David Oberholtzer Email & Phone Number

United States

Leading a team of over 20 fabricators, focused on raising standards and building a thriving work environment.

Lowell, In

-Oversee team of 15-20 Production and Maintenance personnel in all matters of Safety, Production, and Shipping of cast vinyl products.-Utilized Lean manufacturing tools for Kaizen and Blitz/Lean events that resulted in $200k increase in Total Value of Production.-Teamed up with Engineering to test and release over 10 new product lines in 2020.-Worked with international team to solve common production issue. Resulted in 20% reduction in downtime.

East Chicago, In

-Coordinated production line schedules and manning with Project Team to perform $20 million drive and systems upgrade.-Performed daily audits of Quality checks and procedures, including inspections for surface defects and material property requirements.-Teamed with QA to form new procedures and products..

As a senior mechanic in the division, assigned to coordinate and oversee all preventive and corrective repairs to steam plant machinery and related systems. Tasked with quality oversight and the assurance of safe and timely work. Also supervised day to day objectives, personnel concerns (pay, legal, etc.), and trained junior workers in the performance of their assigned watch stations. Took on the job of coordinating the schedule of 300+ watch standers, ensuring all qualifications were current and schedules did not conflict. Other accomplishments on board were:Performed depot level repair on vital steam plant machinery while underway.Tracked qualification and watch proficiency for 60 divisional personnel.

Bachelors Degree, Science; Nuclear Engineering Technology

Basic Mechanical/Nuclear Theory

Activities and Societies: Habitat for Humanity Nuclear power principles, advanced electrical theory and maintenance.