Engineer Electrical

BRUCE W. THERIAULT, PE

* ***** **** . ******, ** 04250

Tel 207-***-**** (mobile) . email: ******@**********.***

URL: http://www.linkedin.com/in/brucetheriault

Senior Controls and Instrumentation Engineer:

Industrial Machinery, Systems, Networking and Facilities

Solutions and results oriented professional offering a strong balance

between technical capabilities and business requirements. Possesses 23+

years of experience contributing to performance, growth and profitability

of diverse organizations. Capitalize on expertise and experience in

contemporary technical solutions with practical insights to benefit process

improvement, business enhancement and day-to-day operations to obtain

business goals and objectives. Valuable member of top-performing teams,

providing guidance, training and support needed to ensure on-time and

within-budget delivery of high-quality products and services.

Technical Leadership . Staff Training & Mentoring . Team Leadership &

Motivation

Process Improvement . Strategic Planning . Proposal Development

Client/Customer Service . Contractor Relations . Communication &

Interpersonal Skills

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Barber Foods, Portland, Maine ? 2001 - 2009

Senior Controls & Instrumentation Engineer

Designed and maintained controls from plant automation to simple machines

for processed chicken production, including developing complete plant

industrial network. Designed and helped install Phase 1 internal Waste

Water Treatment plant and Hydraulic Power plant. Redesigned all Meatroom

mixer controls for batch recipe download capability. Designed and built

Maintenance Training Lab and held weekly instruction for maintenance and

engineering personnel. Supervised maintenance techs in support of plant

equipment.

. Provided company with the skills and knowledge in-house that were

previously contracted, saving valuable time and money.

. Streamlined maintenance troubleshooting of equipment via self-designed

and installed controls network, reducing production downtime.

. Offered insights to management for potential operational benefits from

updating machine controls and communications to gain production increases

and downtime losses.

Diamond Phoenix Co., Lewiston, Maine ? 1999 - 2001

Controls & Instrumentation Engineer ? Network Administrator

Developed and implemented corporate electrical design, CAD and

manufacturing standards. Maintained LAN and supported computer user needs.

. Provided contemporary solution for a formerly vintage-design machine

control, offering substantial savings in production and startup as well

as enhanced marketing value.

. Enabled a business segment to maintain its customer base and value by

stepping in to continue the product line design and field support.

Automatic Handling Inc., Gorham, Maine (Formerly Engineering Design of

Maine)? 1993 - 1999

Controls & Instrumentation Engineer ? Network Administrator

Designed with CAD, assisted fabrication and lead installation and startup

crews on site. Maintained LAN and supported computer user needs.

. Enhanced engineering department with beneficial and needed experience and

expertise for machine control design.

. Mentored younger engineers with knowledge of industry standards, methods.

ADDITIONAL HISTORY

(Details provided upon request)

Electrical Engineer, Network Administrator - Neill and Gunter Limited,

Fredericton, N.B.

. Electrical/Controls Engineer on $100MM Sustained Shockwave Plasma

Reactor project, Singapore.

. Inhouse support for both 100 user and 10 user Novell/Arcnet LANs,

providing daily staff support in technical, training and programming

needs. Project supervision of $245,000 workstation and printer/

plotter equipment upgrade.

Instrumentation Engineer - Neill and Gunter Inc., Scarborough, Maine

. Manager for No. 6 Paper Machine dryer isolation valve automation,

Georgia Pacific Corp., Millinocket, ME.

. Instrumentation Engineer for twin black liquor recovery boiler rebuild

with Babcock & Wilcox at Georgia Pacific, Cedar Springs, GA.

. Electrical/Instrumentation Engineer for Cl2/ClO2 Bleach Plant scrubber

tower, Georgia Pacific Corp., Woodland, ME.

Instrumentation & Controls Engineer, Divisional Capital Plan - Mead

Imaging, Miamisburg, OH.

. Controls and Instrumentation for R&D Imaging Project, manufacturing

equipment.

Assistant Electric Shop Superintendent, Electrical & Instrumentation

Maintenance Engineer - Champion Papers, Hamilton, OH.

. Supervised maintenance shifts during special projects.

. Provided special maintenance service for advanced production

equipment.

. Organized and operated training classes for electricians.

High School Educator, Town of Rumford, Maine.

EDUCATION

University of Maine, Orono, ME. BSEE

Special project work in myoelectronics (biomedical engineering)

Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH, BM, Education

PROFESSIONAL ADVANCEMENTS

CERTIFICATION: Professional Engineer, Controls & Instrumentation

certification (PE), Maine, Docket #7884

INVENTIONS: Designed and manufactured 4 to 1 quadrature converter to

interface with CNC TRAK Command 3 axis controller, RE Machine & Retrofit,

Blue Ash, OH., No Patent. Designed, manufactured and marketed MIDI

convertor interfaces for PC sound/MIDI cards as CIE Services, No patent.

PUBLICATION: White Paper, "Providing a Safe and Secure Industrial to

Business Network Connection", Barber Foods.

RECOGNITION: Guest panelist at Rockwell Automation RSTechEd 2009, Orlando,

FL. Topic: "Manufacturing Data Collection & Reporting"

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