Zoran Kojic
Clearwater,Florida
Summary
Dynamic CNC Set Up Machinist and former Jr. Supervisor at Conmed skilled in workflow optimization and team building. Achieved on-time project completion while reducing waste through Kaizen methodology. Proven ability to coach employees and enhance production processes, driving operational excellence and maintaining high-quality standards.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CNC Set up Machinist
Conmed Linvatec
08.1999 - Current
- Calibrated machines to maintain required productivity levels and adherence to quality standards.
- Completed projects on time and under budget and maintained equipment and tools.
- Used CNC and manual equipment to perform both initial and final machining.
- Manually set up machinery, lathes, and grinders.
- Adjusted machine settings to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
- Inspected completed parts to verify compliance with specifications and quality standards.
- Worked with team members to improve production processes and procedures.
- Read and interpreted blueprints, technical drawings and schematics to determine parts dimensions.
- Operated drill presses, lathes and milling machines to produce required parts.
- Operated CNC and manual lathes, mills and drill presses to produce precision machined components.
- Devised and implemented process improvements to enhance production.
- Used various precision measuring instruments to check workpiece accuracy.
Jr. Supervisor
Conmed Linvatec
04.2022 - 04.2023
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Evaluated employee performance and conveyed constructive feedback to improve skills.
- Reduced waste and pursued revenue development strategies to keep department aligned with sales and profit targets.
- Maintained positive customer relations by addressing problems head-on and implementing successful corrective actions.
- Trained personnel in equipment maintenance and enforced participation in exercises focused on developing key skills.
- Defined clear targets and objectives and communicated to other team members.
- Recruited, interviewed and hired employees and implemented mentoring program to promote positive feedback and engagement.
- Improved staffing during busy periods by creating employee schedules and monitoring call-outs.
- Maintained professional demeanor by staying calm when addressing unhappy or angry customers.
- Assisted in organizing and overseeing assignments to drive operational excellence.
- Managed 45 people and successfully meeting set of goals set by management such as parts produced, quality improvement, training completed
Education
Associate of Science - Engineering Technology
Saint Petersburg College
Saint Petersburg, FloridaNo Degree - Manual Machinist
PTEC
Clearwater, FloridaNo Degree - CNC Set Up Machinist
Tampa Bay Aprenticeship Program
Clearwater, FloridaSkills
- Employee coaching
- Team building
- Verbal and written communication
- Goal oriented
- Cross-functional teamwork
- Coaching and mentoring
- Kaizen methodology
- Waste elimination
- Value stream mapping
- Workflow optimization
- Cost reduction
- Lean six sigma
Certification
- Certified Quality Auditor, Conmed -
- Certified Quality Technician, Conmed
- Certified Quality Inspector, Conmed
- Six Sigma green belt Training -as a part of AS degree
Timeline
Jr. Supervisor
Conmed Linvatec
04.2022 - 04.2023
CNC Set up Machinist
Conmed Linvatec
08.1999 - Current
Associate of Science - Engineering Technology
Saint Petersburg College
No Degree - Manual Machinist
PTEC
No Degree - CNC Set Up Machinist
Tampa Bay Aprenticeship Program