JEFFERY TRENT

SUMMARY

Mr. Trent is a seasoned Tooling Engineer/Sr. Die Designer with over 20 years of experience.

Design for ECN's, order materials, detail for machining, coordinate outside machining and die work.

Design and Detail plastic injection molds and tooling using SolidWorks.

Troubleshoot, repair and changeover of molds according to scheduling and production needs.

Designed stamping dies such as progressive, compound, blanking, drawing dies.

Created designs and detailed drawings for components, dies, fixtures, machines, and gauging while understanding the relationship of one part to another.

Utilized SolidWorks to work with tool makers on continuous improvement.

Mr. Trent is local to Michigan and is available for interviews and phone calls Monday - Friday anytime upon request.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

AutoCAD

Die Casting

DIE MAKING

DIE STAMPING

Model Based Design

Plastic Injection Molding

Price Quotes

Production Launch

Solidworks

Technical Support

TOOL DESIGN

TOOLING ENGINEER

Troubleshooting

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Candidate Seeking Opportunities (July 2023 - Present)

Toledo Tool and Die, OH

Die Designer

September 2020 - June 2023

Design for ECN's, order materials, detail for machining, coordinate outside machining and die work.

Alter China dies and takeover dies to fit our presses and transfer systems.

Candidate Seeking Opportunities (April 2019 - August 2020)

Monroe Mold LLC

Mold Designer

October 2018 - March 2019

Design and detail plastic injection molds and tooling using SolidWorks.

Track down time for targeted improvements regarding turn-backs.

Troubleshoot, repair and changeover of molds according to scheduling and production needs.

Responsible for ordering and maintaining spare tooling levels for multiple product lines.

Candidate Seeking Opportunities (August 2018 - September 2018)

Variety Die & Stamping

Sr. Die Designer

February 2018 - July 2018

Create Strip Layouts/process drawings from part print.

Create designs and detail drawings for components, dies, fixtures, machines, and gauging while understanding the relationship of one part to another.

Designed stamping dies such as progressive, compound, blanking, drawing dies.

Handled customers concerning product design for feasibility of manufacture.

Troubleshooting of tooling during production runs.

Design and detail progressive stamping tools and prototype tooling using SolidWorks.

Wrote methods sheets for the manufacturing process of each customer's product.

50% automotive and 50% lawn and garden.

ElringKlinger

Tool Designer

August 2017 - January 2018

Design stamping and bonding tools using SolidWorks.

Transmission gaskets & plates.

Layout drawings of high precision forming tools, fixtures and stamping dies.

Created and implemented a solid modeling template that reduced lead time.

Implemented new sample and production tool designs to customer specifications and tooling standards.

Developed assembly drawings, subassembly drawings and complete Bill of Materials.

Review part design and GD&T for manufacturability - PFMEA.

Vicount Industries

Sr. Die Designer

January 2017 - July 2017

Create Strips/process layouts from part print and FEA.

Design progressive and transfer stamping tools using NX for the automotive market.

Create the RFQ's; send to venders for tooling and capital quotes, analyze the quotes, makes the recommendations to Purchasing.

Coordinates the tooling activities with vendors.

Communicates the quality requirements and buy-off expectations that are needed to meet expectations for the program.

Provides technical support to ensure the tooling & capital meets company standards.

Axis Engineering

Sr. Die Designer

June 2010 - January 2017

Create Strip Layouts/process drawings from part print.

New tool design including assembly and part drawings, BOM's, machining and fabrication instructions.

Existing tool support with ordering, refurbishing and/or modifying existing tooling and fixtures.

Design progressive stamping tools using KeyCreator and AutoCAD for automotive components.

Design and make onsite corrections for composite, detail and assembly tooling.

Troubleshooting and repair of progressive / line dies and assembly processes in a high-volume production environment.

Part of the Engineering team/Quoting new programs.

Manage new Tooling launches thru development, APQP and tryouts.

Candidate Seeking Opportunities (February 2010 - June 2010)

Globetech

Die Designer

July 2008 - January 2010

Create Strip Layouts/process drawings from part print.

Design and Detail progressive and transfer tools using SolidWorks and AutoCad for the automotive market.

Candidate Seeking Opportunities (May 2008 - July 2008)

GT Technologies

Tooling Engineer

February 2006 - May 2008

Design and detail progressive and transfer tooling.

Utilized SolidWorks to work with tool makers on continuous improvement.

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