Experience

Dove Die & Stamping

• United States
• Metalworking Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Tooling Manager

  • Jan 2015 - Present

  • Responsible for enforcing cleanliness and housekeeping.• Responsible for understanding and following all of the required procedures and work instructions as required by ISO 9001 per the Dove Die and Stamping Quality System Manual• Responsibility for enforcing compliance to OSHA requirements and the Dove Die and Stamping Safety Manual.• Through APQP, support, input and approve new tool design and redesign of existing tooling.• Work with other departments and external sources to facilitate the timely construction of tooling. • Continuous improvement in all areas of responsibility to improve cost reduction and output. • CAD design and drafting working from sketches, layouts, verbal instructions and legacy pencil designs. • Tool and stamping die design from inception with limited design guidance and supervision.• CAD concept layouts to aid in estimating tooling and dies.• CAD based engineering changes on all tools, dies, gages, and related mechanical equipment. • Maintain inventory of spare parts as needed for critical, custom die components to minimize press downtime and ensure production requirements are met.• Assist in using customer’s CAD data for design and estimate purposes.

• Tool Room Supervisor

  • Jan 2002 - Jan 2015

• Lead Die Maker

  • Jan 1998 - Jan 2002

• Tool & Die Maker

  • Jan 1996 - Jan 1998