Oversee fabrication activities. Manage costs and expenses through process efficiencies. Ensure proper equipment is on hand and ready to meet production demands. Analyze and adjust work schedules, solve production problems, handle quality issues and manage customer interactions. Create plans for employee training and skill development opportunities. Handle disciplinary issues. Make sure operations align with company policies and procedures.

Cad Administrator / Senior Design Engineer

*Design finishing equipment for the web offset printing industry. Improve design cycle times by 50% and reduce costly errors by implementing a design checking system. Created a library part and subassembly system to improve design quality and expedite design projects. *Created standard machine offering packages to expedite manufacturing and control costs. *Work with sales, application and manufacturing department managers to ensure customer requirements and expectations are met.*In conjunction with shop personnel implemented a system to improve communication of floor changes back to engineering.*Established a business process to create clean accurate engineering and production bills of material within the existing ERP system.*Traveled to customer sites for engineering data collection related to the sale and implementation of retrofit projects.*Partnered with external vendors and internal divisions to improve fabricated part quality.*Led an engineering project team charged with implementing new design tools to the robustness of the machine design environment.*Completed a successful implementation of AutoDesk Digital Prototyping software, including Vault Manufacturing, inventor 2010 and AutoCAD Mechanical 2010. Training program for staff and department heads. Transfer of legacy data to new system.*Work with IT director to end lifecycle of legacy document storage and engineering systems.*Partnered with a local college to develop engineering students. Interviewed and hired students to participate in the program. This partnership created a workforce that is extremely cost effective in current production cycles. Long term goal of following students through higher education and retaining the best as full time staff. Worked with college staff to secure grant money to offset student training.*Train college interns in real world practical machine design and use of engineering systems.

*Manage $1-2 million projects from launch to commissioning. Design conversion press systems for easy open end lines. Supervise design of machine and tooling packages for systems. Manage contract design detailers, assembly, debug, and commissioning of systems. Assisted in the implementation and configuration of Cyco Meridian PLM. Managed Data Management Systems. Managed implementation of AutoDesk Vault software. Provided support to the Director of Engineering.*Created intelligent company CAD templates, prototype drawings, and tools to automate the conversion of legacy drawings to AutoCAD Mechanical format. Also created a system to transfer BOM information to the ERP system. Developed company standards and detailed written work instructions. Educated and trained engineering, sales and clerical staff in the use of the engineering systems.

*Managed CAD systems and users in the U.S. Developed of engineering staff and systems. Also managed a tool sales order database for engineering. Designed tools, dies, jigs, fixtures, auxiliary tooling, progressive carbide lamination dies, and tooling for Schuler twin cell system.*Created a system to mount customer/competitor dies to Tempel presses. Completed the transfer and adaptation of tooling assets from competitors that were acquired by the business.*Proven ability to manage many projects simultaneously. Communicated effectively with shop and production personnel. Created reports and presentations to work groups and management, and worked with suppliers and vendors to complete outsourced projects.

*Managed all engineering and designed high-speed, high production progressive carbide dies. Introduced CAD and set up relevant computer systems, and Internet and e-mail systems.*Supervised and mentored a design assistant, developed a customer base, created a quoting and job evaluation system, and developed reports and a cost justification system.*As a Die Maker, built and troubleshot progressive dies.

5 year apprenticeship program in high speed close tolerance carbide dies. Journeyman tool maker status achieved. Continued work for tool design certificate in a parallel path.