Nicholas Schmidt Email & Phone Number

Seguin, Texas, United States

Goodyear, Arizona, United States

- Created maintenance SOP’s and BOM’s aiding the shift of part rebuilds from a weeklong overhaul to incremental rebuilt replacements reducing plant downtime by four days and saving $1.75 million annually. - Designed and manufactured safety devices to eliminate 21 pinch points on the palletizer.- Assisted with root cause analysis of tap tone quality assurance system.- Led diagnostics on capper waterfall faults resulting in eliminating 4 days annually of downtime saving $1.75 million.

Houston, Texas, United States

- Reduced downtime on TMAL unit using process analytics program (TrendMiner) and historian resulting in an additional $106,000 of profit per year. - Spearheaded root cause analysis for tank overfill events resulting in a management of change for waste tanks adding level indicators and alarms linked into the distributed control system (DCS).- Utilized my understanding of stakeholder buy-in when making process changes in control rooms.- Entered work orders highlighting the importance of an adequate maintenance strategy in production environments.- Presented to the CEO and senior leadership on my projects, and proposed utilization of TrendMiner in Nouryon’s manufacturing facilities worldwide.- Utilized TrendMiner and Manufacturing Execution System (MES) to troubleshoot causes of temperature and pressure spikes in TMAL reactor.

Breckenridge, Colorado, United States

- Opened and closed the shop and ran and balanced the register- Served customers ice cream, milkshakes, and fudge leading the shop in tips per hour while serving customers.

London, England, United Kingdom

- Tutored and mentored homeless children in an after-school program.- Connected and played with children after school, while their parents worked.