James Wankerl
New Britain,CT
Summary
Very highly skilled conventional edm operator. With vast experience in programming, settings creation, set up and operation, inspection and engineering of the entire edm process. Exceptional ability to communicate with all manufacturing departments to ensure a quality result.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Sinker Edm Specialist
Acucut Inc.
08.1996 - 11.2025
- Directed other skilled employees involved with machining, development and production.
- Identified process improvements through use of lean manufacturing principles.
- Worked to blueprints, sketches and verbal instructions to produce development hardware.
- Performed in-process dimensional checks and set up troubleshooting processes.
- Contributed to process improvement efforts on mature hardware.
- Measured completed pieces to identify product irregularities and specifications non-conformance; adjusting machines to correct issues.
- Reviewed and interpreted schematics, blueprints, and work instructions to determine product specifications and machine requirements.
- Detected malfunctions and control errors by monitoring machine operation and checking completed pieces.
- Collaborated with other departments to meet customer requirements.
- Trained and coached new team members on proper machine set-up procedures.
- Operated CNC machines to produce components with tight tolerances.
- Properly loaded and unloaded materials in and out of machines.
- Followed detailed instructions to accurately produce complex components.
- Input instructions for machine operations based on specifics of work orders.
- Maintained tight tolerances with design specifications.
- Adjusted machine settings to achieve desired results and meet customer specifications.
- Instructed new employees on operation of CNC machines.
- Ran multiple CNC machines simultaneously to increase production capacity.
- Utilized calipers and other measuring tools to increase accuracy of parts.
- Completed manual adjustments and tooling changes in absence of automatic programming.
- Assisted other machinists with set-up and troubleshooting of CNC machines.
- Inspected parts to meet customer specifications and quality standards.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology
Keene State College
Keene, NH12.1994
Timeline
Sinker Edm Specialist
Acucut Inc.
08.1996 - 11.2025
Bachelor of Science - Industrial Technology
Keene State College