Engineer Manufacturing
Resume:
Ave. cjpipe.mi@gmail.
Byron Center, MI com
49315
Chris J Pipe Manufacturing Engineer / Manager
Objective My personal career goal is to apply the combination of my
education and experience in tooling and manufacturing with
current technologies to the design and development of new
products, processes, and tooling with the intention of
lowering costs while increasing productivity of tooling and
product manufacturing.
Education May, 1991 Calvin College - Grand Rapids, MI
Bachelor of Science Degree
BS Mechanical Engineering
1991 - 1993 University of Tennessee Space Institute -
Tullahoma, TN
Master's Degree Coursework
Completed most coursework toward MS Aerospace Engineering
with a focus on aerodynamics.
Career Skills I have strong skills involving the integration of
technology into engineering, manufacturing, and tooling
processes. My experience with multiple engineering
software packages includes SDRC I-DEAS, Solidworks, VISI,
WorkNC, AutoCAD, Microsoft Project and Office Products, and
exposure to UG-NX and CATIA V5.
I have leadership and management skills and understand how
to coordinate the efforts of multiple engineering
disciplines and other manufacturing resources to
efficiently and effectively meet the end customer's
requirements.
I have tooling experience in automotive, furniture,
medical, consumer goods, and aerospace industries. I also
have worked in production environments in the automotive,
consumer goods, and furniture industries.
Professional 2/08-10/09 Detail Technologies, Inc. - Wyoming, MI
Experience Engineering & IT Manager
Continuation of Process Engineering responsibilities (see
previous job description below)
Management of the Engineering Department including
workloads of up to (4) Process Engineers, (2) Mold
Designers and (1) Specialty Designer (Stamping Dies,
Fixtures, Machines,
Development and oversight of Procedures and Work
Instructions required for each discipline in the
engineering department.
Management of the IT Department including oversight of the
maintenance and acquisition of all company workstations and
network hardware and management of the company's data
storage system and procedures.
Participation with upper management in development of
Operations' Procedures and Work Instructions, leading
weekly reviews of companywide Non-Conformances, and ongoing
reviews of active work including scheduling issues and
profit projections.
Assist Sales with detailed reviews of high percentage
quotes to confirm job viability and potential
profitability.
Develop and maintain detailed timelines for extensive Tool
builds to assist Project Managers and Manufacturing in the
scheduling of internal and external resources in order to
meet/exceed customer deadlines.
2/05-2/08 Detail Technologies, Inc. - Wyoming, MI
Process Engineering Lead
Development and oversight of complete tool and component
manufacturing processes, modification of existing tooling
designs and 3D models for implementation of engineering
changes, coordination of the manufacturing process through
several departments, some tool and fixture design, and
departmental supervision of these responsibilities for
plastic injection molds, foam molds, dies, fixtures,
specialty machines, and contract components.
1/00-2/05 Die-Tech and Engineering, Inc. - Wyoming, MI
Manufacturing Engineer
Surfacing of 3D Part Models based on customer prints,
customer consultation for improved manufacturability of
products, design and development of parting line and
internal mold geometry, process planning for manufacturing
of die-cast and plastic injection tooling, cutterpath
programming for machining die-sets, inserts, electrodes,
and other components, and advancement of CAE in process
planning for tooling.
10/98-1/00 CadCam Services - Kentwood, MI
Engineer
3D surfacing, 3-axis and 5-axis cutterpath programming, FDM
rapid prototype production, and tool design including molds
and fixtures.
8/97-10/98 Superior Metal Products - Spring Lake, MI
Tooling Engineer
Consultation of new tooling concepts, design of roll form
and stamping tooling, tryout and implementation of new
tooling, and troubleshooting of existing tooling.
6/96-8/97 Thomas Regout - Byron Center, MI
Manufacturing Engineer / Tool Room Supervisor
Design of roll form and stamping tooling, tool room
supervision, tool purchasing, and project management.
2/94-6/96 Knape and Vogt Manufacturing - Grand Rapids, MI
Manufacturing Engineer / SDRC Administrator
Manufacturing responsibilities included management of the
company wide roll forming process including design, tryout
and troubleshooting. Administrator responsibilities
included technical assistance to all engineers on SDRC
I-DEAS software and performing all Finite Element Analysis
work as needed by the engineering department.
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