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Chicago, Il, Us

Lincolnshire, Il, Us

- Designs new tombstones and hydraulic fixtures for 3 axis vertical and horizontal CNC machines with outside vendor to manufacture new products or insource the machining of existing products. - Fabricate new products by identifying the correct equipment, design fixturing, determine optimal tooling, and write CNC programs to meet customer requirements and print specifications. - Manages capital projects of new manufacturing equipment by identifying vendors and operating equipment to meet process needs, oversee and coordinate installation with multiple crews, and execute the implementation of new equipment for production. - Develop capital project proposals for new manufacturing equipment, hydraulic fixturing, and current equipment upgrades by evaluating manufacturing plans, processes, and requirements. - Troubleshoot and identify root cause of production related issues and implement changes to eliminate future issues. - Identify continuous improvements of existing processes to optimize cycle time, part quality, and ease of operations. - Create drawings and facilitate the fabrication of work holding fixtures for orbital riveting, marking, and stamping processes. - Interacts with NPD team to launch new products that meet design specifications and resolve performance issues of existing products. - Setup or modify BOM’s and routing of new and existing parts to maintain proper sequence and flows of manufacturing processes.

Lincolnshire, Il, Us

- Designs and fabricates forge, trim, and coin tooling for parts requested by the customer. - Oversees offline production die machining room that re-machines and creates tooling for all forging and coining production. - Track the status of forge and trim tooling to ensure production tooling is available. - Coordinates and oversees servicing, repairing, and upgrading machines with outside contractors. - Delivers monthly tooling performance meetings to shop personnel to ensure mistakes are not repeated and all tooling performs as expected for production. -Improves machining quality of tooling to save machining time and decrease cost of polishing forge tooling. - Investigates reported near misses and implements corrective action to eliminate unsafe work environments or practices. - Troubleshoots and corrects issues with CNC machines to make them operational. - Schedules a weekly 6S program for the die machining room and coordinates monthly 6S audits to ensure an efficient work environment.- Investigates forging production issues and modifies tooling accordingly to prevent future issues from occurring.

Ames, Iowa, Us

- Lead undergraduate students in manufacturing engineering processes such as CNC machining, metrology, casting, welding, extrusion, rolling, and mechanical testing.- Developed proficiency in explaining manufacturing procedures to add depth to student understanding.- Provided innovative ways to teach material in a safe and supportive environment to help expand student’s knowledge on multiple manufacturing processes.

Tampa, Florida, Us

- Supported the offline production group, Roll Shop, with improvement projects focused on safety and the customer's process. - Designed a permanent piping fixture to increase the performance and extend the lifetime of rolls.- Updated critical tasks to create procedural standards that assist with training new employees.- Created training checklists for multiple positions to ensure that new employees are trained and qualified for their position. - Analyzed a workplace injury and carried out corrective actions to prevent future injuries.- Promoted a safe working culture through weekly safety audits and daily safety meetings.- Designed shelving for efficient workplace organization of entry boxes and storage of tooling.

Lincolnshire, Il, Us

Lincolnshire, Il, Us

- Collaborated with the production team who’s responsible for developing manufacturing processes and overseeing daily production of the forging facility.- Updated outdated engineering drawings to the current design, and placed into the engineering drawing database.- Designed gages to check if critical dimensions of new parts were in tolerance to ensure quality.- Conducted capability studies on new parts to see if the current process would statistically meet the tolerances of critical dimensions.- Created operator instructions and procedures to help train new employees on the correct process.- Observed and identified safety concerns in the plant, then created and implemented new procedures to eliminate the hazard.- Investigated and evaluated near misses, then implemented procedures to prevent future injuries. - Recreated engineering drawings based on 3D models, designed 3D impressions for dies and created CAM programs for machining.

Bachelor'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

High School Diploma