Project Manager Engineer
Resume:
Thomas M. Urie
***E. Pine St.
Villa Park, IL ***81
Objective
Seek a Technical Support, Engineering, or Managerial, position that will allow me to
Utilize and share my 25 years of experience in the Machining, Designing, Tool Making, Project
Management, and Troubleshooting in the Machining & Manufacturing Industry.
I have always been a hard working overachiever, thriving on being the person you can
count on.
I am a person who comes in early, stays late to finish up important jobs, doing whatever it takes.
People skills are a strong point of mine, I am a very likeable guy! I can talk intelligently
about Tooling & Machining.
Extensive background in technical problem solving in tooling, work well with others to
solve problems collectively, being a vital communication link in any environment. I get
involved, I find out what happened, how and why it happened. Implementing improvements on
tools / tooling that aren’t producing as needed, I bring a strong background from being on the
“bench” of how to accomplish task on hand, how long it should take & how much it should cost.
( I am a Decision Maker), customer interaction and taking on projects and completing
them in a timely manner. All in QS 9000 / ISO Certified environment.
In closing, I have always excelled at positions I have held, I take my work
seriously, and with pride.
My job experiences follow:
Thomas M. Urie
261East Pine Street
Villa Park, IL 60181
Experience
Design, Research & Supply Inc. Villa Park IL. (Mold, Precision Machining Shop) (2000-
present)
Owner. Completely Run 2500 square foot Small Machine Shop Business.4 Employees.
Enginneer, Design & Fabricate Molds, Fixtures, Tools, Precision Machining.
Very proficient in Multitasking.
Programming & Designing (MASTERCAM 9.1) can work with many Machining &
Drawing softwares. Set-up & Run 3 Vertical Machining centers, (Fanuc Controls, Haas
Controls, CNC Lathe, 2 EDM Machines. Bridgeport’s, surface grinders, drill press,
Service calls to customers
Delegating, teaching, training employees
Key achievements- Kept business going in a dead economy because of foreign
competition. And will be leaving this on my own terms-
American Mold Corp., Elk Grove Village, IL (Mold – making shop) (10/00 – 9/02)
Project Manager. Responsibilities included full-scale project management including
Preparation of quotes, sales, and sampling. Position involved heavy customer contact.
Operations Manager. Responsibilities included overseeing all aspects of the
manufacturing
Mold-making process in this 25-man shop.
Key achievements: One promotion. Was also offered General Manager Position.
Mayfair Molded Products, Schiller Park, IL (Heavy Automotive) (9/98-10/00)
Tooling Engineer/Special Projects Engineer/Sales. Full responsibility for tool room
as well as
Support of production in compliance with QS 9000/ISO standards. Collectively
designed and
Oversaw all new tooling. Position required heavy interaction with customers relative
to new
Product ideas, concepts, tooling improvements, and prototypes as well as
bringing products to
Market. Also responsible for cost justifications, quotations, and assisting in
closing of sales.
Key Achievements: QS 9000 – ISO certified. OSHA Safety Training (Company
spokesperson
On the Safety Task Force and the Quality Improvement Team). One unofficial
promotion.
Scholle Corp., Northlake, IL (Manufacturing company; captive molding) (9/89 – 9/98)
Tool room Supervisor. Responsible for mold repair and machinery maintenance.
Maintained all molds and analyzed shots and piece parts in order to identify problems
and determine needed repairs for forty injection molding presses ranging from 100
tons to 425 tons and running 24/7. Responsible for all repair decisions and delegation
and supervision of work as needed, along with significant hands-on repair problems. Very
knowledgeable in Hot Runner systems.
Key Achievements: Completely ran five-man shop in the 500-employee plant, supporting
All facets of manufacturing. Developed “Preventive Maintenance Program” and worked
hand-in hand with engineers in the development of faster and better manufacturing
techniques.Promoted three times.
Cameo Mold, Addison, IL (Mold-making job shop) (11/87-9/89)
Leadman. Responsible for programming and operation N.C. System Conversational
CNC, Ingersal EDM, Bridgeport milling machining, Harig surface grinders, radial drill
press. Process included complete injection mold-building from start to finish.
Key Achievements: Built a significant number of molds from partial prints and
sketches, because blueprints were often not furnished. Promoted one time.
All Star Tool and Mold, Bensenville, IL (Mold-making job shop) (1984-11/87)
Responsibilities includes programming and operating Matura 1000 machining center
(Fanuc Controls), Bridgeport mills, Okamoto water grinder, Ooya radial drill press,
Harig and Mitsui surface grinders. Position required fabrication of all mold bases from
Raw stock, squaring up, roughing out all cavity and core blocks, fabrication of core
pins, K.O. Pins and electrode for EDM machines.
Metal Impact Corp., Rosemont, IL (Aluminum extrusion) (9/81-9/83)
Responsibilities: Q.C. Inspector, gauge-maker, die-maker, punch and dies for extrusion.
Nilan Company, Addison, IL (Mold job shop)
Entry-level position. Responsibilities included everything from sweeping floors and driving to
sawing stock for all jobs in this 20-man shop. Gained basic introduction to
machining,including Bridgeport Mills, Cincinnati Horizontal mill, Harig surface grinders,
and Soutbend lathes.
Education
Ashford University Clinton Iowa- presently taking online courses to obtain my 4 year
degree . Graduate in January 2011
Tooling & Manufacturing Ass. Park Ridge, IL Mold Maker Degree 1985
Triton College, River Grove, IL A.A. Degree 1981
East Leyden High School, Franklin Park, IL Graduated 1978
Other Industry-Specific Training: I have accumulated 90 hours from Triton College
(River Grove, IL), College of DuPage (Glen Ellyn, IL), and The Tooling &
Manufacturing
Association as well as completing numerous specialized plastics classes and industry
training
Seminars.
References: Joe Collins …. Fermi Lab 630-***-****
Brian Glavo… Die Tech Inc. 847-***-****
Mark Cooper.. Diamond Tool 630-***-****
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