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Experience

  • Mecahnical Design Engineer BCN · Contract Feb 2025 – Apr 2025 2 mos Hastings, MI, United States  Reversed engineer existing parts from a rolling bolster creating a CAD redesign using
    SolidWorks
     Reviewed existing press clutch and marked up prints.
     Offered facilities support with design.
  • Mecahnical Design Engineer Flexco · Contract Mar 2023 – Dec 2024 1 yrs 9 mos Walker, MI, United States Redlined design prints to meet fit, form, and function requirements for automated wire forming
    machines using SolidWorks. Maintained design change records for a large-scale wire forming machine project, including
    BOM tracking and tool room coordination. Enhanced tool life by identifying and integrating appropriate materials for existing designs. Designed industrial mobile carts for control panels and fixtures for testing electrode force on
    weld equipment. Developed quick-change tooling and completed the design of a wire straightening frame.
  • Tooling Design Engineer custom tooling system · Full-time Oct 2022 – Dec 2022 2 mos Zeeland, MI, United States Designed tooling using CAD software. Engineering team designer support. Familiarity progressive dies and bending of parts for automotive industry.
  • Tooling design engineer Custom Tool and Die · Full-time Oct 2021 – Oct 2022 1 yrs Stevensville, MI, United States Designed trim dies using Solid Edge for trim casting for all industries and products like motors,
    transmissions and covers. Collaborated in a team of 3 Engineers. Received and designed new product specifications for customers utilizing 3D Modeling.
  • Design engineer JMS Manufacturing · Full-time Jun 2016 – Oct 2019 3 yrs 4 mos Holland, MI, United States Developed concept layouts and tooling designs from customer specifications using Solid Works
    3D CAD. Assisted toolmakers providing Engineering support during tool development for automotive and
    appliance industry. Contributed directly with the production team that made the parts, Engineering Manager, Plant
    Manager, and Production Tool Maker.
  • Design Egineer Metal flow · Full-time May 1998 – Jun 2016 18 yrs 1 mos Holland, MI, United States Managed all phases of the tool design process for a multitude of customer products, including
    quoting, process flow, 3D modeling with Solid Edge, detail drafting, part print dimensioning,
    gaging, prototyping, and documentation of results. Designed tools for high-volume production of over $10+ million dollars in sales. Responsible for Project Management by setting tasks/timelines, working with vendors, calling
    suppliers, customers, through communications to all through quality and sign-off. Drawing and converting customer part prints from metric to English measurement. Contributed to the Engineering standards for ISO Program in regulated environment.

Education

  • ITT Tech, Grand Rapids, MI Certification of completion, Design Engineering 1990 – 1992

Stats

Age: 61

Joined: December 11, 2025

Last seen: December 18, 2025

Languages

English Native or bilingual proficiency

Location

Holland, United States