April **,****

To whom it may concern,

The following contains job histories which describe my experience as a shop manager, facilities manager and maintenance coordinator and structural fabricator for over 35 years. Maintain, modify and repair equipment for construction of custom and special tools for various customer needs.

My experience in manufacturing has been very extensive in coordinating with the company of improving production processes and manufactured products to customer specifications. As a seasoned professional in these areas of manufacturing I am pleased in offering my skills and being considered as a value added asset for your company’s manufacturing and facilities support. Have very good bi-lingual communications.

Have worked and assisted implementation of ISO-9001 system and standards . Am currently self employed free lancing my skills since 2014 to a variety of industrial companies and private entrepreneurs in assisting in their needs of product design and manufacturing. Had taken time off to care for ill and disabled parent who has recently passed. Presently contracting a small company that has 4 locations that assist various types disabled children using the teach through play methods. I currently design and build their structures that are utilized throughout their facilities. JOE R. HINOJOSA

24246 Wood Park

San Antonio, TX 78264

adwjct@r.postjobfree.com

CELL 210-***-****

W O R K H I S T O R Y

Self employed freelance Facilities coordinator / fabricator March2014 to Present San Antonio,

Set up Sole propriership as a Self employed freelance Facilities coordinator and fabricator during time off caring for ill parent. Q.C. Manager, Armenta Collections Sept. 2013 to Feb.2014 HOUSTON, TX

Managed and implemented processes to ensure product standards are met. Qualify and document finish product for clients, supervised mold making, casting precious metal jewelry and fashion handbag manufacturing. Tool Manager, Blackwell Plastics, Inc. Feb 2013-May 2013 Houston, TX

Hands on mgr.of mold and tool & die shop, mold repairs, build and modify new and existing molds and extruding dies and tooling fixtures for secondary operations. Gen. Manager, VERSAFAB, LLC AUGUST 2000-JAN 2013

San Antonio, TX

Hands on manager of operations, quoting and procurement practices. Quality control, cad design, mold making and fabrication of projects Programming / setup CNC equipment. Custom model / mold making and prototypes. Tool maker/ mold maker AMNITECH, INC. AUGUST 2000- NOV.2000 San Antonio, TX

Mold Manager, Texas Tool Makers, Inc. MAY1999-AUG 2000 San Antonio, TX

SHOP SUPERVISOR, STELLAR MOLD & TOOL INC. OCT1994- APRIL1999 San Marcos, TX

MOLDSHOP SUPERVISOR, TEXTEK PLASTICS AUG 27, 1984 - SEPT14, 1994 SHOP SUPERVISOR, WALL COLMONOY CORP. FEB1984-AUG 1984 TOOLMAKER, BISHOP MACHINE & TOOL CO. MAY1980- FEB1983 TOOLMAKER/MACHINIST, DOSCO INC. FEB 1979- MAY1980

APPRENTICE, PRECISION MFG. OF SAN ANTONIO MAY 1977- FEB 1979 ED U C A T I O N

Completed my apprenticeship here at precision manufacturing of San Antonio. Studied under four master journeyman toolmakers and 1 moldmaker. Attended college as part of this skilled training. Graduated toolmaker in 79” Graduated from Sam Houston High School in 1977

ST. Phillips college machine shop, drafting shop

Auto-Cad training at South West Texas State University 1995 GE Plastics training at Textek Plastics 1987

SODICK EDM training in Chicago 1994

Management training skills at Textek Plastics in 1991 Government contracting 101/UTSA SBDC Center 2002’

C O M P U T E R S K I L L S

Auto-cad, Cadkey, Bobcad, some Solidworks, MS Office, Excel, word. SPECIAL SKILLS

Management, leadership, fabrication, metallurgy, welding, mold making, tool making, and fixturing, plating, metal work and various machining and fabrication skills with many types of shop equipment. Various injection presses, Robotics and secondary operations in plastic molding, nesting molds & jigs, heat staking, pad printing. Investment casting with Vac-u-Vest machine, and metal casting furnace (Neutec-usa J-10B casting machine).Yasui wax casting Machine, various Rio Grande craftsmanship tools for the jewelry business. Midas plating experience of precious metals.

MACHINERY SKILLS

Various shop milling machines, lathes, CNC machines, various wire EDM machines, mig and tig welding machines, oxy-acetylene welding, XY co-ordinate measuring machine, CNC surface grinder, Harig surface grinders, Radial drilling machines. Various sheet metal machines, brakes, presses, rolling machines, punch brakes etc. REFERENCES SUPPLIED UPON REQUEST.

Thank you for the opportunity to send you this resume. Joe R. Hinojosa

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