Charles Belcher

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New Washington, OH 44854 abmxxo@r.postjobfree.com

SUMMARY

A results-driven tooling engineer with experience in project development

and tracking to maintain completion date and project cost. Proven track

record of improving safety to reduce injuries. Background in Engineering,

Supervision, Tool and Die, Design, Drafting, CNC and interacting with die

shops and vendors. Tracked tool and die apprenticeship program. Skilled

with various types of dies and AutoCAD.

CAREER HISTORY

MANSFIELD GRAPHICS

Oct. 2009 - Present

Job Shop

Job Title: Tool and Die Maker

. Design and build small forming dies and fixtures.

TOWER AUTOMOTIVE, Bellevue, OH

Nov. 2003 - Nov. 2008

Tier 1 Supplier to automotive industry

Job Title: Tooling Engineer

. Worked with outside tool shops to acquire quotes and have tooling

built that I did not have the capability to do in house.

. Worked with the quality department and supervisors to troubleshoot

problems on the assembly line, which has helped to increase production

from 430 frames per shift to 480 frames per shift.

. Identified and corrected a piercing problem which resulted in a $1,500

per week scrap saving.

. Provided technical assistance to the maintenance department.

. Designed, built and installed cross bar error proofing that resulted

in no further stop shipments and yard searches at our customers

facilities.

. Redesigned and rebuilt overhead transfer clamp that eliminated

approximately 3-4 recordable

injuries per year.

. Redesigned and rebuilt rivet staking die which eliminated downtime and

reworking parts approximately once per week.

ARMSTRONG AIR CONDITIONING, Bellevue, OH

Jan. 1998- Nov. 2003

Manufacturer of heating and air conditioning systems.

Job Title: Tool Room Supervisor

. Responsible for the daily operation of a three shift, nine person tool

and die department in a union environment.

. Assigned work to be done in the order of importance and complexity and

assigned

the job to the most qualified tool and die maker.

. Worked with outside tool and die shops to acquire quotes on changes,

modifications, repairs and replacement parts needed on existing dies.

. Purchased perishable tooling for the tool and die department and

necessary replacement parts for dies and assembly fixtures.

. Evaluated new equipment needed for the tool room, got quotes and wrote

justification reports.

. Tracked apprentice's daily progress to make sure they got the training

they needed.

. Standardized shut height on the automatic presses to reduce change

over time by

approximately 50%.

. Implemented and monitored Lock Out Tag Out and new die change over

procedures that

resulted in four years eleven months without a recordable

injury.

. Designed and had the first progressive die built in house to replace a

three hit operation.

. Reduced outsourcing of die repair by approximately 40% and had the

work done in house.

UNIVERSAL TUBULAR SYSTEM, Mansfield, OH

July 1990 - Jan. 1998

Supplier to gas appliance industry

Job Title: Project Leader-Tool Maker

. Designed and built tooling and automated machines that produced

various types of parts for

gas appliances. Responsibilities also included troubleshooting

and to make adjustments to

bring parts into tolerance. Designed and built an automatic

tube feeder that eliminated hand

feeding.

. Designed and built an automatic machine that would produce 800 natural

gas or propane orifices per hour to replace seven manual operations.

TAPPAN APPLIANCE, Mansfield, OH

Jan. 1980 - July 1990

Manufacturer of gas and electric ranges

Job Titles: Tool and Die Maker & Design Draftsman

July 1984 - July 1990 (Tool and Die Maker)

. Rebuilt, repaired and maintained various types of dies and fixtures

also made revisions to them. Responsible for doing my own

troubleshooting of dies and fixtures and to make necessary

repairs. Helped in training apprentices in the tool and die

trade.

Jan. 1980 - July 1984 (Design Draftsman)

. Responsible for doing detail and assembly drawing's from layouts and

actual parts.

Responsible for doing layouts to check dimensions to ensure exact

fit of mating parts. Worked on

the design of the common chassis between the gas and electric

ranges.

EDUCATION

School: Madison Adult Career Center

Course: Precision Machining Technology

Certification: NIMS, Mold Maintenance & Repair Level 1

College: North Central Technical College

Degree: Associate Degree in Applied Science

Major: Drafting and Design

Apprenticeship: Tool and Die Maker Through Tappan Appliance

Degree: State Approved Journeyman

Major: Tool and Die Maker

Correspondence: I.C.S. Through Tappan Appliance

Degree: Certificate Of Completion

Major: Tool and Die Maker

Course: FrontLine Leadership From Zenger Miller

Degree: Certificate of Completion

Course: OSHA 10 Hour Course through Terra Community

College

Degree: Certificate of Completion

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