Project Manager Engineer

Roland James Garcia

. *** Rakestraw Rd . LaGrange, GA 30241 . 956-***-**** .

****.******@*****.***

Skills

. Project Management . RSLogix . Mechatronics

. Contractor management . RSLinx .

MATLAB/Simulink

. SAP . RS Panel View . C++

. Microsoft Windows 3.1-7 . PackML . Visual

Basic

. Ubuntu . Cognex In-Sight . PCB board

experience

. Presentation skills . Low and medium

. Bilingual English and Spanish voltage qualified

Experience

Power Controls & Information System Engineer

February 2012-Present

Procter and Gamble: Duracell Engineering

LaGrange, GA

. Project Manager: responsible for capital projects ranging from

$20,000 to $2,000,000

o Upgraded department machines to meet legal and safety

requirements; Safety Compliance

o Developed and trialed vision system to inspect quality of

battery cell early in process to save materials; Quality

o Installed servo motors to replace a 30 year old mechanical

process for 9V battery assembly that created an annual

savings of; Savings

o Replaced an obsolete vision system with a new system that

met quality standards; Obsolescence/ Quality

o Installed servo motors to provide consistent tab stock

length for 9V battery assembly; Quality

o Installed Schneider Electric energy monitors on switch gear

to ensure the plant had sufficient power for capacity

expansion line; Facilities/ Capacity expansion

Technical Engineer: responsible for providing technical support

to project managers in power, controls, automation and

information systems

o Provided electrical support for the relocation of battery

testers and labelers to make space for capacity expansion

line; Facilities

o Provided electrical support to central engineering for the

design of a new battery tester capable of testing at three

times the current rate; Initiatives

o Provided electrical support for the installation and

debugging of capacity expansion line; Capacity Expansion

o Provided controls, power and design support for capacity

expansion line; Capacity expansion

. Sustainability leader: responsible for identification of savings

and sustainability projects, and executing or over seeing

projects

o Removal of an oversized dust collection unit of combustible

materials

o Removal of an oversized boiler for a smaller more efficient

unit

o Worked with departments to develop shut down procedures for

equipment to optimize utility usage

o Compressor replacement and reconfiguration

o Identified discrepancies between the department's usage of

liquid nitrogen and service provided, identified metering

methods to more accurately receive billing for liquid

nitrogen

o Created and directed solution to separate compressed air

system into departments that would minimally affect the

compressed air availability to equipment that remained

operational

o Authorized to complete sustainability impact assessment

. Mechatronics analysis: site contact for mechatronics analysis

for sizing of servos for equipment

o Mechatronics I

o Mechatronics II

o Correct servo sizing for capacity expansion line

Student Assistant (part time)

June 2008-December 2010

South Texas College: Department of Mathematics

McAllen, TX

. Assisted Professor during course time by taking notes and then

uploading them to class bulletin board, and tutored calculus

I,II and III

Research Assistant (part time)

December 2009-August 2010

The University of Texas - Pan American: Electrical Engineering

Department Edinburg, TX

. Programmed AmigoBot robot in C++ for group motion and wireless

communication on Cisco networking equipment

Education

The University of Texas - Pan American

December 2011

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering GPA. 2.95

Involvement and Achievements:

Fundamental Project Manager

Received P&G certification for basic project management.

Site Sustainability Certificate

Received P&G certification for compressed air, HVAC, energy,

solid waste, Co2, and waste water.

Project Assessment Too

Received P&G certification to implement project assessment

tool.

HESTEC Symposium Poster 2011

Received second place for poster in wireless energy transfer

research.

MAES Symposium Poster 2011

Participated in the MAES poster competition by submitting a

poster of current research in

wireless energy transfer.

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