BHARAT PATEL

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CAREER SUMMARY

1. Qualified engineer with more than 17 years of experience in Field Service, Installation & Startup of automated Induction Heating Equipment, troubleshooting AC/DC control and power circuits, industrial and utility-grade back up UPS, Power quality systems (DSTATCOM) and Smart Grid Storage Management System (SMS)

2. Experience includes exceptional troubleshooting skills, as well as interpersonal relations, negotiation, and written and verbal communication abilities.

3. Traveled internationally (USA, Mexico, Canada, Brazil, Taiwan, and India) to carry out Installation and field service.

4. Willing to travel extensively for my employer.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

1. Performed on-site installation, service and/or repair of industrial equipment.

2. Troubleshoots and diagnoses mechanical, hardware, software and systems failures, using established procedures.

3. Used electronic test equipment (oscilloscope, volt meter, etc.) to troubleshoot AC/DC control and power circuits.

4. Determined most cost effective repair/resolution to minimize customer downtime.

5. Maintained service and expense reports. Submitted in timely manner as required.

6. Coordinated activities with peers, supervisor, sales team and customers to minimize equipment downtime and interruptions.

7. Ordered and installed parts as required.

8. Responded to emergency service calls as required.

9. Provided hands-on technical support to customers on operational or maintenance aspects of system equipment.

10. Instructed customer operating technicians on system operation and maintenance.

11. Performed upgrades and modifications to equipment as needed.

12. Stayed current on equipment/tools through appropriate training, manuals, factory periodicals, and other relevant materials.

13. Responsible for the upkeep, maintenance and security of company property including vehicles and tools.

14. Used Personal Protection equipment and proper industry safety procedures when working with one or more dangerous elements or conditions such as chemicals, electric currents and high voltages, moving mechanical parts, etc.

15. Proficient in Microsoft Office applications.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad (India) B.S. Mechanical Engineering

Government Polytechnic, Ahmedabad (India) AS degree in Electrical Engineering

Valencia Community College, Orlando FL. Took Courses in Advanced AutoCAD 10

Macomb Community College, Warren, Ml. Took Courses in Visual Basic 5

Polk Community College, Lakeland, FL Network Computer Maintenance and Repair (A Plus Core)

CERTIFICATIONS & TRAINING

1. Completed NFPA 70E training

2. Completed OSHA 30 Hour Construction Safety Certification

3. Certificate in Industrial Electronics and Electro-Chemistry. Bhavans College of Science, Ahmedabad (India)

1. A+ certified IT Technician by CompTia.

2. Certified Fiber Optic Technician (CFOT)

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RECENT PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2012 Contract Field Service Engineer for TechRecruiters, Inc., Brookfield, Wisconsin.

Contact: Eric S. Klossowski Owner / Recruiter (262) 781 – 0920

Accepted contract position offered by TechRecruiters to return to field service. Assigned to S and C Electric Company where I traveled nationally to test, troubleshoot and repair a variety of distributed power systems (industrial and utility-grade back up UPS, Power quality systems DSTATCOM and Smart Grid Storage Management System SMS). Repairs done to component level.

Nov 2011 – March 2012 Cutrale Citrus Juices USA, Inc., Leesburg, FL

Maintenance Technician providing maintenance of liquid packaging and processing equipment such as,

1. De-palletizers (Busse, Simplimatic), Labelers (Krones, Sacmi, Label-aire) Coders / Case printers (Video Jet Excel 2000, Markem, Marsh VJ Ink Jet Coder, Linx) Fillers (Fogg, Krones, Evergreen), Cappers, Accumulators (Hartness), Casers (Axiom Douglas, Arpac), Palletizers (Alvey), Stretch wrappers (Orion, Wulftec ), Shrink wrappers (Douglas, Arpac)

2. Conveyors Systems (Table top for empty, full bottle, cartons and case conveyors, Pallet conveyors).

3. Centrifugal and Positive displacement pumps, agitators, valves, heaters, Pasteurizers, Chillers, etc.

2007 - 2011 Worked as an Independent Field Service Engineer.

Some highlighted assignments as an Independent Field Service Engineer include:

1. Purchased two used INDUCTOHEAT systems where refurbished, sold and installed them to customers in Newton, KS and Phoenix, AZ.

2. Sandvick, Bristol, VA – multiple assignments

3. GKN, Mebane, NC – multiple assignments

4. Phoenix Heat Treat, Phoenix, AZ – multiple assignments

5. Bolttech-Manning, North Versailles, PA – multiple assignments

6. Cummins Turbo Technologies, Charleston, SC – multiple assignments

7. Pace Engineering, Willoughby, OH – multiple assignments

8. Bunting Magnetics Company, Newton, KS – multiple assignments

9. New Century Machine Tools, St. Louis, MO

10. Pittsburgh Material Technologies, Jefferson Hills, PA – multiple assignments

11. OCU (Orange County Utility), Orlando, FL – multiple assignments

12. Quality Tubing, Houston, TX

13. Thermatool Corporation, East Haven, CT

14. Metadyne, Whitslett, NC

15. Bodycote Thermal Processing, Hunting Park, CA

16. Induction Services, LLC, Elreidge, IA

Went back to school and received my A+ Certification from CompTia.

During this time I also worked for the following companies on a continuing / as needed basis:

Field Tech (IT Services) on a continuing / as need basis.

Digitron Systems, Inc.

Voice and Data Cabling Patch Panel installation and termination.

Installation of Category 3 and Category 5e cable Splicing and termination of all cable.

Installation of Co-Axial cable for video monitoring systems.

CIRCUITRONICS CORP., Sanford, FL July 2008 – Nov 2011

Project Engineer - worked on an as need basis since 2008 providing field sales/service support. Serviced the following equipment:

Medical (Surgeon's headset and light) Communications industries (Power Outage Sensors)

Automotive (Tire Pressure Monitoring System) Marine (Touch screen AC/DC switchboard user interface)

Environmental (Solar Panel Controller, H2S gas monitor/Controller)

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November 2007 – June 2008 Installation Tech (IT Services)

ANF Professional Installations, Corp.

In home installation of new computer systems.

In home wired and wireless network installation and trouble shooting.

Installation of Co-Axial cable for video monitoring systems.

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2002 – 2007 Independent Contractor / Field Service Engineer

INDUCTOHEAT INC., Madison Heights, MI

After being downsized from Cummins I was 'rehired' to work as an independent contractor for Inductoheat.

1. Worked exclusively for Inductoheat as an independent contractor during this time.

2. Worked from my Florida home with same duties as listed under ‘Inductoheat’ below.

2000 – 2002 Cummins Inc., North Charleston, SC Manufacturing Engineer

1. Managed manufacturing of wheel and shaft production line.

2. Utilized Six Sigma methods to develop a final scrap reduction program, which yielded a 10% increase in production.

3. Reduced setup scrap from 12% to 5% by using Six Sigma Methodology.

4. Participated in PPAP (Production Part Approval Process) for new turbocharger.

I was laid off due to economic / post 9-11 downturns in business and was immediately rehired as an independent contractor/field service engineer at Inductoheat.

1987 – 2000 INDUCTOHEAT INC., Madison Heights, MI

1999-2000 Design Engineer

1995-1998 Field Service Engineer

1. Generated detailed specification and reviewed Electrical Instrumentation design of induction

2. heating power supply, cooling water system and automation control system.

1. Developed application software for Allen-Bradley, Siemens PLCs and their related HMIs

2. Designed electrical control diagram (relay contactor or PLC) using Autocad-12 & 2000

3. Prepared of bill of material for the electrical control panel.

4. Generated specification, evaluated and selected field instruments including controllers, transmitters, control valves etc.

5. Compiled and maintained all information and documentation relevant to supplied systems (Change control, update drawings, files etc.)

6. Implemented and maintained engineering documentation as per ISO9001

1987 – 1993 Test / Field Service Engineer Ahmedabad, India

1. Responsible for Testing, commissioning, troubleshooting and calibration of Induction heating

2. power supply, Instrumentation controls panel and PLC/HMI programming.

3. Installed, commissioned, repaired & troubleshot various electrical panels like Relay logic panels, NC Controller, AC / DC drives & their interconnections with other electrical panels.

4. Travel to customer’s plant to resolve electrical, mechanical, electronic, pneumatics and control related (PLCs, HMI VFD’s, DC Drives) equipment problems.

5. Made necessary modification in PLC (Allen-Bradley) to upgrade equipment on site.

6. Utilizing the escalation process by contacting concerned personnel to resolve customer service delivery issues and conducting root cause analysis that will lead to effective problem solving.

7. Performed preventive maintenance on the machine and associated equipment.

8. Provided training to customers operation and maintenance staff on installed equipment.

9. Enthusiastic and motivated about developing good relations with clients.

1984 – 1987 Reliance Industries, Ahmedabad, India

Assistant Engineer (Utility dept.)

Looking after maintenance of,

1. Coal, Oil fired Steam and Oil heat Boilers, Soft Water and Waste Water treatment plant.

2. Diesel Generating set for back up and supplemental power for textile machines.

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