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JOHN D. CINKOSKE

**** *. *.*. ** South

Lagro, IN 46941

Cell: 260-***-**** e-mail: acsfdd@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a permanent position in a design and/or manufacturing environment as a Design, Mechanical, Quality, Product, Process, Tooling, Manufacturing or Layout Engineer in the Manufacturing Industry. I am a creative, detail-oriented team player with 20+ years of hands-on experience in design, fabrication, inspection and modification of machined parts using AutoCAD 2D software and manual machine equipment. Areas of Expertise:

Tool & Machine Part Design, AutoCAD 2D Process Development

Prototype Design & Fabrication Facilities Management

Product Layout and Inspection Troubleshooting

Product Validation Purchased Parts Sourcing

Facilities Layout

EDUCATION

B.S., Mechanical Engineering Technology, Purdue School of Technology, West Lafayette, IN PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MEDCAST, INC, Warsaw, IN January 2008 September 2015 Engineering – Maintenance Manager

Oversaw and assisted Maintenance Technician in his duties around the facility.

Arranged for outside contractors for the current facilities upgrade and expansion.

Used the Internet to find and order parts for current and obsolete equipment.

Arranged to have hard-to-get machine parts fabricated at outside vendors.

First article inspection, first piece inspection and receiving inspection of wax patterns, molds and investment castings with standard measuring tools and Faro Platinum Arm Portable Coordinate Measuring Machine with Cam2 MeasureX software.

Process engineering.

Mold modification and fabrication of machine parts using manual mill and lathe.

Level II NDT Trainee.

Assisted with customer complaints.

Gage calibration and maintenance.

Maintained a Plant-wide Preventive Maintenance System to stay ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 Compliant. Reason for leaving: Laid off due to a downturn in business at MedCast CFM, INC, Huntington, IN July 2007 December 2007

Turret Punch Press Operator

Ran CNC turret punch presses to fabricate sheet metal fireplace components. Reason for leaving: Accepted a position at MedCast WAYNE METALS, Markle, IN May 2007 June 2007

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Material Handler (Contractor)

Trafficked bins of fabricated parts and raw material between machines and storage facility using high lift electric fork trucks.

Reason for leaving: Released due to a safety problem I reported INSTRU-MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES, Warsaw, IN March 2005 – February 2007 Quality Assurance Technician

Utilized Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing for first article inspection, ongoing inspection and receiving inspection of medical instrument components and implants using optical comparators, Brown & Sharpe CMM, and standard layout tools and equipment.

Edited inspection criteria.

Reason for leaving: Released due to three errors in 22 months DEPUY ORTHOPAEDICS, Warsaw, IN November 2004 – March 2005 Supplier Quality Engineer (Contractor)

Developed Outsourcing Product Verification documents and New Product Development Verifications.

Created inspection plans and criteria.

Reason for leaving: Accepted a position at Instru-Med Quality Assurance Technician (Contractor) July – October 2004

Receiving Inspection of medical implants and instruments using optical comparators, Zeiss CMM, and standard layout tools, gages and equipment.

Reason for leaving: Moved to the Supplier Quality Group within DePuy PRECISION BATTERY FABRICATION COMPANY, Wabash, IN June –July 2004 AutoCad Draftsman

Developed battery tray tool paths using AutoCad 2005 for cutout on Plasma Arc Cutting Machines.

Reviewed and corrected drafting errors on existing cutting programs.

Compiled orders from other divisions for Industrial Battery Trays. Reason for leaving: Released, didn’t draw fast enough due to poor working conditions ULTRA-CAST, Peru, IN September 2003 - June 2004

Quality Assurance Technician

Responsible for maintaining gage calibration and welding certification records.

Prepared shipping certifications for materials and product.

Analyzed foundry heat samples using Baird Spectrometer and Leco Carbon / Sulfur Analyzer and manually calculated appropriate ingredient additions to bring alloys within specifications.

Developed an Excel program to calculate the necessary additions of ingredients to bring the alloys to within specifications.

Reason for leaving: Accepted a position at Precision Battery Fabrication GDX AUTOMOTIVE, Wabash, IN July 1989 - September 2002 Facilities Manager (1997-2002)

Process Engineer (2001-2002)

Purchased Parts Sourcing Engineer (2000-2001)

Member, Corporate Safety Committee (1998-2001)

Field Liaison Engineer (1998)

Secondary Tooling Engineer (1995-2000)

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Validation and Layout Engineer (1992-1995)

Tooling Engineer (1989-1992)

Instrumental in the layout and installation of a new $750K Plastic Extrusion Line for the manufacture of both prototype and early production parts. Oversaw contractors from the various trades throughout the installation in order to meet pre-production schedules.

Worked with prototype team to develop and modify tooling, components and processes for extruded plastic weather strip prototype and production parts for the Research & Development extrusion lines’ continuous improvement.

Performed problem solving with related equipment for the manufacture of prototype and early production parts to secure the contracts with the customer.

Worked with vendors of prototype and production parts and components for products. Drew up requests for quotes, purchase requisitions, and orders for parts to meet production schedules.

Fabricated and modified parts to meet pre-production build schedules, on time and under budget.

Resolved dimensional problems on molded plastic and die-cut closed-cell foam parts for product assemblies, and arranged for these changes with the vendors for the final production parts to ensure contract retention.

Designed hand tools, tooling, fixtures, molds, extrusion dies, equipment and work cells for secondary production operations using AutoCAD, negating the need for outsourcing.

Oversaw manufacture of work cell equipment with the vendors, fabricated prototype weather strip parts to assist in securing production contracts.

Worked with the customers as a field engineer to troubleshoot installation and quality problems with products.

Designed and oversaw fabrication of hand-held air-operated installation tools used in assembly plants for flange- mounted body seals on automobiles and light trucks to aid in part installation.

Performed layout of tools and molds with standard measuring tools and Faro Metrecom Portable Coordinate Measuring Machine with PC-DMIS Curves and Surfaces software to validate vendor’s products.

Utilized the CMM to discover discrepancies between production sheet metal parts and electronic dimensional data furnished by the customers to avert back charges for part fit issues.

Designed and fabricated prototype assembly tooling for weather strip sets for automobiles to prove out design proposals.

Reason for leaving: Released due to downsizing at GDX CUSTOM MACHINING SERVICES, INC., Valparaiso, IN 1979-1984, Summers of 1985 & 1988 General Machinist/Fabricator

Fabricated and assembled components for spring winders or pocket coilers for mattresses to streamline production so company could remain competitive.

Worked out production methods to retain contracts for medical pump components.

Ran all types of manual machinery to fabricate machine parts from blueprints. Reason for leaving: To attend Purdue Full-Time

ROUND GROVE MACHINE, INC., West Lafayette, IN Summer 1987 General Machinist/Fabricator

Duties included lathe work, milling machine work, surface grinding, sheet metal work, MIG welding and light fabrication from blueprints.

Fabricated and assembled devices to enable handicapped customers to mount and operate agricultural equipment. Reason for leaving: To resume studies at Purdue

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