Manager Plant

WAYNE C. JOACHIM

** ******** ****

Melville, New York 11747

631-***-**** ******@***.***

OBJECTIVE

To utilize proven managerial, technical and mechanical skills in a growth oriented company where contribution to organizational objectives will provide opportunities for advancement.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Over fifteen years leadership in graphic, print, mechanical, machining and production environments.

Extensive practical hands-on manufacturing experience as a production and plant manager.

● Provided budgetary and capital expenditure guidance.

● Recruited, hired, trained and developed new employees.

● Scheduled and coordinated daily activities of all plant employees. Provided supervision and disciplinary action.

● Effectively managed/forecasted company inventory levels.

● Developed manufacturing and quality control standards. Maintained consistent on time delivery.

● Designed and produced hard tooling and fixtures for the production of both metal and plastic parts.

Built, managed and maintained healthy relationships with vendors.

● Negotiated with vendors of outsourced products, raw materials and equipment.

● Developed and managed equipment maintenance programs.

● Orientated and trained all plant personnel on safety, Haz-Com and lockout/tagout procedures.

Traveled to tradeshows and manufacturer facilities to source new technologies for growing market demands.

Consulted directly with company owner as well as vice president and board of directors.

Worked with OSHA, DEP and FDNY to maintain company compliance with all governmental regulations.

● Worked as a planning manager with architects/contractors on the planned expansion of a manufacturing facility.

Effective working alone or as a cooperative team member.

● Consistently promoted a culture of CARE for product quality, production efficiency and customer satisfaction.

● Directed all facility and grounds maintenance including landscaping and snow removal.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Tech Products Inc. (TPI) Chief Product Development Officer at TPI between 2001 – 2013

TPI experienced a 20% overall increase in profitability during my first year as plant manager.

TPI maintained consistent annual increases in profitability and an overall increase of over 400% under my leadership.

Successfully guided all manufacturing processes at TPI without influence due to absentee ownership.

Negotiated and led TPI in the acquisition of all new manufacturing equipment. Rotated out the older inventory of obsolete machinery for newer more efficient technology.

Introduced TPI to advanced manufacturing technologies through the acquisition of CNC manufacturing equipment.

Collaborated with manufacturers to develop a roll forming line to create a one inch wide aluminum C-channel part holder which ran at varying lengths, since then Tech has efficiently produced millions of parts at reduced cost.

Established new plant layouts, work flow systems, inventory controls and quality & yield standards for parts produced.

Effectively lowered the manufacturing direct labor cost by 40% while increasing productivity/outputs by 75% and reduced scrap rates from over 20% to an average of 2%

Designed safety and guarding systems for press operations and collaborated with private contractors to produce more advanced systems that optimized production efficiency and operator safety.

PROFESSIONAL MANUFACTURING EXPERIENCE

Vacuum Forming ● Model & Mold Making ● Prototype Production

Metal forming/bending ● Custom Color Mixing ● CNC Machining/Programming

Silk Screening ● Metal Stamping/Embossing ● Industrial Coatings

Die Design ● Hot Foil Stamping ● Surface Grinding

Acid Etching ● Manual Milling & Turning ● Metal Casting

Sand Blasting ● Pad Printing ● Die Cutting

SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT EXPERIENCE

● INJECTION MOLD PROCESS

Assembly of injection molds prior to production, disassembly post process and mold maintenance

Preparation and trouble shooting of mold functions prior to production which included drilling, chamfering and reaming of knockout/ejector pin locations, also cutting and grinding knockout pins to desired clearance lengths

● CNC MACHINING CENTERS

Programming, Setup and Operation of Fadal vertical machining centers

● MANUAL, HYDRAULIC AND PNUEMATIC SHOP EQUIPMENT

Operation of Blanchard 50 inch rotary grinder, Doall, Brown & Sharpe and Jem horizontal hydraulic grinders. Mig welders. Bridgeport vertical knee mills. Hardinge, Clausing and Southbend lathes. Hydraulic and electric metal shears. Rousselle, Clearing, Verson, Bliss and Lamba stamping presses ranging from 5tons to 800 tons. Box & pan benders, cleat benders and slip rollers. Good with most hand and power tools

● MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT

Electric and propane powered forklifts from 3000 to 10000 pound capacities, electric and manual pallet jacks, die lifts and some minor exposure to bobcat and caterpillar frontend loaders

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

Sept. 2001 – May 2013 Plant Manager TECH PRODUCTS INC.

Mar. 2000 – Aug. 2001 Production Agent MICELLI INJECTION MOLD.

Aug. 1998 – Dec. 1999 Production Agent PER ANNUM PUBLISHING COMPANY.

Dec. 1997 – June 1998 Production Agent COMP 24 INCORPORATED.

Jan. 1990 – Nov. 1997 Production Manager PAUL MAURICE ASSOC./BEN GROUP INC.

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Fyzabad Anglican Secondary High School, Trinidad, W.I., - High School Diploma

Queens College, Queens New York, – Center for Advance Manufacturing (CAMS) – CNC Certified,

Master Cam Certified, Fanuc G-Code Certified, Autocad R13 Certified

Proficient in; Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Signlab, Profilelab, Artcam, Microsoft Word and Excel

REFRENCES

Available upon request

ADDITIONAL NOTABLE TECHNICAL & MECHANICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Presided over the re-design and re-engineering of Tech’s patented two shot Everlast injection molded products to accommodate more efficient molding due to reduced cycle times, better mold flow and the limitation of secondary processing.

Collaborated with mold builders to create better mold designs to help reduce production cost (this was accomplished by converting from mold inserts formally produced in steel to aluminum, reducing insert tooling material thicknesses by 25% in some cases. Operator ergonomics was also a consideration in our design due to my experience in the production environment.

Designed several patterns and collaborated on the creation of several production tools for the manufacture of extruded aluminum and plastic products. Also designed and developed several production tools for secondary processing of the aforementioned extruded product lines (extruded products ranged from one inch wide to the difficult to produce width of fifteen inches all while limiting material thickness to under 1/8 inch)

Developed and designed a knock-down aerial marker for use in the petroleum pipeline industry which to date is the only available knock-down A-Frame marker on the market (the purpose of this design was to reduce the space required for the shipping and warehousing of these products which are normally welded frame structures) these markers also provided necessary flexibility to be mounted on various custom pole diameters and shapes as well as it could be mounted directly to oil, natural gas and steam pipelines in the field.

Developed all the production tooling for press operations which allowed TPI the ability to produce some products on a just in time (JIT) basis.

Redesigned an internal venting system for injection molded parts to reduce part burn during the second shot of a two shot molding process (part burn was caused by the buildup of gasses in the mold which was unable to escape prior to the venting systems installation.) Conventional venting and gating was inadequate for this process.

Collaborated with sales managers on the creation of new products and successfully managed their scheduled delivery.

Designed a 60 inch four stage progressive die which produced finished, formed parts. These parts were punched, formed, blanked and numbered sequentially within each cycle of the press. Designed several other metal stamping, forming and blanking dies for the rapid production of stocked parts.

Acquired and installed a heavy metals filtration system which was directly mounted to processing equipment that enabled TPI to meet and exceed DEP environmental standards.

Acquired a total of eleven new punch presses during my tenure as plant manager, including one rated 400 tons, another rated at 60 tons and nine smaller presses rated at 25 tons each. These presses were additionally fixtured to eliminate unnecessary setup time and operator injury risk potential.

All presses were fixtured and setup for automated production effectively eliminating costly setup times and machine down time, this also eliminated operator fatigue from mechanical operation

Acquired and installed TPI’s first rotary screw air compressors and air line refrigerator which was necessary to meet the growing compressed air consumption needs. This new system also served beneficial to overall equipment maintenance and reliability issues due to the elimination of inline moisture buildup and later proved beneficial in meeting and exceeding OSHA’s standards for noise pollution exposure to plant employees

Planned and set in place new production floor layouts that eliminated clutter and allowed TPI to maximize throughput

Experienced working with most industrial metals, including but not limited to stainless steel, carbon steel, cold, hot rolled and spring steel, brass, copper and various grades and tempers of aluminum (Sheet, Plate and Coil) Bending, Forming, Drawing, Turning, Milling, Drilling, Cutting, Casting and Punching

Experienced working with most industrial plastics, including but not limited to cast and extruded Acrylic, ABS, Polystyrene, Polyethylene(PETG) Polypropylene, Polyvinyl(PVC) Polycarbonate(Lexan) Nylon, Delrin and Ren Shape

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