John L. Darida
Painesville,OH
Summary
Plastics operations specialist with conscientious background in injection molding, tooling design and repair, secondary equipment and facility maintenance and managment.
Overview
34
34
years of professional experience
Work History
Facility Manager
Solon Manufacturing
11.2022 - Current
- Supervised maintenance technician with day-to-day activities.
- Oversaw all aspects of equipment installation, maintenance, and repair for both internal and external services.
- Improved facility efficiency by implementing preventive maintenance program
- Managed contractors and riggers in consolidating buildings with equipment and inventory
Project Engineer
Assembly Specialist
03.2004 - 11.2022
- Implemented mold and machine-specific repairs and improvements to increase production of high quality parts
- In charge of processing production and prototype tools
- Processed all electric Roboshot machines and also screwburg
- Design and fabricate secondary equipment
- Work with customers from part design to production parts
Tooling Repair
Core Systems
10.2001 - 02.2004
- Repaired and maintained injection molds
- Set up and maintained secondary equipment
- Adjusted and ground dies, tools and parts after production to assure quality control and usability.
Engineering
Chagrin Plastic Methods
02.1991 - 10.2001
- In charge of CAD/CAM system doing all details to drawing and designing of fixtures and injection molds
- Worked in tool room building molds
- Setting up and monitoring SPC in production
Education
Mechanical Engineering -
Kent State Ashtabula Branch
Ashtabula, OH01.1991
High school or equivalent -
Riverside High School
Painesville, OH01.1988
Skills
- Injection Molding Techniques
- Scheduling tools
- Project management
- New product introduction (NPI)
- Mechanically-inclined
- Troubleshooting
- Self-motivated
- Process improvement
- Problem-solving abilities
- Cost-reduction methods
- lean manufacturing
Timeline
Facility Manager
Solon Manufacturing
11.2022 - Current
Project Engineer
Assembly Specialist
03.2004 - 11.2022
Tooling Repair
Core Systems
10.2001 - 02.2004
Engineering
Chagrin Plastic Methods
02.1991 - 10.2001
High school or equivalent -
Riverside High School
Mechanical Engineering -
Kent State Ashtabula Branch