Jon — Sr. Controls Engineer

Sr. Controls Engineer: 2011 - Present Procon Services Toledo, OH On site machine safety assessment for OSHA Compliant Hazard Guards. Clean sheet development and design of electrical safety control systems to meet OSHA requirements. Project management of safety panel builds and plant installation through startup commissioning on site. Train plant employees on new safety procedures and machine operation. Design of material flow for existing/new equipment and re-development of manufacturing Cells for greater efficiency. Program FANUC Robots and Integrate them with PLC's and HMI's to automate manufacturing. Contract Engineering

Corporate Operations Engineer: 2008 - 2011 Papa Johns Food Services Louisville, KY FANUC Robot installations to Automate dough ball placement and tray stacking utilizing Rockwell ControLogix PAC, point to point I/O and VFD Ethernet connectivity. Develop all PLC programming and HMI (Human Machine Interface) screens facility wide. Develop production optimization strategies utilizing Six Sigma, Kaizen, 3P, Lean Manufacturing. Train maintenance on PLC/Robot troubleshooting

Sr. Controls Engineer: 2005 - 2008 JeffBoat LLC Jeffersonville, IN Clean Sheet development of manufacturing work flow for greater efficiency. Replace relay logic with ControLogix PAC, point to point I/O and VFD Ethernet connectivity. Develop all PLC programming and HMI (Human Machine Interface) screens facility wide. Educate maintenance and help them to learn to troubleshoot electrical problems. Standardize all electrical components to ease stock capacity and improve troubleshooting

RCI Engineer (Rapid Continuous Improvement): 2004 - 2005 HON Company Owensboro, KY

Clean Sheet development of manufacturing Cells for greater efficiency. Program FANUC and SEIKO Robots Integrate same with PLC's and HMI's. Develop PLC programming and HMI (Human Machine Interface) screens. Six Sigma, Kaizen, 3P, Lean Manufacturing. Controls Engineer: 1999 - 2004 United States Gypsum Shoals, IN Develop PLC programming and HMI (Human Machine Interface) screens. Setup and maintain TCP / IP (Microsoft NT) system. Maintain all PLC and HMI parts inventory. Program and maintain history on all variable frequency drives Program and maintain all Analog transducers

Plant Engineer / Environmental Coordinator: 1996 - 1999 Earthgrains Co., Inc. Dallas, TX Direct and schedule 47-person maintenance crew. Setup preventive / predictive maintenance program. Design system to mass-produce breadsticks for Olive Garden. Improve manufacturing process. Update or replace existing equipment. Implement and monitor OSHA / Environmental regulations

Process Improvement Engineer: 1994 - 1996 Quaker Oats Company Louisville, KY Improve manufacturing process by implementing complete rewrites of PLC programs and modifications to equipment. Designing and integrating new equipment to improve quality and assure customer satisfaction. Use PLC 5/250, to implement a real-time feedback system

Electrical Engineer / 3 Plant Assignment: 1991 - 1994 United Distillers Louisville, KY Project Engineer for $10 million automation project, Owensboro Kentucky Plant. Supervise move and modifications of 6 bottling lines from one plant to another. Train electricians at 3 locations on trouble shooting and programming PLC's and code laser setup and maintenance. Specify and source all electrical and electronics components

Maintenance Group Leader / Project Engineer: 1988 - 1991 Stone Container Louisville, KY Direct and schedule 21-person maintenance crew. Installation of new and updating of existing equipment. Revise and rewrite PLC Programs