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Saint Louis, Missouri, Us

Maryland Heights, Missouri, Us

St. Louis, Mo, Us

Process Control Solutions LLC/Durkin Equipment Company – St. Louis, MO 2019 – 2020Senior Controls Engineer & Project Manager – Hannibal Water Treatment Plant• Engineered and managed $500K controls and system integration project for highly visible, strict startup deadline of new $10M Granular Activated Carbon Filtration Plant • Designed, developed, tested, and debugged new PLC programs on GE RX3i redundant processors for new filtration and chemical injection systems• Performed I/O checkout of approximately (160) discrete and (100) analog I/O points • Supported design and development of new Wonderware SCADA control and data screens for new transfer pumps, GAC filtration vessel instrumentation, water quality analyzers and testing equipment, and new hypochlorite chemical injection pumping systems and instrumentation• Developed new PLC programming for existing plant’s gravity filter backwash cleaning cycle using transfer pumps from new GAC plant in order to avoid future costs of purchasing and installing a new $400K-500K wash water tower• Attended weekly project management update meetings and provided multiple progress updates to construction company contractors and engineering firms each week before, during, and after plant startup.

Sauget, Il, Us

• Engineered high-impact process automation and programming improvement initiatives to increase ROI for a proprietary 7.5M chemical degreasing and material handling system since 2009 to improve production, operations, safety and quality. • Oversaw large-scale initiatives to reduce cost, developing and implementing six American Illinois ActOnEnergy Business Incentive Programs and United States EPACT lighting to capture substantial business rebates from electric utility incentive programs and more than half of a million in tax deductions.• Led the installation, testing, and launch of an Allen-Bradley FactoryTalk Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system to secure (7) day project payback. Orchestrated automation and programming improvements, augmenting material handling system capacity, increasing flexibility, and minimizing downtime to safeguard the system’s operations.• Designed bid documents, managed OEM builds, installed, tested, and launched a FANUC Robot Cell to eliminate redundant labor and secure payback for the project.• Spearheaded the migration from Allen-Bradley PLC-2 to Logix, designing an encoder measurement to streamline custom-size straight length tube production, reduce scrap, and secure two-month project payback.

AeroTek Automotive – St. Louis, MO PLC Controls | IT Systems Engineer 2002 – 2008 • Engineered and implemented 250 PLC and control projects to provide quality assurance (QA), report cycle times, annunciate and analyze downtimes, and facilitate the design and delivery of world-class Dodge RAM and Caravan vehicles. • Analyzed procedure to pinpoint gaps and initiate remedial action plans, designing and producing a build barcode system and automatic conveyor stop system to increase accountability and strategic alignment.• Programmed PLCs and provided debug support to fortify each of the plant’s numerous logic controllers. • Utilized strategic leadership, managing and supporting plant floor systems in body-in-white, paint, and assembly shop operations to increase output, reduce downtime, and improve vehicle build quality. IT | Plant Floor Systems Representative – RT Minivan Launch Team • Installed, configured and coordinated commissioning plant floor systems for nearly one hundred new projects with iterative upgrades, including 210 PLC and Control Logix systems to streamline daily operations at the St. Louis Chrysler Caravan Assembly plant as a key member of the RT Minivan Launch Team.• Minimized scrap by collecting spare PLC processors, bar code scanners, I/O modules, and other controls devices for Systems and Maintenance departments before and during demolition, resulting in the recovery of non-liquid assets.

Farmington Hills, Michigan, Us

• Managed a team in the execution of a Factory Information System project, reporting progress to project management to monitor performance, continuously improve procedure, and maintain forecasted productivity levels.• Maintained compliance for over 200 vendors, reviewing logic programs to enforce corporate specifications. • Composed vendor PLC software punch lists, monitored sub-contractor installations, and evaluated engineering drawing packages to maximize project specifications and increase outcomes.• Orchestrated and chaired weekly project management meetings, reporting project status and cost to reconcile anticipated milestone completion and resource allocation with real-time circumstances.

• Designed Device and DeviceNet cabling layouts in order to optimize new prototype processes.• Developed effective panel design and control wiring schematics to decrease panel-build and field installation time for dramatically faster prototype start-up process. • Procured bills of materials for control panels and various external devices to facilitate the in-house development of all necessary equipment on time and within budget.• Programmed conveyor material release logic additions to integrate system function.

Perryville, Us

Master Of Business Administration - Mba, Business Administration And Management, General

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering