John — Automation Engineer

Jan 2001 to Present Shiloh Industries Inc., Valley City, OH Automation Engineer - Complete electrical design, HMI and PLC application development, robot programming, start up and support for Laser Weld Systems developed in house - Developed and integrated ABB 6600 robots with Servo-Robot tracking systems in implementation of breakthrough laser welding system - Programmed Controllogix PLC and Kinetics 6500 drives to co-ordinate multi-axis motion on the next generation of gantry laser weld systems - Worked with production on continuous improvement projects to increase production on laser weld lines which resulted in a 25% increase in productivity

Aug 1999 to Jan 2001 Automated Welding Systems, Markham, Ontario Automation Engineer - Installed and commissioned laser weld systems on site - AB PLC5, RSView32 programming - ABB 6400 robot programming

Cabletrade Industries, Concord, Ontario Jan 1994 to Aug 1999 Electrical Engineer / Manager - Complete electrical design of various equipment for the wire and cable industry - Produce bill of material and order all electrical components - Manage electricians through the building of panels and equipment component installation - Program PLC's, drives, and HMI's - Start up and troubleshoot at factory as well as customer's plant