John S Godwin
Pinson, Alabama 35126
205-***-**** **********@***.***
OBJECTIVE: Seeking an industrial or process control engineering position with an emphasis on system
design, programming, and troubleshooting of Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC), Supervisory Control
and Data Acquisition (SCADA), robotic, and related industrial and process control systems.
SUMMARY
Safety minded Electrical Engineer with an extensive background and experience in management, multi-
craft maintenance, and installation of production machinery in a wide variety of manufacturing plants and
industries.
PROVEN ABILITIES
Business and Supervisory Management
• CEO and founder of manufacturing machinery installation and service business serving industrial
customers throughout the United States.
• Employed and managed 15 supervisors and technicians.
Electrical
• Experience programming, troubleshooting and optimizing PLC’s and ladder logic: Allen Bradley
SLC 500 and PLC-5, Fanuc VersaMax, and Siemens Simatic S5 product lines.
• Experience installing, troubleshooting and optimizing various variable-frequency (AC) drives, DC
drives, and motors.
• PID control and tuning experience.
• Extensive hands-on experience with a wide variety of analog and discrete industrial control
devices and sensors.
• Computer skills and languages include MS Office, Creo Elements/Pro parametric 3D CAD,
Maple, MATLAB, C/C++, Visual Basic, PBasic, Java, and Ruby (RoR)
Mechanical
• Extensive experience building, installing, and precision aligning production machinery. Related
skill sets include: millwrighting, rigging (forklifts and cranes), high voltage and control electrical
wiring, high-pressure piping, machining (mills and lathes), and transit work.
• Hydraulic, pneumatic, and machine maintenance, troubleshooting, and repair skills.
• Certified high-pressure steam pipe welder capable of using major welding processes (Stick, TIG,
MIG, and Flux-core) in all positions (6g) on ferrous and nonferrous metals
EXPERIENCE
Georgia-Pacific, Technician, Birmingham, AL 2004-2009
Industrial Support Group, CEO and Founder, Indianapolis, IN 1999-2004
Corrugated Engineering Services, Supervisor, Indianapolis, IN 1996-1999
Corrugated Engineering Services, Millwright/Welder Indianapolis, IN 1994-1996
EDUCATION
BS, Electrical Engineering (GPA 3.2), University of Alabama at Birmingham 2013
Combination Pipe & Multi-Process Welding (GPA 3.1), Hobart Institute of Welding Technology 1994
AFFILIATIONS
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, IEEE
American Radio Relay League, ARRL
FCC Registration Number 002*******, AK4UP
Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry, TAPPI
American Welding Society, AWS