{"id":2918,"date":"2024-08-27T14:33:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T18:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2025-09-05T01:39:48","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T05:39:48","slug":"tool-die-manager-272310-die-casting-stamping-cnc-machining-mold-repair-mold-design-regrinds-heat-treatment-fine-blanking-welding-will-relocate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/engineering\/tool-die-manager-272310-die-casting-stamping-cnc-machining-mold-repair-mold-design-regrinds-heat-treatment-fine-blanking-welding-will-relocate\/","title":{"rendered":"Tool & Die Manager (272310) Die-Casting, Stamping, CNC Machining, Mold Repair, Mold Design, Regrinds, Heat Treatment, Fine Blanking, Welding \/ Will Relocate"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Innovative Tool and Die Manager with 20+ years of experience in supporting OEMs and Tier 1 manufacturing operations. His industry experience includes automotive, HVAC, and consumer fixtures. <\/strong>He has created tool & die shops from scratch for companies like Tesla, and Goodman Manufacturing<\/strong>. His skills encompass all disciplines of tool design, build, preventative maintenance, die construction (progressive, transfer, deep draw, blanking, Fine blanking etc.), gage development, and build.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has supported machining and die-casting operations as well. He has an impressive track record of achieving time and cost-saving initiatives through design and production phases.<\/strong> He is highly skilled in providing the technical direction for the design of new and existing tooling with a very high success rate of sustaining disruption-free production. This Game Changer has the ability to provide ideas and solutions for continuous process improvements in quality, efficiency, costs, safety, and delivery. He is actively looking for a new opportunity to raise the Tool & Die bar for some lucky manufacturer. Don’t snooze or you might lose out on the chance to add him to your manufacturing team! He is willing to relocate anywhere in the US<\/strong>. His notable experience includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Utilizing Maximo PM program for the maintenance group.
\u2022 Working with engineering group on design changes.
\u2022 Working on the development and proving out new dies and launching of the new plant.
\u2022 Troubleshooting new dies and make engineering changes to the dies as needed to improve performance of the dies.
\u2022 PM dies for production
\u2022 Direct Tool & Die makers, both in the die shop and on the press room floor. (This is a UAW union shop)
\u2022 I direct all scheduling, repairs, preventive maintenance, and engineering changes.
\u2022 We direct all maintenance utilizing a TMS PM\/Repair system.
\u2022 The Die shop has both CNC Machine capabilities along with Manual Mills, Surface Grinders, and Lathes. etc.
\u2022 Directed Tool and die shops and a State-of-the-art CNC Machine Shop utilizing Mastercam software.
\u2022 The CNC Machine shop had annual cost savings of $13M in support of the stamping plants.
\u2022 Create and write a successful PM program for all dies.
\u2022 Directed a staff of 6 skilled tradesmen while maintaining all tooling and dies to support the production schedules
\u2022 Manufacturing of tooling and new dies with CNC Mills utilizing Mastercam software.
\u2022 Developed procedure reducing die change over time by an average of 15 minutes resulting in annual savings in excess of $300,000
\u2022 Project Manager for QDC clamping achieving an 8-minute reduction per die set up
\u2022 Delivered more than 160 new dies valued at over $65 million on schedule, 100% to specification and under budget
\u2022 Integrated over $1.5 million in cost savings in 2006 with thorough cost analysis and re-designing tactics utilizing automated tooling requiring less manpower and equipment
\u2022 Built and launched a $1.1M state-of-the-art tool and die department saving approximately $1M a year in outsourcing making our own dies & die details in house utilizing our CNC Mills, Wire EDMs, Grinders etc. We utilized Mastercam software with programming.
\u2022 Expanded tool and die department by acquiring key equipment necessary to return $312,000.00 annually of outsourced work
\u2022 Designed a tool and die apprenticeship training program
\u2022 Developed and launched a successful die building program for new and existing product lines
\u2022 Developed over 100 progressive and transfer dies consistently on schedule within budget<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Tool Room Leadership
\u2022 Team Leadership \u2013 35
\u2022 Machining Operations
\u2022 Die Casting Operations
\u2022 Adjusting Production Schedules
\u2022 Establishing Production Sequences
\u2022 Manufacturing Operations
\u2022 Cell Manufacturing Operations
\u2022 Stamping Operations
\u2022 Welding Operations
\u2022 Assembly Operations
\u2022 Heat Treat Operations
\u2022 Fabrication Operations
\u2022 Mold Repair
\u2022 Mold Design
\u2022 Regrinds \/ Resharpening
\u2022 Tracking PMs
\u2022 Scheduling Maintenance
\u2022 Tool Repair
\u2022 AutoCAD
\u2022 3D CAD
\u2022 Budget Development
\u2022 Creating Manufacturing Schedules
\u2022 Cycle Counting
\u2022 Data Collection \/ Analysis
\u2022 Driving Cost Reduction
\u2022 Ensuring Future Tooling Availability
\u2022 ERP Systems
\u2022 MRP Systems
\u2022 Expediting
\u2022 Tool & Die Management
\u2022 ISO 9002 \/ QS 9000
\u2022 Preventative Maintenance
\u2022 Performance Improvement
\u2022 Training and Development
\u2022 Inventory Controls
\u2022 Track and estimate billable work
\u2022 Improve mold performance
\u2022 Improving Toolroom processes and procedures
\u2022 Statistical Process Control
\u2022 Use of statistical tools
\u2022 Interpretation of control charts
\u2022 Kaizen Events
\u2022 Kanban
\u2022 Lean Manufacturing Experience
\u2022 Managing Multiple Projects
\u2022 Managing Multiple Shifts
\u2022 Negotiating With Vendors
\u2022 OSHA Regulations
\u2022 Purchasing
\u2022 Prioritizing Tasks
\u2022 Vendor Negotiations
\u2022 Apprenticeship Training Program
\u2022 Tool & Die Design
\u2022 New Product Launches
\u2022 Process Engineering
\u2022 Project Management
\u2022 Resolving Problems
\u2022 Root Cause
\u2022 Scheduling
\u2022 Status Reporting
\u2022 Die Service\/Build Up Team Leadership<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EDUCATION and TRAINING<\/strong>
\u2022 Tool and Die Apprenticeship, AB & S Tool and Die, Indianapolis, IN (4 year program)
\u2022 NT Basic Training \u2013 Computer Maintenance\/Building, Ivy Tech State College, Indianapolis, IN
\u2022 Certification in Welding, Lawrence North Vocational Training Center, Lawrence, IN
\u2022 Zinc Die-Cast Process, Carroll Technical Institute, Bremen, GA<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CORPORATE SPONSORED TRAINING<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Managing Conflict
\u2022 Machine Safeguarding & Lockout\/Tagout Safety
\u2022 High Performance Leadership
\u2022 CPR\/First Aid
\u2022 Press Maintenance
\u2022 SPC II, III, IV
\u2022 5P Problem Solving
\u2022 Forklift Operation
\u2022 Motivating Employees
\u2022 Fein blanking
\u2022 Fireman RTM and NRCC
\u2022 OSHA Requirements<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Innovative Tool and Die Manager with 20+ years of experience in supporting OEMs and Tier 1 manufacturing operations. His industry experience includes automotive, HVAC, and consumer fixtures. He has created tool & die shops from scratch for companies like Tesla, and Goodman Manufacturing. His skills encompass all disciplines of tool design, build, preventative maintenance, die…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[307,311,310],"tags":[1237],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-engineering","category-production-operations-quality","category-maintenance","tag-tool-die-manager"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2918"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2920,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2918\/revisions\/2920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mriomega.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}