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Engineer Electrical

Location:
Nashville, TN
Posted:
August 22, 2014

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Joe Haake

Phone 615-***-**** **** Rustic Way

Old Hickory, TN 37138

jhaake1147@msncom

PROFESSIONAL GOALS

Utilize my technical knowledge and skills

to provide creative engineering based

solutions to customer defined problems.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Broad background in numerous business,

technical, project, engineering, continuous

improvement, management, and professional

areas.

Over 20 years of providing creative and

innovative solutions in manufacturing and

production environments with proven skills

in electrical system design, project

design, management, and implementation,

quality and process optimization, new

package and equipment design, departmental

management and training, and budget

development and justification.

Extensive PLC programming experience,

troubleshooting, and analytical skills with

Allen Bradley 5, 500, and 5000 PLC

platforms and associated communications

networks. Excellent experience with

Microsoft Windows, Office, and Project

software.

Excellent leadership and team building

skills with the vision and ability to

provide value added direction to company

profitability, production efficiencies,

business growth strategies, project

management, and staff development.

Strong interpersonal and communications

skills. Ability to communicate concrete

plans from concepts and to provide

assessments of status in a variety of

situational environments to a range of

audiences.

Strong engineering design skills, excellent

mechanical and plant facility aptitude and

knowledge. Innovative thinker capable of

new equipment or process design.

Hands on, results oriented, dependable,

team player equally comfortable in a

leadership position or contributing member

of an organization project team.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Facilities Maintenance Manager Metropolitan Nashville

Airport Authority

2011 to Present

Provide management direction to a staff of 80 employees providing

24/7 maintenance services to an international airport.

Direct all electrical efforts for facility and provide designs and

support to PLC controlled baggage systems.

Electrical Maintenance Manager Coors Brewing Company

Rocky Mountain Metal Container

2001 to 2011

Manage the maintenance requirements of a 6 line can manufacturing

facility. Schedule and direct the activities of 15 multi craft

maintenance personnel for the successful completion of plant and

equipment PM and repair programs. Provide technical analysis,

Allen Bradley PLC control system and network designs,

and hands on support for production problems.

Senior Design Engineer/Project Manager Coors Brewing Company

Rocky Mountain Metal Container

1998 - 2001

Support the Ball Corporation/Coors Brewing Company joint venture

by providing engineering and project management experience

during the conversion of 3 can lines to new equipment and

process methods. Technical contributions included line

control design, operator interface development, Allen Bradley and

General Electric PLC programming, line checkout and startup, and

operator training when necessary. Managed the design efforts of 4

contract engineers.

New Technology Development Coors Brewing Company, Golden, Colorado

Manager

1993 - 1998

Provide senior level leadership to a staff

of 10 technical professionals and engineers

toward accomplishment of corporate and

departmental goals and directions.

Develop and establish project portfolios

and budget justifications for R&D efforts

that improve corporate profitability and

efficiencies through process optimization,

efficiency increases, safety awareness,

discovery and implementation of new

technologies that provide value added new

packages, processes, and system designs.

Recent accomplishments include metal

lightweighting enhancements that provide

over $3 million dollars of savings, new

innovative consumer packages that provide

incremental sales increases, and research

new systems and processes to provide

operations flexibility and production

efficiencies.

Interface with senior level marketing,

operations, technical, and financial

personnel to develop corporate strategies

that will result in increased sales and

improved operating efficiencies.

Senior Design Engineer, Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO.

Corporate R&D,

1988 - 1993 Provide technical designs and contributions

to the corporate manufacturing facilities

that increase operating efficiencies,

optimized manufacturing processes, reduced

costs, and increased workplace safety.

Managed multi functional project teams to

discover and develop leading edge

manufacturing technology within the

high-speed metal forming industry.

Technical contributions involved design and

development of electrical control systems

utilizing PLC systems, personal computers,

operator interfaces, machine vision

systems, and data acquisition.

Senior Electrical Design Coors Brewing Company, Golden, CO.

Engineer, Can Manufacturing

Division

1984 - 1988 Support can manufacturing growth and

productivity improvement goals by providing

electrical design, development, and project

management skills to new technology

developments in can manufacturing and plant

maintenance.

Responsibilities included system and

process design and optimization utilizing

PLC's, personal computer systems, operator

interface, machine vision, and variable

speed drives.

Electrical Project Coors Packaging Company, Boulder, CO.

Engineer/Design Engineer

1982 - 1984 Project management and electrical control

systems design and implementation for

printing and package converting facility.

Extensive experience with paper, plastic,

and liner board converting process and

manufacturing environments. Developed new

technologies for printing, metallizing, and

lamination of reverse printed PE films to

line board for exciting new consumer

packaging.

Managed technical team and provided design

support for the modernization of Boulder,

CO. converting plant and development and

startup of pilot R&D film lamination line.

Provided on-site management and design

support for construction, equipment

selection, installation, and startup of a

new Tennessee converting facility.

Electrical Design Engineer, Coors Container Company, Golden, CO.

Controls

1973 - 1982 Provided electrical engineering design and

software development for new can line

installations and existing line

modifications and upgrades.

Designed PLC systems and discrete hard

wired logic systems for machinery control

utilizing AC and DC variable speed drives.

EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL SKILLS

B.S., Electrical University of Missouri at Rolla, Rolla, MO.

Engineering, Minor:

Business, 1973

GPA: 2.8, Major GPA: 3.5

M.B.A., Business, Minor: University of Phoenix - Denver, Denver, CO.

Management, 1988

GPA: 3.8, Major GPA: 3.8

Colorado Master Electrical License

Colorado Electrical Contractor License



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