Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
JAMES J. ZUBER
Meriden Ct. ***50
Home: 203-***-****
Cell: 203-***-****
MANUFACTURING ENGINEER / TOOL MAKER:
To apply my technical training in Tool & Die / Mold making, to trouble shoot production issues to
benefit my employer’s needs. My background in machining is a plus when designing tooling needs
for production and working with venders to produce molds, dies, fixtures, and prototypes. It also
gives me fore sight in writing manufacturing procedures and supporting Lean Manufacturing.
Experience:
Note: see last page for full line of experience
Tool Room Supervisor: Vision Technical Molding LLC
Manchester Ct
Dec. 7 to Present
Tool Room Supervisor overseeing the build and repair of fixtures, molds and gages for
manufacturing needs. Responsible for Employee reviews, Budgets capital / yearly. Scheduling work
loads. Planning and Quoting Jobs, Purchasing materials and working with venders to support the
manufacturing floor. Also support Engineering and R&D in the Development of new product.
Engineer / Tool Maker: Distasio Tool & Die Co Inc.
Northford, Ct.
May 2009 to Oct. 23 2009
Tool Making / Quoting / Planning to support production of tooling for custom parts to be
manufactured for various Customers. Order tooling, create purchase orders, and schedule vendor’s
support for outside services. Maintain certs and create drawings for new product when needed.
Process Engineer: Precision Punch
Berlin, Ct.
Nov. 2008 to May 2009
Quoting/Planning/Creating Processes for new products to support production of custom parts to
be manufactured. Order tooling, create purchase orders, and schedule vendors support for outside
services. Maintain certs and create drawings for new product when needed.
Manufacturing Engineer: Applied Spine Technologies, Inc.
New Haven, Ct.
Jan. 2007 to Nov. 2008
Responsible for the development of tooling to support R&D and the Lab(Testing) Departments.
Prepare quotations for labor, tooling and equipment. Evaluate and approve drawings, routings/MI’s.
Verify equipment needed to support production. Work with Venders to verify parts and schedules.
Write appropriation requests. Evaluate and solve production problems in house or with outside
venders. Train assemblers on new processes. Prepare and manufacture prototypes for new product
requirements
Tool Room Supervisor/Manager: Northeast Mold & Plastics Inc.
Glastonbury, Ct
Sept 2006 to Jan. 2007
Manage Tool Room to support production activities. Purchase materials/supplies needed for daily
operations, schedule maintenance on tooling for preventative maintenance.
Manufacturing Engineer: Harco Labs,
Branford, Ct.
Sept. 1996 to Sept 2006
Many of my responsibilities included the development of R&D prototypes for the R&D Department
and over seeing new product being introduced to the production floor. Create engineering
masters/manufacturing instructions using manufacturing engineering practices. Prepare quotations
for labor, tooling and equipment. Evaluate and approve drawings, routings/MI’s. Design tooling
and verify equipment needed to support production. Write appropriation requests for capital
equipment. Evaluate and solve production problems. Train assemblers on new processes. Prepare
and manufacture prototypes for new product requirements.
Tool Room Supervisor:
Working supervisor in building and repair of fixtures, molds, gages, dies for manufacturing needs.
Responsible for Employee reviews, Budgets capital / yearly. Scheduling work loads. Quoting Jobs
and work with venders to support the manufacturing floor. Develop CNC programs using Bobcad to
run on Hurco CNC Mills. Also support R&D in the Development of new product.
Education: Horace C. Wilcox Reg. Voc. Technical School Meriden, Ct.
Tool & Die, Machine, Drafting, Welding and Mathematics. June, 1981
Completion of: State of Connecticut Apprenticeship as TOOLMAKER Feb., 1987
Technical Skills: Capabilities of running Bridgeport's, Lathes, Grinders, ID/OD Grinders, Millers, E D M's
and some knowledge of H.P. ME/10 CAD system and CNC equipment. Also other
common tool room tools and equipment.
Personal: Place of Birth: Meriden, Ct.
Marital Status: Married with two children.
Height: 5' 10" Weight: 225 lbs. Health: Excellent
References: Dan Cesarone Carmen Walters Ashutosh Khandha
Cell: 508-***-**** Cell: 203-***-**** Cell: 203-***-****
Additional Strong Points of Experience
My Knowledge is from my Machining experiences from Dies and Molding and working in
different types of companies (Large & Small) this is usually where I help out the most with the
design of new products. How to reduce part cost by machining parts or using plastics to reduce
piece price. If part design is practical to build or efficient. Also in the design of Tooling (Fixtures)
based on quantity of production bases quality of tooling. (Fixtures) Trade School also gave me
knowledge of Drafting, Welding, Mathematics, and brief knowledge of Machine Repairs.
Additional Information
I have coached youth soccer for 16 years, little league for 5 years, and men’s softball for 20 plus
years. Hobbies include wood working, working on cars, and watching my kids play soccer. (My
girl’s indoor soccer team (u19) won second session at Oakwood.)
• Manufacturing/Process Engineer: With more then 5 1/2 years experience
Work closely with Product Design Engineer to bring new product from
development to production for best cost saving and to increase profit.
Work closely with out side suppliers to develop Machinery, Fixtures and
Product to reduce cost.
Redesign tooling to increase flow and reduce waste or scrape.
Relay-out floor to reduce bottle necking and introduce cellular
manufacturing to reduce labor time.
Working to help set-up secondary company in Mexico. (Including
Travel)
Solving problems in production of parts, machinery and assembly.
Set up Engineering Masters (Visual Manufacturing) witch includes Part
Listings, Travelers and Time Standers.
Set up Manufacturing Instructions (Visual Quality) and Visual Aids to
build product
Qualify new Tooling and set-up Preventative Maintenance of new
tooling
Knowledge in Lean: with just passing a refresher course for Design and
Manufacturing at Harco also at Precision Punch. First time experiencing
with Lean was with Johnson & Johnson (Criticon), then in Prototype and
Plastic Mold to Kanban parts for Just in Time Delivery’s. Also 5S Plus
JIT at Revere
• Tool Maker / Mold Maker: With more then 20 years experience
•
Tool Maker / Mold Maker: With more then 27 years of experience in the
trade.
Knowledge in CNC machining and programming. Bob Cad for make
programs for HURCO machining centers and ME10 cad for 2D
drawings.
Machining Capabilities are Lathes, Millers (Vertical & Horizontal),
Grinding (ID / OD, Surface, Tool) and EDM’s.
7 years of Supervision over the Tool Room: Panning work load, Quoting
jobs, Handling Yearly Budgets, Ordering Stock (Raw Material, Tooling,
Cutters) and scheduling work thru out side venders. Purchasing of
Machinery and writing AR
Layout of Tool Room for move with Lean Manufacturing Concepts.
Design Tooling for production floor such as Welding Fix, Bending Fix,
Unitac Fix, Test Units, Lay Fix / Boards, Molds, Dies (Stamping,
Forming and Staking) and Brazing Fix.
Work with Engineering to design parts for production: This would
include the ease of assembly and to simplify fixtures.
Knowledge working in a large company and a small company and the
interaction between them and how it affects Lean Manufacturing to keep
product running.
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