Ed Gockman

EDUCATION and SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS

BS in Industrial Technology from Western Illinois University, with a minor in: Business Management and Project Management Essentials from U of I. Corporate Finance, Fasteners, Adhesives, Surface Treatment of Metals, Micro-machining, Lubricants, McDonnell Douglas Aerospace Computer Training for Uni-graphics, AutoCAD, Solid Works, Microsoft Excel and Office Suite, Synectics-Creative Thinking and Advanced Problem Solving, Tarkenton, TQM, Thinking out of the Box. Allen-Bradley PLC certified. Expertise in revolutionizing, production machines, plastic packaging and product design in plastics manufacturing. Machine Design, Product Design, SOP development, Maintenance Manual PM’s expertise. Maturity and poise are a regular part of my skills used to apply extensive manufacturing knowledge to meet and exceed goals.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Coordination of teams that service and modify machines for production and new products

Creating and manage all documentation for personnel, maintenance and training instructions

Working one-on-one with all managers, teams and groups for maximum efficiency

Providing innovation with cost cuts for improved productivity

Lead presentations providing feed-back and technical updates for upper management

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Maintenance Engineering, PM’s, Rebuilds

Machine Design: Packaging, Plastics, Web Handling, Rollers, Conveyors,

Plant and Product Design: Auto-Cad & Solid-Works.

New Package Designs using 3D Printing

Plastic Processing Machine Design

Machine and Robotic Automation, Design.

EPA, FDA, OSHA, UL certified environments

FATs, Machine Installation, Commissioning, De-bugging

Food Packaging: Plastics, Metals, Closures

Injection Molding: PET, PVC, HDPET, Co- Extrusion, Torlon, Rubber

Patent Generation (300+) products, machine

Allen Bradley PLC programming certification

3D Printing for Product Design Prototyping

PERSONAL EXPERIENCE

Equipment Engineer /Maintenance Engineer (Confidential) Pharma Solutions, 12/2015 to Current.

Company Description: Class I Medical solutions co-packaging company. Sterile Clean Room Manufacturing, Clean Room Packaging, Blow, Fill and Seal technology.

Continuous process improvement of all manufacturing systems.

Specification, purchase and installation new equipment.

Maintenance Engineering for all building systems and equipment.

Layout and design of sterile clean rooms.

Validation and Qualification of all new equipment, products and processes.

Integrate serialized packaging equipment.

Packaging Engineer/Equipment Specification Engineer, Engineering management. Sunstar America’s, 11/2011 to 11/2014

Company Description: Class III Medical equipment manufacturing company. Using injection molding, co-extrusion with form, fill and heat seal packaging systems.

Continuous process improvement of all manufacturing systems.

Specification, purchase and installation new equipment.

Increase efficiency of existing equipment from 100 to 400%.

Install data collection software for SPC and decision making.

Validation and Qualification of all new equipment, products and processes.

Design and install programmable QA robotic inspection systems.

3-D printing for prototyping new products.

Major budgetary responsibility for three departments.

Systems Engineer/Systems Engineering Management, Process Engineer, ITW Hi-Cone (300 patents generated), 2/1991 to 3/2011

Company Description: Packaging using converted plastic roll stock to create plastic rings used in bottle, can and food products.

Design and install automated manufacturing systems, including programming,

Design lean manufacturing and quality control systems and programming.

Design and document maintenance and preventative maintenance schedules.

Understand customer process requirements to install 2100 machines and systems in 20 years.

Systems and process design using Auto-Cad and Solid-Works, Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Omron and more.

Cost reduction of 1M bi-annually by redesign of metal parts to plastic.

Creation of the first engineering profit center through complimentary machine placement.

Enact emergency response policy concerning dangerous chemicals and evacuation situations.

Lead engineer on projects requiring EPA, FDA, OSHA and UL certification.

Recognized and warmly accepted as a lead ambassador to external customers.

Major budgetary responsibilities for two departments.

Engineering redesign for law-suite resolution, asbestos and noise abatement and shielding.

Maintenance Manager and Chief Engineer, Fab-Master,

Company Description: OEM of structural steel service centers – steel racks and shelving.

Maintenance Manager of 8 man crew.

Press Brake

Punch presses (three).

Band saw.

Electro static paint booth.

Metal forming specification.

Tool and Die specifications.

AWARDS

American Legion of Honor Society Letter of commendation WIU

Published in “Machine Design” Published in “New Plastics Equipment”

Published in “New Plastics Equipment” second time Nominated for Designer of the Year WC

CONTACT INFORMATION

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E-mail: acx6o0@r.postjobfree.com

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