Ronald Smith

**** ******* **.

Kent, OH *****

Cellular 330-***-****

Home 330-***-****

abm6xk@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

Seeking a long term management position in the manufacturing industry where

experience is appreciated

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Dietrich Metal Framing

2005-April, 2009

Supervisor

. Delegate work assignments to up to 30 union employees in 5

departments

. Track attendance for payroll usage

. Schedule job set up for coil slitters

. Administer discipline under union guide lines

. Oversee unloading of steel coils from railroad and trucks

. Track steel through all operations of manufacturing

. Oversee shipping of finished product via railroad and truck

. Hold weekly Team Meetings to help develop communications and

promote safety

. Hold daily KPI meetings to insure "Continuous Improvement"

. Oversee operation of "Meco3" Cold Rolling Mill

Lester Industries, Bedford Heights, Oh

Shift Leader, Journeyman Tool and Die maker

1993-2004

. Assess condition of up to a 4 million dollars tooling inventory

. Delegated work assignments for up to 26 subordinates across 3 shifts

. Plan corrective action to repair or refurbish tooling

. Track tooling inventory usage for the re-ordering of die segments

. Training and directing the labor force as needed

. Designing and creating gauges, fixtures, and engineering changes to

improve the function of the Die Cast and Trim dies

. Utilizing subordinates to satisfy the needs of the Die Casting,

Maintenance, Casting Machining, and Quality Control departments

. Initiated, developed, and implemented a comprehensive training plan

which significantly increased employee skill and productivity levels

to enable a 30% reduction in departmental headcount

Die Repairman

1989-1992

. Extract stuck castings from die cast dies using chisels, jack

screws, oxy/acetylene torches

. Welding and machining tooling components to pre-established

blueprint specifications, disassembling and assembling of

tooling, replacing die segments and sections, any duties

assigned by Shift Leader

Advancement from this position to the previously mentioned position

had never, in the history of the company, been achieved so rapidly

Automation technician

1983-1989

. Complete set-up of the Automation Cells consisting of, die cast

machines, trim presses, die cast dies, trim dies, auto ladles,

automatic and die mounted sprayers

. Programming of industrial robots

. Machine Try Out

. S.P.C.

I was one of six men tested and awarded entry into this pilot position to

utilize industrial robots to operate not only the die cast machine, but

also the trimming operation. This allowed improvement in casting

consistency and increased employee utilization efficiency

Once familiar with this new configuration, I re-wrote the majority of the

programs for the robots which reduced the number of blocks required, hence

freeing memory space

Die cast machine operator

1979- 1983

TRAINING PROFILE

. S.P.C.

. Lean manufacturing

. Six Sigma

. Continuous Improvement

. M.S.D.S.

. Personal and Plant safety

. State of Ohio Certified Apprenticeship program (576 class room hours

plus 2000 hours O.J.T)

. Machine Trades adult vocation (1552 hours)

. Operation and preventive maintenance of both Unimate and G.M.F

Industrial robots

. Introduced to ISO and QS documentation and application

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

Assistant Scoutmaster to Boy Scout Troop #259

President, Vice President, and Trustee of the "Fraternal Order of Eagles"

Aerie #4371

. Providing Brimfield Township with a Memorial Day service for two

years.

. Accepted the responsibility of hanging and storing the U.S Flags

displayed along the highways for five Years

Cub Master to Cub Pack #3259

Den Leader to Cub Pack#3259 (5yrs.)

Volunteer worker at the Brimfield Community cupboard.

Soccer Coach (4yrs.)

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