Robert E Hart Jr

Bethune, SC 704-***-**** ad2h8t@r.postjobfree.com

Ambitious and highly skilled Process/Manufacturing Engineer in Manufacturing offering expertise in operations, leadership, plant management, sales and marketing, finance, mechanical design, custom manufacturing, customer service, product launches, project engineering and problem solving. Drive improved product quality through the identification of manufacturing issues. Develop advanced manufacturing cost-effective solutions, and oversee production. Collaborate with manufacturing leadership to identify and resolve production and quality issues. Monitor and improve productivity to ensure customer commitments are met in a timely manner. Comprehend existing processes to provide support for manufacturing process technology roadmaps. Ensure regulatory compliance through qualification validation. Execute continuous improvement initiatives. Coordinate manufacturing releases and drive lean methodologies.

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Manufacturing • Operations Management • Team Leadership • Plant Management • Sales/Marketing • Finance • CNC Controllers

Mechanical Design • Tooling • Dies/Molds/Fixtures • Special Machines • Custom Manufacturing Process • Customer Service • E2 Systems

Product Launches • Project Engineering • Administration • Quality Control • Problem Solving • Testing • Troubleshooting

Initial Factory Startup

PROFESSIONAL WORK HISTORY

2021 to Current: Wyman Gordon /PCC Dillon, SC

Tool & Die –Tooling and Gage Design - CADCAM Programmer MasterCam

2006 to 2020: ERGO International Salisbury, NC

Sales Engineer – Tool & Die Designer – CADCAM Programmer

Engaged in business planning, finance, sales, marketing, networking, customer service and operations management

Setup and managed multiple offsite seasonal warehouses for finished product, implemented inventory and shipping procedures for storage and shipping direct to box store customers. Walmart, Dicks, Bass Pro, Cabelas, etc…

Applied waterjet cutting technology to specific Customers components and assemblies to increase client competiveness.

Developed procedures for building & maintaining custom SS vacuum molds to help our customer become more efficient with product lines

Offered expertise in CNC machining, design build and tooling, utilizing existing contracts to attract additional projects.

Offered expertise in CAD-CAM programming. 3,4, and 5 axis programing, machining, and 5 axis waterjet cutting

Supervised a 10-person design and build machine shop overseeing all operations custom tooling and job shop cnc machining and turning .

Designed and Built & developed a PE plastic layered foam welding equipment for the archery target products.

Designed and built a four-axis YAG laser welding machine for welding archery broadheads. 1st of it’s kind

Developed broadhead blade sharpening on a CNC tool cutter grinder in addition to building tooling for a CNC milling machine for high-volume manufacturing, with both machines designed for flexibility for a single operator to run, or one operator to manage both simultaneously.

Developed Custom Tooling & Equipment & Procedures for Cut blade resharpening system for entire plants of machinery.

Design & Built Custom Equipment & Gages & Tooling for processing entire automotive vehicle rubber seal launch programs.

Engineered & Reverse Engineered Mold & components for Automotive rubber seals from complex 10X shapes to 3D solids geometry for repeatable CNC machined replacement components.

EARLY CAREER SUMMARY

TOOLING ENGINEER, Draftex, Inc., USA-GDX Automotive, Salisbury, NC

R&D ENGINEER – New Product Development, Camalot Systems, Inc., Haverhill, MA

OPERATIONS MANAGER - TOOLING ENGINEER, MSP Tool Co., Inc., East Kingston, NH

TOOLING ENGINEER / PLANT MANAGER, Hi-Ridge M.F.G., Salem, NH

TOOL ENGINEER /OPERATIONS MANAGER, Cam Tool Co., Inc., Kingston, NH

TOOL & DIE MAKER / PROJECT ENGINEER, Knight Tool Co., Inc., Haverhill, MA

CRANE RIGGER / OPERATOR, US Navy, Groton, CT

MACHINIST, United Machine, Freemont, NH

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

COURSEWORK – MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, Northern Essex Community College, Haverhill, MA

CERTIFICATIONS: Statistical Process Control (SPC) (Expired)

TRAINING: Multiple Management Courses and Seminars; AutoCAD; Pneumatic/Hydraulic Controls; PLC Controls

PRIOR AFFILIATIONS: Boston Tooling and Machining Association – Board Member

TECHNOLOGY: MS Office, AutoCAD, Peachtree, QuickBooks, Licensed User Solid Works Professional, Licensed CAM Works

Pro 5 axis Multiple G-Code Processor’s, Multiple CNC Lathe, Mill, Swiss screw machine Controllers, SAP systems, Mastercam

Sr Tooling Engineer - Manufacturing

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