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Detroit, Mi, Us

Troy, Michigan, United States

Contracted to provide engineering direction and support to Faurecia/Forvia

Novi, Michigan

Manage plastic injection mold tooling; quote phase sign-off, tool/process feasibility, tool sourcing, tool design, build tracking, tool prove out, part dimensional analysis and reconciliation process, and tool hand-off to production facilities. Manage established tooling budget.

Romulus

Manage plastic injection mold tooling, process, maintenance operations and facilities for three shifts, supporting 45 presses ranging from 85-2,500 tons, direct and support new tool builds, in-house and supplier tool repair/maintenance, post-launch engineering changes, cross-plant tooling transfers, employee training, ISO/TS compliance, Lean Manufacturing, 5S practices, obtaining/evaluating engineering change quotes, engineering change feasibility, tool/equipment repairs, and lead Kaizen events. Managed departmental budget and business case/ROI development for tooling, maintenance, and facilities.

Romulus, Michigan

Manage plastic injection mold tooling, process engineering, process, maintenance operations and facilities for three shifts, supporting 45 presses ranging from 85-2,500 tons, direct and support new tool builds, in-house and supplier tool repair/maintenance, post-launch engineering changes, cross-plant tooling transfers, employee training, ISO/TS compliance, Lean Manufacturing, 5S practices, obtaining/evaluating engineering change quotes, engineering change feasibility, tool/equipment repairs, and lead Kaizen events. Managed departmental budget and business case/ROI development for tooling, process engineering, processing, maintenance, and facilities.

Romulus, Michigan

Manage plastic injection mold tool room for three shifts, supporting 45 presses ranging from 85-2,500 tons, in-house and supplier tool repair/maintenance, post-launch engineering changes, cross-plant tooling transfers, plant maintenance, employee training, ISO/TS compliance, Lean Manufacturing, 5S practices, obtaining/evaluating engineering change quotes, engineering change feasibility, and lead Kaizen events. Managed departmental budget and business case/ROI development for tooling department.

Romulus, Michigan, United States

Manage/build new molds, and repair existing molds for automotive and non-automotive applications. Coordinate tool room staff to support optimized production and scheduling deliverables. Initiated/developed tool room quality processes & documentation supporting Q1 certification.

Taylor, Michigan, United States

Manage tool shop; assess, prioritize and execute in-house and out-sourced mold builds and repairs. Responsibilities included engineering liaison, project/process management, business case/ROI development and secondary tooling operations in molding. Partnered with Engineering and Costing departments to establish machine size, part weight, and secondary costs for new programs. Hands-on support of tooling operations, stamping (blank and progressive) die builds, and use of Prospector CAM software to program CNC machining of thermoform molds.