Maurey — Manufacturing Engineer

Solid/surface modeling, drawings, assemblies

Journeyman (Internation Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) Most standard tool room machines including jig borer/jig grinder

Pro-e, Creo, Wildfire, SolidWorks, Inventor, Catia, AutoCad

Machinery/Tooling for industrial and consumer products. Named co-inventor on patent for Whirlpool

20+ years employment as tool and die maker

Most standard tool room machines including jig borer/jig grinder

Denso Mfg Knoxville, Tn. 2010-20011: Engineer Contractor. Instrument Division for OEM automotive supplier. Customers including Honda, Toyota, and Ford. - Evaluation, CAD analysis, and procurement of injection molds for domestic and foreign sites in production of injection molded instrument clusters for OEM automobile supplier. - FEA Cad analysis of new mold characteristics using Mold Flow software. - New production fixture designs using 3D Cad (Inventor). - Designed mold component details for updated product line using Cad software (Inventor) - Cad file conversion (Catia and NX) of injection molds for plant use - Identification of production molding problems and possible solutions - Created solution for problems coming from material contamination - Testing, documentation of new products and new mold trial runs

Small start-up company gone bankrupt from virus pandemic.

Thomas & Betts Athens, Tn. 2014-2015: Contract Tooling Engineer for metal stamping and extruded plastic product line. - Creo (PTC) and ME10 used for design, shop drawings, documentation of new and existing tooling. - Conversion of older 2D to 3D electronic file data. - Improvements to old/new designs and production process of existing lines - Coordinate activity of outside vendors for tooling - Revise design standards for new and existing stamping dies

McKee Foods Cleveland, Tn. 2012-2014: Engineering Contractor for Systems Group. - Using Cad (SolidWorks, AutoCad, and DraftSight) for component/systems creation, mapping, and documentation for Packaging, Process, & Systems Groups for food product production lines. - Blueprint creation for fabrication shops - Supervision of internal/external contractors during installation projects - Coordinate shop fabricators for target dates - Denso Mfg. Knoxville, Tn. 2011- 2012: Engineering Contractor at Machine Tool Division creating design/blueprints of fixtures and machinery used in the production of starters, alternators, spark plugs, and other OEM automotive components. Clients include Honda, Toyota, and Ford. - Assisted with design of new manufacturing process to be implemented in new product line. - Converted older production line design from Japan to be recreated in America - Advised material selection for design components - Create component and assembly blueprints for machine shop using SolidWorks, AutoCad, & DraftSight - Design improvement (Kaizen) every project

Whirlpool, Cleveland, Tn. 2008-2009: Contract Design Engineer (Cooking Div.) 2009 product line of gas/electric stoves. - Creation of new design (Genesis) with greater capacity - Named co-inventor for new product design, U.S. Patent # US20100282237 A1 & CA2690412 A1 - Assist corporate design studio with achieving targeted "look" for product - Advise design changes per manufacturing capabilities - Design improvement for 2 existing components - Prototype evaluation and testing of new product design. - All models and blueprints for shop created with Pro-E Wildfire per Whirlpool GD&T standards. U.S. Tobacco Co. Franklin Park, IL. 2002-2007: Diemaker for existing product support. Continuous production machinery design improvements, new consumer products developed during employment. - Fabrication of new components for tooling and machinery using ferrous & non-ferrous materials - Heat treating of fabricated components for improved mechanical properties - Problem identification and process improvement for mechanical systems - New product line machinery testing/evaluation/improvement - New design of components for production use for process improvement - Maintenance/rebuild of production stamping dies - Maintenance/rebuild of tooling & fixtures for production A D Design and Engineering, Elmhurst, IL. 2000-2008: Engineer / Designer for new tooling. Custom tooling designed for transportation, consumer/industrial goods. Customers including R.O. Schulz, Pinnacle Tool, and Moto Products. - Cad designer for tooling, fixtures, and prototypes using Pro-E Wildfire - Toolroom supervisor - Surface grinding to close tolerance - Production stamping die maintenance/rebuild - Injection mold polishing

R. O. Schulz Elmwood Park, IL.1996-1999: Moldmaker for diecast molding shop. Jig bore/jig grinding to close tolerances. Surface, OD/ID grinding to close tolerances on EDM electrodes, inserts, and mold details. Parkview Metal Products San Marcos, Tx. 1994-1996: Die maker/Drafter for new die construction and maintenance with customers including IBM, Dell, Compaq and Motorola. ISO 9000 certification achieved for Parkview during tenure. - New die building, testing, and evaluation - Surface grinding to close tolerances - Documentation correction using AutoCad for engineering revisions - Production troubleshooting/evaluation/correction - Improved die life through comparative methods

Eklind Tool Co., Chicago, IL. 1992-1994: Project leader/die maker for on-site product manufacturing. - Final evaluation, testing, and procurement of special order CNC machinery in Germany. - Supervision of operations for new CNC department. - Programming for Siemens controller of all new CNC made products - Creation of 4 new product designs - QC standards for new product line start up. - Maintenance/rebuild of production stamping dies for existing product lines - Surface grinding to close tolerances - Production troubleshooting/evaluation/correction

Atols Tool and Mold Franklin Park, IL. 1990-1992: Moldmaker creating large core and cavity work for automotive applications. Customers including GM, Chrysler, and Ford. - Operations of large Kuraki CNC horizontal machining center. - Programming of Fanuc 10M control using G codes, M codes, and MDI. - Cutter grinding of custom milling cutters

Wisconsin Tool & Stamping. Schiller Park, IL. 1986-1990: Die maker for cabinets, closures and shields for computer industry. Customers including Zenith, Sharp, and IBM. - New stamping die creation, testing, and evaluation - Surface grinding to close tolerance - Jig bore/jig grinding to close tolerance - Incoming die inspection, evaluation, and correction for all dies not made in-house. - Troubleshooting/identification/corrective action for production manufacturing

CAD duties for mechanical components, electrical schematic updates, and plant layout. SolidWorks. Short term contract.

Miller Industries, Ooltewah, Tn. 2016- 2018. Contract Tooling Engineer for OEM large equipment manufacturer for towing and recovery vehicles. - CAD design of fixtures and tooling using Creo (PTC) and SolidWorks - Co-ordinate construction/testing of new tooling and fixtures with shop personnel - International clientele