Benjamin Rice Email & Phone Number

Williston, ND, US

Dublin 2, IE

Windsor, Colorado, US

Houston, TX, US

Newark, Delaware, US

• Provide industrial automation system commissioning, PLC programming, and start-up support for large parcel distribution facilities.
• Act as the industrial automation controls expert onsite during system startup, commissioning, and retrofitting.
• Perform I/O checkouts and logic functionality testing for large conveyor systems.
• Observe, troubleshoot, modify, and write PLC code to solve real time problems in the field.
• Read wiring diagrams, device manuals, and panel drawings to assure each device is installed and wired properly.
• Provide in-depth onsite training on the automation control systems for the end user.

Eaton, CO, US

• Acted as the engineering project manager for multiple selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system projects from early engineering stages through manufacturing, factory acceptance testing, and final commissioning.
• Designed exhaust and ammonia injection piping systems.
• Commissioned the SCR emissions control systems through PLC system integration, PID control, system troubleshooting, and engine load mapping for reducing agent injection.
• Acted as a Field Engineer installing, calibrating, and troubleshooting measurement instrumentation and automation controls.
• Arranged and oversaw engineering design and project scheduling meetings between system suppliers, end customers, and third-party engineering firms.
• Evaluated and approved engineering drawings according to job specific specifications.

• Acted as the project manager for a 6-man design team for an engine emissions research and development project.
• Facilitated effective communicants with a 6-man design team, academic contact, and engineering contacts at John Deere through the design process providing improvements to the crankcase ventilation system on the John.
• Acted as a designer and experimental analyst on a successful research and development project to implement a system to reduce the emissions from the engine crankcase on a John Deere 4.5L 4-cylinder diesel engine.
• Designed engineering tests and prototypes that led to the implementation of a system that was 84% efficient in the reduction of the John Deere 4.5L engine crankcase emissions.
• Characterized and calculated engine emissions data for a research and development project in an engines lab research and delivered analysis on upstream oil and gas companies.

Managed and scheduled cooks assistants in a house service kitchen, assisted in meal preparation, meal line management, banquet preparation and kitchen cleaning. Acted as intermediary for communication between the head chef and cooks assistants.

Des Moines, Iowa, US

Solved field problems working with an asphalt crew, communicating with them through all of the stages of road construction. Operated a front loader, backhoe, and asphalt compactor to assist in the completion of the road construction. Fixed mechanical and operational functions on a pot hole patch truck. Assisted in with the laying of asphalt as new roads.

El Segundo, CA, US

Customer service through and product knowledge, actively engaging customers in a friendly and pleasing way, directing customers to desired merchandise, helping customers load/unload larger merchandise, actively finding ways to acquire good deals for customers, retrieving products for customers, and hospitality. Assigned projects: rearranging store.

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering