Employee Spotlight: November 2018

Dakota Hunt

Welding Technician, Nix Metals

 

Q: What is something your co-workers may not know about you?

A: I’ve had surgery about 15 times on different body parts from a bone disease I was born with.

Q: What are your favorite hobbies?

A: I enjoy golfing.

Q: Where did you go to school or training?

A: I went to Princeton Community High School.

Q: Before working at Nix, what was the most unusual or interesting job you ever had?

A: I used to build and weld broadcast towers.

Q: Are you married?

A: No.

Q: What is your favorite part about working at Nix Companies?

A: The youthful atmosphere and we are always joking and having a good time.

Q: What has been your favorite project you have designed or worked on so far at Nix Companies?

A: I enjoy building and welding any type of handrails.

Q: Tell us a funny or embarrassing story while you were at work.

A: I built a ladder and after I sat it on the ground to be welded, most of the tacs broke and the whole thing fell apart. This just gave me more practice the second time I had to build it.