Jason Campbell
Chapin,SC
Summary
Adept Tool and Die Maintenance Tech with a proven track record at Trane Technologies, enhancing tooling life and reducing downtime through expert surface grinding and die maintenance. Skilled in CNC machine operation and team leadership, I excel in equipment troubleshooting and efficient communication, significantly improving production goals.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Tool and Die Maintenance Tech II
Trane Technologies
06.2017 - Current
- Extend tooling life with inspections, and precision grinding operations on cutting tools, dies, jigs, and fixtures.
- Reducing machine downtime and resolving tooling issues as needed to support customer needs is top priority.
- Machine fixtures as needed to support production
- Develop grinding procedures for all new tooling and fixtures needed.
- Manage tooling inventory and usage on a weekly basis.
- Communicate effectively with engineering on tooling performance.
- Perform Burr Oak press and progressive die maintenance PM's.
- Process work order information to plan, schedule and complete jobs precisely.
CNC Grinder II
Apex Tool Group
02.2011 - 01.2017
- Displayed strong problem-solving abilities when faced with challenging projects or unexpected obstacles during the grinding process.
- Manually set up machinery, lathes, and grinders.
- Prioritizing parts needed to get orders to customers.
- Okuma Gi-20 OD/ID grinder, Reid surface grinder, hass machining center, and spitfire lapping machine to precision grind all parts needed within quality specs listed on 1st article check list.
- Specializing in tight tolerances at a high level.
- Process improvement for production goal increase.
Tool Room Machinist
F&N Manufacturing
04.2006 - 05.2010
- Operated CNC and manual lathes, mills and drill presses to produce precision machined components designed by engineers.
- Experience with Hass, Liberty, Parker majestic, Bridgeport Mills, CMM, and Supertech was nice to have.
- Pneumatic and Hyd. Fixture machining and development.
- MK-19 barrel proofing fixture.
- Tight tolerancing and expert metrology lab inspecting techniques.
- Excellent measuring experience.
- Conversational OD/ID grinder profile programming to +/-0.002.
- Surface grinding, form dressing, side grinding,
- Problem solving on all production fixtures.
Machinist
Sumter Precision Machine Fabrication
05.2003 - 06.2005
- Operated drill presses, lathes and milling machines to produce required parts.
- Manually set up machinery, lathes, and grinders.
- Utilized micrometers and calipers to measure and verify precise tolerances.
- Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings and schematics to determine parts dimensions.
- Used CNC and manual equipment to perform both initial and final machining.
Education
Associate of Science - Machine Tool Technology
Central Carolina Technical College
Sumter, SC06.2005
High School Diploma -
Sumter High School
Sumter, SC06.1999
High School Diploma -
Sumter County Career Center
Sumter, SC06.1999
Skills
- Surface grinding
- Equipment Troubleshooting
- Die maintenance expertise
- Heat treatment understanding
- CNC Machine Operation
- Communication abilities
- Machine Operation
- Work Order Analysis
- Tooling knowledge
- Team Collaboration and Leadership
Timeline
Tool and Die Maintenance Tech II
Trane Technologies
06.2017 - Current
CNC Grinder II
Apex Tool Group
02.2011 - 01.2017
Tool Room Machinist
F&N Manufacturing
04.2006 - 05.2010
Machinist
Sumter Precision Machine Fabrication
05.2003 - 06.2005
Associate of Science - Machine Tool Technology
Central Carolina Technical College
High School Diploma -
Sumter High School
High School Diploma -
Sumter County Career Center