Engineer Manager
Resume:
Keith Sturgill
*** ********** ****, ***********, ** 37172
**************@*****.***
Career Goal
Seeking a career position where I can utilize my extensive manufacturing and management ex¬periences and capabilities.
25 years of Tool and Die, Fabrication, Welding, Stamping, Transfer/Deep Draw, Aluminum Die Casting and Roll forming Experience
20 years of Tooling Engineer Experience
20 years of Management Experience
30 years of Stamping, Fabrication, Metalforming Experience
Extensive Quoting Experience, I can quote from a Part Print, Calculate Required Tonnage and Tooling Cost
I have Designed and Built Dies, and I have Managed others in Designing and Building Dies
High Pressure Aluminum Die Casting
Extensive Toolroom Management Experience
Extensive Automotive experience in QS9000, TS16949 and APQP Procedures
Managed Programs from Start to Finish, including the Strip Layout, Quote, Design, Build and Program Launch.
Lean Manufacturing principles and structured problem solving (e.g. 8D, A3, etc.)
Areas of experience, knowledge and skills include:
Journeyman Tool and Die Estimating/Quoting Cold Forming/Forging
Aluminum Die Casting Strip Layout Certified Manufacturing Engineer
Program Management Die Design Weld Fixture Design
Fabrication VA/VE QS9000/TS16949/APQP
Lean Manufacturing Continuous Improvement 4-Slide/Eyelet
Progressive Dies Deep Draw Hot Forming
Fine Blanking Roll Forming Draw Simulation
Employment:
Consulting /Contract Service, my own consulting business - January 2001 to Present
Manufacturing Consultant
Responsibilities:
• Quoting and Estimating New Die and Takeover Programs
• Management of Overseas Toolroom and New Build Programs, Toolroom Management
• Progressive Dies, Transfer Dies, Roll forming and Deep Draw
• Prototype Build
• High Pressure Aluminum Die Casting
• Lean Manufacturing
• Rollform Tooling and Process
• New Product Launch Support
• Updating Toolroom Procedures and Die PM Program
• Project Management
• Tool Program Support
• Tool Follow-up and Review
Modineer (Niles, MI) - November 1998 to December 2000
Title: Tooling Manager
A Tier One and Two Automotive parts stamping facility
The departments I managed were Tool Design, Project Management, Quoting and Estimating New Tool Build and Die Repair.
Accomplishments:
• Updated quoting and estimating procedure into a standard format
• Implemented a Die PM program
• Program Launch Support
• Continuous Improvement
• Decreased die downtime from 30 percent to 8 percent
• Developed a “Don’t just patch it/Fix it” program for dies
Delphi (General Motors) (Dayton, OH), Metal Fabrication Division (General Motors) May 1992 to November 1998
Title: Tooling Manager
A Tier One Automotive Parts Supplier
The department I managed was responsible for new die outsourcing and the maintenance of existing tooling. The department consisted of three permanent engineers; three contract engineers, three supervisors and forty tool and die makers.
Accomplishments:
• Developed procedures for internal estimating and strip layouts
• Program Launch Support
• Lean Manufacturing
• Continuous Improvement projects
• Updated Die PM programs
• Decreased Die downtime through intensive die repair program, and Refurbishment
• Tooling Development and Management of Off-shore Die Build Programs
Emerson Electric Company (St. Louis, MO) - May 1982 to November 1992
Title: Tool Engineer, Senior Tool Engineer, and Tool Room Manager
A tool and die manufacturing facility, I was responsible for designing and building, Quoting, Customer Contact, and Program Management, for Progressive Dies, Transfer Dies, Deep Draw Dies, Die Casting, Cold Forming, Cold Heading Dies, Roll Forming and Hot Forging Dies, Assembly Fixtures, Machining Fixtures and Tooling. I was responsible for quoting, designing, and program management, for either the in-house build or coordinating with outside shops.
• Started as a Tooling Engineer and moved up through the ranks into the position of Toolroom Manager
• Was responsible for strip layout, quoting, design and build of new dies
• Designed and built progressive, transfer, roll forming, and deep draw dies
Jefferson Tooling (Jeffersonville, IN) - July 1978 to 1982
Title: Tool and Die Apprentice, Tool and Die Journeyman
A privately owned tool and die shop serving the automotive and appliance industry.
I worked my way through my apprenticeship and school as a tool and die apprentice, toolmaker journeyman, completed apprenticeship and received journeyman’s card.
• Worked second shift completing apprenticeship program and completing BSME in a four year period
Education:
BSME, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, 1982, Tool and Die Journeyman, CmfgE (SME) numerous classes on Program Management, Management, Tooling and Manufacturing, Lean Manufacturing and APQP.
Professional Membership:
SME (Society of Manufacturing Engineers), ASME (American Society of Mechanical Engineers), PMA (Precision Metalforming Association), SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers)
Military:
United States Marine Corp Reserve, 1979 to 1984 (Honorable Discharge), active 1982 to 1984
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