Stuart Ford
Gilbert,Arizona
Summary
Meticulous Shop Supervisor , excellent at juggling multiple tasks and working under pressure. Broad industry experience includes CNC Lathes and Mills Swiss machines cam and CNC, Manual machines, programming, scheduling
Overview
43
43
years of professional experience
Work History
Manufacturing Engineer, Programmer
Advanced Materials Technologies
09.2012 - 03.2025
- Promoted Design for Manufacturability philosophy.
- Established and coordinated sub-contracting and outsourcing requirements for machining and processes to overcome in-house production issues.
- Reduced production downtime through proactive maintenance scheduling and timely equipment repairs.
- Identified problems and specific resolutions to fix defective, damaged, or malfunctioning parts, assemblies, equipment and systems.
- Coordinated selection of manufacturing methods, fabrication, and operation of product designs.
- Performed concurrent design and manufacturing engineering and other functions to reduce time required to bring product to market.
- input on equipment selection, layout design, and capacity planning.
- Developed technical documentation, including standard operating procedures, work instructions, and engineering drawings to support manufacturing operations.
- Provided engineering support during new product launches, coordinating efforts between design, production, and quality control teams.
- Selected manufacturing methods, fabrication and operations to develop and coordinate production.
Manufacturing Engineer
Pacific Rim Manufacturing
11.2009 - 06.2012
- Over saw the complete production facility, from programming new products, job scheduling, jig and fixture design, process improvement.
- Working with the exotic stainless steels, Inconel, A286, MP35N.
- 7 axis lathes with live tooling and sub spindles, 9 axis swiss with live tools and sub spindles, 3 axis vertical mills with pallets, assembly of down hole sub assemblies.
Machine Shop Supervisor/ Programmer
Peninsula Iron Works
09.2008 - 11.2009
- Oversaw the production process and managed the production schedule.
- Planned and laid out work to meet production and schedule requirements.
- Coordinated procedures for facility and equipment maintenance or modification, including the replacement of machines.
- Reviewed operations and conferred with technical or administrative staff to resolve production and processing problems.
- Fabricated large (up to 40,000 lb) and small parts per drawing and assembled parts as required.
- Programming using Gibbs and Manual programming for Planer mills and Vertical turning machines, and associated conventional CNC Machines.
Owner of DVS Machining and Fabrication
DVS Machining & Fabrication
01.1990 - 09.2008
- Started my own prototype and low volume production shop, CNC lathes and mills, test, repair and design for the wafer industry.
- Fabricated large and small parts per drawing and assembled parts as required.
- Actively suggested operational improvements to enhance quality, improve production times and reduce costs.
- Liaised between customers and manufacturing to design new product.
- Tested products or subassemblies for functionality or quality.
Swiss Machine shop foreman
Swiss Automatic Products
03.1987 - 11.1989
- Responsible for 20+ cam and CNC swiss machines and several CNC lathes and mills, scheduling work loads on machines, cam layouts, CNC programs without any CAM system, all programs were written by hand.
- Estimated costs and set quality standards.
- Monitored and adjusted production processes or equipment for quality and productivity.
- Planned and laid out work to meet production and schedule requirements.
Swiss Machinist
C & G tooling
04.1982 - 03.1987
- Set up CNC and Cam machines, designed cam layouts for new products, supervised 3 other machinists.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
UKC
Canterbury, Kent07.1971
Skills
- Engineering/project management experience
- Initiative to work independently
- Production procedures
- Strategic thinker
- Staff supervision
- Production planning
- Process improvement
- Computer-aided design
- CNC programming
- Manufacturing processes
- Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing
- Problem-solving
- Attention to detail
- Technical troubleshooting
- Documentation
Accomplishments
- Training, Trained all new CNC Operators on safe and efficient handling of machines.
- Troubleshooting, Adjusted controls or stopped machines and opened holding devices to correct problems.
- Machine Troubleshooting, Performed effective troubleshooting of machines.
- Problem Diagnosis, Used operational knowledge of systems, parts and components to solve problems that arose during assembly.
- Production, Consistently met production and schedule levels.
- Machine Set Up, Gave directions to other workers regarding machine set-up and use.
- Familiarity, Familiar with a variety of controls, Fanuc, Allen Bradley, Dynapath, Omniturn, GE series controls.
Affiliations
Society of Manufacturing Engineers
Timeline
Manufacturing Engineer, Programmer
Advanced Materials Technologies
09.2012 - 03.2025
Manufacturing Engineer
Pacific Rim Manufacturing
11.2009 - 06.2012
Machine Shop Supervisor/ Programmer
Peninsula Iron Works
09.2008 - 11.2009
Owner of DVS Machining and Fabrication
DVS Machining & Fabrication
01.1990 - 09.2008
Swiss Machine shop foreman
Swiss Automatic Products
03.1987 - 11.1989
Swiss Machinist
C & G tooling
04.1982 - 03.1987
Bachelor of Science - Mechanical Engineering
UKC
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