Donald J. Schmidt

Experience

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  United States Marine Corps

  May 2008 - now

  Plan and organize quality control activities, assisting staff members in carrying out scheduled and unscheduled maintenance on all systems and components associated with the fleet of vehicles and ensuring the attainment of satisfactory results. Create and implement maintenance measures, delivering guidance in the installation and repairing of special purpose systems and ensuring all work assignments strictly adhere to the safety mandates. Provide productive advisement and support to personnel in optimizing the fitness of the unique fleet of vehicles by installing mission critical modifications within time constraints. Facilitate and expedite the flow of material, tools, and information to all teammates, instructing subordinates on safety regulations/working conditions and improving overall effectiveness and compatibility of all components.Highlights:• Spearheaded a vehicle modifications team that installed mission critical modifications on all required vehicles in a six-month time frame. • Led multiple offsite maintenance teams to support areas that did not have the staffing or knowledge to perform upper echelon repairs.• Directed the coordination and execution of over 96 technical inspections, 68 final quality control inspections, and multiple maintenance actions in support of equipment.• Prevented a loss of over $500K for the organization by the timely repairing and maintenance of 42 vehicles. Show less Offered fruitful training and mentorship to personnel pertaining to managing all aspects of automotive maintenance operations. Delivered leadership, technical advice, and administrative guidance in system troubleshooting, air conditioning recovery and charging, components repairing and replacement, and utilizing publications/Oracle based programs to track work orders. Updated and maintained course material as required, strengthening personnel standards, removing impediments to effectiveness, and attaining a service-oriented culture focused on employee engagement, service excellence, and organizational growth.Highlights:• Managed 11 classes as a Lead Instructor and 80 classes as an Assistant Instructor, providing guidance and performance evaluations comprising 1810 hours and certifying 630 students as trained in light vehicle systems.• Tracked and eliminated shortfalls in training procedures by developing and implementing a new curriculum for troubleshooting and repairing vehicles in alliance with a team of peers. Show less Spearheaded maintenance procedures and administrative activities in a shop environment, determining optimum equipment placement and the use and improving functionality of motor transport assets and all related components. Tracked and guided the movement of personnel and equipment, assessing their enlisted operational readiness, reviewing shipping statuses for all repair parts, and ensuring proper installation of all requisitioned systems on the correct platforms. Oversaw management and accountability of the preventative maintenance checks and services system for all motor transport assets. Provided strategic leadership in organizing daily and weekly reconciliations and ensured that all publications complied with set standards.Highlights:• Timely responded to 70 corrective maintenance service requests, properly administering all maintenance actions, concluding 51 service requests, and improving the organization’s capacity to accomplish all targeted objectives/missions.• Reviewed and validated over 100 supply requisitions and sustained readiness of motor transport organization by over 90%.• Delivered effective mechanical training on the Caterpillar engine diagnostic tool to staff members in close alliance with a field service representative from Caterpillar. Show less

  • Director – Quality Control, Jacksonville, NC (2019 – Present)

    Feb 2019 - now

  • Formal School Instructor, Jacksonville, NC (2014 – 2019)

    Dec 2014 - Jan 2019

  • Maintenance Supervisor / Warehouse Manager, Yuma/Jacksonville, AZ/NC (2008 – 2014)

    May 2008 - Nov 2014
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  Coastal Diesel Service

  Jul 2021 - now

  Diesel Technician