“That same family culture Rick established at Edgewater St. Joseph applies here, too.” - Scott McNabb, Edgewater Automation SC Not many can say they’ve worked with both their father and their son, but Scott McNabb can, and he’s happy to say it’s been enjoyable. He and dad Steve – who was “employee number 3” at [...]

When he was a kid, taking things apart and putting them back together again used to get Rick Orsillo in trouble. Later, he’d make a successful career doing just that.   Born and raised in Grove City, PA, with older and younger sisters, Rick excelled at all things mechanical early on. Fixing the lawn mower, [...]

But I will miss the people…good people. And the work. It’s good work. It’s been challenging, it’s been fun. A different culture right from the start. These days at Edgewater, having a stack of RFPs in the pipeline is a sign that business is good. But Steve McNabb, who is “Edgewater Employee No. 3,” remembers [...]

“When you’re born you create a path. How do you educate yourself? Who do you hang with? These are important choices.” - Rich Cole Growing up in the shadow of Notre Dame’s Golden Dome in South Bend, Indiana, a young Rich Cole was never far from his Lego or motorized erector kits. That doesn’t surprise anyone who’s [...]

The first father-daughter team on staff at Edgewater. Todd Tanksley is a farm-out fabrication and machining purchaser who started as a lead machine builder eight years ago. His daughter Ashley is a third-year apprentice machine builder studying in the four-year journeyman program. They’re Edgewater’s first staff father-daughter team, and they’re really happy about it. “The [...]

“I could do this for the rest of my life and be happy with it.”   Jayna Hardy was always good at math. At Lakeshore High School in Stevensville, Michigan, she’d already set her sights on being an engineer. “I didn’t give my career choice a second thought. About half my Math and Science Center [...]