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Controls Engineer (191350) BSEE, MBA, Multiple Industry Experience

Here is a highly recommended Controls Engineer with 20+ years of manufacturing experience across several industries. His experience includes a wide variety of manufacturing processes and equipment. He has performed new machine installations and machine control retrofits across the USA and Mexico. He has improved processes, throughput, and profits everywhere that he has worked. This is evidenced by the long list of compliments and recommendations on his LinkedIn profile.

His ability to step into almost any industry and improve operations makes him a desirable automation talent for any company. He is currently working a contract role in an automotive manufacturing operation but is interested in a perm role. He is willing to relocate. His experience includes:

  • Integrated new VFD profibus wiring into active network.
  • Subject Matter Expert supporting improvements to manufacturing facility using Allen Bradley ControlLogix5000 PLCs.
  • Reduced dicer delays by programming replacement of standalone tension controller with standard parts and PLC programming
  • Reduced paint use by wiring and programming new controls for paint end spray relocation installation.
  • Eliminated filter basket damage by programming differential pressure transducer into vacuum blower VFD.
  • Wrote PLC code and designed last stop screen for key production process line to immediately show all stops.
  • Wrote procedures for VFD upgrade firmware installation instructions for DeviceNet, and PLC programs, and HMI backup work orders
  • Capital project management.
  • Saved $300,000 on the final installation cost of cut to length line proposal.
  • Increased process line yield by 3% by modifying entry PLC auto-stop distance calculation.
  • Achieved approximately 35% throughput increase of galvanneal product.
  • Worked with Kvaerner Metals engineers during the commissioning of $30 million dollar capital upgrade of hot-dip galvanizing line.
  • Solved start-up issues and implemented control improvements after starting up.
  • Retrofit Avtron digital drive on coating line trimmer knives to replace original analog motor controls.
  • Supervised up to 15 maintenance craft employees in a manufacturing facility.
  • Designed, purchased, and installed a centralized lubrication system consolidating individual systems.
  • Steel Mill Automation
  • General Manufacturing Automation
  • Automotive Automation
  • Allen Bradley PLCs
  • Rockwell PLCs
  • GE PLCs
  • Reliance PLCs
  • Plant Maintenance
  • 5S
  • Control Systems Design
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Project Engineering
  • Maintenance Management
  • Managing Capital Projects
  • Continuous Improvement
  • Predictive Maintenance Programmable Automation
  • HMI – Human Machine Interface
  • SCADA – Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
  • Variable frequency drives VFDs
  • Automating Systems
  • Servo Systems
  • Furnace Controls
  • Hydraulic systems
  • Pneumatic systems
  • Rolling Mill Automation
  • Retrofit Equipment
  • Drive Configuration
  • Equipment Upgrades
  • Fluid Control Automation
  • Motor Control
  • Process Control
  • Troubleshooting Plant Automation
  • Field Checkout / Commissioning
  • CAD
  • ControlLogix5000 PLCs
  • ControlNet
  • DeviceNet
  • Ethernet IP
  • GE Intellution/iFix/Proficy
  • LadderLogic

EDUCATION:
MBA in finance
BS in Electrical Engineering