Project Manager Engineer

DONALD M. REED

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Home: 602-***-****

Phoenix, AZ 85029

Cell 602-***-****

e-mail: *******@***.***

Qualifications

Maintenance Engineer/Project Manager with nineteen years product, design,

and systems engineering experience the high technology capital equipment

industry, encompassing:

. Project Manager responsible for creation and execution of an annual

Capital Expenditures plan valued at over $42MM, comprised of forty-

seven projects, all accomplished on time and within budget.

. Instruction of electrical, pneumatic, and PLC controls systems and

troubleshooting techniques to technicians.

. Identification and completion of Resource Conservation projects,

resulting in approximately 20% savings in utilities costs (water,

electricity, natural gas) during first fiscal year.

. Project Manager in charge of upgrade/replacement of process piping

system on two production lines, including piping, heat exchangers,

electrical and instrumentation modifications and control systems

upgrades.

. Project Manager for complete rebuild of production line to include

filler/capper, conveyor system, bottle labeler, traypacker, and

palletizer in two week window, meeting TE goal of 78%.

. Implementation of diagnostic software with which to track equipment

downtimes, used to improve line efficiency.

. Acted as relief Engineering and Maintenance manager, during E&M

manager absence.

. Acted as Plant Electrical Engineer (Special Devices and Quaker Oats).

. Project Management of plant electrical upgrade, including main

transformers, electrical distribution panels, and MCCs for Quaker

Oats.

. Knowledgeable in NEC, NFPA and JIC standards.

. Creation of electrical and software standards for plants (Special

Devices and Quaker Oats, Tolleson)

EXPERIENCE

April 2009 to Present Project Engineer - Advanced

Project Services, Bogart GA

Field Engineer in charge of production line installation and customer

support. Responsibilities include project management, subcontractor

coordination, progress reports and systems design and programming. Projects

have included Fire Mitigation installations on large scale frying

production lines, and packaging line installations for the food industry.

September 2003 to April 2009 Project Engineer - Quaker Oats

Company

Tolleson, AZ

Project Engineer in charge of facilities and production line installation.

Responsibilities include project management and implementation including

large teams of diverse resources, municipality and vendor management,

assistance with equipment repair and improvement, software design and

debug, management of new equipment acquisitions. Projects have included

Increased Water feed lines for increased product capability, Reverse

Osmosis Water systems, Resource Conservation (Water, Electricity, Natural

Gas), Production Line installations including process piping,

Pasteurization process, conveyors, labeling equipment, packaging, and

automated pallet distribution for warehousing. Corporate interface for

projects including Warehouse build, Solar Power Installation, New Product

implementation, Foreign Equipment purchases and qualifications.

May 1997 to September 2003 Systems Engineer - Special

Devices, Inc.

Mesa, AZ

Manufacturing/Project engineer in charge of equipment operations for

manufacturing facilities in Mesa, Arizona and Sariburi, Thailand

incorporating in excess of 100 pieces of capital equipment. Duties include

design and/or design review of new equipment, software design of PLC,

Operator Interface and vision systems, design modification of existing

equipment, supervision of technical staff, and Project Management of new

equipment acquisitions. Projects include new equipment and production line

installations, New factory installations (Sariburi, Thailand), to include

injection molding equipment, explosive loading, automated welding

equipment, conveyors, and Electrical Testing Apparatus.

June 1995 to May 1997 Controls Engineer - Aerospec, Inc.

Chandler, AZ

Project Manager in charge of customer interface and contract negotiations.

Additional duties included electrical system design, man-machine interface

design and programming, pneumatic system design, specialized software for

PLC, stepper, and servo applications. Supervised installations at customer

sites, performed system debug and testing. Prepared and presented contract

proposals.

April 1994 to June 1995 Controls Engineer - Automated

Solutions, Inc.

Phoenix, AZ

Staff Engineer in charge of Control Systems Design and Programmable Logic

Controller software for the capital equipment industry, to include system

design, PLC programming, schematic development and implementation, circuit

and board design, system debug and test, customer acceptance, and

installation of equipment at customer sites.

October 1989 to April 1994 Product Engineer - Westech

Systems, Inc.

Phoenix, AZ

Engineer in charge of system design of silicon wafer polishers and

cleaners. Duties included new product design, schematic development and

implementation, circuit and board design, system debug and test, field

support, production/product support, product improvement, technical

documentation, customer acceptance, and equipment installation.

April 1976 to August 1987 Relief Manager - A. J. Bayless

Supermarkets.

Phoenix, AZ

Manager in charge of night shift. Duties included management of cashiers

and stock clerks, ordering of merchandise, building of end displays,

reconciliation of registers at end of shift, and making deposits.

September 2000 to Current Adjunct Faculty - Mesa Community

College

Mesa, AZ

Instructor in General Technology Department, teaching course GTC 209,

Automated Manufacturing. Course details introduction to PLC programming

and Total Preventive Maintenance.

EDUCATION

Arizona State University, 1989, Tempe, Arizona B. S.

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING,

CONTINUING EDUCATION

. Electrical Designs Standards Team, Westech Systems/SEMATECH

. Executive Problem Solving, SEMATECH

. Project Management Training, SEMATECH

. Team Membership Effectiveness Skills Training, SEMATECH

. G.E. Fanuc PLC Implementation and Applications, Southwestern

Automation Systems

. Servo-Systems Theory and Applications, Compumotor

. SMC Pneumatics Design Seminar, SMC-Phoenix

. Aromat PLC Programming Seminar, Phoenix Automation

. A/B SLC500 Programming Course, Allen - Bradley, Phoenix

. A/B PLC5 Programming Course, Allen - Bradley, Phoenix

. ADEPT Robotics/Vision Course, ADEPT, Cincinnati, Ohio

. Siemens Step 7 Programming Course, Brown Wholesale, Phoenix

. Allen Bradley Panelview design course, Border States Electric,

Phoenix

. Six Sigma training, Mesa, AZ

. NFPA 70E Electrical Safety Training, Tolleson, AZ

. Wonderware training, Scottsdale, AZ

. SAP training, Quaker Oats, Tolleson, AZ

. Early Management training, Quaker Oats, Chicago, IL

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