Christopher Loera, P.E. In Control System Engineering Email & Phone Number

Long Beach, California, US

• Skillfully planned, budgeted, and executed a solo motorcycle experience beginning my ride in Los Angeles, California, enjoying many locales along a cross countries trek to the tip of Argentina, and back up to Machu.
• Chronicled entire journey, exploring the different sites with insightful experiences on and off my motorcycle
• Gained knowledge necessary to troubleshoot and fix multiple mechanical and electrical issues.
• Established meaningful relationships with many local people and businesses throughout these travels.
• Developed a lasting relationship with a Mexican business owner by performing a control upgrade on an abandoned American Hydracast die casting machine he had been trying to get operational for years.
• Traced electrical system, redesigned control wiring, produced electrical drawings, rewired, programmed PLC and HMI from scratch, tested system, and trained end user.

Valencia, California, US

• Managed small to multimillion dollar equipment modernization projects involving mechanical and control system upgrades.
• Reviewed project specifications, scope of work and deliverables, ensuring design, installation and commissioning teams stayed on task and delivered to customer requirements.
• Created and maintained project schedules, maintaining an open line of communication with the customer informing them of the progress, schedule shifts and solutions to delays.
• Created and maintained project budget, ensuring project profitability. Identified projects that appeared to be “losers”, prior to being in the red, identifying the main causes for the profitability shortcomings.
• Selected and contracted local to site contractors, organizing field installation efforts with the customer, contractor(s), and ASC field installation team.
• Planned field installation and commissioning efforts before ASC team was on site. Performed site visits and job walks as required. Created conduit schedules, drew site maps detailing equipment location, pipe and.

Valencia, California, US

• Responsible for equipment start up, commissioning, software configuration (CPC and PLC),with equipment and software training.
• Responsible for final equipment inspection, integration, and customer acceptance.
• Troubleshoot mechanical, digital and analog systems, revising the electrical schematics andP&IDs.
• System process control and tuning for manufacturing equipment, autoclaves, ovens, andPresses.
• Site lead, commissioning schedule planning, orchestrating mechanical and electrical teams.
• Continual system improvement suggestions for enhanced safety and performance.

• Upgraded rice cake poppers by installing new molds, SSRs, temp. controllers, and rewired the system.
• Responsible for maintaining production by fixing and troubleshooting faulty and broken rice cake poppers.
• Developed, manufactured and installed brackets to hold air blasters, limit switches and other components on assembly line.

Chico, CA, US

• Tutor and assist students with the use of Solid Works
• Corrected technical drawings and thermodynamics homework

• Selected components and manufactures for purchase
• Selected and designed two limit switch setups for the gimbal
• Designed encoder mounts for the X-over and the D2T3
• Developed concept designs for a bumper kill switch system for the X-over
• Manufactured brackets and was involved in the assembly and the disassembly of the robots
• Aided in troubleshooting for the X-over; wrote Galil and C code

• Tested for shorts, open circuits and components independently
• Rewired/changed clusters, plugs, lights, harnesses and ECUs
• Ran scanner and deciphered the codes. Changed clutches, swapped engines and transmissions, head replacement, carburetors, turbos, radiators, wheel seals/bearings and basic maintenance
• Met deadlines and exceeded expectations under severe pressure and stress