Yaroslav Drozd

Experience

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  Ukrainian Aluminium Company "SOLUR"

  Oct 2012 - Jul 2014

  Die Corrector

  • Die Corrections.• Die maintenance after extrusion and new die inspection (polishing, visual inspection, nitriding, assembling).• Die Shop manager assistance. • Responsible for Nitriding furnace maintenance.• Close communication with die suppliers (ALMAX, EKSTEK, EDP).

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  Alutech

  Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  Die Corrector

  • Die Corrections.• Preparing dies according to press schedules.• Die design adjustments (in order to improve productivity and extrusion speed, surface quality, die life).• Die maintenance after extrusion (polishing, visual inspection, nitriding, assembling).• Press productivity development.• Product quality checks (new die inspections, profile verifications with accordance to the drawing).

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  Vimetco Extrusion

  Nov 2015 - Mar 2021

  Die Corrector

  • Die Corrections.• Die maintenance after extrusion (polishing, visual inspection, nitriding, assembling).• New die and other support tooling checking (quality inspection, trials, preparing for extrusion).• Responsible for providing feedback with die suppliers (project approving, precorrection, design modifications).• Die design adjustments (for productivity and extrusion speed improvement, surface quality, die life).• Extrusion process researching.• Responsible for high surface quality dies.• Senior nitriding furnace operator. Show less

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  Longboard Architectural Products

  Jun 2021 - now

  • Achieving departmental objectives and high-quality production.• Overseeing the die ordering approval process, design and data base. • Close work with QA manager to effectively track and reduce waste NCRs.• Work in collaboration with the process improvement team to reduce NCRs and find effective CARs for defects.• Resolving operational and production issues to ensure minimum cost, preventing operational delays and finding continuous operational improvements.• Ensure all production reports, schedules, relevant information and system requirements are completed daily and are accurate.• Active participating in coaching, training and cross training employees as required to successfully run the extrusion line.• Collecting production data, review and monitor to reduce scrap. Show less • Comply to company health and safety policies/procedures.• New products approval.• Oversee the die ordering approval process, design and database.• Inspect, store and test incoming dies.• Ensure daily production dies are tested corrected and available on time.• Maintain tooling and make recommendations to minimize tool stack.• Provide constructive feedback to suppliers to solve issues with dies.• Maintain tooling and dies database, nitriding schedules .• Ensure all quality tests for dies and material during the extrusion process are in tolerance.• Assist in hiring, mentoring and coaching an apprentice die corrector as required.• Effectively manage the die process from ordering to production in all aspects of die control.• Work effectively with the production team, assist them as required to successfully manageproduction schedule.• Assist in scheduling work on die heating, correction, caustic, wet blast and nitriding. Show less

  • Extrusion Manager

    Aug 2023 - now

  • Die Shop Supervisor

    Jun 2021 - Aug 2023