Roland L. Luff

**** ******* **** *****, *******, SC 29574 843-***-**** ac0u34@r.postjobfree.com

Employment History

Elkay, Lumberton, N.C..

Senior Engineer December 2015-Present

Program and upgrade machines to latest PLC platforms

Update plant electrical drawings for installation of new equipment

Added Robotics to enhance production

Installed automated conveyor systems to increase flow of product

Canfor Southern Pine, Darlington, S.C.

Technical Advisor March 2013-December 2015

Program and upgrade machines to latest PLC platforms

Update plant electrical drawings for installation of new equipment

Work with Quality Control to obtain optimum performance of laser scanning device plant wide.

Work at sister plant sights to improve production

Contract Programming June 2011-March 2013

Mircologix SLC 500, PLC 5, Contrologix 5000 programming for area business

Upgraded systems from one platform to another

Designed, built, programmed and commissioned a shingle separator to safely transport shingles to a roof in 60% less time than manually done.

GT Technologies, Tallahassee, FL

Precision Engine Products Div.

Process Control Engineer April 2009-June 2011

Programmed Micrologix, SLC 500, PLC 5,Controllogix 5000

Designed, built and programmed many projects for assembly cells

Met with customers to discuss machine processes to meet quality and quantity needs

Programmed and added a KDP check for a 42 station assembly machine

Added size Control devices to machines to measure and separate parts by size

Improved machine through-put by combining test stations to reduce cycle time

Rayonier, Eatonton, GA

Electrical Supervisor/Process Control Engineer June 2006-November 2008

Managed and Supervised the Electrical Department

Oversaw Plant Improvements, Installations, and Contractors on site

Planned and coordinated projects plant wide

Responsible for keeping the Electrical Department within a yearly budget

Implemented MP2 Maintenance and Electrical PMs

Improved the SLM 2000 performance (primary break down machine)

Maintained log lengths by utilizing AC drives

Assisted in increasing mill performance

Increased railroad cars chip weight

Reported directly to Plant Manager

International Paper, Franklin, VA.

Process Control Superintendent March 2005-May 2006

Managed and Supervised the Electrical and Maintenance Department

Responsible for the Sawmill electrical uptime

Oversaw Plant Improvements, Installations, and Contractors on site

Utilized MP2 for Electrical and Maintenance planning

Planned weekly safety meetings for Electricians, Mechanics, and Contractors

Reported directly to Plant Manager

Bowater Lumber, Albertville, AL

Electrical Supervisor April 2001-March 2005

Managed and Supervised the Electrical Department

Responsible for all mill activities when upper management was not available

Responsible for keeping Electrical Department within a yearly budget

Planned and coordinated projects plant wide; sawmill, dry kilns, planner mill, and boiler

Accomplished a $7 million update to the sawmill

Engineered and updated the planner mill feed works resulting in a tremendous uptime rate

Hartness International, Greenville, SC

Electrical Engineer May 2000-April 2001

Designed Electrical Back Panels

Designed, Programmed, and Debugged various controls and parts for high speed packaging equipment

Designed an Electrical Unpackaging machine for a new product

Bose Corporation, Columbia,SC

Plastics Engineering Technician April 1998-May 2000

Conceived and implemented machine and process controls for automatic assembly equipment

Worked closely with engineering teams, assisted with special projects, and performed PLC changes as needed

Programmed, wired, and installed several SLC 500 for reconfigurations in assembly process

Wrote and implemented a data acquisition system for 10 molding machines and assembly lines for better inventory control and machine performance

Certifications

Allen-Bradley PLC-5 PID

Lumber Quality & Process Control

Management Problems of the Technical Person in a Leadership Role

How to Supervise People

ISO 9000 Training

Software Skills

Computer Languages: Visual Basic, C++

Programmable Controllers: Allen Bradley, Modicon, Siemens

AC/DC Drives: Allen Bradley

PLC Programming Software: Allen Bradley, Rockwell Software, RSLogix 5, 500, 5000, HMI graphic interfaces, Factory Talk, Wonderware

Robot Systems: Fanuc Robot Controllers, Wittmann Robot Systems

CAD: AutoCad 2008, 2012, 2013

Software Applications: Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, NetView, Wonderware, RS View, Windows NT, Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, Windows 7,8 SAP, MP2

Education

Coastal Carolina College

Conway High School

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