Cory Baxter
Berrien Springs, MI 49103
***********@*****.***
EDUCATION
Concord High School
oGraduated 2006
Ivy Tech Community College
o2 years accounting
EXPERIENCE
Industrial Fabrication (Metal Fabrication)
October 2020 – Present
Welder
Gmaw steel
Pulse welding
Fabrication
Reading blueprints to put together cut and bent steel.
Weld parts to specsrequirements at 1/32 of an inch tolerances.
Tools and Skills needed for day to day operations
Daily forklift usage.
Skills with acetylene torch, and plasma cutter.
Making fixtures out of scrap steel to help make multiple parts.
K.O. Products (Metal Stamping)
April 2019 – October 2020
oQuality Assurance and Manager in training
Training new employees in proper inspection requirements.
oUse of calipers, micrometers, height gauge to check parts within thousandths and millimeters
Reading of blue prints
Some use of CMC machine to check concentricity and flatness of parts.
oInventory Control
Writing inventory tickets for all raw, wip, and finished goods
Input of tickets into Made 2 Manage system
oInspection of incoming goods
Check incoming raw material for any quality defects
Responsible for receiving inspections on incoming goods
oFloor Inspection for spot welding procedures and metal stamping
Responsible for all quality of thousands of parts each day
Perform dock audits of all outgoing product insuring quality packaging and 0 defect parts.
Berkshire Bus (Division of Forest River)
May 2017 – April 2019
oHead welder and assistant supervisor for crew of eight
Training of new employees.
Opening and shutting down of shop each day.
Interpersonal conflict resolution
oDevelopment of new procedures to speed up production.
Building new tables to build parts increasing productivity and quality.
Developing Jigs and techniques to increase productivity.
oSteel MIG welding and fabrication.
oFabricating floors, walls, roof and small parts for several different models of bus.
Including E350, E450, F550, Freightliner, and Mercedes Sprinter busses.
Several variations of each model.
oCaging the specified unit and mounting onto a chassis we prepare in our department.
oProficient in use of air tools, electric power tools, plasma cutters, and table saws.
Heartland RV
Transferred from Thor in September 2015 – April 2017
oProduction MIG Aluminum welding
oPiece rate 5th wheeler production
oJig fabrication
Thor Motorcoach
June 2015 – August 2015
oProduction MIG Aluminum welding
oPiece rate 5th wheeler production
Ameritrans Bus, Inc.
April 2014 – June 2015
oMIG steel welding
oTraining of new personel
oCaging and mounting busses
oUse of air and power tools
oUse of Plasma torch
L&W Engineering
May 2011 – September 2012
oProduction MIG Aluminum welding
REFERENCES
Vince Fetke (Retired Chief of Police for Benton Harbor)
o4765 Vince Ct. St. Joe, MI
o269-208-5447
Abbi Abner (Supervisor at Berkshire Bus)
oGoshen, IN
o574-333-6100
Lisa Broda (Quality Control at K.O. Products)
oBaroda, MI
o269-591-9157