Bill Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Savage, Minnesota

Managed staff of Manufacturing Engineers, Tool Design Engineer, CNC Programmers, Tool and Die makers and Model Shop machinists. Assigned projects and collaborated daily with all of my personnel pertaining to project progress. Reviewed and approved new manufactured processed routings that included material required, sawing, sheet metal fabrication, welding, machining, heat treat, grinding, paint and assemble operations. Reviewed new cost estimates performed for new prototype and contract component parts with Manufacturing Engineers. Collaborated daily with Director of Manufacturing on project progress and implementing new lean manufacturing strategies throughout the manufacturing departments. Team member on cost reduction projects using value analysis and redesigning components and using best manufacturing practices, achieved a fifteen to twenty percent cost reduction on all production saw lines. Collaborated with external tooling vendors reviewing new tooling ideas to support continuous component part cost reductions.

Metallurgical Technology/Technician, A'S

Cost Estimating And Time Studies, A

Machine Tool Technology/Machinist, A/B'S