Post Job Free

Resume

Sign in

Industrial/Manufacturing/Project Engineer

Location:
Mission, KS
Salary:
65,000
Posted:
July 14, 2015

Contact this candidate

Resume:

**** *. **** **. *** B

Kansas City, MO. *****

acqqta@r.postjobfree.com

816-***-****

Sean A Bridgwater

Objective

To work and learn in a team oriented professional environment consolidating Process Development and Career Development with Continuous Improvement and Cost Management.

Working Knowledge

Extensive computer knowledge from Windows Programming and minor Data Base applications to various software packages including the Microsoft Office Suite, Visual Basic 6.0, VBA, Visio 2000, Project 2000, AutoCAD, Mechanical Desktop 2002, Inventor 6, Siemens Simatic 7 & Siemens PCS7 DCS engineering tools system, Allen Bradley RS logix, AI, and 6200 series software with Siemens 200, 300, 400, and Allen Bradley PLC 3, 5 and 500 series hardware GE Fanuc Simplicity series software. Extensive Building Efficiency Software knowledge including machine interfaces such as P2000 & Cardkey Security Systems, Metasys system extended architecture, Metasys PMI, Tridium AX based FX Software and hardware. Field Controller Programming languages such as HVAC Pro, GX-9100 & CCT custom programming tool. Cost accounting management using ERP, CMMS systems to utilize trend analysis with regard to building Best Practice models. An excellent understanding of Wonderware, Cimplicity View, PanelBuilder HMI, Touch screens & GML Motion Controls. Complex understanding and training in Programmable Controls, Computer Aided Drafting, Cost Accounting, Technical Management, Computer Programming, Information Technology, Data Driven Web Design, HVAC/R, Electrical, Pneumatics, Hydraulics, Process Controls, Troubleshooting, Industrial Production Automation, Education and Training.

Experience

Harley Davidson (Artech) Kansas City, MO. 1-14 to Present

Industrial/Project Engineer (Tactical)

Industrial Engineer in MVC Subassembly building departmental processes and structure for accountability and independence toward sole ownership of all departmental responsibilities.

Designed MVC reporting and data structures to validate performance and accountability.

Design system using Andon lights to notify and track downtime and part availability. Designed high level automated system to be used in the future incorporating EASE and real time production data with SAP to create a graphical management system.

Took on management/training role to insure methodologies were implemented and successfully carried out.

Tactical Engineer on XL line since 2/10/14. Tactical Engineer On V-Rod Starting 9/07/14

Designed new industrial controls strategies to re-design three machine processes to operate safely, correctly and more efficient. Successfully competed and in place.

Designed and submitted new Assembly Line system Controls strategies to maximize personnel and efficiency. Including Online Mechanics Lane design and Automated Inspection time allocation and lane assignment through integrating data with Systems Integration.

Design, Bid out, and Manage Capital Projects to specification including 100K project regarding Conveyor VFD/PLC & HMI Programming to accommodate a second shift of production without incurring any downtime.

Project Lead on Battery Carrier Project to accommodate second shift of production.

Grupo Antolin Kansas City, MO.. 5-13 to 10-13

Industrial Engineer – (Project Manager -Tier #1 Automotive Start up Facility)

Designed the Electrical System for plants start up from 4000 Amp and 3000 Amp Service Install and coordinating 2 new Electrical Service transformers from the utilities company to Building Sub-Panels, Control Panels and Controls.

Responsible for 1.7 million in Capital projects from design to Project Management and implementation.

Designed the Mechanical Systems necessary to change a warehouse into a Manufacturing facility including Compressed Air, Intensified High Pressure Water, Chiller System, City Water Service, Soft Water Service and process Drainage.

Responsible For new product machine design implementation from design contractors.

Responsible for passing Production and Machine Validation with Tier One Owner.

Responsible for finish engineered design and creating Capital Expenditure budget for 2014.

Designed and responsible for 1.3 Million in electrical and mechanical installation and implementation.

Designed and updated all systems in AutoCAD.

Responsible for 3 Bid requirements and on all systems and setting contractors.

Responsible for Running Electrical and Mechanical Contractors to insure companies punch list and creating design specifications to be met.

Responsible for GE Fanuc Robotics Programming and insuring all Cells/fixtures were interchangeable and repeatable throughout the Facility.

Responsible for all PLC and Automation including RSLogix 5000, 500, Robotics and Industrial Controls.

Saint Gobain - Certainteed Fairfax, KS. 2-13 to 5-13

Shift/Plant ECR (Controls/Electrical)

Responsible alone as the “D” Shift ECR (Electrical Controls Specialist) for all electrical and controls including power distribution/substations, PLC, Controls, Sensors, Actuators, Electrical Pneumatic/Hydraulic and more.

Follow all Union rules as it applies to calls and company policy.

Installed conduit and completed project work in addition to running all production calls.

Set up computer to be able to see all PLC’s plant. Including RSLogix, ControlLogix, for 5’s, 500’s and 5000’s

Utilized the Rockwell Software Suite to troubleshoot several generations of Allen Bradly PLC’s.

Adjusted and calibrated from teaching pendant GE Fanuc Robotic Equipment.

Began documenting Calls and plant electrical.

Pinnacle Career Institute Kansas City, MO. (South Campus) 9-10 to 7-14

Electronics Associates Program Instructor

Teach all Electronics Associates program class such as PLC Programming and troubleshooting, Networking, Computer Hardware and Communications and Digital Logic.

Build daily lesson plan for needed courses.

Teach PLC and Industrial Electrical and Controls to Wind Program to qualify for certificates.

Tasked with writing new programs in Energy Management, Industrial Controls and others.

Instructed Wind Technology, Electronics, Professional Communications and various Gen-Ed courses

Johnson Controls Lenexa, KS. 11-06 to 5-10

Senior Instructor (Great Plains Region)

Managed all regional customer training needs for a 10 state region including marketing, KC Institute Operations, customer & client relations, as well as all P& L responsibilities.

2007 Customer Learning & Development Rookie of the Year Award Recipient.

Placed 2nd in growth out of 11 Institutes with 134% improvement over 2006 Financials in only 10 months of JCI Employment.

Provide reports and feedback to clients on performance on training and existing needs.

Technical writing of materials, procedures and training for specialized clients to meet their goals and needs.

Perform Gap Analysis for specialized clients to determine area of needs for maintenance and engineering staff.

Placed 4th out of 15 Instructors in overall course evaluation average with 4.66 out of 5.0.

Exceeding all 2007 goals including Course Certifications, Institute & Regional Finances & Sales targets.

Successfully certified to teach and administer 9 courses. (388/389) Metasys System Extended Architecture for Building Operators/Engineers, (353/381) ASC Engineering-HVACPro Programming & (398) Metasys System Extended Architecture for Facility Directors/Managers. (300/350) PMI for Building Operators. (4702/4703) FEC’CCT Engineering and programming. Also that the FX-Tridium (AX) line of controllers and programming software. (391) Advanced MSEA Engineering and Setup. Configuring, networking and programming NAE’s and ADS/ADX Servers.

Through strategic marketing and Business development we brought the attendance of students within a 250 mile radius of KC from 17% to 82% in the final quarter.

2008 goals have been adjusted to teach fewer courses and focus more on Regional Account Management & Business Development.

Vatterott College Kansas City, Mo. 3-05 to 11-06

PLC Instructor/Program Director

Raised the PLC department’s average term enrollment from 5 to 43 students, creating $44,750 in additional gross revenue per 10 week phase, while staying under the allotted annual budget.

Raised the Electrical Programs enrollment from roughly 70 to 170 students projected by creating $3,300,000 in additional gross revenue.

Trained Admissions staff on technical sales by the direction of the Admissions Coordinator and filled the role of closer for the Electrical, HVAC, AutoCAD and PLC Programs.

Acting Closer for HVAC/R, CAD, IT & Computer Programming for admissions as needed.

Updated DOS based GE Fanuc PLC curriculum to Window Symbols based Cimplicity Proficy.

Updated PLC program to include HMI Development using Cimplicity View, RS View, Panelbuilder and Wonderware.

Provide support for Career Services in our students finding employment in their field by creating resumes and training classes on the technical communities needs.

Develop business opportunities with regard to contract training the technical community creating revenue that needs no financial aid.

Teach and Update Allen Bradley PLC, GE Fanuc PLC and Pneumatics programs, curriculums and labs.

Created Interactive Displays in classrooms allowing programs to speak for, and sell themselves to prospective Students.

MPSDirect LLC Olathe, Ks. 7-04 to 1-09

Director of Process Development (Manufacturing & Process Consulting Firm)

Find and refine measures of efficiency that allow technical departments to realize profound cost reduction and improve production.

Sales engineer responsible for the design and implementation of systems with full P&L responsibilities.

Develop and install CMMS/EAS systems to maintenance & engineering departments that track root cause analysis work orders, preventative maintenance, purchase orders, and downtime cost analysis.

Create PLC Design, documentation, training, programming and troubleshooting for clients.

Develop engineered documentation solutions. CAD Schematic, Process, I/O mapping & mechanical drawings.

Due Complete process analysis building the outline for forecasted production scheduling and manufacturing throughput minimizing non-value-added cost by utilizing a JIT business process.

Tie documentation, automation, mechanical and organizational demands to training maintenance staffs.

Nexus Medical LLC Olathe, Ks. 7-04 to 10-04

Director of Medical Manufacturing

Create a complete manufacturing model for an R&D firm that wanted to go into manufacturing.

Create best practice (GMP) methodologies for Production, Maintenance, Quality and Information.

Hire, train and develop a modern staff in all departments to insure an excellent start up and financially secure company.

Handle compliance issues regarding ISO 9001 and the FDA regulations.

Through Efficiency modeling and process development we cut over 75 steps out of the business cycle from procurement of raw goods and manufacturing to shipping. Every step meeting FDA governmental standards and compliance laws.

OldcastleAPG Bonner Springs 2-04 to 7-04

Process Manager (German Designed Automated Concrete Facility)

Design and manage maintenance department and capital expenditure project budgets.

Provide plant start up controls and mechanical management to turn around a failing $13 million plant.

Negotiated VMI/MRO vendor agreement used nationwide saving OldCastle corporate over 4 million annually

Build the maintenance department for a cutting edge automated production facility while providing start up assistance to cure problems equating to high production downtime. A three months decline from 42%, 31% to 26%

Create inventory, Work Order, Preventative Maintenance and ROI system creating graphical mapping as guidelines through AutoCAD for the plant wide CMMS/ERP data system.

Utilize the ERP system (Exapta) integrated with shop floor control to do cost accounting analysis to plot trends.

Train maintenance staff and operators alike to troubleshoot and resolve corrective mechanical issues.

Decreasing plant mechanical and controls downtime from 38.5% to less than 12% and slimming total labor variance by 5 people in less than 6 weeks.

Resolve productivity loss issues while designing and implementing mechanical and controls issues through process development to increase bottom line productivity by 52%.

Dayton Superior Kansas City, KS 5-03 to 2-04

Maintenance Manager (Automated Concrete and Chemical Facility)

Build every facet of the maintenance department and procedures from the ground up including budget, inventory control and downtime trend analysis as well as setting up procedures and networking, CMMS/EAS System, work orders, PM scheduling and ROI.

Associate Project Manager, filling the role when the Project Director was off site filling all PM duties from Milestone meetings, MS Project scope identification, holding contractors to engineered standards and much more.

Decreasing plant mechanical and controls downtime from 30% to less than 5%.

Process development improving antiquated equipment through automation and much more.

Amarr Manufacturing Lawrence, KS 8-00 to 5-03

Maintenance Engineer

Created a Windows based program that takes downtime data at the Production Supervisors stations and enter it into data base being picked up by AS/400. Thus alleviating maintenance downtime paperwork while generating work orders immediately and assembling data to be used for trend analysis.

Generating Auto CAD drawings of plant I/O and Schematic mapping and assembling various forms of information and literature to laptops and computers networked throughout the plant. (Also Self diagnostic PLC programming)

Team Leader responsible for all maintenance supervisory and PLC duties for weekend production.

Instrumental in setting maintenance and production protocol tracking downtime and trend analysis.

Writing programs and procedures to aid staff in finding troubleshooting solutions quicker and easier.

Upgrading older production lines and retrofitting more efficient equipment. From wiring 13 slot PLC control panels and networking them together, to implementing in design new ways of self-diagnostic programming to aid in troubleshooting.

Working with engineering to document plant-wide controls Identification and physical placement With AutoCAD Line drawings as well as training staff on Ladder-Logic Troubleshooting and programming basics.

Organizing Software, Diagrams, Documents and Procedures on Maintenance computers such as the shops laptop enabling technicians to pull up electrical diagrams, Cad Line I/O Maps, Procedures, Programs Part specifications Etc. while at selected equipment.

Total Tile Images Lees Summit, MO. 11-99 to 8-00

CO-Owner

Full P&L responsibilities for small business.

Responsible for all facets of the two-man business from bidding to fine floor installation.

Installation of custom Granite, Marble, Slate and Ceramic Layouts from Entryways to fireplaces.

Spencer Reed Industrial Group Mission, KS. 8-99 11-99

Senior Controls Engineer

Consulting as a part of a three man team Upgrading equipment and process management from design to implementation.

Updating Manufacturing plants through automation and data acquisition tying PLC and Wonderware into trend analysis and inventory management.

Upgrading clients from Allen Bradley PLC3 6200 series to PLC5 AI Series.

Vatterott College St. Joseph, MO. 5-98 11-98

Associates Program Director/ PLC Instructor

Responsible for the writing, construction and implementation of the Associates degree’s curriculum involving 320 class hours of basic computers, process controls, PLC programming and troubleshooting.

Develop contract training plan to bring the technical community into our classes creating additional revenue without the need for Student loans.

Building, designing and programming the lab using Allen Bradley Windows and DOS based software.

Designing curriculum with Industrial controls, Basic Three phase theory and principle, Basic Computers, Pneumatics and many other facets of industrial automation.

Teaching basic and advanced Electrical and Refrigeration classes as well as Basic Computer classes as needed.

SAI Automotive, Tier 1, GM (Automotive Facility) KC, KS 6-97 5-98

Shift Maintenance Supervisor/ PLC Engineer

Responsible for all online PLC troubleshooting and program changes for Automotive Assembly 2nd shift production.

Involved with the Plant changeover of the AB PLC-3, 6200 series to the PLC 5/80 AI 5 series hardware and software.

Supervise an eight-person team to provide all preventative and production real time maintenance.

Coordinate all projects from Engineering, PO request, Manpower scheduling in areas of Electrical, HVAC/R, Fabrication, PLC and many others.

Lead electrical plant support as well as training all shifts on proper Electrical and Industrial controls operation.

Training all 2nd shift personnel PLC troubleshooting and Programming basics minimizing downtime from 13% to 4% in 9 Mos.

Leeds Depot Kansas City, MO. 2-95 6-97

Supervisor/Project Coordinator-Industrial Electrical/HVACR Closed GM Automotive Facility.

Responsible for the supervision of all 3 HVAC/R and Electrical crews providing installation, design, retrofitting and troubleshooting needs pertaining to a 2.2 million Sq. Ft. facility while staying within budget.

Education

Lees Summit High School - Graduate General. - 86

Vatterott College - Diploma HVAC/R - 96, Associates Degree Programmable Controllers. – 97

Ottawa University – Technical Management Bachelors Degree with focus on Business Finance. Graduating - 10-2014

JCCC: 35 Credit Hours in Computer Aided Drafting, 3-D Solid Modeling, Computer Programming, Networking, Data driven Web Development, Hardware Electronics, Programmable and industrial controls, as well as various application software packages.

Certificates

JCCC: Johnson County Community College Computer Aided Drafting Certificate in AutoCAD 2002 – 03

JCCC: Johnson County Community College Industrial Controls Certificate (Programmable Controllers) -04 Siemens Simatic S7 PLC

Programming 1 Certificate

Over 30 Certifications from Johnson Controls in Building Automation Systems and Systems Integration Programming.

Siemens Simatic PCS 7 Engineering System (ES) Tools Certificate. Simatic PCS 7 OS System Configuration factory training ongoing.

HVAC Universal Refrigeration Certification.

Various technical classes and seminars certifications from Rs Logix 5 to Intellution and Wonderware, GE Fanuc, Robotic Controllers and more.



Contact this candidate