Dan — Controls Engineer

I was a full time employee of GM out of Ypsilanti Hydramatic, turned GM Powertrain, now shut down. That was 1986-1992 COOP for GMI to full time. While there I had projects at Muncie, IN, Toledo, OH and Windsor Ontario (Canada) all Hydramatic plants. I have been in the Oklahoma City assembly plant Flint assembly and Pontiac assembly in 1995 writing maintenance manuals, Saturn plant 1998 installing wheelhouse and floor pan lines (GE fanuc 9070 controller with GE Fanuc robots), Morine OH assembly 1999 for the year 2000 project and the most recent contact I've had working with GM was writing code for ATS building a battery line for GM China using Allen Bradley with TIA portal HMI and writing the PLC code using GM specifications 2016. In addition, I have done a couple of projects at Nissan in Smyrna, TN, Elevated slat 2014 (GE fanuc 9030 with GE drives GE HMI), Leaf mini spare (AB compactlogix & RFID) 2015 and a seat line in 2016 (GE Fanuc 9070 Cimplicity HMI). I most recently worked on a project up at Harley Davidson Powertrain for Head Assembly (AB Controllogix Factorytalk HMI) 2017 and then asked to stay on for a second project Robotic buffer cell between head assembly and final assembly.

AUTOMATICODE 5/12 to Present Contract Engineer Nashville, TN Contracted to Automation Nth Contracted to Harley Davidson held over for 2nd project Contracted to Bridgestone Corporate Contracted to Wright Industries Contracted to Wright Industries 2nd project Contracted to Bridgestone Corporate 2nd project Contracted to ATS Reviewed I Love Juice electrical. Designed the Church Street Lofts electrical renovation 301-305 and stamped Designed The Grilled Cheeserie electrical system and stamped Designed The Frothy Monkey electrical system and stamped Designed Tire Manufacturing Systems for Bridgestone using ACAD Electrical 2013, Visual Basic 2010 and Control Logix 5000 V20.01. Part of a team to manage the installation of 6 tire manufacturing systems in Aiken, SC. Wrote the electrical RFQ sent to electrical installation contractors. Wrote the Software RFQ sent to PLC software designers. Assisted with install and debug of 4 electronic cigarette lines. Assisted in software development and implementation of Valve's new Steam controller. Supervised Demo project for Bridgestone in Wilson, NC. Developed and debugged software for ATS building a battery line being installed in China. Redesigned, build and installed Electrode adder system. Run in an Indiana steel mill for over a year. IMPULSE ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS 3/12 to 4/12 Contract Engineer Mt. Juliet, TN Designed Assembly Line Systems. Developed Bill Of Materials, used ACAD to draw prints, used GE Proficy software to program the GE PLC and GE Cimplicity to develop the HMI. EWB ENGINEERING 8/11 to 3/12 Senior Engineer Hendersonville, TN Managed arc-flash projects. Decreased the time to write arc-flash final reports by 50%. Wrote a Visual Basic program to translate a GE – Proficy PLC program into an Allen-Bradley Control Logix Program. ZELEDYNE (sold to Central Glass of Japan, Carlex) 10/10 to 7/11 Controls Engineer Nashville, TN Developed a project to increase machine uptime by 20% Managed the project to increase uptime by 25%. Tasks included changing the PLC program to follow a sequence so the machine has to follow its steps and will not skip steps, automatic re-sequencing and having the machine identify why it stopped, when it stops. Trained Controls Engineers and Operators to do specific tasks such as changing robot pick/place points, troubleshooting using the PLC, and specific start up procedures Trained Operators to use new tools to easily do their job. This helped push responsibility for machine up time to the operator level reducing downtime by 18%. PREMIER SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS 9/08 to 10/10 Controls Engineer Smyrna,TN Contracted to Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure located at the Pine Bluff Arsenal in Arkansas. Computer program changes to Allen-Bradley RSLogix5000 and RS-View "SE" And "ME" software. (Control Logix PLC's) Added over 20,000 lines of code to simplify the operation and automate the assembly of white phosphorous munitions as well as display pertinent data and troubleshooting information. Created and implemented a concept to double production rate versus original machine design. Created a Total Productive Maintenance package Created a Preventative Maintenance program with easy to use reset process. UNIVERSAL SAFETY RESPONSE 5/07to 8/08 Senior Engineer Franklin, TN Hired to create electrical controls prints for Ground Retractable Barriers. Developed a project to standardize the development of the electrical package Managed the electrical standardization project. When complete, the time to develop the electrical package was reduced by 3 days. Created a new process to design the electrical package for a GRAB-SP. Had the PLC code re-written to simplify and standardize the program to accommodate a wide variety of GRAB-SP systems. Developed a standardized parts list to simplify inventory and ease of designing new enclosures to UL and NEC specifications. Wrote a Visual Basic program to automate the development of the PLC I/O list, PLC program, the Sequence of Operation, the Testing and Certification Plan, the Bill of Material including consumables broken out into device/panel, and the ACAD 2008 Electrical Schematics. This program resulted in a 3 week reduction of design time. Brought UL procedures into the panel shop and got the shop approved to build UL panels Hired and managed 3 engineers and 2 draftsmen PREMIER SYSTEMS INTEGRATORS 6/06 to 4/07 Maintenance Engineer Smyrna, TN Contracted to Rockwell International and AK Steel, Middletown, OH. PLC program changes to Square D, Allen-Bradley, and Modicon controllers. In charge of troubleshooting all electrical devices in the steel castor plant, and maintaining all electrical instrumentation. With a 50% turnover rate of contractors, assisted in training new contractors. Suggest/submit process improvements with plans, time line, personnel, and costs. AFME (Automated Factory and Manufacturing Engineering) Controls Engineer Nashville, TN Used lean production techniques to develop machine start-up processes. Efficiently modularized PLC programming to decrease machine start-up time. Developed the GP-12 inspection process. Supervised a three-shift operation. Trained, monitored, and oversaw 56 employees, including three team leads. Developed an easy to view GP-12 manual to support the GP-12 inspection process. Organized a part process flow chart with bar codes, inventory scheduling, and logistics. Consulted with executive management on a variety of task management issues including employee skill level, future planning, and skill gap training to allow for smooth implementation of new technologies.