Manager Injection Molding

Greg Mitchell

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Indian Land, SC 29707

Phone 803-***-****

Email : *********@*****.***

Qualifications

Extensive molding experience in many types of plastics with

small and large tonnage presses.

Compounding and formulation expertise.

Quality, safety and cost driven.

An in-depth knowledge of molding and extrusion equipment plus

all ancillary gear.

Technically competent to troubleshoot molding and extrusion

problems.

Career History

1996 - 2015

Peter Paul Electric Inc. Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Manufacturer of plastic encapsulated solenoid coils and valve

bodies.

Special Projects Manager (Starting 2013)

Installation of new equipment to produce and mold various

rubber compounds. Develop process for before mentioned

project. Relocated molding presses to improve material flow.

Lead project to submit captive molding compounds to

Underwriter Labs (UL) for system rating that would enable

Peter Paul to sell material to other molding companies.

Designed tooling to mold expensive inserts without scraping

due to voids in encapsulation. Reconfigured compounding

extruder to produce a more consistent product. Recommended

capitol investments for extrusion line. Performed all

maintenance on equipment plant wide.

Plant Manager (Starting 2008)

Manage entire facility, including 5S, lean

manufacturing, Kaizen events. Propose and justify

capital

projects. Assembled team to design and implement manufacturing cells for

one piece

flow. Instituted safety program to ensure all equipment

and procedures are up to standards.

Direct and assist in all maintenance

activities. Successfully developed and implemented plan

to reduce scrap.

Materials Development (Starting 2003)

Designed and produced injection molding grade materials and

powder coatings for the electronic and electrical markets.

Made selection and engineered installation of capital

equipment including troubleshooting equipment start-ups. On

call to correct process problems in molding and compounding

(extrusion) departments. Troubleshoot thermoset deficiencies

from formulation to final molding.

Molding Manager (Starting 1996)

Successfully developed a focused team for molding department.

Significantly reduced molding scrap rate.

Performed qualifications and documentation of all new mold

tooling. Made recommendations to tool room for mold

improvements.

Directly supervised and scheduled all hourly molding labor.

Key technical contact to all raw material vendors.

Directed and assisted as necessary all molding equipment

maintenance.

Improved on time delivery rate.

1990-1996

Technical Service Manager, Farboil / Valspar Company, Baltimore,

Maryland

Manufacturer of plastic materials for the encapsulation of electrical

and electronic components.

Instrumental in relocating acquired molding and powder

coating material manufacturing facility from larger Toledo

plant to Baltimore site.

Modified and performed troubleshooting on automation

installed in new Baltimore site.

Trained management, supervisors and hourly labor in

manufacturing techniques of newly acquired product line.

Maintained customer relations during transition of

manufacturing to Baltimore.

Performed product qualification with customers when new

manufacturing site came online.

Traveled worldwide to promote product line and service

technical issues.

Assisted global sales force with technical issues.

Developed and implemented more meaningful quality tests to

better represent material performance in customer processes.

Reported to business manager with dotted line reporting to

president.

Programmed automation to meet changing requirements.

Sat on ISO committee.

1987-1990

Technical Service, Rohm & Haas Inc. Plaskon Division. Spring House,

Pa.

Manufacturer of plastic materials for the encapsulation of electrical

and electronic components.

Managed technical transfer of product line acquired from

Furane division of M&T chemical to Morton Chemical

acquisition by Rohm & Haas.

Traveled to customer locations worldwide to demonstrate new

manufacturing plants capabilities.

Made technical presentations to corporate directors on

quarterly basis.

Performed designed experiments for material improvements.

Key Words:

Injection molding, extrusion, 5S, lean, maintenance, profit,

quality, cost reduction

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