Roman — Sr Controls Engineer

FANUC VisLoc

Sr Controls Engineer (contract) for OEM's and tier 1 suppliers. Allen Bradley controls, FANUC/ABB/ MOTOMAN/KUKA/ ETC. robotics, Cognex/VisLocIR vision. For automotive/manufacturing industry 2004 to 2008 Field Service Engineer - ABB, FANUC, MOTOMAN, KUKA, AB PLC's • Provide customer service in the areas of programming, systems integration, troubleshooting of process and system related problems and training of customer engineers and technicians. • Perform mechanical, electrical and software upgrades. • Familiar with several applications, ie. Welding (metals and plastics), Plastics (injection & blow molding), Material Handling, Cutting/Machining, Dispensing and Painting, Assembly.

Ford Motor Company; Louisville KY (LAP) (2016 - 2017) Maintenance Process Coach Paint • Direct, monitor and provide support to Skilled Trade employees utilizing their knowledge, skills, and ability to minimize production down-time during challenging maintenance issues. • Collaborate with the Maintenance Manager and Maintenance Engineer to ensure the Preventive Maintenance Program is in a state of continuous improvement. • Address Safety Issues with the required skilled trades to correct and rectify situations that directly impact the safety of all employees, contractors, vendors, and visitors. • Schedule repair of material handling containers to support organization's production objectives and goals.

Reliability Engineer • Responsible for production support, downtime root cause analysis and continuous improvement for GM Powertrain Precision Sand - Plant2. • FANUC R30iA, FANUC VisLocIR & Cognex vision systems, AB ControlLogix 5000 PLC's. • Directly responsible for downtime elimination/uptime OEE, process changes yielding in better throughput and process flow, directing OEM's to include FANUC onsite techs and cross training all GM electricians in the core dept., castline dept. and the finishing dept.

Responsible for production support. Poke Yoke continuous improvements on presses, welding cells and assembly cells. • New product launch door hinge and liftgate hinge cells using FANUC RJ3iB, FANUC vislocIR vision systems, ControlLogix 5000 PLC. • Maintain part assembly rate of 1part every 6 seconds.

Plant consolidation, contracted for removal of equipment from Fostoria Ohio location and installing at their Danville machining plant. • Responsibilities included wiring, hardware (PLC, robots, vision), software, tooling and run-at-rate.

Bowling Green, OH (2008 - 2010) Maintenance Electro-Mechanical Robotics • Provide production support on FUKUI tandem stamping line w/Motoman press tending robots. • Support Komatsu and ASAI stand-alone stamping presses. • Support spot weld assembly cells w/ABB S4 robots, NACHI robots and FANUC RJ3ib robots. • Support and update Quality Control systems to include Vision and Poke Yoke systems. • Complete PM's as well as building maintenance. • Member of Health and Safety team

As maintenance supervisor, assign work orders and evaluate completed work orders and completed projects. Ensure preventive maintenance (PM's) is performed correctly and in a timely manner. • Coordinate maintenance timelines with production schedules. • As engineer, support off-shift production project planning, implementation and completion. • Mechanical and electrical troubleshooting on all Motoman and NACHI robotic systems, Mitsubishi PLC's and servo driven equipment. • Program and production efficiency in the areas of robotics, PLC's and tooling

Responsible for robotic productivity, controls development and continuous improvement, robotic integration for all new cells and troubleshooting of current automated equipment. • Implemented in-house robotic training for engineering technicians and maintenance technicians in the areas of mechanical, electrical, programming and troubleshooting for MRC and XRC Motoman units. • Member of SIX SIGMA team

1998 to 2000 Provide customer service in the areas of programming, systems integration, troubleshooting of process and system related problems and training of customer technicians and engineers. • Perform all mechanical and electrical repairs and upgrades. • Primary for Ohio and secondary for Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania. • Trained in Japan for 4 months on the Taikai project for Honda and Toyota customer support.

• Launched the Dodge Dakota and the Dodge Durango lines. • Supervised a team that installed, programmed and maintained over 200 ABB S3 and S4 generation robots for material handling and welding for sequential line feeds. • Aided in the continuous improvement of weld quality. • Performed all robotic and servo equipped mechanical and electrical repairs

• Launched the Plymouth Prowler project. • Part of a team that programmed the KUKA robots to weld the all aluminum automotive frame. • Used CMM data to make fixture adjustments to bring the frame dimensions within tolerances. • Tracked incoming raw materials. • Department supervisor for day shift. • Familiar with the KAIZAN rules and principles for production efficiency