Peter — Contract Controls Engineer

ACTION GRAPHIX: Jonesboro, AR: Engineering Manager of R& D (2000-20001) - Supervise Engineers in R & D and their projects, to provide help and make sure that each Engineer has all the resources needed to complete the job. - Monitored all R & D projects to ensure that time table and goals were meet. - Monitored expenditure to keep projects within budget. - Supervised contractors and company employees to ensure that needed material meet specifications and timetable. - Interfaced with customers/contractors to ensure there needs are meet. - Worked with venders to insure equipment will meet specifications, delivery times and costs are met. - Design electronic and mechanical systems using electric motors, sensors, Allen-Bradley and Keyence PLCs, embedded control systems, passive electronic components as well as discreet electronic components. - Determine weather proof housing for electronic components. - Design test fixtures and test procedures to increase the product quality. - Design equipment to improve quality and manufacture time. - Design control system for new Scrolling Signs for Sports Arenas, using embedded controller connected to a PC by Profibus and RS485

Gonzalez Production Systems: Pontiac MI: Contract Controls Engineer (February 15, 2016-June 3, 2016) - Design and program the Omron PLC to control a production line for Honda Mexico. - Design and program the safety PLC (Allen-Bradley) for the production line for Honda Mexico

Aditi (AMAZON.COM): Fort Worth TX: Contract Specialist (November 15, 2014-Febuary 28, 2015) - Perform Allen-Bradley PLC control level issue diagnosis using ladder logic and control vie HMI. - Use AutoCAD to review, develop and maintain electrical schematic and conveyor layout drawings. - Preform incident follow-up, root cause analysis and documentation. - Actively participate in the Control System SharePoint site development. - Document control system and equipment configuration changes and keep the documentation updated on the SharePoint

JAMES HARDIE BUILDING PRODUCTS: Cleburne, TX: Maintenance Engineer (2006-2007) - Provide technical support to maintenance personal and equipment operators. - Supervise venders to insure equipment will meet specifications, cast and delivery time. - Supervise contractors, company personal on the new construction and startup of new equipment. - Design equipment layout, write code as well as trouble shoot for an Allen-Bradley PAC-5000 (Controllogix) for a large volume ball mill. - Design electrical layout, wrote as well as trouble shoot for an existing Allen-Bradley PLC-5 Wonderware and Panelview systems. For scrap material process system using an existing dust collector, dust silo and feed conveyer. - Designed and supervised the construction of the, Power Distribution Panel and the Controller Panel for the scrap material process system. - Design and recommend equipment to improve the quality and efficiency of the production line. - Convert a paper to pulp mill from a Toshiba PLC to an Allen-Bradley PLC. - Provide AutoCAD drawing of designs

UNIFIX USA/NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY: Cleburne, TX: Electrical Engineer (2003-2006) - Supervised all electrical construction and installation of equipment for the four Unifix plants. - Determine layout, specify and supervised the construction of the Distribution system, Motor Control Center, Power Distribution Panels and the Controller Panels for the new plant, in Clinton - Determine layout, write code as well as trouble shoot for an Allen-Bradley Controllogix PAC- 5000 system to control manufacturing for the new plant in Clinton IN. - Supervise venders to insure equipment will meet specifications, cast and delivery time. - Develop new trouble shooting manuals for new/OEM equipment. - Evaluate the environmental conditions and make recommendation to keep the Unifix plants in compliance with federal, state and local regulations. - Design and supervise the installation of HMI systems using iFix, to improve the quality and provide better control of manufacturing processes. - Design and supervise the installation of a historical trending system using iHistory, to track quality and help maintenance with trouble shooting. - Design a safety system using existing Allen-Bradley PLCs and power control systems to preventing operators from getting trapped inside of an automatic board stacker. - Design control system using existing Allen-Bradley PLCs for high speed bulk vacuum feed system to feed raw material weigh up holding silos. - Design control system using existing Allen-Bradley PLCs, of bulk material weigh-up systems to accurately measure raw product. - Design control system using existing Allen-Bradley PLCs, liquid weigh-up system. - Provided AutoCAD drawing of designs. - Design control system using Allen-Bradley PAC 1769 (Compactlogix) of a conveying system to feed finished product to a stacking machine. - Determine and Evaluate equipment for improvements in the manufacturing. - Determine the specifications and recommend equipment for power feeds and distribution. NAT TURNER ENTERPRISES (ENGINEERING SERVICES): Garland, TX: Electrical Engineer

2001- 2003) - Interface with customer (construction contractors) to determine expectations and needs. - Determine power requirements, distribution systems, lighting, HVAC and other electrical needs for the customer’s projects. - Provide AutoCAD drawings to customers. - Help evaluate plumbing drawing specifications for customers. - Help determine the NEC requirements. - Made changes to electrical and plumbing drawing as needed. - Design control systems to meet customer needs

PAL SERVICES: Dallas, TX: Programmer/Controls Engineer (1999-2000) - Supervise employees and contractors in the installation of electrical plating lines. - Supervise employees and contractors to ensure Specifications are met. - Supervise the installation new equipment. - Interface with customers to make sure their needs are fully understood and met. - Design control systems to control electric motors, Servos, and solenoid valves, using Allen- Bradley PLCs, Servos, passive and discreet electronic components, to increase production, maintained high quality and reduced man-hours. - Design test systems and fixtures for electronic and mechanical systems, to insuring reliability of the systems. - Wrote Allen-Bradley PLCs codes, as well as trouble shoot electrical and mechanical systems

YZ INDUSTRIES INC: Snyder, TX: Electrical Engineer (1997-1999) - Evaluated any problems in manufacturing of electronics and determined the necessary steps for corrections, thus preventing losses in production and machine down time - Determine specification and calibrate data equipment for manufacturing. Thus ensuring high quality, improved production, and increased life of equipment. - Evaluate problems in the manufacturing of electronics components and determine the necessary steps for correct them, thus preventing losses in production and down time. - Determine specification and calibration data for equipment used by manufacturing. Thus ensuring high quality, improved production, and increase equipment life. - Determine the specifications of new and updated components, to insure high quality and improved production. - Design control systems using a Keyence PLCs and discreet electronic components, to control electric motors, Servos, and solenoid valves. Thus increasing production, maintaining high quality and reducing man-hours. - Supervise venders to insure equipment will meet specifications, delivery times as well as cast. - Design a fully automated quality inspection and calibration system for volume control devices. The system measured pressure, flow rate as well as volume to ensure accurate calibration and decreasing the calibration time. - Design test fixtures for electronic and mechanical systems to increase productivity

ATMOS/ENERGAS COMPANY: Lubbock/Dallas, TX Instrumentation Specialist (1988-1997) - Design and supervise the installation of networks for remote data collection as well as control and telemetering systems. To remotely monitor natural gas needs for cities on the company systems. Giving the company precise control and reduce operating cost. - Determine electrical power, weatherproof housing, environmental controls and networking requirements for remote control system. - Design and supervise the installation of an emergency backup generator and secondary computer system to ensure operations during emergency. - Supervise the installation of a remote telemetering system used for irrigation data collection. - Supervise contractors in the install of new equipment. - Design and supervise the instillation of a temperature controlled pressure booster for regulator stations. - Wrote a troubleshooting and maintenance manual, for training procedures of field personnel, to ensure the proper maintenance and repair of remote telemetering stations. - Work with venders to insure equipment will meet specifications, time of delivery as well as cast

BOWERS COMPANY: Lubbock, TX: Manufacturing Engineer (1982-1988) - Design a control system for a low water table irrigation system, to allow the reduced the load on the water table, but still allowed for complete water control of the orchard. - Design a control system for an automated molding machine. This allowed the molding machine to run in automated mode, on parts that required a releasing agent. - Evaluate any problems in manufacturing of electronics and determined the necessary steps for corrections, thus preventing loses in production time and machine down time. - Determine specification of equipment used by manufacturing, to ensured high quality, improved production, and increased life of equipment. - Determine the specifications for new and updated manufacturing components to maintain high quality and improve production. - Design systems to control electric motors, servos, and solenoid valves, using PCs, passive and discreet electronic components. Thus increasing production, maintaining high quality and reducing man-hours. - Design a maintenance schedule for equipment in the Manufacturing Department, to increase equipment’s life expectancy, prevent down time and eliminate equipment failure. - Design test fixtures to increase productivity. - Work with venders to insure equipment will meet specifications, time of delivery as well as cast. - Supervise contractors on the installation of new equipment and update equipment

C & W Services: Et Worth TS: Contract Controls Engineer (April 30 2018 - October 5, 2018) - Support Amazon Operation with Slam Line control systems. - Support Amazon Operation with sorter system.nts. - Trouble shoot system problem for Amazon

R & E Automated: Macomb MI: Contract Controls Engineer (June 20 2016- April 20, 2018) - Make software changes to controls systems for the Ford stamping plant as requyired by the new Ford standards. - Supervise the backup of all press control systems in each of the Ford stamping plants. - Provide training on backing up on each press control system in Ford stamping plants

R & E Automated: Macomb MI: Contract Controls Engineer (April 5, 2015-January 15 2016) - Provided support to new control systems and tooling for the Ford plant in Chicago IL and the Ford truck plant in Kansas City MO. - Debugging and making correction to PLCs control systems. - Increased efficiency of the both PLC and tooling. - Support the New Generation Automated Vehicle Sequence

ACRO (GENERAL MOTORS/BODY SHOP): ARLINGTON TX: Contract Engineer (November 5, 2012- June 29, 2014) - Preformed field checks on all regions of the plant. Consisting of reviewing AutoCAD drawings, PLC programs, to determining what equipment has been added or removed. Then make changes to AutoCAD drawings to reflect the changes to the plant. - Reviewed PLC programs and make the necessary changes that will allow the body shop to run more efficiently. - Supervise the installation of new/old equipment. - Preform trouble shooting on PLCs when required. - Trouble shooting and supervising the repair of equipment

BOWERS COMPANY: Lubbock TX: Contract Manufacturing Engineer (October 2008-November 2012) - Provide technical support for new and OEM equipment. - Determine the specifications and recommend equipment to meet plant needs and supervised the installation of equipment. - Worked with venders to insure that equipment will meet specifications, cast and delivery time. - Provide AutoCAD drawings. - Designed an automatic feeder using an embedded controller and a rotary cup feeder to dispense the precise amount of desired material. - Designed a control system using Allen-Bradley MicroLogix 1200 for an air/Vacuum table to handle and position for cutting large sheets of plastics and wood. - Designed an interface for injection molding machines using an Allen-Bradley Panelview 600 interface and MicroLogix 1200.

PACKLESS INDUSTRIES: Waco TX: Contract Electrical Engineer (January 2008- September 2008) - Determine the layout of the copper casting line, using AutoCAD. - Design and recommend equipment to modernize the copper casting line. - Supervised the installation of the copper casting line. - Design a backup control system using an existing Allen-Bradley PLC-5

ESTERLINE DEFENSE GROUP: Camden AR: Electrical Engineer (February 2007-November 2007) - Provide technical supports for all electrical aspects of the 65 year old facility. - Determine the specifications and recommend equipment to meet manufacturing needs. - Determine needs and supervised the installation a new lighting systems for the 65 year old plant. - Determine the specifications and recommend equipment to meet NEC for new distribution systems for the plants 65 year old facility. - Supervised the build and installation of new distribution panels and feed system for the 65 year old facility. - Determine the specification and recommend equipment to meet NEC and intrinsically safe for the 65 year old facility. - Design new equipment layout and supervise the installation of new equipment for handling extremely volatile material. - Determine equipment to improve the quality and efficiency of the production line. - Design control systems for volatile gas detection and removal system. - Design control system for a volatile material tumbler using an Allen Bradley SLC 5/03 PLC and PAC 1769 Compactlogix to control the process. - Supervise venders to insure equipment will meet specifications, cast and delivery time. - Trouble shooting and determine the failure of the embedded controllers, Allen-Bradley PLCs and Cutler-Hammer PLCs. - Provided AutoCAD drawing of designs