Electrical Engineer Controls

Robert Cost

Electrical / Controls Engineer

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Summary Integrated factory control systems for new and existing food plant, administered a SQL

Server Database for plant wide ingredient batching process. Supplied food plant

information for easy access for management. Improved casting process at DaidoMetal,

efficiency increased allowing costly overtime production to stop, while improving the

quality of the aluminum strip. Designed an Electronic Motor Control Module for HVAC

industry, still in production.

Experience Electrical Engineer (2008 to present) DaidoMetal in Bellefontaine, Ohio

Programmed an aluminum casting line using PID Loops and PLC logic, improving the

process so much that operators didn’t have to work Saturday overtime and lowered the

amount of labor on each foot of aluminum produced. Since this aluminum supplied the rest

of the plant, overall efficiency improved. Trouble-shooted all electrical and programming

problems lowering downtime.

Controls Engineer (2005 to 2009) IAC/Lear in Sidney, Ohio

Improved efficiency with PLC programming, design operator interfaces with Visual Basic

saving the company money, designed safety circuits for safe work operation for employees,

Created operator interfaces with PanelView, CTC, and RSView.

Programmer (1999 to 2005) Esser Electric (Cargill) in Sidney, Ohio

Integrated Factory Automation Controls for new and existing food plants. Provided vital

plant information for company employee’s for decision making. Created process

controls for ingredient batching for food production. Administered SQL Server

Database, creating tables, stored procedures and backups for the plant. Maintained

the plants Ethernet Lan. Set up Citrix thin clients and MS Terminal Server for plant

employee’s. Improved processes with Bubble diagrams documenting the process, then

implementing it with PLC Ladder Logic.

Electronics (1981 to 1999) Copeland Corporation Research Lab in Sidney, Ohio

Designed a temperature and miss-wiring electronic control protection module for 3 phase

motors in HVAC compressors. Designed and layed out printed circuit boards for

production, designing and testing for EMI noise suppression.

University of Dayton (Continuing education)

Education

ITT Institute of Technology (Associates Electrical Engineering Technology)

Automation All AllenBradley Plc’s and I/O devices, Omron PLC’s, Mitsubishi PLC’s, DeviceNet, Modbus,

Knowledge HMI (Hand Machine Interface), iFix, RSView, PanelView, Parker CTC

PC / Database

MS Access, MS SQL Server, ASP, OBDC, Crystal Reports, AutoCad

Skills

Programming Visual Basic, Assembly, C#

Language Skills

Lan Ethernet Skills Install Lan switches, Troubleshoot network problems, assigned and manage static IP’s,

understand DHCP and network functions.

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