Les — Electrical Engineering Manager

Automation Engineering Company, LLC. April 2014 - Present. Automation Engineering is a leading provider of industrial automation equipment for manufacturing companies worldwide. AEC designs, manufactures and installs custom tailored to customer's specification such as industrial automation products, material handling systems, conveying systems, CNC threading tables, and robotic workcells. Electrical Engineering Manager, Engineering Department. Responsibilities: - Designed electrical controls systems for oil and gas pipe threading operations and material handling systems. Supervised CAD operations for development of electrical schematics. Supervised electrical technicians for construction, testing, and commissioning of industrial control panels. Ensure systems are acceptable per international and national codes and standards such as CSA, NFPA 70, and NFPA79. - Develop programmable automation controller and human-machine interface applications for equipment. Traveling to customer sites for installation and debugging of equipment to ensure operational efficiency. Programming variable speed drive and servo-motion systems for operation of systems as required. - Developing project estimates, bills of material, and managing constructions budgets. Interfacing with international customers to develop functional specifications for system development

Carpenter Technology - Talley Metals Technology September 2007 - April 2014. Talley Metals Technology, Inc. - Hartsville Plant, is one of the few North American suppliers in the special alloys market. Talley Metals specializes in processing aerospace-grade stainless steel and other structural alloys used in automotive, aviation, and fluid process businesses. Electrical Engineer V, Engineering Department. Responsibilities: - Designed, procured, and managed installation of Rockwell Automation FactoryTalk platforms such as View SE (Distributed and Redundant) for Human Machines Interfaces, FactoryTalk Historian for data collection and retention, and AsseteCenter for control system auditing and disaster recovery. Designed, constructed, and managed a separate Layer 3 EtherNet network specifically for the entire plant's control systems to establish a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. - Managing capital projects associated with power distribution, arc flash hazard reduction, control systems, and system integration focusing on cutting-edge technology such as EtherNet-IP, DeviceNet, safety over CIP networks, motion control, and combustion systems. - Providing technical support to electrical technicians with various electrical distribution and control system equipment. Equipment includes, but not limited to, programmable automation controllers, motor control centers, variable speed drives, control valves, electric and gas furnaces, cold drawing and finishing equipment, and hot steel rolling

Domtar Paper Company - Marlboro Mill August 2006 - September 2007. Domtar Paper Company - Marlboro Mill, formerly Weyerhaeuser, is the North American leader in the forestry products sector. Marlboro Mill specialized in the producing Uncoated Free Sheet paper and bleached Pulp. Senior Process Control Engineer, Manufacturing Services Department. Responsibilities: - Providing front-line engineering, support, and maintenance for distributed control systems (DCS), programmable logic control (PLC) systems, and human-machine interface (HMI) systems. Systems includes, but not limited to, ABB Advant MasterPiece 200 and AC450 DCS, System 800xA (Visual Basic) client-server based HMI, Allen Bradley SLC, PLC, MicroLogix, and ControlLogix PLCs, and Allen Bradley PanelView and PanelView+ HMIs. - Managing capital projects associated with control systems and system integration. At Marlboro Mill, the focus is primarily replacing obsolete and legacy proprietary control systems with newer, open technologies and communication protocols. - Providing technical support to electrical and instrumentation technicians with various electrical distribution and control equipment. Equipment includes, but not limited to, pulp mill equipment, motor control centers, variable speed drives, control valves, and typical process instrumentation

Honda of South Carolina April 2001 - August 2006. Honda of South Carolina (HSC) is the sole producer of the world's best-selling All-Terrain Vehicles (ATVs) and Personal Watercraft (PWCs). HSC specializes in CNC machining, low and high-pressure die casting, plastic injection molding, blow molding, robotic welding, and high-speed assembly operations. Staff Engineer of Engineering Services, Technical Service Group. Responsibilities: - Writing equipment specifications, negotiating design characteristics, and approving capital projects for automated equipment. Equipment includes, but not limited to, robotic workcells, CNC equipment, and injection molding equipment, and conveying systems. - Re-engineering manufacturing control systems that have reached technological obsolescence to improve production capacity and efficiency. Integrating the newest technology to ensure HSC maintains a competitive edge in the global market. - Developing training programs to maintenance technicians. When necessary, develop curriculums and instruct classes relating to new technology. Manager of Engineering Services. Responsibilities: - Developing and implementing a technician class-specification system, in conjunction with the Human Resources Department, which provides assessment, classification, compensation, and professional development of mechanical and electrical technicians. - Managing the daily operations of an industrial maintenance department, the daily operations of the machine-level network, and providing engineering support to all capital investments projects, from building construction to design of new process machinery. - Managing the transition from a paper based maintenance information tracking system into a modern Centralized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). Assistant Manager of Engineering Services Technical Group. Responsibilities: - Implementing a plant-wide Ethernet-IP network from a multimode-fiber backbone to custom departmental HMI client packages. Rockwell's RSView32 Active Display Server, in conjunction with OPC servers and SQL databases, was utilized to deploy manufacturing conditions, operations data, and power systems monitoring to individual clients located in various departments. - Managing the Plant Production Engineering Strategic Committee (P.E.S.C.) for HSC. This committee is a close network of Honda engineers that exchange knowledge of manufacturing process and technology to facilitate continuous improvement (kaizen) activities. - Evolving the Engineering Services Department (maintenance and technical group) into a functional, skilled, and efficient workforce. Redesigned organization to allow for associate growth and development, while increasing wages and company profit, reducing equipment downtime, and establishing standards for other department to follow. Department Head of Facilities Engineering and Maintenance. Responsibilities: - Developing a Facilities section to manage and maintain building operations at the HSC and supplier sites. The group grew from one associate to two electrical engineers, two mechanical engineers, one projects manager, two electrical technicians, one building technician, and one electronic draftsman. The group was responsible for all capital projects, utilities, and procurement of manufacturing equipment. - Development of Robotic Systems Standards and Specifications for Design and Construction and Facility Standards and Specifications and Facilities Specifications for Design and Construction. These documents were developed in order to ensure equipment and facilities were designed and constructed in compliance with the latest UL, ANSI, RIA, and NFPA regulations. - Conducting personal performance and skill-level testing for maintenance technicians. Written and hands-on examinations were developed to assess electrical and mechanical technicians' skill levels. This information served as the key performance indicator for both professional development and human resource evaluations. Electrical Engineering Coordinator of Technical Services. Responsibilities: - Development of HSC Electrical Control Standards and Specifications for Design and Construction. This document was crucial to HSC's successful integration of new technology in the manufacturing of aluminum wheels. Approximately $462K was saved the first year by developing and implementing this specification system for equipment procurement. - Re-engineering of existing manufacturing equipment to increase production output. By redesigning, reprogramming, and implementing new technology, and average of 20-seconds was gained in the ATV assembly line. This led to an increase of total ATV production output by 35%. - Assisting the Engineering Services Department in the reduction of downtime by initiating proactive maintenance activities. Preventive Maintenance and Total Productive Maintenance programs were developed and implemented. This resulted in an overall decrease in equipment downtime by approximately 15%

Galey and Lord Industries May 1997 - September 2000. Galey and Lord Industries was one of the top three textile manufacturer's in the United States. Galey and Lord processes cotton and poly-cotton cloth for over 90% of the leading brand-name apparel companies in the US. Process Control Engineer I of Process Engineering. Responsibilities: - Eliminating aging DOS-based control systems and DCS systems, and implementing Wonderware FactorySuite across three facilities. Responsible for the successful integration of over 60% of the company's total production equipment and a wastewater treatment facility. Ultimately, process deviations were reduced from eight standard deviations to two standard deviations. - Assisting Instrumentation and Control technicians in the replacement of legacy control devices, I/O systems, and managed the implementation of automation into manually controlled systems. - Implementing Statistical Process Control across the factory floor, and developing a reporting and alarming system to warn engineering and technicians of process deviations. Industrial/Process Engineer of Industrial Engineering. Responsibilities: - Responsible for the computerized tracking of production lots and serialized material handling carts (A-frames). Implemented a maintenance program to refurbish A-frames, reducing equipment downtime to over 90%. - Installed and integrated product handling systems for finished cloth rolls. This system consisted of conveying systems and plastic packaging systems. Assisted German engineers in debugging Poly-wrapping machine control systems from installation to production release. - Performed studies for plant management to locate areas for implementing cost reduction measures. Performed calculations for chemical and utility consumption, and developed this section for the company's budget. Performed time studies to analyze operator processes and machine systems and created models of existing systems in comparison to newly engineered systems and processes