Kevin Pratt

Plant Tooling Engineer @ Winpak Portion Packaging Inc

About

Experienced thermoform Tool Design Engineer with a demonstrated history of working in the packaging and containers industry. Skilled in Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing Engineering, Product Development, and Supply Chain Management. Strong manufacturing engineering professional with a Master of Science (M.S.) focused in Supply Chain Management from Elmhurst College.

Country

United States

City

Elmhurst

Industry

Packaging & Containers

Skill

Manufacturing, Plastics, Continuous Improvement, 5S, Value Stream Mapping, Packaging, Supply Chain Management, Thermoforming, Product Development, Manufacturing Engineering, Lean Manufacturing, Root Cause Analysis

Experience

Plant Tooling Engineer

Winpak Portion Packaging Inc

2023-8 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos

Design Engineer

Winpak Portion Packaging Inc

2021-5 - 2023-8 · 2 yrs 4 mos

United States

Tool Room Manager

Rohrer Corporation

2019-11 - 2021-5 · 1 yr 7 mos

Huntley, IL

Manger of Custom Tool Design & Manufacturing.

Tool Room Supervisor

Transparent Container

2015-5 - 2019-11 · 4 yrs 7 mos

Addison, IL

Supervise up to 10 shop personnel. Purchase raw materials and consumable supplies used in the tool manufacturing process. Perform tool layouts and quoting. Coordinate and manage capital expenditure projects.

Tool Design Engineer

Transparent Container

2008-4 - 2015-5 · 7 yrs 2 mos

Addison, IL

Design thermoform tooling for Custom Forming divisions. Purchase materials used in Tool Room. Work with outside vendors to provide custom thermoform tooling and speciality trim tooling. Design Rf and heat seal tooling.

Project Engineer

Transparent Container

2006-1 - 2008-4 · 2 yrs 4 mos

Bensenville, IL

Work with maintenance personnel on improving skills for re-building, wiring, and troubleshooting thermoforming machinery. Design, program, & generate CNC tool paths for heat seal tooling. Work with customers to assist in trouble shooting and set up of heat seal tooling.