Robert Schmitt

President, Electric Utility Division | National Safety Apparel

Aiken, South Carolina, United States

About

Experienced business leader with a demonstrated history of working in the electric utility industry across multiple disciplines.

Experience

  • President, Electric Utility Division at National Safety Apparel
    Apr 2026 - Present · 3 mos

  • Hubbell Power Systems (Full-time · 9 yrs 3 mos)
    • Vice President and General Manager
      Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 4 mos

    • Business Unit Director - Arresters & Cable Accessories
      Jun 2022 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

    • Business Unit Manager - Arresters & Cable Accessories
      Jan 2020 - Jun 2022 · 2 yrs 6 mos

  • Westinghouse Electric Company (11 yrs 4 mos)
    • Global Product Manager
      Nov 2014 - Apr 2017 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Responsible for product management of Westinghouse global nuclear fuel products and fuel-related engineering services.

    • Program Manager - Westinghouse India Engineering Center
      Mar 2014 - Oct 2014 · 8 mos

      Overall management responsibility for an initiative to provide engineering resources in India to support overall company goals. Responsibilities include: matching company product line resource needs with capabilities of the resource pool, ensuring all government export control requirements are met during project execution, and utilization of key metrics and project feedback to understand resource performance to drive continuous improvement in project delivery.

    • China AP1000 Project Milestone Manager
      Nov 2013 - Feb 2014 · 4 mos

      Responsible manager to ensure the fuel-related major project milestones (Fuel Receipt, Spent Fuel Pool Available, and Fuel Load) were completed for the Sanmen and Haiyang units in China. Provided offshore project leadership to support the organization in prioritization of activities necessary to complete the milestones in support of project finalization goals.

  • Space Nuclear Engineer at Bechtel Bettis, Inc.
    Jan 2005 - Jan 2006 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Team member on a project to develop a nuclear reactor core for NASA that was to be used to power a space propulsion mission to the icy moons of Jupiter.

  • Student Employee at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    May 2001 - Dec 2004 · 3 yrs 8 mos

    Research position focusing on development of Fusion Energy Technology for the Department of Energy.