SUMMARY:

• Over 20 years experience in maintenance and electrical controls programming and design.
• Proven track record involving design, development, programming, fabrication, installation, start up, troubleshooting, maintenance, and repair of robotic and automated machines and systems.
• Not afraid to ask for help, take directions, and to teach others.
• Dedicated to advancing company image, profitability and customer satisfaction.
• Experience creating technical documentation.
• Competent training and supervising operators, installers, and maintenance staff.
• Experience in R&D prototyping, testing, and evaluating.
• Proven troubleshooting, maintenance, repair, and problem solving abilities.
• Ability to understand operation, design & theory of machines and systems.
• Experience in evaluating components and cost reduction programs.
• Able to learn new skills quickly and seek out additional information.
• Thorough understanding of PLC, microprocessor, AC & DC drive applications.
• Experienced in working in a production environment, and reducing down time.
• Able to work alone, as part of a team, or with customer’s personnel.
• Experienced with control using PLCs, relay logic, and motor drive controls.
• Competent applying applicable codes: NEC, ANSI, UL, and JIC.
• Capable applying motors & drives: AC, DC, servo, analog & digital control, and controls.
• Able to rationally analyze a situation and make a decision based on information and options available.

SKILLS:

Microsoft Office (10+ years), PLC programming (10+ years), maintenance (10+ years), Electrical troubleshooting (10+ years), training (7 years), Mechanical troubleshooting (10+ years), Technical documentation (10+ years), blue print reading (10+ years), electrical schematics (10+ years), control panel design

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Computer Software Experience: … Word …Excel …Access …PowerPoint… Framemaker … Wonder Ware …

Controls: … PLC… PAC… relay logic… motor drives… AC and DC… voltages to 480…

Design: … control enclosures… operator interface… control circuits… schematics… device layout…

Documentation: … B.O.M… installation… operation… maintenance… repair …assembly…schematics…R.F.Q.

Electrical Skills: … wire… install… repair… troubleshoot,… assemble control panels and equipment…

Mechanical Skills: … repair… maintain… install… troubleshoot …use and repair of hand and power tools…

Motor Drives & Controllers: … analog & digital … variable frequency... AC servo… DC…

PLCs: … Allen - Bradley… GE… Modicon…

Project Skills: … design…programming…documentation… commissioning…coordination… customer liaison…

Regulations & Codes: … NEC… ANSI… JIC… UL…

Technical Support: … maintenance… commissioning… troubleshooting… installation… production support…

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Senior Electrical Controls Project Engineer

Confidential, New Berlin, WI

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for engineering, installation, commissioning, PLC programming, debug, electrical and automation control design, documentation, training, troubleshooting, repair, preventive maintenance of automated material handling machines and systems for computer integrated material handling systems supplier.
• Start up, de - bug, and troubleshooting to optimize efficiency and up time.
• Experienced in design and implementation of both new and retro-fit control systems.
• Specifically requested by customers for service, training and support assignments.
• Requested by Confidential ' project managers for projects and rapid problem resolution.

Electrical Maintenance Supervisor

Confidential, Milwaukee, WI

Responsibilities:

• Supervise and provide technical assistance to electrical maintenance staff
• Provide technical support to plant union electrical maintenance staff.
• Create technical documentation used in the troubleshooting and repair of automated machines.
• Create description of operation, electrical schematics, and bid specifications.

Electrical Controls Project Engineer

Confidential, New Berlin, WI

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for engineering, installation, commissioning, PLC programming, debug, electrical and automation control design, documentation, training, troubleshooting, repair, preventive maintenance of automated material handling machines and systems for computer integrated material handling systems supplier.
• Start up, de - bug, and troubleshooting to optimize efficiency and up time.
• Experienced in design and implementation of both new and retro-fit control systems.
• Specifically requested by customers for service, training and support assignments.
• Requested by Confidential ' project managers for projects and rapid problem resolution.

Electrical Engineering Assistant

Confidential, Northbrook, IL

Responsibilities:

• Evaluation, document, and testing of products for compliance with UL Safety Standards.
• Create technical description documentation, to be used by UL's Field Inspection staff.
• Establish product evaluation test plan.
• Liaison with UL Field Inspectors and UL's Customers to resolve issues and clarify information as needed.

Electrical Maintenance Technician

Confidential, New Lisbon, WI

Responsibilities:

• Perform electrical and mechanical maintenance, preventive maintenance, repair, and overhaul of building systems and equipment, including major appliances, industrial food service equipment.
• Designed and implemented a “spare parts” database tracking, management, and automatic reordering system utilizing Microsoft Access.

Electrician

Confidential, Sturtevant, WI

Responsibilities:

• Perform maintenance of building lighting and electrical systems.

Electrical-Mechanical Maintenance

Confidential, Waupun, WI

Responsibilities:

• Perform electrical and mechanical maintenance, repair, overhaul, and preventive maintenance of a variety of machines, automated and manually controlled, used in the production of stamped metal products, printed products, and metal fabrication.
• Machines include punch presses, stamping presses, brake press, drill press, lathe, milling machines, silk screen machines, conveyor, painting and drying equipment, pneumatic hand tools.
• Pneumatic supply systems, building and machine electrical systems.
• Duties included maintaining spare parts inventory, sourcing parts for obsolete parts and equipment, as well as retrofit upgrades of components.