Jack D. Asher

Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 561-***-**** ac8iih@r.postjobfree.com

CAREER GOAL

To continue my career with an organization that will utilize my skills and experience to benefit mutual growth and success.

EDUCATION

Ball State University

Bachelor of Science – Manufacturing Engineering Technology 1994

Associate Degree – Industrial Technology

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

United States Army 1984-1987

Sergeant E-5 / Infantry Squad Leader

Parametric Solutions – Jupiter, FL 2017 - Present

Tool Design Engineer

Investigates, develops and verifies accuracy of tooling concepts and tooling definitions.

Researches tool designs or leads activities and creates and revises drawings, models and tool usage instructions for complex tools.

Prepares tool design or fabrication offload package for tools, family of tools or complex tools.

Provides and oversees engineering design disposition on complex tool discrepancies to identify solutions.

Participates in multi-functional product design reviews to support manufacturing/tooling plan.

Baldor (previously Rockwell Automation) – Greenville, SC

Tool Designer 1994 – 1999

Investigates, develops and verifies accuracy of tooling concepts and tooling definitions.

Researches tool designs or leads activities and creates and revises drawings, models and tool usage instructions for complex tools.

Prepares tool design or fabrication offload package for tools, family of tools or complex tools.

Provides and oversees engineering design disposition on complex tool discrepancies to identify solutions; or conducts root cause analysis for repetitive, systemic problems.

Develops, documents and maintains complex tool inspection and maintenance requirements.

Participates in multi-functional product design reviews to support manufacturing/tooling plan.

Manufacturing Engineer 1999 – 2004

Plan and implement engineering projects including equipment, tooling, and process improvements.

Generate project approval justification and create formal Capital Asset Project Requests (CAPR).

Complete Capital Project Management including procurement, installation, programming, training, documentation, and support to production.

Provide reports on the status of project milestones and adjusts schedules accordingly while controlling project budget

Identify project staffing, assign and oversee specific phases or aspects such as technical studies, design, preparation of specifications and technical plans, and product testing.

Review project design for compliance with engineering principles, safety requirements, and company standards.

Understand tool materials, design criteria, GD&T, and the use of these principles in tooling, fixturing, gaging, and safety devices.

Analyze, plan, and design layout of equipment and workspace for maximum efficiency.

Cast Iron Supervisor 2004 – 2006

Facilitates the manufacture of products to meet production demands, while ensuring quality and safety standards.

Develops and implements staffing guidelines to maximize utilization of human resources while controlling manpower costs. Hires, trains, supervises, evaluates, and replaces staff as required to ensure performance objectives are met/exceeded.

Drive continuous improvement initiatives to include conversion cost reduction

Provides technical leadership and training to shift personnel in areas that may include line setup/operation, testing, tooling, troubleshooting, machine metrics definition/reporting, changeover, safety procedures, record keeping, and training facilitation.

Assigns personnel to production lines and overseas rotations to accomplish seamless shift changes and troubleshooting progress.

Completes or overseas completion of paperwork relative to line operation; operator logs; PM logs; audits and corrective action

Identifies and assists with implementations for continuous process improvement

Sr. Mechanical Designer 2006-2017

Work with Engineers to create and design industrial gear reducers

Run software to analyze shaft stress and deflection

Select bearings and run software to determine bearing life

Perform helical, bevel, and planetary gear design

Provide technical support for development testing

Project reporting

SKILLS

CAD software (AutoCAD, SolidWorks, ProEngineering)

MS Works (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

Unigraphics

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