KENNETH M. KOSHT

**** *** ***** ****

Jacksonville, FL 32219

Cell: 419-***-**** - Email: ac2ef3@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE - To obtain a challenging position in a small to medium size company with progressive thinking management which would provide opportunity to fully utilize my skills and further enhance my managerial skills.

EMPLOYMENT

2016

EG Controls, 11790 Philips Hwy,, Jacksonville, FL 32256, 904-***-****

http://www.egcontrols.com

Electrical Design Engineer - March 14, 2016 – May 20, 2016

●I designed customized water/waste water controls. This was a temp to possible perm position, I left this position due to archaic nature of this company

2015

Swisher Int’l., 459 E 16th St, Jacksonville, FL 32206, 904-***-****

Ahttp://www.swisher.com

Automation Support Specialist - March 30, 2015 – October 7, 2015

●I supported/designed in house hi speed production equipment for production/packaging of cigars. Traveled extensively to the Dominican Republic to support equipment at 2 plants in Santiago. Supported Siemens and AB plc’s and servo drives. Also supported Parker servo systems. This was a contract job.

Sun Coast Controls, 4130 N. Cranal St., Jacksonville, FL 32209, 904-***-****

http://www.suncoastcontrols.biz

Electrical Engineering Manager - November 17, 2013 – January 21, 2015

●I managed the Electrical Engineering Department and designed customized water/waste water controls. I set the standards for Engineering. I debugged/tested all equipment for acceptance. Documented electrical diagrams and panel layouts in AutoCAD Electrical 2013 and trained personnel in house.

2013

Farr Automation, Inc., 58 Sugarbush Ct., Ashland, OH 44805 419-***-**** - http://www.farrautomation.com

Electrical Engineer - March 18, 2013 – November 1, 2013

●I designed customized controls and programs for automated and semi-automated production machinery. I debugged/tested all equipment for acceptance. Documented electrical diagrams and panel layouts in AutoCAD Electrical 2013. Worked with and programmed Allen Bradley PLC’s.

Hendrickson Trailer Commercial Vehicle Systems,

2070 Industrial Place S.E., Canton, OH 44707 866-***-**** - http://www.hendrickson-intl.com

Electrical Engineer - September 5, 2012 – March 15, 2013

●I designed customized controls and programs for automated and semi-automated production machinery. I debugged/tested all equipment for acceptance. Documented electrical diagrams and panel layouts in AutoCAD Electrical 2012. Worked with and programmed Allen Bradley PLC’s. Built control consoles for several machines.

2012

Weld System Integrators, 4943 Driscoll Rd., Warrenville Heights, OH 44146 - 216-***-****

www.wsiweld.com

Electrical Engineer - March 21, 2011 – April 10, 2012

●I designed customized controls and programs The automated and semi-automated production welding machinery. I debugged / tested all equipment for customer acceptance. Documented electrical diagrams in AutoCAD Electrical 2004. Worked with and programmed Allen Bradley, Omron, Siemens, and Horner PLC’s. I used PanelBuilder/FactoryTalk/WinCC HMI software and RSLogix 500/Step 7 to design machine controls.

2011 (2010-2011 listings are of some of the contract positions I took on after my layoff from National Machinery due to the economy.)

Modis Cleveland, 4700 Rockside Rd., Independence, OH 44131, 216-***-**** - www.modis.com

CAD Systems Administrator - February 21, 2011 – March 8, 2011

●I was a contractor to Timken Research Center in North Canton, OH as a CAD Systems Administrator. I worked with PTC ProE, PTC ProLink, Unigraphics NX, Unigraphics TeamCenter, and custom C code programs interfacing all the systems together.

2010

Ajax TOCCO, Inc., 1745 Overland Ave., Warren, OH 44483, 800-***-**** - www.ajaxtocco.com

Field Service Engineer - December 6, 2010 – January 10, 2011

●As a Field Service Engineer I worked with Ajax, Inducto, and TOCCO high power, high frequency DC power supplies used for induction heating for heat treating metal parts and melting steel for powdered metal applications. This also involved servicing AC motors, servos and feeder bowls.

2007-2009

National Machinery, LLC, 161 Greenfield St., Tiffin, OH 44883, 419-***-**** www.nationalmachinery.com

Senior Electrical Design Engineer April 16, 2007 – March 13, 2009

●As Electrical Design Engineer I designed customized controls and programs for high speed cold forming production machinery. This included designing to UL, NEC, and EC standards and all languages. I debugged/tested all equipment for customer acceptance. Documented electrical diagrams in Cim Teams E3. Supported and maintained the BAAN PDM system. Worked with and programmed AB, Mitsubishi, Siemens, and Unitronics PLC’s. I used WonderWare HMI software and RSLogix 500 to design machine controls.

2006

Coast to Coast Temp Agency, 410 N. 44th St., Suite 250, Phoenix, AZ 85008, 800-***-****,

www.jobsctc.com

County Technician - March 1, 2006 – November 16, 2006

●As a County Technician with Diebold Election Systems I supported the new electronic voting stations during the May Primary. I performed all diagnostics, repairs, Logic & Analysis testing (certify the machines for election), Presiding Judges, Poll workers and Rover training. My assigned Ohio County was Crawford; I also worked preparation and/or elections in Coshocton County, Holmes County, Licking County, Schuylkill County, PA., Washington County, PA., Kansas City, MO. and all of Mississippi.

1996-2005

Cole Tool and Die Co., 241 Ashland Rd., Mansfield, OH 44901, 419-***-**** - www.coletool.com

Systems Administrator - February 1, 1996 – August 5, 2005

●As the head of the IT department, responsibilities include management of daily operations, purchase and install all equipment (Telecomm, PC, workstations, networking, printers/plotters, etc.), integrate older equipment into present network (VaxStations, Unix Workstations, and printers for example), administrate maintenance contracts (including Telecom system), approve monthly billings.

●Spec’d out and purchased PC systems. Purchased components and built PC systems (single and multi-processor systems) from scratch as a cost cutting measure during constrained financial periods. Migrated CAD data from VAX environment to Unix/PC via batch scripting/programming.

●Responsible for research, selection, installation, debug, and distribution of Mechanical Design software ( SolidWorks Office Pro, Matra Datavision Euclid and Strim, Applicon Bravo, CadKey, Optris Hyperform, HyperMesh, and Deltamesh, FMT Blankworks ), License Server software (Sasafrass Key, FlexLM, Ifor), Office software ( Microsoft Office products, Made2Manage MRP, Best Software Abra, Stromberg Time Manager) QC software (Cybermetrics GageTrak, PQ Systems SQCPack, and Brown&Sharpe’s Tutor CMM software), CNC interface software. Also supported a CNC upload/ down load system utilizing DOS/Qbasic. Supported Maintenance Dept. efforts to repair CNC’s, and PLC programming/repair.

●Train personnel internally and/or contract with outside resources. Layout and installation of thicknet, thinnet, and UTP ethernet cabling, interfaces, firewalls, and bridges part of current skills and responsibilities. Designed and implemented original website and maintained current www.coletool.com web site. Software development via, Visual FoxPro, shell scripts, and Basic programming languages.

1979-1995

Therm-O-Disc, Inc., 1320 S. Main St., Mansfield, OH 44907, 419-***-**** - www.tod.com

CAD Administrator - October 1, 1993 – December 31, 1995

CAD/CAM Supervisor - July 1, 1988 - October 15, 1993

●As the sole member of the CAD department, responsibilities include management of daily operations, purchase and install all equipment, integrate older equipment into present CAD system, administrate maintenance contracts, approve monthly billings. Responsible also for installation, debug and distribution of mechanical (Parametric Technology Pro/E, Auto-Trol Technology S7000, Autodesk AutoCad LT, Cosmos) and architectural (Sigma Design Arris) software, train personnel internally or contract with outside resources. Layout and installation of thicknet, thinnet, and UTP Ethernet cabling, interfaces, and bridges part of current skills and responsibilities. Software development via shell scripts, C and C++ programming languages.

Equipment Design Engineer II - September 12, 1986 - July 1, 1988

Equipment Design Engineer III - October 22, 1981 - September 12, 1986

Associate Design Engineer - March 17, 1979 - October 22, 1981

●Responsible for the conception, design, and detailing of complete semi-automated, computer controlled equipment used in the production and Q.A. testing of bi-metal thermostats for consumer products. This responsibility also entailed purchasing and expediting of stock and custom electrical, electronic, mechanical parts and subassemblies; overseeing of construction, troubleshooting, and cost accounting of the equipment. I specialized in electrical circuitry, interfacing to VME bus microprocessor, printed circuit board design, AB and GE PLC programming and temperature testing ovens. Acted as liaison to CAD Department; writing macros, scripts and C code to support Equipment Design Department.

1978-1979

Ares, Inc., 818 W. Fremont Rd., Port Clinton, OH 43452, 419-***-**** - www.aresinc.net

Electrical/Electronics Designer - January 2, 1978 - December 15, 1978

●Responsible for all the electrical /electronic harnessing on a special track type military weapon. Researched, designed, and tested submersible electronic packaging, control consoles, and printed circuit boards. I held a confidential security clearance.

1974-1978

Hydr-O-Matic Pump, Co. (now part of F.E. Myers Pumps) Ashland, OH 44805

Electrical Draftsman - April 5, 1974 - December 31, 1977

●Responsible for the electrical/electronic circuit design, hardware layout, purchasing, detailing, and debug of custom pump control consoles.

EDUCATION

1986-1996 - Franklin University, 201 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, OH 43215, 877-***-****, www.franklin.edu

Major: Bachelor of Science in Computer Science

Minor: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Credits: 136 Credit hours in Computer Science - 132 Credit hours in Mechanical Engineering Technology

1972-1986 - North Central State College, 2441 Kenwood Circle, Mansfield, OH 44906

419-***-**** - www.ncstatecollege.edu – Graduation: June 18, 1975

Degree: Associate of Applied Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology

Credits: 150 Credit hours in Computer Programming, Electrical/Electronics Engineering Technology

and Mechanical Engineering Technology

1972 - Ashland University, 401 College Ave., Ashland, OH 44805, 800-***-**** - www.ashland.edu

Advanced Placement Student attending Spring Semester, 1972

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