Project Engineer / Project Manager/Designer/Drafter/Tooling

Personal Statement:

I am a very aggressive self starter with a do-it-right attitude and the determination to succeed at any given task. My intense technical background and very high mechanical skills puts me above the crowd. I also contribute good customer relations & great communications & troubleshooting skills.

That, with a results oriented mind set should get me hired before you go any further…….(that was a joke).

Any suggestions/ideas you might have in my pursuit for a new connection would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance!

Quote “Dan’s work ethics and integrity have been noted as "second to none."” (Bob Policy V.P. Micro-Matic Tool)

Skills:

• Structural Steel Design

• FRP Composites Structural Design (16k+ documented hours)

• AutoCad 11 thru 2011

• Mechanical Desktop/Inventor

• Reverse Engineering

• Conceptual Designs

• Civil Design

• Part Design

• Tool Design

• Tooling/Molding Liaison

• Brown & Sharpe CMM w/PCDMIS

• Project Management/Troubleshooter

• Injection Molding Processing/Tooling Consultant (37k documented hours)

• Commercial & Industrial Designing

• Chief Architect Software

• Home Designs, Log Home Designs

• Telecommuting/Freelancing

• Other: Pro-E, Solutions 3000, ME10, ISO 9001, Automotive, GD&T, Hot Stamping, Heat Transfer, Sonic Welding, Medical, CNC, Robotics, Structural Foam, Compression, Blow Molding, PPAP, NCR, CAR, CAP, CAPF, ECR, ECO, ECN, IPS, PS, QPS, DS, FCC, Structural Steel, Metal fabrication 16ga. to 1/2" plate, Metal Stamping, Punch Press, Shear, Brake Press, Microsoft: Word, Excel, Project, Lotus: 123, Word Pro.

Projects:

• Helwan, Egypt F-16 Fighter Surface Treatment Plant

• Tecoma, WA Bridge – All the interior structure

• Many Chicago Transits (CTA) (Gratings, Platforms, Stairs, Ladders)

• UTA Austin – All steel work to the new dorms including wrought iron work.

• Medical City Dallas (2) different parking decks (All steel work, with exception of rebar)

• 7 Level Parking Deck, Lamar St., Fort Worth, TX (All steel work, with exception of rebar)

• Possum Kingdom Dam Rehabilitation of (Gratings, Platforms, Stairs, Ladders & Handrail)

• Dooley Zoo – Alligator & Beaver Exhibit/ Beluga Whale Exhibit, Seattle, WA

• Waxahachie Senior Center (all Steel Structure & Shop Drawings)

• Many (300+) Water Treatment & Sewer Treatment Plants across the USA

(Reconstructions of grating, embeds, handrail, stairs, ladders, platforms, etc.)

• Mansfield/Rendon Business Park (Civil Drawings)

• Acton Main business and residential development (Civil Drawings)

• Little Tykes (many toys)

• Medical Devices (urinary tract devices, monitor bezels & housings)

• Ford & GMC (interior body parts)

• Security Devices

Experience:

Creative CAD & Design (ccd Design)

1997 to present Tolar, Texas

Chief Designer

• 2D & 3D Design business

o Providing companies with a do-it-right-the-first-time attitude.

o Took up the slack for many different companies on overflow projects and expedited jobs.

o Coverage for companies through downsizing.

o Have turned in as high as 185 invoices a year. It is nothing to work 18+ hour day.

o Very high approval rating by many Engineers

o Good organizational and problem solving skills.

o Great communications and very intense technical skills.

Micro-Matic Tool

Project Manager Youngstown, OH

• Reported directly to the Vice President bringing new constructive ideas and revamping the plant atmosphere.

• Oversaw Tool Room

o Implementing a “Root Cause Analysis” mind set and to find our most problem areas to address and fix them immediately.

o Developed ISO 9001 procedures for Mold Building from the ground up.

o Created corrective action plan to continue higher production capabilities and give our customers our accountability structure.

o Revamped Quality Control Department and procedures.

Took a hands-on approach to resolving turnaround times and quality issues.

Operated, debugged and retrained team players on Brown & Sharpe CMM with PCDMIS 3D.

• Start and Build from ground up Proprietary/Custom Injection Molding Facility

o Plant layout and installation of machinery

o Purchasing, set up and troubleshooting of equipment and machinery

o Developed from ground up, quality control standards & procedures manual including:

BOM

Visual and mechanical testing

Visual packaging and palletizing

Processing and set up procedures

Flow charting and corrective action procedures.

Developed the inventory control procedures.

American Standard

Tooling Engineer Salem, OH

• Responsible for revamping, managing and implementing new procedures for

existing proprietary Injection Molding Department and Metal Stamping Department

o Rewrote new protocol for existing molding department.

Established new and improved production & process procedures and increased production by an average of 20%......50% in some cases.

Improved visual and mechanical testing.

Implemented JIT practices, reducing down time and start-ups.

Reduced scrap rate at an average of 50% and as high as 75% in some cases.

o Implemented a preventative maintenance program for Injection Molding and Metal Stamping Tooling.

o Designed and Implemented Pre-Production Engineering Procedures.

• Responsible for all outside tooling for both Injection Molding and Metal Stamping Departments, including outsourcing of tooling and production when needed.

o Managed the building and production outsourcing of $1.3 mil. tooling package.

Assisted many tool rooms in providing the very best tooling possible.

• Treated Tool rooms like Team Players utilizing their skill sets

• Providing support and troubleshooting tooling issues when they arise.

• Making Corrective Actions where needed.

Assisted part designers on part flaws and mold-ability, assembly issues.

Assisted Molding Facilities on processing issues and worked as liaison between manufacturing/production facilities and tool rooms.

o Designed and Implemented Pre-Production Engineering Procedures.

o Exposed and held accountable all departments on a “New Part” implementation.

Way too many issues to list.

Empire Corp.

Tooling and CAD Engineer Akron, OH

• Managed and reconstructed Mold Design Department and oversaw Tool Room.

o Established relationships with new and present customers.

o Restored relationships with pre-existing customers.

o Tool Design and Part Design quotations.

o Tool Fixtures and Devices.

o Troubleshoot tooling issues on new and old tooling and fixtures.

o Designing of 3D Injection Molded parts for sister company.

o Designing of Injection Mold tooling utilizing 2D & 3D software, Autocad 13 w/Mechanical Desktop & Solutions 3000.

Learned from scratch the software and cut the design to tool room time by 50%.

o Developed time tracking and cost analysis procedures and assisted with purchasing steel and mold components.

Improving the delivery dates to the customers by 3 weeks.

o Developed Mold Inventory System.

• Plant Engineer of (1) of (3) facilities.

• Processing Engineer of Injection Molding for all 3 plants.

o Assisted with new start ups and troubleshooting of machines and plastic processing.

Increased production output by average of 20%.

Reduced scrap by 25%

o Developed processing spec sheets.

Increasing the downtime/start-up between mold changes.

o Corrective Action Team, ISO Audit Team

Kent Mold and Manufacturing

Process Development Engineer and Mold Builder Kent, OH

• Sample, Process and Troubleshoot old and new injection mold tooling.

o Have taken in many, many molds that a variety companies could not utilize all cavities or could not run up to production standards and

would diagnose the process or troubleshoot the tooling issue

make corrective actions needed

100% satisfaction and was hired on the spot several times by leading corporations because my processing/diagnostic skills….but never took a job.

• Machining of molds or tooling.

o Starrag Rigid dual head tracing vertical head mill

o Blanchard Grinder & Surface Grinders

o Bridgeport Interact CNC milling machine

• Maintenance and Preventative Maintenance of Machinery

o Set up, troubleshoot & repair

Cincinnati 300 ton Injection Molding Press w/oversize platens

o Troubleshoot and diagnose circuitry on Bridgeport Interact CNC milling machine

Saved company $4,000.00 in parts and labor.

o Rebuilt TOS Horizontal Boring Mill (complete tear down/rebuild)

o Tore down, moved and set up

Rambaudi Versamill milling machine.

Eagle Plastics

Project Manager Stow, OH

• Managed special projects & reported to President:

o Established Processing perimeters for Plant manager & shift supervisors

Start up procedures

More efficient and consistent processing procedures

o Worked closely with Quality Control to attack major issues with

Molding

Assembly & Packaging

o Floated between a (2) plant environment training each supervisor and process technician on more efficient ways in

Processing

Mold changes

Tooling issues

• Improved production by 20%

• Reduces quality control red tags and returns by 30%

o Developed and implemented corrective action procedures.

Rubbermaid Commercial Products

Maintenance Troubleshooter/ Process Technician Cleburne, TX

• Developed 2.3 mil. in cost improvement ideas.

• Implemented 1.2 mil. of those cost improvement ideas.

• Developed and standardized most all of plastic processing specifications and spec. sheets for all of commercial products of injection molding & launched it into their mainframe.

• Performed technical supervisor functions when needed.

• Perform all Maintenance troubleshooting of injection, structural foam, rotational molding and some extrusion equipment.

• Perform process troubleshooting of injection, structural foam, and structural web processes, (Gas Assist).

• Performed the majority of new mold processing perimeters and introduced to engineering.

• Work closely with Engineering and Q.A./Q.C. on new mold and new material start-ups.

• Provide technical support for sister plants.

• Updated all maintenance and machine schematics.

• Many, many awards for my work.

Conveying Machinery

Plant Supervisor Mansfield, TX

• Managed all departments:

o Machine Shop, Welding, Fabrication & Assembly

• Performed approx 70% of the custom steel layout/mark out work.

o Reverse Engineering

o Breaking drawings down to raw steel/flat steel & laying out, marking up

Forming

Punching

Breaking

Rolling

• Keeping up inventory on all stock items

Education:

National Tooling and Machining Association NTMA

• 4 yr.Journeyman Injection Mold and Tool & Die Maker/Builder

Portage Lakes Career Center

• Advanced AutoCad Training

Ford and Rubbermaid SPC Training

Donald Paulson Process Seminar Injection Molding

Other:

Pro-E, Solutions 3000, ME10, ISO 9001, Automotive, GD&T, Hot Stamping, Heat Transfer, Sonic Welding, Medical, CNC, Robotics, Structural Foam, Compression, Blow Molding, PPAP, NCR, CAR, CAP, CAPF, ECR, ECO, ECN, IPS, PS, QPS, DS, FCC, Structural Steel, Metal fabrication 16ga. to 1/2" plate, Metal Stamping, Punch Press, Shear, Brake Press, Microsoft: Word, Excel, Project, Lotus: 123, Word Pro.

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