Damien Cassidy

Maintenance/Toolroom Manager @ Cardinal Health

About

A senior Toolroom/Maintenance Manager with 28 years’ experience in the medical devices industry, most recently working at Cardinal Health, Tullamore. Onsite subject matter expert in injection moulding processes, materials, and complex tooling design principles. Strong customer-facing skills with the ability to communicate technical information clearly and professionally. Qualified Toolmaker and Tool Design Engineer with a number of years experience in procurement of high Cavitation complex injection and blow moulds from concept through FAT and successful validation. Managed a number of continuous improvement initiatives in manufacturing by applying Root Cause Analysis (RCA) and engineering design expertise to implement equipment upgrades, reducing unplanned downtime. Proven success in managing maintenance teams, promoting a collaborative environment, and aligning cross-functional efforts for optimal outcomes in a high-volume production environment.

Country

Ireland

City

Tullamore

Industry

Medical Device

Skill

Mould design, Problem Solving, mould Processing, Team Management, Project Management, Validation, Manufacturing, Injection Molding, Quality System, Plastics, CAPA, Mould Design, Design for Manufacturing, Product Development, Molding, Manufacturing Engineering, ISO 13485, Medical Devices, Lean Manufacturing, Machine Tools

Experience

Maintenance/Toolroom Manager

Cardinal Health

2014-11 - Present · 11 yrs 11 mos

Tullamore

Responsible for daily planning and allocation of resources for production maintenance activities across the plant. 28 Years experience in injection moulding and mould maintenance with an in-depth knowledge of new moulding technologies. Responsible for procurement of all injection moulds, Blow moulds and automation tooling. Constantly driving to improve processes with my design experience. Experience in implementing Condition based maintenance with the mechanical and electrical maintenance team as part of a world class maintenance programme.

Toolroom Manager & Senior Tooling Engineer

Medtronic

2008-1 - 2014-11 · 6 yrs 11 mos

Tullamore

Responisble for the procurement of various types of injection moulds & blow moulds. Also responsible for 4 direct reports who maintain these moulds on a daily basis. Daily tasks would involve completing URS for new tooling, trouble shooting of mould related issues in production, allocation of work to the team, project management of ongoing mould builds.

Senior Tooling Engineer

Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)

2004-6 - 2008-1 · 3 yrs 8 mos

Tullamore

Completing URS for new tooling and Project managment of ongoing mould builds including design reviews all the way through to acceptance.

Toolmaker

Covidien (Medtronic Minimally Invasive Therapies Group)

1997-12 - 2001-9 · 3 yrs 10 mos

Daily maintenance of injection and blow moulds, Design and manufacture of injection mould spares and Jigs and fixtures for production.

Education

Institute of Technology, Sligo

Polymer processing

2013 - 2015 · 2 yrs

BENG in Polymer Processing covering the following modules: Six Sigma, CIM & Automation, Polymer Materials, Polymer Processing, Medical Device manufacturing, Polymer Tool Design, CAD & Modelling, Energy & Utilities Management, Six Sigma Project ( Including Green Belt Certification), Mathematics.