Engineer Process
Resume:
John Kinart
Sidney, Iowa **652
CAREER OBJECTIVE
Seek a long term Director/ Manager Position in
Manufacturing/Engineering
HIGHLIGHTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Turn Aluminum Die Cast Facility over to Magnesium Die
Cast Facility
Reduced scrap on key Ford Exhaust Manifold from over
40% to less than 3% which
resulted in company getting Q1 status, back from
Ford.
Reduced scrap on Eaton Pump housing from 50% scrap
rate to 5% through process and
tooling improvements
Reduced cycle time from 130 sec to 87 sec on 4000 Ton
Idra Prince Instrument Panel
Cell along with reduced scrap rate of 35%. Efficiency
running 110%
Establish process control on Idra prince 4000 ton die
cast machine for BMW vertical 2
cavity 60 lb shot instrument panel castings. This is a
first in America.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2012 - 2013 Grede Omaha LLC (Omaha, Nebraska
Plant Superintendent Manage
ductile and gray iron foundry for customers like
Oilgear, Parker, Neapco, Eaton,
Brand, Decker. Mostly all hydraulic castings.
Direct all supervisors, quality,
tooling, maintenance personnel to meet our goals.
Our goals are teamwork and
satisfying and meeting our customer production
demands and on time deliveries.
Other responsibilities are daily production
scheduling and working closely
with customers on scheduling to help meet their
requirements. Plant closed down
Aug 23, 2013
2011 - 2012 Wellman Dynamics (Creston Iowa)
Process Engineer in sand casting
industry. Working closely with customers like
Boeing, Sakorsky Helicopter,
Columbia Helicopter, MD Helicopters, NASA.
Also working closely with tool
and pattern shops establishing new tooling and
Refurbished tooling based on
customer specifications. Establish all new work
instructions as well as updating
existing instructions through continuous
improvement. Work closely with
quality engineers to maintain and improve
quality to meet our customer
demands. Reason for wanting to leave is that
high pressure die casting is my
expertise and the trouble shooting to
establish the ideal the process.
Floor time!
2009 - 2011 Elster American Meter (Nebraska City, Nebraska
Die Cast Maintenance / Process
Engineering Supervisor for leading North
America Residential &
Industrial Gas Meter Company. Manage all maintenance
personnel and robot specialist
& die technicians within the die cast department.
Organize & planning of all
machine processes & operations. Troubleshoot
processes make necessary
repairs, plan and organize rebuilds, process
improvements in all areas in
keeping machines and the automated equipment in
operation in meeting production
demands in a safe and timely manner.
Reason for leaving: Wanted back
in Process Engineering
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2007-2009 Quadcast Inc (Red Oak Facility) Red Oak, Iowa
Process Engineer Manager for
Tier 2 supplier for Chrysler. Work
closely with Tippmann, TSM, ITW,
Paslode,. Manage all process
procedures, manage die cast
machines all automated equipment.
Responsible for all instructions
on setup of all die cast cells. Manage
supervisors, tooling and
operators. Design venting, overflows to improve
quality. Help in design of new
tooling. Troubleshoot processes.
Implement process procedures and
process specifications. Fill in the void
between Engineering and
Manufacturing. Run capabilities studies, Run
statistical process capabilities.
Work closely with Quality Assurance.
The reason for leaving: Plant
closing
2004 - 2007 Lunt Manufacturing Co., Inc. Hampshire,
Illinois
Process Engineer Manager for
Tier 2 supplier for GM, BMW, Chrysler,
Delphi. Manage all process
procedures pertaining to die cast
machines and its automated
equipment in both facilities. Responsible for
all instructions on setup of all
die cast cells. Manage Technicians and
assigned responsible duties, new
projects and launches for 4000 Ton Idra
Prince DC Machines. Design
venting and over flows for Engineering
based on machine capabilities.
Run capability studies on all DC
Machines. Work closely with
Project Engineers on developing new
tooling based on machine
capabilities. Chairman on the Material
Review Board. Project Leader on
In-Cell Recycling AM60B Magnesium
Alloy. Project leader on cover
gas studies working with EPA on
reducing green house effect
using various cover gases consisting of
Novec 612, H134, SO2, etc.
The reason for leaving Lunt Mfg
was due to plant closing.
2003 - 2004 Anderson Die Casting Limited Partners. Elk Grove
Village, Illinois
Tier 1 automotive supplier to General Motors, Delphi with
9
automated Toshiba, Buhler,
Prince Die Cast machines
(600Ton to 800Ton) with Shotscope
shot monitoring.
Process Engineer responsible for cycle time reduction,
scrap
reduction, process improvements, process set up and
documentation,
troubleshooting of die cast defects, working with
production, quality,
maintenance, and tooling to improve manufacturing
processes.
Reason for leaving Anderson Die cast was for Process
Engineering
Manager position.
2002-2003 Citation Lake Zurich Lake Zurich,
Illinois
Process Engineer for Tier 1 automotive supplier to Ford,
Daimler-
Chrysler, Hitachi with 23die cast machines (400Ton
-1200Ton) HPM,
Kux, Prince, and Italpresse. 12 of the machines are fully
automated.
Process monitoring equipment, Includes Shotscope shot
monitoring.
Reason for leaving Citation was due to plant closing.
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2002. Nebraska Aluminum Casting Hastings, Nebraska
Process Engineer for Tier 1 supplier of precision die
castings to
Agricultural market. Primary customer was Eaton hydraulic.
Capabilities include 8 Aluminum Die Cast machines (200 Ton
to 800
Ton) Harvill, Kux, Buhler. Process monitoring equipment
includes
Shotscope shot monitor.
Reason for leaving NAC was to
further education in the automotive
Industry.
Die Cast Process Engineer
1981 - 1998 American Meter Nebraska City, Nebraska
Captive Die cast operation manufacturing Gas meters for
commercial,
residential, and industrial. Equipment includes 14
Aluminum Die
Cast machines (200Ton - 900 Ton) Prince and Vertacast.
Process
monitoring equipment includes Shotscope shot monitor.
1990. - 1998 Cast Process Technician
1984. - 1990 Cast machine operator
1981. - 1984 Assembly/Factory worker outside die casting
department
Reason for leave was to further
die casting education.
1976-1979 United States Army Repair Utilities Specialist
(honorable discharge)
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
Nogales High School Graduate
Team Building, Stress Management (Soutwest Community College)
Shot scope S9000 plant wide monitoring system
Additional training on shotscope cim-link version 2.22
IDRA PRINCE (Process Control)
Visatrac, Prolink,
NADCA (Process Control) development series
Data speed setting Buhler die casting
General Motors Setup/Error Proofing
World Class Manufacture Studies
Conflict Resolution/Teambuilding/Stress Management training series
WPCI
COMPUTER SKILLS
Word Perfect 6.0, Harvard Graphics, Dbase 4, Adept, SAP, Access 2.0, Lotus
1-2-3 Release 4, Form tool Gold, Network Form Manager, Cim Link Shot scope
for windows, Windows 95, 98. 2000 Microsoft access, Microsoft excel,
Microsoft Internet Explorer, B&L, Windows NT, All machine programming of
robotic extractors, ladlers.
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Summary of Experience in Manufacturing
Knowledge of the machines and operators manual for all equipment
in the die-casting department. Able to isolate problems rather it be
internal or external and take corrective action when necessary. Generate
process specifications, run capability studies. Program machines and their
automated equipment. Use Shot scope CimLink for windows monitoring system
version 3.5 from Branden Technologies/Moldflow including Generator
reporting. Troubleshoot with Visa-Trac along with programming. Produce
required reports including efficiency and scrap reports. Assist in set-up
of machinery/dies and assist in monitoring department test. Assist the die
cast operators in normal machine/die servicing and make minor repairs.
Assist Die Cast Manager of all operations, Program and work with robots and
other automated equipment within the department. Use computerized system in
the network. Supervise department when Supervisors are absent. Work
closely with all plant Engineering, Tool room, and Quality Assurance
personnel and assist Maintenance personnel. Assist in the training of
operators on the die cast machinery including the automated equipment.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Working and programming knowledge of all die cast machines and
related automated equipment. Machines include Harvill, Cleveland, Kux, Hpm,
Micro-Matic, Excello B&T, Prince, Buhler, Idr Prince, Verticast Wickes
Toshiba, Systematic Italpress. Automated equipment included Rim rock ladle
system 305, 405 reciprocating system 310, 410, M-7 robots, and extractor
model 320 Toshiba, Italpress. Allen Bradley and Cincinnati displays
Certificates in problem Solving, World Class Manufacturing,
Conflict Resolution, Team Building/Stress Management Series, Shot scope
S9000 SQC & SQA, Version 3.14, Shot scope Cim Link Version 2.2 software, GM
setup/Error Proofing, Process Control, Data speed setting 06.07. -10.07
Buhler, Toscast Toshiba, WPCI drug and alcohol training programs.
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