Trent Knabb

• Supervise daily shop operations, aligning workload with production schedules and delivery commitments.
• Coordinate maintenance activities, prioritizing equipment readiness and minimizing process interruptions.
• Direct technicians through repair procedures, quality checks, and safe work practices.
• Monitor inventory levels, ensuring parts availability for active jobs and planned maintenance.
• Budget and Procure stuff related to maintenance operations
• Plan and procure supplies for projects
• Develop and sustain 5S plan
• Interview and have the final say on all employees being hired in department
• Manage safety concerns through submission and follow-through of required actions.
• Monitor job reporting for direct and indirect labor tasks.
• Manage workload hours and approved timecards for accurate payroll processing.
• Manage training, inspections and maintenance for OSHA forklift certification across all three plants.
• Managed CNC Machine shop for about a year
• Ran Inspection Department for about 6 months
• Collaborate with engineering team to review requirements, resolve issues, and maintain workflow alignment.
• Partner with Quality Assurance Supervisor to coordinate quality-focused reviews and issue resolution.
• Conduct final inspections to ensure alignment with customer expectations.
• Execute corrective actions to address failed product processes and maintain operational reliability.
• Gather operational data to support performance tracking and reporting.
• Verify employee receipt of accurate blueprints to support consistent production execution.

• Diagnosed mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic failures on high-speed packaging equipment for Colgate Palmolive.
• Performed preventive maintenance on blow molding, extruder, conveyor, and support systems to reduce unplanned downtime.
• Repaired motors, pumps, chain drives, conveyors, grinders, packaging equipment valves, and gearboxes using precision tools and maintenance procedures.
• Measured products and performed quality control checks
• Used Milling Machines, Lathes, Surface Grinders, Sand blasters, Drill presses, Metal benders, Metal shears, Welders, Plasma cutters, Torches.
• Designed and fabricated safety shields, doors, etc.
• Set clamp pressures for molds
• Operated blow molding equipment, weigh scales, blenders, grinders, conveyors, alpines, trimmers, spout sorter.
• Performed changeovers
• Performed lockout tagout of all energized equipment.
• Ran computer systems for line equipment

• This is the company I currently work for now as well. Cooper Services bought them out. I worked there at two different times.
• Set up Manual mills, lathes, surface grinders, Saws for precision machining operations.
• Interpreted blueprints and technical drawings to produce accurate parts.
• Measured finished components using micrometers, calipers, and gauges.
• Use thread gauges, Outside Mics, Inside Mics, Telescoping Gauges, Depth mics and gauges, Ring Gauges, Tri-bore mics, dial bore gauges, Calipers, Baker Gauges, Indicators
• Ran quality department for a period of time

Took Machine Trades