Brendan — Controls Engineer

Controls Engineer/ Electrician, Dominion Technologies – Roseville, MI 2020-Present Lead electrician and controls support for Dominion Technologies on the installation of Headlight and Wheel Alignment process in D2 Jeep/Chrysler assembly plant  Electrician support for Dominion Technologies on the installation of various fluid fill systems at D2 Jeep/Chrysler assembly plant including: air, fuel, oil, washer, transmission, coolant, and brake fluid Controls Engineer, Wayne Trail - Fort Lormie OH 2019-2020 Lead controls developer for various equipment sold by Wayne Trail of Lincoln Electric. Primary systems include: Siemens based Transfer System tooling for stamping equipment, and Rockwell based Destacker tooling for stamping equipment  With my help the Siemens based transfer system was able to catch up on a 3 week schedule deficit, and Wayne Trail acquired a new standardized program for future customer applications  Controls support and validation for processes including: spot weld cells, MIG weld cells, axle coupling station, door palletizing station, engraver station, and various stamping equipment previously installed at other old customer facilities for retrofit Controls/ Process Engineer, Autoneum - Jeffersonville IN 2018-2019 Controls support for production/retrofitting at Tier 1 Automotive company Autoneum; specializing in steam molding, non-woven fiber manufacturing, and various carpet lining  AOI developer for various plant needs in fiber, steam molding, and wheel liner processes  Redesigned parameters logically and mechanically for fiber process to help reduce downtime events by 9% monthly at the time of my departure Controls Engineer, BMW - Spartanburg SC 2016-2018 PLC controls team leader validating the safety programming in an entire separate accessory Body Shop called the G05* line  Production/integration PLC support at BMW and surrounding Tier 1 facilities leading into and following full buyoff of the G01 and G05 Body Shop production lines  Function Block developer for various plant needs in Body Shop, Paint Shop and Assembly  During my time at BMW overall production averages went from 15% volume target per shift to 85% volume target per shift across all lines, and fault/warning tracking over SQL servers went from 4 Million messages per day to 200 Thousand per day ADDITIONAL SKILLS  I have expertise in software and hardware integration for: iNOS, and Keyence vision devices, Visicon Cameras/Lasers; Bosch, KUKA, ABB, and FANUC weld controllers; SEW, Allen- Bradley, and Siemens Drives; ABB, and KUKA SafeMove; Atlas Copco, and Cleco torque controllers; SMC, and FESTO pneumatics equipment; SICK safety equipment, SICK encoders and scanners; Java and Visual Basic programming applications, and Windows PC System integration into process applications