Robert Snyder

• Crane Operation: Manipulate cab, pendant, or radio-controlled bridge cranes to lift, move, and position heavy loads safely across the facility.
• Load Management: Verified maximum load capacities against manifest weights, preventing equipment overload and maintaining stable transport.
• Load Testing: Perform a "test lift" by raising the load a few inches off the ground to check brake reliability and rigging stability before moving.
• Rigging & Securing: Select and attach appropriate rigging hardware—such as slings, shackles, chains, or lifting beams—based on load weight and center of gravity.
• Pre-Shift Inspection: Examine wire ropes, chains, hooks, blocks, and limit switches for wear, fraying, or damage before lifting any loads.
• Clear Path Verification: Scanned travel zone before transport to ensure clearance of personnel, obstructions, or low-hanging hazards.
• Staging & Storage: Coordinate with floor personnel to precision-stage heavy materials, coils, dies, or structural components in designated bays.
• Communication: Direct movements using standardized hand signals or two-way radio communication with spotters and ground crews.

• Operated production machinery by setting up, calibrating, maintaining, and running equipment safely to meet production demands.
• Inspected finished products and raw materials to ensure compliance with company quality standards and tolerances, contributing to overall product integrity.
• Material Handling: Load raw materials into machines and transport finished goods to designated warehouse or shipping areas.
• Loaded raw materials into machines and transported finished goods to designated warehouse or shipping areas, ensuring timely delivery and inventory management.
• Documentation: Log production outputs, equipment downtime, maintenance issues, and quality checks in tracking sheets or digital systems.

Developed and documented standard operating procedures to ensure consistent production quality.

• Pre-Operation Checklist: Inspect machinery for wear, verify safety guards are active, and ensure all emergency stops function correctly before starting a shift.
• Lockout/Tagout (LOTO): Strictly isolate power sources before performing any routine maintenance, cleaning, or clearing jams from equipment.
• Post-Shift Cleanup: Clear debris from the production line, sanitize tools, and hand off operational updates cleanly to the incoming shift crew.

• Collaborated with metallurgist and quality team to ensure gray iron and ductile iron products met quality standards and were ready for customer shipment. Poured sample slugs every half hour and ground samples to analyze on spectrometer and microscope. Ensure that every test is within specification to the customer's orders. Work closely with melt department to make sure the proper chemistry is being added or removed if necessary. Pour test bars as needed for both gray and ductile iron and making sure all bars are processed and cut in a timely manner. Documented data and communicated results to metallurgist to support quality assurance processes. Operate and maintain the spectrometer, data cast and microscope. Conducted daily test standards and calibrated equipment to maintain accuracy and reliability of testing procedures.
• Inspected Donsco foundry castings for dimensional and visual quality
• Tested metal samples using laboratory equipment and established procedures
• Recorded inspection results in quality logs and production records

• Operated furnaces to melt and refine metal for casting, ensuring quality and compliance with specifications. Draw smelted metal samples from furnaces for analysis and calculate types and proper amounts of materials (carbon, silica,manganese, copper) to ensure specifications are met. Weigh such materials using calibrated scales and record all data and maintain production logs. Must regulate and maintain required temperatures so proper casting goals are achieved. Inspected and monitored furnaces and related equipment to maintain safety and operational efficiency. Sprinkle chemicals over surface to bring impurities to surface and remove such impurities with "slag" sticks. Applied knowledge of chemistry and mathematics to optimize furnace operations and maintain mechanical integrity. It is imperative to observe the furnaces at all times and keep an eye on the various gauges and dials to make sure the furnace is working properly.
• Operated melting furnaces at Donsco foundry for iron casting production.
• Monitored furnace temperatures and adjusted controls for stable heat levels.
• Loaded charge materials, scrap metal, and alloys into furnace bays.

• Cut grooves into terrazzo stairs using power grinder and filled grooves with non-skid material for enhanced safety. Cut and apply joint and divider strips to proper size and area. Position and secure moisture membrane and wire mesh prior to pouring. Spread marble chips over fresh terrazzo surface and press using a roller. Measure designated amounts of ingredients for terrazzo using containers and scale following standard formulas and specifications and load portable mixer, using shovel. Dumped completed mix into wheelbarrow and transferred onto floor for troweling, facilitating timely project progression.
• Finished specialty flooring surfaces for residential and commercial installation projects.
• Applied trim, transitions, and edge details to complete flooring systems.
• Inspected finished work for smoothness, alignment, and surface quality.

• Prepare, mix and measure materials that form the base of terrazzo. Applied curing agent and power ground surface of cured terrazzo to achieve smooth finish. Spread grout to fill surface imperfections in terrazzo for enhanced aesthetic quality. Grind and polish surface of terrazzo before washing and sealing terrazzo to proper specifications. Work is done independently and with a small team each doing their part to complete the task right and on time.
• Finished flooring surfaces for specialty flooring systems installations.
• Applied stains, sealers, and protective coatings to wood floors.
• Inspected finished work for smoothness, color match, and surface quality.

• Executed extraction of poured hardened concrete from metal forms and constructed forms for concrete pouring. Handled heavy lifting, bending, standing, and squatting for long periods while working with wooden and steel forms independently and with a team, demonstrating daily problem-solving skills and exercising good judgment. Multitasked to ensure timely completion of projects. Certified skills include reading blueprints, welding and torching, forklift and overhead crane operation, and post-tensioning. Other skills include grinding and sanding wood/steel as well as using various electrical and pneumatic hand tools.
• Assisted precast concrete production at Dutchland’s manufacturing plant.
• Prepared forms, molds, and casting surfaces for concrete placement.
• Placed rebar and embeds for precast concrete assemblies.

• Managed the installation and construction of commercial modular buildings, components,and mobile offices built for businesses, education, government services, etc. Main priorities consisted of floor construction, putting sidewalls into place, installing and hanging drywall and paneling, and building and setting roof trusses. Collaborated with team to assemble units accurately and efficiently, ensuring timely shipment. Executed flooring installation, including carpet, tile, and linoleum, while operating forklifts and overhead cranes for material placement. Other skills included laying insulation and duct work as well as sanding and grinding wood and steel. Other tools included various saws, drills, nail guns, etc. both electrical and pneumatic.
• Assisted Mark Line Industries of PA crews with site preparation and cleanup.
• Moved materials, tools, and supplies across construction areas.
• Loaded and unloaded equipment for daily job assignments.

• Operated pallet jack to retrieve products from designated pick slots based on ticket orders. Loaded products onto pallets on back of pallet jack for distribution. Shrink wrapped completed pallets and efficiently loaded them into designated trailers. Big emphasis on quality and production.
• Selected grocery orders in warehouse using voice-directed picking and RF scanner systems.
• Operated electric pallet jack to move completed pallets through distribution aisles.
• Inspected product cases for accuracy, damage, and proper labeling before shipping.

• Selected product from conveyor belt and stocked neatly and efficiently onto plastic pallets until reaching maximum height, then pushed out and shrink wrapped for delivery. Climbed and crawled into various slots with ticket orders to accurately pick chosen product in a timely manner, ensuring proper placement onto conveyor belt. Used pallet jack to navigate to various slots with ticket orders, placing product onto pallets and shrink wrapping completed orders for delivery to designated dock. Big emphasis on accuracy and timeliness. Salvage dock- Unload trailers of recyclable and returned product with pallet jack until trailer is empty. Each item is sent to its proper area with the returned items being accounted for. Performed transporting and receiving tasks to ensure timely delivery of products and inventory accuracy.- With pallet jack unload trailers full of product and after tagging product, then transport it to its proper slot.
• Selected customer orders using voice picking systems in warehouse aisles.
• Operated electric pallet jack to move pallets through distribution zones.
• Scanned product labels to verify order accuracy and shipment details.