Supervisor High School

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BENJAMIN ENGLAND

P OSITION DESIRED

Tooling Supervisor, Tool and Die Manager, Tool and Die maker,

Tool and Die Engineer, Machinist, and Die Troubleshooter.

S KILLS

Experience operating all basic machine shop equipment: Lathes,

Mills, Surface Grinders, Jig Borers, Drill Presses, and Overhead

Cranes. I possess excellent troubleshooting and problem solving

skills. I have extensive knowledge of welding procedures. I am

especially skilled in welding procedures related to tool and die repair.

I have excellent hand working and punch finishing skills, and I can

read an operational panel and spot grind in the press. I have good

computer skills using the following soft wares: Microsoft Word,

Excel, Power Point, File Maker, SAP, Full Step, AutoCAD and Solid

Works. I also use both Windows and Macintosh operating systems.

W ORK EXPERIENCE

Oct 2013- Present Gestamp, Chattanooga Tennessee

Project Leader

My current duties include, leading long-term projects involving problem

dies. I make changes in form and trim related to dimensioning, and do

SPM improvements. I administer performance tests to prospective

employees. I train apprentices. I also fill in for the current supervisor in his

absence.

Gestamp, Chattanooga Tennessee

Aug 2010- Oct 2013

Tool and die Supervisor

My past duties as a Supervisor included: Management, payroll

adjustment, and training of 6 toolmakers and 1 apprentice on my

shift. I assigned jobs to toolmakers, schedule and lead die repairs,

schedule PM’s, and order die components and tooling for the shop.

I also helped recruit, interview, and hire tool and die personnel.

May 2007- Aug 2010 Johnson Controls, Athens, Tennessee

Tool and die maker

Duties included: Maintenance and repair of transfer and progressive

tooling. Troubleshooting tooling issues in press and out of press in a

timely manner. And assist production in proper setup of tooling.

American Safety Razor, Knoxville, Tennessee

June 2004- May 2007

Tool and die maker

Duties included: Maintenance and repair of precision carbide dies

used for the production of razor parts, designing and building special

machines for production, and help train machinists on my shift.

Magna/Eagle Bend Manufacturing, Clinton, Tennessee

September 1999- June 2004

Tool and die maker

Duties included: Troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of blank,

progressive, and transfer dies. Also assisted engineering in

modification of tooling to improve production time, quality of parts,

and changes in customer specifications.

Dyer Tool And Die, Maryville, Tennessee

March 1999- June 1999

Machinist

Assisted in building automated machine, gage, and fixture

components for varied customers.

Alignment Engineering/Aristocrat Stamping, Knoxville,

January 1995- January

Tennessee

1999

Tool and die apprentice

Served a four-year USDOL apprenticeship. Received on the job

training related to building, maintaining, and troubleshooting

stamping dies.

D.C.S. Electronics, Maryville, Tennessee

August 1994- January

1995

Operated milling machine and drill press.

Machinist

E DUCATION

I.C.S. Training corporation, Scranton PA.

1995- 1998

C ompleted 64 b ooks in conjunction with tool and die apprenticeship.

State area vocational School, Knoxville, TN. Attended school while

January 1993-August

1994 working at area job shops. I finished the course, receiving the machinist

one certification.

Heritage High School, Maryville TN.

1988-1992

General studies, Math, English, Science, Welding. I was in the Boy Scouts

of America, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.

References available on request

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