Andrew — Controls Engineer

Maintenance and Maintenance Management experience in Automotive OEM, Tier 1 and Plastics environment

Experience trouble shooting hydraulic blow molding machines as well as hydraulic stamping and welding presses and a multitude of smaller systems as well.

Experienced in Mig welding, Spot welding, Mig brazing, Laser brazing automated processes. Ability to Stick and Mig weld from a maintenance aspect as well.

15+ years trouble shooting electrical, mechanical and programming problems.

Machine tool electrical

Responsible for all facets of business unit operations. Supervising over 160 team members across 3 shifts utilizing shift leaders, area leads. Including Quality engineering, Assembly engineering, Controls engineers and maintenance staff. Targeted interviewing, Performance reviews, organizing projects and PM's within the production schedule. Support new program launches. Encourage safe work practices. Interface with customers, vendors and material suppliers to insure the order of proper materials. Review and approve all purchase orders to insure cost, quality and necessity. Maintain a continuous improvement process. Adhere to customer requirements.

Responsible for operations of the Maintenance department, Supervising 40 maintenance staff members across 3 shifts utilizing 3 maintenance area leads. of maintenance activities, Ordering parts, Organizing projects and PM's within the production schedule. New hire targeted interviewing, performance reviews. Support new program launches. Encourage safe work practices. Interface with vendors and material suppliers to insure the order of proper materials. Review and sign all purchase orders to insure cost, quality and necessity. Maintain a continuous improvement process. Adhere to customer requirements.

Responsible for day to day operations of the Maintenance department, Supervising 3 shifts of maintenance activities, New hire targeted interviewing. Ordering parts, Organizing projects and PM's within the production schedule. Support new program launches. Encourage safe work practices. Interface with vendors and material suppliers to insure the order of proper materials. Review and sign all purchase orders to insure cost, quality and necessity. Maintain a continuous improvement process. Adhere to customer requirements.

Responsible for daily production Support. Update, modify and continuously improve existing controls systems. Create maintain and keep current all data bases on control, robotic, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems. Coordinate with engineering and maintenance on existing machine controls modifications. Design and develop new machine controls including PLC, robotic, electrical as well as fluid and air power systems. Adhere to customer requirements.

Recognized for completing projects on time and per customer specifications. Position often requires 12 hour shifts or longer, on call responsibility. Scope of responsibility included Start-up, debugging, maintenance and customer training of automated robotic and mechanical welding systems. Other responsibilities included but were not limited to software design/debug for PLC's and HMI's. Provided controls engineering, production support and maintenance services at Ford Motor Company and Daimler Chrysler production, plants across the continental U.S.and Mexico. Projects included: • Daimler Chrysler, St. Louis 2009 RT project for robotic welded assembly of mini van and truck lines. • Ford Motor Company – Cuautitlan Mexico for robotic welded body assembly of 2010 Ford Fusion. Kentucky truck plant for 2009/2010 F-series truck body assembly machines, Buffalo stamping.

Surpassed all goals for design time, installation/start-up and cycle time for customers. Frequently selected to supervise and coordinate multiple trades during installation projects. Promoted from an entry-level controls tech to controls engineer. Provided leadership and direction in the assembly, installation, start-up and debugging of automated systems at production plants throughout North America. Responsible for writing, debugging logic and following mechanical line-ups and customer specifications. Coordinated projects through all phases: Concept, floor debug, field installation and machine upgrade kit installation. Representative projects included: Tower Project – Installation, debugging and support of robotic welding, material handling systems. • Rheem Mexico Plant – Installation, debugging and support of servo skirt press and seam weld system. • Ford Motor Company – Installation, debugging and support of underbody lift-and-carry robotic welding/material handling/sealing systems. • AZ Automotive – Installation, debugging and support of front undercarriage MIG weld system. • Ford Motor Company, Kentucky Truck Plant – Installation of underbody system and new model kits. • Ford Motor Company, Buffalo Stamping Plant –Installation and support of plant cycle time upgrade kits.

Wired fixture/tooling/magnetic and high/low voltage applications according to electrical drawings as well as troubleshooting and debugging of electrical systems. Programming of material handling, sealing and spot welding robots on various Ford Motor Co. product launches.

Maintained Plastic blow molding machines and upstream/downstream systems such as conveyors labelers, trimmers, grinders, raw and finished material delivery systems, leak detection systems, elevators, boxmakers, hot glue systems, ink jet systems. Involved in line change overs and new equipment installations as well as plant projects for cycle time and increased production volume. Other duties were maintenance,repair and installation of hydraulic, pneumatic systems and devices.