Engineer Electrical

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Fred Metzler

** ****** ***** **. **********, Oh. 45066

Home: 937-***-**** Cell: 513-***-**** email: ********.*****@*****.***

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Contract Engineer

Metzler Consulting LLC Springboro, Ohio (April 2002 – Present)

• Automation and control engineer for AK Steel’s hot mill providing continuous on-site

presence since April 2002. Expertise includes PLC’s, hydraulic and fluid controls, drive

control, instrumentation and measuring devices.

• Eliminated $125,000/month of operating costs by designing and installing new controls to

automatically detect production instability.

• Reduced production delays due to roll changes by 5% by optimizing PLC sequencing code

and preventing drive over-current conditions.

• Improved dimensional tolerances of final coil by modifying the automatic gauge control and

automatic flatness control for use with new X-Ray and laser gauges. Reduced flatness defect

standard deviation by 55%.

• Added special control features to improve quality for rolling stainless steel.

• Reduced lube oil losses by designing new PLC-based pump control, tank monitoring and

alarm system. Provided maintenance technicians with new HMI screens and alarms.

• Provided PLC training and technical leadership for electronic technicians.

• Identified need to reduce troubleshooting time for electrical technicians. Developed utilities in

Alpha computer to allow technicians to quickly identify PLC variables, I/O points, and code.

• Provided leadership to electrical supplier for the Control System and Computer Upgrade

Project and Integrated System Test at supplier’s factory.

Senior Application Engineer

GE Engineering Services Cincinnati, Ohio (Jan 2000 – April 2002)

• Resident GE engineer at AK Steel Co. Middletown. Prepared GE hot mill automation

specification and AK furnace bid specification.

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (cont)

Senior Systems Engineer

GE Industrial Systems Dept. Roanoke, Va. (Jan 1987 – Jan 1999)

• Developed system test procedures (Factory Acceptance Test Plans) and associated software

simulation for numerous rolling mill projects. (Typical system had over 5,000 I/O points.)

• Provided system engineering design, system test leadership, and installation support to steel

mill customers in US, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, South Africa, and Thailand.

• Trained customer staff at GE factory and end-user locations.

• Led hardware and software engineering teams resulting in on-time shipments.

TRAINING

• Project Management

• Siemens S7 PLC, GE-Fanuc PLCs, and GE DMC PLC

PC BASED APPLICATIONS

• MS Project, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, VISIO

• iBA Analyzer

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES

• PLCs; Siemens S7, GE-Fanuc 9070, GE DMC, and GE Innovation Series.

• HMI - GE Fanuc Cimplicity

• Fortran 77

PUBLICATIONS and SPECIAL RECOGNITION

• Presented AIST. paper “Hot Strip Mill for An Feng” which described the GE electrical scope

of supply for new Taiwan rolling mill.

• Developed and installed the first GE Co. Automatic Flatness Control System for AK Steel Co.

Conducted design and installation at the client’s hot mill during full production with

significant improvements to material shape while incurring zero mill down-time.

AFFLILIATIONS

American Iron and Steel Technology Association

EDUCATION

B.S. Electrical Engineering Northeastern University Boston, Mass.

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