Robert — Senior Electrical Engineer

PLC Systems: Allen-Bradley RS Logix 5, 500 & 5000, Modicon, Siemens S7, Do-More HMI Systems: Allen-Bradley (ME & SE), Siemens, WonderWare, C-More Drive Systems: Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Toshiba, and several others • Modified /wrote PLC (Allen-Bradley RS Logix 5, 500 and 5000) and HMI (WonderWare) codes.

Updated drawings in AutoCAD, designed control systems.

Interfaced the PLC's to Panasonic servo drives for the maunfacture of solar cell strings which went into the solar panels. These PLC's were also interfaced to a proprietary vision system which looked for defective cells and an Epson robot which put each cell onto the main conveyor for alignment of the cells into a 12 cell string. Controlled the motion of servos to precisely place the interconnecting wire ribbons onto the cells on the main conveyor.

Modified /wrote HMI (WonderWare) codes.

o Designed the electrical control system and control panels for a vial washing/sterilization machine process. Machine built and tested in the USA, integrated into a Bosch vial filling line in Germany with final assembly at Smith-Kline in Belgium.

• Engineered control systems for facilities processing orange juice as well as systems associated in support of these processes.

• Performed arc flash and short circuit analysis studies using SKM software for several clients. • Designed automated conditioning and control systems with Siemens hardware and software - PLC S7, Simatic MultiPanel HMI, WinCCFlex, MicroMaster VFD and associated I/O, relays, circuit breakers, power supplies, etc.

An experienced Automation Engineer with personnel and project management skills and extensive knowledge of programming, troubleshooting and debugging of Allen-Bradley/Siemens Step 7/Do-More & C-More PLC/HMI systems who is professional, capable of working independently or as part of a team.

Engineering Manager (direct position) • Establish good engineering principles for the design and fabrication of control panels and systems. • Reviewed work of designers and engineers for accuracy and completeness of work. • Mentor junior engineers in the execution of their duties regarding electrical design and programming tasks. • Standardized hardware and software used in the systems designed and implemented in the control scheme. - Sr. Electrical Engineer (contract position) • As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work. • Developed specification documents for panel fabrication and fiber optic hardware requirements for municipality water and wastewater data acquisition infrastructure. • Responsible for site visits to client facilities to troubleshoot system, programming and design issues. One client in particular needed engineering troubleshooting assistance for their maintenance personnel to locate and diagnose component failures. Combined clients plant HMI system from two separate application programs into one application program on a server based Allen-Bradley RSView SE package HMI with redundant servers and seven clients and two thin clients. - • Updated drawings in AutoCAD, designed control systems. - • Designed automated conditioning and control systems with Siemens hardware and software - PLC S7, Simatic MultiPanel HMI, WinCCFlex, MicroMaster VFD and associated I/O, relays, circuit breakers, power supplies, etc. - PLC Design – Pennsylvania 1986 - 2008 Systems Integrator - self-employed • Pharmaceutical Industry: o Developed control systems for pharmaceutical Consumer Products.? Wrote PLC and HMI codes for: 2 autoclave systems; batching operations for the manufacture of cough elixir product; various processes related to the manufacture of the Tylenol gelcap product; designed the electrical control system for the R&D line converting the Tylenol caplet to appear like the gelcap product after the tampering incident. o Designed the electrical control system and control panels for a vial washing/sterilization machine process. Machine built and tested in the USA, integrated into a Bosch vial filling line in Germany with final assembly at Smith-Kline in Belgium. o Wrote PLC and HMI code for high speed vial capping machines for Merck & Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and others. o Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site. • Non-Pharmaceutical Industries: o Led staff of 3 engineers and 2 designers in the development of control systems in the food and snack food, material handling, waste water management, automotive, steel, glass and fiberglass, building products, packaging and labeling, and personal care product industries. o Mentored others in project management, hardware design, system documentation, software development, panel design and fabrication, field troubleshooting, system start-ups and commissioning, and client personnel training. o Developed the logic to accurately control the speed regulation of sheeting conveyor lines for cookie, cracker and other sheeted conveying systems. o Wrote code to control temperature, pressure, humidity and material flow. o Wrote code to categorize data for SCADA retrieval. o Designed control schemes to comply with safety codes.

BS in Electrical Engineering from Temple University - Sr. Electrical Engineer (direct position) • In addition to the previous duties while a contractor at DcR, also became involved in site investigations for the purposes of developing project scope and cost proposals. • Reviewed work of designers and other engineers for accuracy and completeness of work. • Performed voltage drop calculations of feeder cables and load centers at a trash to energy conversion site. • Performed arc flash and short circuit analysis studies using SKM software for several clients. - Sr. Electrical Engineer (contract position) • As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work. • Developed specification documents for panel fabrication and fiber optic hardware requirements for municipality water and wastewater data acquisition infrastructure. • Responsible for site visits to client facilities to troubleshoot system, programming and design issues. One client in particular needed engineering troubleshooting assistance for their maintenance personnel to locate and diagnose component failures. Combined clients plant HMI system from two separate application programs into one application program on a server based Allen-Bradley RSView SE package HMI with redundant servers and seven clients and two thin clients.

• As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work.

HMI Systems: Allen-Bradley (ME & SE), Siemens, WonderWare, C-More • Wrote company drafting, HMI screen PLC development and control panel fabrication specifications. • As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work. • Responsible for site visits to client facilities to troubleshoot system, programming and design issues. One client in particular needed engineering troubleshooting assistance for their maintenance personnel to locate and diagnose component failures. Combined clients plant HMI system from two separate application programs into one application program on a server based Allen-Bradley RSView SE package HMI with redundant servers and seven clients and two thin clients. • Revamped and restructured Siemens PLC and HMI program codes.

• Responsible for site visits to client facilities to troubleshoot system, programming and design issues. One client in particular needed engineering troubleshooting assistance for their maintenance personnel to locate and diagnose component failures. Combined client's plant HMI system from two separate application programs into one application program on a server based Allen-Bradley RSView SE package HMI with redundant servers and seven clients and two thin clients.

o Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site.

PLC Systems: Allen-Bradley RS Logix 5, 500 & 5000, Modicon, Siemens S7, Do-More • Wrote company drafting, HMI screen PLC development and control panel fabrication specifications. • As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work. • Modified /wrote PLC (Allen-Bradley RS Logix 5, 500 and 5000) and HMI (WonderWare) codes.

• Developed and commissioned process control systems for chip wafer fabrication.

An experienced Automation Engineer with personnel and project management skills and extensive knowledge of programming, troubleshooting and debugging of Allen-Bradley/Siemens Step 7/Do-More & C-More PLC/HMI systems who is professional, capable of working independently or as part of a team. o Mentored others in project management, hardware design, system documentation, software development, panel design and fabrication, field troubleshooting, system start-ups and commissioning, and client personnel training.

Wrote code to categorize data for SCADA retrieval.

• As lead engineer, revamped the format for schematic drawings to make them easier to understand. • Wrote control panel fabrication specifications to develop a new integrated control enclosure into the gas cabinets - o Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site.

Systems Integrator (contract position) • Designed automated conditioning and control systems with Siemens hardware and software - PLC S7, Simatic MultiPanel HMI, WinCCFlex, MicroMaster VFD and associated I/O, relays, circuit breakers, power supplies, etc. • As lead engineer, revamped the format for schematic drawings to make them easier to understand. • Wrote control panel fabrication specifications to develop a new integrated control enclosure into the gas cabinets structure for several of their product lines, • Revamped and restructured Siemens PLC and HMI program codes. • Developed and commissioned process control systems for chip wafer fabrication. • Wrote numerous project, equipment and test procedure manuals. - Systems Integrator - self-employed • Pharmaceutical Industry: o Developed control systems for pharmaceutical Consumer Products.? Wrote PLC and HMI codes for: 2 autoclave systems; batching operations for the manufacture of cough elixir product; various processes related to the manufacture of the Tylenol gelcap product; designed the electrical control system for the R&D line converting the Tylenol caplet to appear like the gelcap product after the tampering incident. o Designed the electrical control system and control panels for a vial washing/sterilization machine process. Machine built and tested in the USA, integrated into a Bosch vial filling line in Germany with final assembly at Smith-Kline in Belgium. o Wrote PLC and HMI code for high speed vial capping machines for Merck & Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and others. o Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site. • Non-Pharmaceutical Industries: o Led staff of 3 engineers and 2 designers in the development of control systems in the food and snack food, material handling, waste water management, automotive, steel, glass and fiberglass, building products, packaging and labeling, and personal care product industries. o Mentored others in project management, hardware design, system documentation, software development, panel design and fabrication, field troubleshooting, system start-ups and commissioning, and client personnel training. o Developed the logic to accurately control the speed regulation of sheeting conveyor lines for cookie, cracker and other sheeted conveying systems. o Wrote code to control temperature, pressure, humidity and material flow. o Wrote code to categorize data for SCADA retrieval. o Designed control schemes to comply with safety codes. • These projects required the integration of equipment from vendors like Allen-Bradley (all PLC’s, HMI’s, MCC’s, VFD and DC drives, industrial control devices, etc.), Siemens (Step 7 PLC’s, HMI’s, VFD drives, industrial control devices, etc.), WonderWare, Modicon, Eaton, Westinghouse and GE switchgear and power transformers, and several Japanese PLC systems and HMI’s.

o Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site.

Engineering Manager (direct position) • Establish good engineering principles for the design and fabrication of control panels and systems. • Reviewed work of designers and engineers for accuracy and completeness of work. • Mentor junior engineers in the execution of their duties regarding electrical design and programming tasks. • Standardized hardware and software used in the systems designed and implemented in the control scheme. - Sr. Electrical Engineer (contract position) • As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work. • Developed specification documents for panel fabrication and fiber optic hardware requirements for municipality water and wastewater data acquisition infrastructure. • Responsible for site visits to client facilities to troubleshoot system, programming and design issues. One client in particular needed engineering troubleshooting assistance for their maintenance personnel to locate and diagnose component failures. Combined clients plant HMI system from two separate application programs into one application program on a server based Allen-Bradley RSView SE package HMI with redundant servers and seven clients and two thin clients. - • Updated drawings in AutoCAD, designed control systems. - • Designed automated conditioning and control systems with Siemens hardware and software - PLC S7, Simatic MultiPanel HMI, WinCCFlex, MicroMaster VFD and associated I/O, relays, circuit breakers, power supplies, etc. - PLC Design – Pennsylvania 1986 - 2008 Systems Integrator - self-employed • Pharmaceutical Industry: o Developed control systems for pharmaceutical Consumer Products.? Wrote PLC and HMI codes for: 2 autoclave systems; batching operations for the manufacture of cough elixir product; various processes related to the manufacture of the Tylenol gelcap product; designed the electrical control system for the R&D line converting the Tylenol caplet to appear like the gelcap product after the tampering incident. o Designed the electrical control system and control panels for a vial washing/sterilization machine process. Machine built and tested in the USA, integrated into a Bosch vial filling line in Germany with final assembly at Smith-Kline in Belgium. o Wrote PLC and HMI code for high speed vial capping machines for Merck & Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and others. o Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site. • Non-Pharmaceutical Industries: o Led staff of 3 engineers and 2 designers in the development of control systems in the food and snack food, material handling, waste water management, automotive, steel, glass and fiberglass, building products, packaging and labeling, and personal care product industries. o Mentored others in project management, hardware design, system documentation, software development, panel design and fabrication, field troubleshooting, system start-ups and commissioning, and client personnel training. o Developed the logic to accurately control the speed regulation of sheeting conveyor lines for cookie, cracker and other sheeted conveying systems. o Wrote code to control temperature, pressure, humidity and material flow. o Wrote code to categorize data for SCADA retrieval. o Designed control schemes to comply with safety codes.

Drive Systems: Allen-Bradley, Siemens, Toshiba, and several others

An experienced Automation Engineer with personnel and project management skills and extensive knowledge of programming, troubleshooting and debugging of Allen-Bradley/Siemens Step 7/Do-More & C-More PLC/HMI systems who is professional, capable of working independently or as part of a team.

HMI Systems: Allen-Bradley (ME & SE), Siemens, WonderWare, C-More - • Wrote company drafting, HMI screen PLC development and control panel fabrication specifications. - • As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work. • Responsible for site visits to client facilities to troubleshoot system, programming and design issues. One client in particular needed engineering troubleshooting assistance for their maintenance personnel to locate and diagnose component failures. Combined client's plant HMI system from two separate application programs into one application program on a server based Allen-Bradley RSView SE package HMI with redundant servers and seven clients and two thin clients.

o Led staff of 3 engineers and 2 designers in the development of control systems in the food and snack food, material handling, waste water management, automotive, steel, glass and fiberglass, building products, packaging and labeling, and personal care product industries.

• Designed automated conditioning and control systems with Siemens hardware and software - PLC S7, Simatic MultiPanel HMI, WinCCFlex, MicroMaster VFD and associated I/O, relays, circuit breakers, power supplies, etc. o Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site. • These projects required the integration of equipment from vendors like Allen-Bradley (all PLC’s, HMI’s, MCC’s, VFD and DC drives, industrial control devices, etc.), Siemens (Step 7 PLC’s, HMI’s, VFD drives, industrial control devices, etc.), WonderWare, Modicon, Eaton, Westinghouse and GE switchgear and power transformers, and several Japanese PLC systems and HMI’s.

Systems Integrator – (self-employed) Air Liquide, Inc. – Mt. Bethel, Pennsylvania - October 2018 to April 2019 Systems Integrator (contract position) Engineering and design of a gas cylinder drying oven control system with the programming of a Siemens S7-1500 PLC and Siemens Comfort Panel HMI using TIA Portal software (V15.1). Main objectives of the project are to: Integrate the oven vendor's controls into the overall gas cylinder drying controls; Integrate Cognex bar code scanner into the PLC controls; Integrate a vacuum pump vendor's unit into the overall control scheme; Ensure that the gas cylinders meet the cleanliness and dry state requirements; Engineering and design of a gas monitoring safety control system with the programming of a Siemens S7-1500 Safety PLC and Siemens Comfort Panel HMI using TIA Portal software (V15.1). Main objectives of the project are to: Integrate numerous vendors gas monitors, particle sensors and other devices into a safety Siemens PLC; Integrate the PLC controls into a Siemens server for data storage and retrieval; Initiate warnings and alarms per the desired control scheme; Verify system reaction to alarm conditions per an interlock matrix; System startup and commissioning. Seraphim, Inc. – Jackson, Mississippi - April 2018 to September 2018 Systems Integrator (contract position) Reverse engineer a Chinese made solar panel fabrication machine using Omron PLCs, Beckhoff PLC with Delta servo drives, Panasonic servo drives, Chinese HMI, Chinese VFD, Chinese vision system, Epson robot and numerous other components from manufacturers around the world. Main objectives of the project are to: Gain an understanding of the current machine controls; Simplify these controls where possible; Revamp the HMI with an American made unit; Make the screens more user friendly and flow better, particularly the alarm screen to provide a detailed and understandable description of the alarms when they are triggered; Document the PLC programs with understandable language that correctly correlates the logic to the components or process that is being controlled; Trace the physical wiring built into the machine in order to develop electrical schematic drawings of what is actually there. Mentor operators and maintenance personnel to better understand the functions of the machine and the process. Rondo Automation = Troy, MI Resolved issues at a diesel manufacturing plant in Mississippi. These issues consisted of wrong code execution based on process input, incorrect logic failing to execute required code and erroneous messages displayed on the process HMI. Proterra Recycling Systems, LLC – Ruskin, FL: Developed control systems for conveying / recycling systems. Write PLC and HMI codes for the automatic start / stop and control of conveyor systems and other control operations in recycling plants. Designed the electrical control, instrumentation and burner control system and wrote computer code to control the drying process and the movement of product through the drying chamber for hemp plant and landscaping wood mulch drying. Ceres Technologies, Inc. – Saugerties, NY Writing of computer code controlling the process of heating tin for the purposes of injecting the metal, once turned into a plasma, onto the computer wafer chip to make the electrical connection between transistors in the integrated circuits on the wafers. Automated Integration – Brandon, FL Review submitted engineering documentation – equipment selections, drawing accuracies, engineering calculations, etc. – relating to the gathering of process data from the waste water facility and transferring that data via telemetry to the overall system control base station. McKim & Creed – Clearwater, FL Writing of Siemens PLC code (TIA Portal V15.1) to set up communications with and control a smart energy valve via BACnet and write code for an eWON Flexy 205 unit using eWON's ViewON software package whereby clients can view parameters within the PLC relating to the operation of the energy valve via their smart phone, tablet or notepad device.

Establish good engineering principles for the design and fabrication of control panels and systems. Reviewed work of designers and engineers for accuracy and completeness of work. Mentor junior engineers in the execution of their duties regarding electrical design and programming tasks. Standardized hardware and software used in the systems designed and implemented in the control scheme. Estimated project costs and prepared project proposals. Coordinated work schedules between the engineering group and the panel fabrication group. Wrote company drafting, HMI screen, PLC development and control panel fabrication specifications. Wrote numerous PLC & HMI programs from scratch: RSStudio5000 (ControlLogix & FTView SE), Automation Direct PLC & HMI (Do-More PLC & C-More HMI).

Sr. Electrical Engineer (contract position) - May 2014 – March 2015 As Senior Electrical Engineer, assigned to perform electrical engineering design work, AutoCAD design, conduit and cable schedule design, and PLC and HMI programming work. Developed specification documents for panel fabrication and fiber optic hardware requirements for municipality water and wastewater data acquisition infrastructure. Responsible for site visits to client facilities to troubleshoot system, programming and design issues. One client in particular needed engineering and troubleshooting assistance for their maintenance personnel to locate and diagnose component failures. Combined client's plant HMI system from two separate application programs into one application program on a server based Allen-Bradley FTView SE package HMI with redundant servers and seven clients and two thin clients. Sr. Electrical Engineer (direct position) - June 2015 - January 2017 In addition to the previous duties while a contractor at DcR, also became involved in site investigations for the purposes of developing project scope and cost proposals. Reviewed work of designers and other engineers for accuracy and completeness of work. Performed voltage drop calculations of feeder cables and load centers at a trash to energy conversion site. Performed arc flash and short circuit analysis studies using SKM software for several clients. Wrote several PLC (ControlLogix & CompactLogix) & HMI (FTView ME and SE) programs.

Contract position. Updated drawings in AutoCAD, designed control systems. Modified /wrote PLC (Allen-Bradley RS Logix 5, 500 and 5000) and HMI (WonderWare) codes. Engineered control systems for facilities processing orange juice as well as systems associated in support of these processes. Responsible for control panel fabrication specification document used within PPT for panel fabrication.

Designed automated conditioning and control systems with Siemens hardware and software - PLC S7, Simatic MultiPanel HMI, WinCCFlex, MicroMaster VFD and associated I/O, relays, circuit breakers, power supplies, etc. As lead engineer, revamped the format for schematic drawings to make them easier to understand. Wrote control panel fabrication specifications to develop a new integrated control enclosure into the gas cabinets structure for several of their product lines, Revamped and restructured Siemens PLC and HMI program codes. Developed and commissioned process control systems for chip wafer fabrication. Wrote numerous project, equipment and test procedure manuals.

Pharmaceutical Industry: Developed control systems for pharmaceutical Consumer Products. Wrote PLC and HMI codes for: 2 autoclave systems; batching operations for the manufacture of cough elixir product; various processes related to the manufacture of the Tylenol gelcap product; designed the electrical control system for the R&D line converting the Tylenol caplet to appear like the gelcap product after the tampering incident. Designed the electrical control system and control panels for a vial washing/sterilization machine process. Machine built and tested in the USA, integrated into a Bosch vial filling line in Germany with final assembly at Smith-Kline in Belgium. Wrote PLC and HMI code for high speed vial capping machines for Merck & Company, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and others. Engineered systems requiring electrical design (schematics: power and control, control panel layout and communications network design and layout), writing PLC and HMI codes, specialty equipment program design and implementation and documentation, HMI screen operation description documentation, writing of validation documents, troubleshoot and test and commission equipment operation on the shop / test floor and then finally startup and commissioning at the end user site. Non-Pharmaceutical Industries: 90% of this work was performed in the Food / Snack Food industry, the vast majority for Reading Bakery Systems – Robesonia, PA First major projects were for end clients in the manufacture of pretzel products. Later this was expanded to include sheeted products for clients in the cookie, cracker and related products industries. The production lines for these clients included formulation processes for the making of the dough, dough distribution operations, dough extrusion processes, various baking oven and kiln controls, conveying systems control, temperature control and instrumentation associated with these systems. Led staff of 3 engineers and 2 designers in the development of control systems in the food and snack food, material handling, waste water management, automotive, steel, glass and fiberglass, building products, packaging and labeling, and personal care product industries. Mentored others in project management, hardware design, system documentation, software development, panel design and fabrication, field troubleshooting, system start-ups and commissioning, and client personnel training. Developed the logic to accurately control the speed regulation of sheeting conveyor lines for cookie, cracker and other sheeted conveying systems. Wrote code to control temperature, pressure, humidity and material flow. Wrote code to categorize data for SCADA retrieval. Designed control schemes to comply with safety codes. These projects required the integration of equipment from vendors like Allen-Bradley (all PLC's, HMI's, MCC's, VFD and DC drives, industrial control devices, etc.), Siemens (Step 7 PLC's, HMI's, VFD drives, industrial control devices, etc.), WonderWare, Modicon, Eaton, Westinghouse and GE switchgear and power transformers, and several Japanese PLC systems and HMI's.