David Pate Email & Phone Number

Lenoir City, Tn, Us

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Knoxvile, Tn

Knoxville, Tennessee Area

Design, implementation, commissioning and support of 4 coffee processing facilities as part of a cross-functional team mechanical, operations and maintenance departments.Assisted in developing automation & controls standards and best practices for coffee processing facilities.Providing engineering support to Keurig operations, safety and quality programs.

• Directed teams that designed, implemented, tested and commissioned factory control systems.• Designed, programmed, tested and commissioned PLC and HMI components of factory control systems for multiple production facilities.• Delivered construction support that facilitated installation and commissioning of process control equipment and instrumentation.• Provided production support for modification and troubleshooting of OI, PLC and instrumentation, resulting in reduced early-production downtime and shorter time to product qualification.• Specified, evaluated and selected instrumentation for multiple factory automation projects.• Trained plant operator and maintenance personnel to improve acceptance of the new control systems and optimized performance of the systems.• Prioritized and scheduled development tasks and personnel for process automation projects, improving development and implementation cycle times and reducing wasted or duplicated effort.• Performed UNIX and Windows based programming, using VB, C, and C++, to meet specific project requirements.• Led group of nine in design, implementation, commissioning, startup and qualification of the plant wide control system for a new production facility and subsequent expansion.

Germany, Ft. Campbell

Signal Security Specialist

Bs, Engineering Physics/Computer Science

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