MICHAEL GARLAND
Barbourville,KY
Summary
Skilled, self-motivated technician and welder with 19 years of provided quality-focused craftsmanship and hands-on experience. Effective and efficient when solving maintenance and repair challenges. Extremely focused and dedicated to the industry. Excels in both team and self-managed work environments. Successful at working closely with engineers and other professionals. Detail-oriented with a distinguished ability to stay focused and accurate after long hours of work. Ability to decipher jobs and delegate accordingly.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
CNC Machinist
AISIN
LONDON, KY
06.2019 - 11.2022
- Manually set up parts to be 3D or 2D machined back to print, either from being welded or an engineer change
- Maintained tight tolerances with design specifications
- Trained and coached new team members on proper machine set-up procedures
- Increased production efficiency by closely studying blueprints for accurate machine programming
- Performed preventive and corrective maintenance on CNC, manual, wire edm and sinker edm machines.
Tool and Die Repair
Sundaram Clayton LLC
Ridgeville, SC
12.2022 - 09.2024
- Train and Coach 4-5 team members on my shift for sand core, gravity cast, and high pressure die cast, die repair
- Self trained to trouble shoot and repair sand core and gravity cast dies
- Work along with production operators, and maintenance to keep production cells running with minimum downtime
- Use of overhead cranes to remove or replace dies, on cell or in machines, also in shop for die repairs
- Inspect, troubleshoot, and repair of all sand core, gravity and high pressure dies.
TOOL AND DIE TECHNICIAN
HIGHLANDS DIVERSIFIED
LONDON, KY
02.2019 - 06.2019
- Die maintenance work on stamping dies
- Weld, machine, and handfinish trim sections from damaged, sheared, chipped out edges
- Investigate die issues from a quilty problem
- Perform job duties in shop or on production floor or in stamping press
- Operate overhead cranes to move, flip, and disassemble stamping dies
- Operate heat treat ovens before welding process on die sections.
Industrial Contractor/Trainee
Cable Contracting Inc / CCI
Somerset, KY
11.2018 - 02.2019
- Followed safe work practices, which included fall protection and personal protective equipment
- Install new production lines in facilities
- Pipe welder / stainless steal for food grade application
- Utilized welding equipment and various types of tools to safely complete predetermined operations
- Helped coordinate movement of materials and equipment to job sites
- Conveyor install, belt, roller, and shaker types
- Move machines out of production
- Clean, paint, prep areas for new installations
- Help plumb water, gas lines, run new electrical, plumb new conduit.
Die Maintenance Technician
Toyotetsu America
Somerset, KY
01.2017 - 11.2018
- Perform safety checks on assigned equipment at beginning/start of shift
- Die maintenance work on stamping dies
- Get with team leader to next priority job to be worked on
- Weld metal die parts with welding equipment as specified by layout, welding diagram, or work order
- Machine or hand grind die sections back to sharp trim edges from being dull, sheared or chipped out
- Investigate die issues that make parts out of spec, or defects that Toyota cant except
- Go to emergency calls to a press from stamping press operators to perform specific job duties, problems from where finished product is not acceptable from quality concerns or defects
- Fill out time sheets of how long repairs take to complete
- Operate overhead cranes to move 1-20 ton dies.
Tool and Die Repair Technician
Nemak USA
Sylacauga, AL
06.2012 - 01.2017
- Clean and inspect for damages
- Perform die repairs
- Used tig welding to make repairs
- Inspected dies for future repairs
- Set dies using overhead cranes and hooked up all water, hydraulic lines and limit switch wiring and trouble shoot anything not working properly before turning over to production
- Make water pipes from blue prints to specific lengths and sizes
- Make hydraulic hoses
- Respond to emergency die repair at the press with welder and hand grinding tools or whatever necessary to make the proper repair
- Execute blue prints to repair areas to specific specs.
Die Maintenance Technician
Aisin Automotive Casting LLC
London, KY
- Cleaned and inspected dies for damage
- Performed preventive maintenance on dies that cast automotive parts
- Executed blue prints to repair areas to specific measurements and specs
- Used tig welding to make repairs
- Finished down welded areas with grinders using radius gauges and or a straight edge rule or block
- Built, adjusted and ohms-checked limit switches.
Education
Skills
- Welding
- Mig
- Tig
- Arc
- Cutting
- Plasma Arc
- Oxy-Fuel
- Gouging
- Hand Tools
- Grinders
- Pencil grinder
- Measuring Tools
- Calipers
- Height Gauge
- Feeler Gauges
- Micrometer
- Hole Pin Gauges
- Gauge Blocks
- Strong Mechanical Skills
- Safety Knowledge
References
- Mike Ball, Asst. Manager Die Maintenance, Aisin Automotive Casting, 606-312-1674
- Karmen Marcum, Teacher, Model Elementary, 606-657-8711
- Aaron Storm, Team member, Robinson Stave Cumberland Cooperage, 606-260-0089
Timeline
Tool and Die Repair
Sundaram Clayton LLC
12.2022 - 09.2024
CNC Machinist
AISIN
06.2019 - 11.2022
TOOL AND DIE TECHNICIAN
HIGHLANDS DIVERSIFIED
02.2019 - 06.2019
Industrial Contractor/Trainee
Cable Contracting Inc / CCI
11.2018 - 02.2019
Die Maintenance Technician
Toyotetsu America
01.2017 - 11.2018
Tool and Die Repair Technician
Nemak USA
06.2012 - 01.2017
Die Maintenance Technician
Aisin Automotive Casting LLC
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