William E. Roach

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North Royalton, Ohio 44133

440-***-**** (Home)

216-***-**** (Cell)

acgk13@r.postjobfree.com

Highly skilled Project Manager responsible for managing the tool and die process from start

to finish. Conduct site visits with third party international vendors to ensure quality control

and achievement of customer standards.

EDUCATION

Accepted into Fenn College of Engineering, Cleveland State University Fall 2012

Related coursework completed at Cuyahoga Community College Fall 2009 present

Baldwin Wallace College Project Management Certificate Program Spring 2008

Certificate of completion of apprenticeship – June 1991

EXPERIENCE

L & W Engineering, Avon, Ohio (August 2014 to Present) Tooling Manager

Assign job duties with requirements to die maker and die repairman including job

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prioritization, press time, new tooling, engineering changes and job tryouts.

Manage apprenticeship program and delegate job work load.

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Manage CNC dept work load and CNC personnel.

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Evaluate vender sites to ensure quality standards and deadline requirements.

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Establish lead time and pricing for new tooling and engineering changes.

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Responsible for tool room inventory control

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Control Program Management Documents and activities at the plant level. Working

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with Corp Tooling build and tryout process.

L & W Engineering, Avon, Ohio (September 2010 to August 2014) Tool and Die

Repairman

• Maintain and perform continuous improvement on all tooling.

• Sensor Technician.

• Repair Weld Fixtures and Poke Yoke fixtures as needed.

• Assist in lean manufacturing process set up.

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Manufacturing Services International, Dayton, Ohio (September 2009 to September

2010) Tooling/Project Engineer

• Main contact with customer from strip design to final tool buyoff.

• Visit customer or perform a Go to Meeting to review strips, designs, CMM readouts.

• Visit international vendors (China and Mexico) to ensure customer specifications are

completed and to debug tools before shipment.

• Follow tooling to customer site to ensure the tool and parts pass internal inspection.

Skillmetalforming, Cleveland & Avon, Ohio (June 1987 to March 2009)

Program Manager/Process Engineer (April 2005 to March 2009)

• Manage client relationships relating to all levels of tooling to include prototypes,

engineering changes and new parts.

• Manage internal APQP system to ensure a successful product launch.

• Estimate and control project cost during build and launch process.

• Ensure that a lean process has been created for manufacturing.

• Manage domestic and international third party vendor relationships including on site

visits related to all tooling processes.

• Sign off on all tooling at third party site before it is shipped to our location.

• Six Sigma Green Belt certified.

• Member of the internal LPA and Corrective Action Teams.

• Project leader for the internal PFMEA team.

• Leader of SMED team (Single Minute Exchange of Dies).

Tool Room Forman (February 2000 to April 2005)

• Assign job duties with requirements to die maker and die repairman including job

prioritization, press time, new tooling, engineering changes and job tryouts.

• Manage apprenticeship program and delegate job work load.

• Manage CNC dept work load and CNC personnel.

• Evaluate vender sites to ensure quality standards and deadline requirements.

• Establish lead time and pricing for new tooling and engineering changes.

• Responsible for tool room inventory control.

• Manage die design, Hit to Hit, and in die tapping team.

Tool and Die Maker (June 1987 to February 2000)

• Build progressive dies ranging from extrusions, blanks, draws, and in die tapping.

• Troubleshooting dies for tryouts including sensors for production.

• Provided insight into die repair when requested.

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Coordinated jobs for apprentices, provided training and instruction to promote

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teamwork and job success.

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