Injection Molding Process Technician
Resume:
DALE E. KAROLUS
**** ***** **** ****** ****, IL 815-***-**** *********@*****.***.
SUMMARY: Thirty years of experience in plastic injection molding, multiple years as a Process Technician and Shift Supervisor. Solid background in injection molding production processes, managing production shifts and working with various types of plastic injection machinery.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Troubleshoot and maintain various types of injection molding machines.
Knowledge of set-up and operation of auxiliary equipment.
Experience with robotics, layer packers and sprue pickers.
Set-up, operating & troubleshooting gravimetric blenders and Conair vacuum loading equipment. Perform proper Let Down Ratios (LDR) for dry color & concentrate colors
Experience setting-up operating & troubleshooting Novac Drying systems for engineering materials.
Experience operating overhead cranes that can lift from 1 ton to 25 tons.
Experience driving forklifts and operating various types of Material Handling Equipment
WORK HISTORY:
Novation Industries Inc. McHenry IL 10/2022 – 5/2025
Process Technician
*Fill out Daily Cycle Checklist. Input data into OEE sytem to ensure that cycle times are acceptable to BOM.
* Do Proper start up procedure needed to run each manufactured part.
* Input proper cycle according to UPS standard cycle sheet.
* Verify that process issues are addressed properly and scrap that occurs is segregated from good production.
* Maintain ISO/FDA certifications.
Advantech Plastics LLC Woodstock IL 09/2020- 10/2022Shift
Supervisor
* Manage daily shift production report communicate to other shifts via shift report notes and verbally.
* Manage ISO/AIB Certification
* Maintain documents for process settings and proper start up of Husky, Toyo, Van dorn and Cincinnati presses.
CUSTOM SERVICE PLASTICS - Lake Geneva, WI 02/2019 – 09/2020
Shift Supervisor
* Manage daily shift production reports and communicate to other shifts
* Manage ISO\TS 16949 documentation
* Shift supervisor on the second shift.
* Ensure quality issues are address properly.
* Maintain process settings and set-up of. Cincinnati 260ton to 1000 ton, Van Dorn 85 ton to 280 ton manufacturing machines.
MGS MFG Group Libertyville, IL 03/2014 – 01/2019
Shift Supervisor
Manage daily shift production reports and communicate to other shifts
Manage ISO 14001, TS 16949 documentation
Shift supervisor on the second shift.
Ensure quality issues are addressed properly,
Knowledge of processing two shot over molding.
Experience with blow molding of large carry cases.
Knowledge of proper set up of EOAT onto Wittmann robots,
Maintain process settings in Engel, Krauss Maffei, Netstal manufacturing machines.
Foreman Tool and Mold, St Charles, IL 09/2013 – 03/2014
Shift Lead
Manage daily shift records and communicate to other shifts
Manage ISO 9002 documentation
Shift supervisor on the second shift.
Maintaining JSW machines and all automation connected with them.
Make sure that each shift follows daily requirements for production.
In charge of weekly inventory of raw material needed for the molding dept.
Manage cycle sheets, follow schedule to ensure proper production efficiency.
Termax Corporation, Lake Zurich, IL 08/2005 – 08/2013
Shift Supervisor
Keep daily shift records and communicate to other shifts
Maintain ISO 9002 and TS 2002 documentation
Shift supervisor on the first shift.
Supervise all activities for first shift.
Ensure that each shift follows daily production requirements.
Weekly inventory of raw material needed for the molding dept.
Maintain cycle sheets, follow schedule to ensure proper production efficiency.
Hands on: Set-up, troubleshoot & maintain Newbury roundtables, Kawaguchi, Van dorn and Cincinnati injection molding machines. These presses range from 40 ton to 120 ton.
Engineering Molding Solutions, McHenry, IL 08/2003 – 08/2005
Shift Supervisor
MPI & Associates Inc., Ingleside, IL 01/2003 – 04/2003
Shift Supervisor
JDI Mold & Tool, Johnsburg, IL 10/2002 – 01/2003
Process Technician
Prototype Tooling & Plastics, Elgin, IL 11/1999 – 04/2002
Shift Foreman
Knight Berry Plastics, Woodstock, IL 02/1994 – 11/1999
Molding Technician
EDUCATION:
Alden-Hebron High School, Hebron, IL Graduated 1982
McHenry County College, Crystal Lake IL, Certified Nursing Assistant Course December 1982
LICENSES & CERTIFICATES:
Certified CPR training through Wonder Lake Fire District. August 1999.
Certified forklift driver through all manufacturers since February 1994
Perfect attendance record at all employers.
Certified as a forklift certification trainer. November 2018
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