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Victor Retana

Nashua,NH

Summary

To obtain employment with a stable company Talented Process Technician bringing 20 years experience in production environments. Known for commitment to increasing production efficiency, reducing downtime and costs and maximizing plant efficiency to drive customer satisfaction. Quick-learning with excellent communication and leadership skills.

Overview

29
29
years of professional experience

Work History

Process Technician

Granite State Plastics
12.2022 - Current
  • Performed preventive maintenance on equipment during scheduled downtime.
  • Performed electrical and mechanical troubleshooting on equipment.
  • Complied with safety rules and standards to maximize efficiencies while reducing accidents.
  • Monitored all objectives and communicated with various teams regarding performance.
  • Performed maintenance on machinery and escalated major malfunctions to supervisor for immediate assistance.
  • Administered processes, resolved issues and recommended improvements for all structure methods.
  • Performed routine maintenance and replaced worn parts.
  • Completed projects by effectively applying engineering, technical, and maintenance procedures.
  • Implemented schematics, diagrams, and written, and verbal descriptions to effectively solve engineering project issues.
  • Set up, calibrated and operated engineering equipment.
  • Performed preventive maintenance on equipment during scheduled downtime
  • Performed electrical and mechanical troubleshooting on equipment

Maintenance Mechanic

Novolex
11.2017 - 03.2022
  • Set up dies
  • Troubleshooting machine
  • Loading up program and dry cycle
  • Maintenance on machines with oil leaks and broken down parts
  • Make hydraulic hoses
  • Change seals on blocks valves and repairing injection clamps on husky, Nextel, Arburds, ETC
  • PM on tooling and dies.

Shift Supervisor

Prima Die Casting
03.1995 - 04.2010
  • All production, quality and equipment
  • Duties:
  • Scheduling cast and trim operators
  • Troubleshooting any process problems
  • Monitoring safety and productivity of the employees
  • Documenting shot totals
  • Writing scrap reports
  • Programming Rimrock/Advance auto-ladles, reciprocators and extractors
  • Programming Kukas Robots
  • Worked with slides, side slides and top hydraulics and standard

Pace Industries
02.2012 - 04.2016
  • Set up dies
  • Troubleshooting machine
  • Loading up program and dry cycle
  • Maintenance on machines with oil leaks and broken down parts
  • Make hydraulic hoses
  • Change seals on blocks valves and repairing injection clamps on husky, Nextel, Arburds, ETC
  • PM on tooling and dies.

Prima Die Casting
03.1995 - 02.2012
  • Die Set up/ Process Tech, Die maintenance, general cleaning of tools, replace ejector pins, grease ejector plate and ejector pins, pull backs, stone soldered cores, remove stuck castings and make new shot tips
  • Drill and thread in eye-bolt holes for set up
  • Pull dies that have finished production
  • Set-up dies ready from die repair for production on scheduled machines
  • Duties:
  • Set up processes on new jobs, trouble shoot existing jobs
  • Make sure that scheduled dies are ready to run
  • Make sure that New tools come in with all necessary slides and core pins.

Die Repair

01.2000 - 01.2002
  • Die Set up/ Process Tech, Die maintenance, general cleaning of tools, replace ejector pins, grease ejector plate and ejector pins, pull backs, stone soldered cores, remove stuck castings and make new shot tips
  • Drill and thread in eye-bolt holes for set up
  • Pull dies that have finished production
  • Set-up dies ready from die repair for production on scheduled machines
  • Duties:
  • Set up processes on new jobs, trouble shoot existing jobs
  • Make sure that scheduled dies are ready to run
  • Make sure that New tools come in with all necessary slides and core pins.

Metalman
01.1997 - 01.2000
  • Transfer Metal from reverb to machine holding furnaces with an overhead Crane and bull ladle
  • Recharge furnace on a daily basis with ingot to prescribes level
  • Flux the furnaces on a daily basis to remove impurities
  • Bail down furnaces for metal change and recharge with new metal
  • Monitor all casting production to be sure that the furnaces are full.

Operator: Trimmer/ die cast operator

01.1995 - 01.1997
  • Operate die cast machine - Keep clean
  • Let production know if there is a problem with the machine or the die cast die
  • Operate trim press - Keep clean

Education

Rimrock /Advance programming - Gelevia Sprayers programming Clearwater FL Fork Lift Operators -Clearwater FL Certificate of completion, AN 11 Part Die Cast Operation Training Series. Certificate of Extinguisher Training Completion. Certificate of completion of phase 1 and 11 Problem Solving Training -

programming
Detroit, MI

Skills

  • Professional Qualifications
  • Dependability Employee scheduling
  • Attention to detail Bilingual Spanish/English
  • Staff Training
  • Cross functional team management
  • Process Analysis
  • System Inspections
  • Core Production Equipment Repair

Timeline

Process Technician

Granite State Plastics
12.2022 - Current

Maintenance Mechanic

Novolex
11.2017 - 03.2022

Pace Industries
02.2012 - 04.2016

Die Repair

01.2000 - 01.2002

Metalman
01.1997 - 01.2000

Shift Supervisor

Prima Die Casting
03.1995 - 04.2010

Prima Die Casting
03.1995 - 02.2012

Operator: Trimmer/ die cast operator

01.1995 - 01.1997

Rimrock /Advance programming - Gelevia Sprayers programming Clearwater FL Fork Lift Operators -Clearwater FL Certificate of completion, AN 11 Part Die Cast Operation Training Series. Certificate of Extinguisher Training Completion. Certificate of completion of phase 1 and 11 Problem Solving Training -

programming
Victor Retana