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Project Manager

Location:
Houston, TX, 77095
Posted:
October 07, 2010

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Bill Ingham

***** *. ****** *****, *******, TX **095

Home: 1-281-***-**** Email: abj1sc@r.postjobfree.com

Summary

A proficient and competent Engineering and Maintenance leader with unique

experience in project engineering and management, control system

instruction, and automation troubleshooting is seeking a position as a

Maintenance Manager or Superintendent in a manufacturing environment.

History of recognition as an organizational game-changer that is

recognized by both internal and external clients as having superb project

organization, engineering, management, and presentation skills, while

adhering to organizational budgetary constraints and KPI's.

Employment Experience

Yokogawa Corporation of America, Sugar Land, TX

SCADA / HMI Engineer 2010 to Present

Systems Technical Instructor II, 2007 to 2010

Programming, Engineering, and commissioning of control systems for

natural gas wells on a 1.5 million data point SCADA field for Oil and Gas

Majors. Individual project well implementation represents several

million dollars in project cost in a field of over 1500 wells. The

Engineering of a $230,000, Micro turbine, project to both reduce gas

emission of existing natural gas wells, and allow sites to run without

the need of grid power. The Engineering and Project Management of a

$240,000, CO2 removal, membrane project for the capture of sales gas

after initial frac of gas wells.

Technical Instructor for Engineering, System Administrators, and

Automation technicians on company IEC61131-3 PLC and SCADA system.

. Development of Java-based HMI for local interface of over 100 natural

gas wells.

. Record Project Delivery of Co2 removal plant control system in 8 weeks

from initial discussion (typical time is 32 weeks). Project produced

over $250,000 in client revenue in 21 days.

. Project Management experience from initial concept to complete

implementation.

. Independent course development of SCADA/PLC/RTU engineering training

courses resulting in over $500,000 revenue from 3 to 7 day developed

course modules.

. Instructor ability and presentation skills rated by external clients

as greater than 95% or exceptional on a scale of 0% to 100%

BMW Manufacturing Corporation, Greer, SC

Equipment Service Associate / Automation Technical Instructor 2001 to

2007

Main position as a leading automation troubleshooter for control systems

related to the production of the BMW X5 and Z4 vehicles 2001-2002 / 2004-

2007, and as a technical instructor of engineering, management, and

automation technicians on facility automation and controls between 2002 -

2004. Conceptualized and implemented innovative control systems changes,

and procedures for troubleshooting production automation and improving

production inefficiencies. Evaluated personnel, administered training

programs, and validated training paths for course attendees.

. Programming and troubleshooting of a diverse set of advanced

industrial automation and PLC control for the creation of BMW

vehicles.

. Created, and instructed numerous control systems courses in Sequential

Programming, Advanced Drives, and Feedback Devices. Focus group

consisted of engineering, systems troubleshooters, and line management

. Course creations reduced reliability on outside contractors for system

programming changes, and increased employees technical skill set,

making them more valuable to the organization.

. Automation uptime increased as core competency of course attendees

increased. Increased uptime resulted in greater company

profitability per produced product.

National Electrical Carbon Products, Mauldin, SC

Industrial Troubleshooter, 1996 to 2001

Initial development of real world industrial skill set in a manufacturing

and process environment. Beginning role as a Tool and Die apprentice,

followed by mechanical technician, electro-mechanical technician, PLC

programmer, and System Troubleshooter.

. Promoted from apprentice to a Lead independent system troubleshooter

within a 4 year time span. Diverse PLC experience on PLC controls from

AB, GE/Fanuc, Mitsubishi, etc

. Responsible for the safety and production capacity for a team greater

than 10 people.

. Member of project rebuilding team that modernized out-dated system

controls. Responsibilities included rebuild project budgets,

timelines, and priority setting to meet production deadlines for

rebuilt equipment.

Education and Training

B.S., Criminal Justice / PreLaw

Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC

Expected 2011

Industrial Automation Courses, 2000

Greenville Institute of Technology, Greenville, SC

Correspondence Courses in pursuit of BS, 2000

University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

Additional Skills

Remote Training Software : WebEx, Adobe Connect Pro, WebEx Training

Center, VNC, Remote Desktop

Virtualization Software: VMware with ACE Option Pack, VirtualBox,

VirtualPC

Capture Tools and CBT/WBT: CamTasia Suite, Snag-it, Captivate, Presenter,

Toolbook Instructor 9.5

Video / Sound Editing: Soundbooth, Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas Pro, Audacity

Advanced Microsoft Suite abilities, Microsoft Project, SharePoint 2007

Administration, InfoPath Forms.

Special Systems Training and Certificates

Current Training

Network+ Certification Expected 2011

Linux+ Certification Expected 2011

2009

Interactive Advantage, Swuanee, GA

Toolbook 9.5 Rapid Development with Simulation and Actions Editor

2007 to 2009

Yokogawa Training Center, Sugar Land, TX

CS3000 Engineering Certificate - DCS System

CENTUM VP Engineering Certificate - DCS System

ProSafe Engineering Certificate - SIL3 Safety System

Stardom Engineering Certificate - PLC System

FASTTools System Administrator Certificate - SCADA System

FASTTools System Architecture Certificate - SCADA System

Exaquantum Administrator Certificate - Historian System

Plant Resource Manager Certificate - Field Instrument Asset Manager

Control Station CSTuner Certificate - PID Loop Tuning

Foundation Fieldbus Certificate - End Devices Training

2001 to 2007

BMW Training Center, Greer, SC

SEW Eurodrive Certificate - VFD and Servo Drives

GML Programming and Sequential Control Certificate- VFD and Servo Drives

Allen Bradley PLC-5, SLC500, ControlLogix 5000 Certificate - PLC

Siemens Step 7 Controllers Certificate - PLC

Simatic WinCC - SCADA

Kuka Robotics Electrical Certificate - Robotics

Kuka Robotics Programming Certificate - Robotics

ABB Robotics Programming Certificate - Robotics

PILZ Programming Certificate - Safety PLC System



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