Jim M. Grider
Midland MI, **642
Cell 989-***-****
********@*****.***
QUALIFICATION SUMMARY
I have an A.A.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology/ Drafting & Design and twenty-three years in the machine tool industry as a toolmaker. For the last sixteen years, I have concentrated on gaining knowledge and experience in the field of design and drafting.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Feb 22, 2016 Carter Associates Inc.
to 5/27/2016 318 E. Industrial Lane
Burr Oak, MI 49030
Design Engineer
Design software used Kubotek KeyCreator 2015 13.5
Microsoft Office programs
Machine design for automated process machines (Packaging)
Reverse engineering of tooling and machine parts
Thermoformed Part Design & Tool Design
Machining and fabrication support to venders
Fixture and gauge design and development
Drafting, stackup analysis, tolerancing, and geometric tolerancing
Part inspection and quality assurance of companies products
Surfacing, product part surfacing, and surface repair
Dec. 22, 2014 Betz Contracting & Machining
to 12/01/2015 320 N Main St
Climax, MI 49034
Design Engineer
Design software used SolidWorks 2014 & 2015
Microsoft Office programs
Machine design for automated assembly machines (Automotive)
Reverse engineering of tooling and machine parts
Machining and fabrication support to venders
Fixture and gauge design and development
Drafting, stackup analysis, tolerancing, and geometric tolerancing
Part inspection and quality assurance of companies products
Surfacing, product part surfacing, and surface repair
April 28, 2014 Groholski Manufacturing Solutions
to 12/19/2014 127 Industrial Ave
Coldwater, MI 49036
Design Engineer
Design software used SolidWorks 2013 & 2014
Microsoft Office programs
Machine design for the food industry
Reverse engineering of tooling and machine parts
Machining and fabrication support to venders
Fixture and gauge design and development
Drafting, stackup analysis, and geometric tolerancing
Part inspection and quality assurance of companies products
July 22, 2003 Dow Chemical, Materials Science, Engineering Designs
to 2/28/2014 Designer on assignment with Kelly Engineering
1616 building
Midland, MI 48667
Tooling/Product Designer
Design software used: NX (formerly Unigraphics) 18 thru NX7.5
Design software used: Creo Elements/Pro 5.0 (formerly Pro-E Pro/Engineer 2000 thru Wildfire 5)
Design software used: Solid Works 2011-2014
Surfacing on product and tooling models
Managed/created tool/product designs for Dow Automotive
Created and modified large machine assemblies
Updated designs and retro-fit test equipment and extruder lines for new applications
Design liaison to toolroom to coordinate fabrication of molds and tooling, jigs and fixtures, test equipment
Created CAD models for FEA purposes
Managed/designed projects to create or update test equipment, molds, dies and machines
Machine, tooling components, and product measuring for reverse engineering
Detailing of all design work to facilitate fabrication
Used Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, Windows 7, ISO project management
Feb. 12, 2001 Caterpillar, BCP E&E Systems
to June 18, 2003 100 Regency Forest Drive, Suite 300
Cary, North Carolina 27511
Designer on assignment with Manpower Engineering
Designer/Drafter
Design software used Pro/Engineer 2000i squared and 2001
Modeled parts and worked with and created small and large assemblies
Created group drawings and flattened harness drawings
Created harnesses, cable routing, maintenance, using Pro-E cabling
Various drawing maintenance, corrections, and mark-ups
Experience with Pro-E diagram
Facilitated drawing releases and drawing change notices
Used Lotus notes, Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Aug. 7, 2000 Aeroglide Corporation
to Feb. 8, 2001 PO Box 29505
Raleigh, North Carolina 27626-0505
Designer/Drafter
Worked in cooperation with engineers to design spreaders, oscillating feeders, and components that handled food products from extrusion to packaging
Used Auto-cad 14, Microsoft Outlook, Excel, Access and Fourth Shift
Designed various machine shop parts that were used in the production of fixtures and components for food driers
Released installation and assembly drawings that were used to assemble driers at Aeroglide and install driers at customer’s facility
June 29, 1998 GKN Automotive, Inc.
to July 25, 2000 4901 Womack Road
Sanford, North Carolina 27330
Toolmaker in Toolroom
Used CNC and manual machine tools
Maintenance support for new tooling and repair of machine parts
CNC programming of 4 axis vertical mills to produce EDM electrodes
Worked in cooperation with engineers to develop faster and more efficient machine components to produce automotive parts
Developed fixtures for the production toolroom precision parts
Used Auto-cad to plot tool paths for CNC manual programming
September 6, 1996 Static Control Components, Inc.
June 26, 1998 P.O. Box 152
Sanford, North Carolina 27331
Toolmaker/Machinist
Operation of manual and CNC machine tools
Research and development work on new products
CNC programming of CNC mills and Machining Centers
Various maintenance support for production machine parts
Made and repaired tooling for various production equipment
Jig and fixture development for machine shop and production floor
September 23, 1977 Burr Oak Tool Inc. (Formally Burr Oak Tool and Gauge)
July 30, 1996 405 West South Street
Sturgis, Michigan 49091
Toolmaker
Tool fabrication, machine repair and assembly
Machines used: wide array of machine shop equipment
Machine part development for new machinery
Fixture and jig development to facilitate the manufacturing of tooling and precision machine parts
Archival photographic record keeping and commercial photography for company advertising
EDUCATION
Spring 1997 Central Carolina Community College
to 7/26/2000 1105 Kelly Drive
Sanford, North Carolina 27330
A.A.S. in Mechanical Engineering Technology / Drafting & Design
GPA 4.0 (President’s List)
Special Recognition Award in Academic excellence from C.C.C.C.
Design Software studied: AutoCAD 12-14, Pro-E, Pro-E CAM
Completed course Fundamentals of Modeling Pro/Engineer
Completed course Fundamentals of Drawing Pro/Engineer
Completed course Basic Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing
Pro/Engineer Harness and Cabling Training