drills, reciprocating saws, planers, Bobcat (skid steer), air and gas cartridge nail guns, transits, studfinders, and jackhammers.
• Organized project work by reading blueprints and assessing job specifications to determine optimal plans.
• Completed installations of building structures, trim, flooring, and cabinetry.

• Dismantled machinery to access, remove, and replace worn components and keep production within optimal tolerances.
• Arranged and secured materials in chucks, fixtures, or automatic feeding mechanisms.
• Evaluated and measured completed materials and products to verify conformance to specifications.
• Manipulated controls to feed, admit, apply and transfer materials and adhesives, adjusting temperature, pressure, and time settings.

Measured, scribed references for carbon setting on aluminum smelting pots, tapped hot aluminum out of pots, adjusted voltage both manually and digitally on pots, measured and added chemicals needed for pot operation, strapped pots out to transfer current to other pots.Operated 50 ton cranes to distribute alumina ore into pots, operated small and large forklifts, endloaders, and Gerlingers (hot metal carriers), operated hand cranes to dump out crucibles, set up and operated reeming tools for metal tapping syphons.

• Monitored gauges, meters, and control panels to obtain information about equipment temperatures and pressures
• Trained new employees on proper multi-machine operation.