Owen Mayhew Email & Phone Number

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

A Medium size hardwood lumber mill that saws sustainably harvested hardwood for the domestic and international wholesale, and retail. Some lumber is sold green, and some is dried on site using a gasifying boiler powered kiln. Maintenance and Engineering team members collaborate to maintain equipment subjected to extremely harsh use and environmental conditions, long past designed service life. Productivity and reliability improvements are made in mechanical and electrical components as well as controls.• Maintained, upgraded and serviced custom lumber processing equipment. • Handled changing project scope and priorities. • Reverse engineered existing systems to retrofit ineffective ladder logic, create documentation and suggest and implement material handling changes. • Acted as a liason, and on-site presence to allow for numerous tweaks and changes to vendor provided equipment via remote access technology.• Programmed/configured PLC devices (Numerous brands and models), HMI panels, photocells, motor starters, soft starts, Variable Frequency Drives utilizing a networked virtual machine, as well as serial communication. • Utilized Autocad to mock up alternative log yard layouts .• Reworked a failing system, to reliably automate processing, and conceived the controls for a sorting mechanism to alleviate over utilization , saving saw lines (processing time) and operator attention.• Automated a vibrating conveyor controller to help prevent 100 horse chipper from plugging.• Commissioned two sorter controller upgrades (contractor designed and built) and a gasifier controller (in house).• Upgraded a two saw trimmer to PLC control• Contributed to an increased board foot production of 20 percent.

Greenfield, Ma, Us

For International Company that develops, designs, builds, and commissions customized controls for the power generation and industrial markets. Markets include engine, steam turbine, and gas turbine power generation manufacturers, distributors, and packagers. Worked with team members to design turbine and engine controls, generator controls, instrumentation monitoring systems, and electrical interconnection switchgear. In addition to power generation controls, Ewing also provides process control solutions. • Designed, built, tested and serviced custom control systems for industrial steam turbines. • Managed changing project specifications and deadlines. • Reverse engineered existing systems to retrofit failing components no longer in production. • Interpreted specs from customers as well as turbine suppliers to research and design systems that met their needs. • Programmed/configured PLC devices, overspeed switches, power meters, generator protection relays, and excitation controllers utilizing a networked virtual machine. • Used autocad electrical to generate schematics, 3 line, one line and block diagrams, system trip methodologies and BOM. • Commissioned a system in Dubai, altering code in the field to suit changes to the system and training operators.• Tailored design and implementation to conform to UL and CSA standards

Bisaccia, Av, It

Created and Maintained production bill of materials for several product lines, working with purchasing to appropriately source components and materialsMaintain Material handler check sheets and material labeling for each stationAct as liaison between Manufacturing Floor and EngineeringManage Floor layout (floorplan and station) for efficient workflow and use of spaceAttend product engineering change meetings to address manufacturing concernsReview and approve all engineering changes to parts and assembliesReview wind turbine tests, identify issues and possibly get extra test resultsLead Production Team meetings on new Engineering ChangesDisassembled failed generators (safe magnetic working practices) for failure analysis

Bisaccia, Av, It

Verifying normal operation of all turbine systems under varying conditions, troubleshooting and repairing problems as they become apparent and documenting them for quality to instigate improved production methods. Also supporting engineering during their testing of new units and operating parameters.

Randolph Afb, Tx, Us

Troubleshoot, repair and maintain electrical systems on the F-16, as well as air conditioning and pressurization systems. Direct maintenance efforts of less experienced airmen.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Maintenance intern for "sputter" tools that used various vapor deposition processes to coat the silicon wafers to make computer chips. Day to day tasks ranged from troubleshooting a machine, to swapping kits of consumable metal or doing other preventative maintenance to a full overhaul of a robotic arm subsystem, or replacement of drive actuators and even repairs to plumbing or water supplies.

Created estimates for customers, including a proposed return of investment given particular cost estimates for their project, including eligible incentives, designed layouts to maximize solar output for a given roof, created submital documents specifying parts for commercial projects, and supplemented field teams in installing Photo voltaic systems.

Used Sketchup to model buildings for a local architect, allowing the architect and clients to clearly visualize a space before making design decisions. The flagship project for the summer was definitely modeling Kreitzberg arena and the surrounding buildings from existing (often times conflicting) plans to check plans for a new addition that would connect the field house, gymnasium and hockey arena.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electromechanical Technology/Electromechanical Engineering Technology

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Diploma