Plant Manager Cnc Programmer
Resume:
EDWARD ROHLFES
Owned and operated own CNC production shop for the last 21 years
Carthage, TN 37030
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Ran all aspects of my shop for the last 21 years with best year close to 1m in sales. Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Owner/President
Helm Manufacturing - Bartlett, IL
August 2001 to January 2022
Started the company 2001 and sold it in 2022. Our best year was approximately 1 million in sales. Also founded HMCBILLET an automotive accessory manufacturer. Programmed all equipment.
CNC lathes with live tooling and sub spindles.
CNC machining centers with 4th axis.
CNC plasma cutter
Purchased 13 pieces of CNC equipment.
5 Haas machining centers
Sl25 Mori seiki cnc lathe
Puma cnc lathe
Miyano cnc lathes with sub spindle and live tooling Shop Manager
Hi-Tech Machining and Engineering - Schillar Park, IL 1998 to 2001
In charge of all of the CNC machining.
CNC Vertical machining centers.
CNC Horizontal machining centers.
CNC lathes.
Supervised 10 setup men
Supervised 2 CNC programmers.
Managed tool crib.
Justified and purchased tooling system for setup time reduction of 20% across the board. 10,000000 in sales
Business Unit Manager
AMTEC CORPORATION - Elgin, IL
1996 to 1998
In charge of the CNC operations for all 3 shifts. Over 200 CNC machines High production. Mostly automotive.
Our customers were General Motors, Ford Motor Company, ZF, just to name a few. Very high production shop utilizing pick and place robotics where applicable. Over 50,000,000 in sales
Plant Manager
Heick Diecasting Machining Division - Chicago, IL
1993 to 1996
Started as Plant Supervisor and promoted to Plant Manager. Ran all aspects of the plant. Scheduled and supervised 39 production employees for 3 shifts.
Scheduled and supervised maintenance dept. Ordered and maintained all tooling requirements. Held daily staff meetings. Programmed all of the CNC equipment. CNC horizontal machines, CNC lathes with sub spindles, CNC vertical machining centers. Reported directly to VP of operations. Completely relocated the machining division to a larger facility with no missed shipments. Implemented a modular fixturing program for or lower volume parts. On average shipped
$10,000000 in product annually.
Industrial Engineer
THE PROTECTOSEAL COMPANY - Bensenville, IL
1991 to 1993
Establish processes, Time study, CNC programming, Purchase new equipment. Process Engineer
Rexnord bearing - Downers Grove, IL
January 1989 to January 1991
Manufacturing process, CNC programming, Fixture design, Procurement of new machinery. CNC Programmer
Syntronic Inst. - Addison, IL
January 1983 to January 1989
Cnc Programmer, Journeyman Machinist, Cnc setup
Education
Journeyman machinist in Production machining
Tooling and manufacturing association (TMA) - Illinois September 1983 to September 1988
Associate in Science (AS) in Manufacturing
Triton College - Illinois
Skills
• AutoCAD
• CAD
• Process engineering
• CNC programming
• Six Sigma
• CNC lathe
• CNC
• Manufacturing
• Plant management
• Lean
Certifications and Licenses
journeyman machinist
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