La Mirada, CA, *****
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Luis Castaneda Updated: 10/03/2015
Objective: Seeking career opportunity as bilingual Electrical Engineer (English/Spanish)
Education: 1973-1982 Universidad de El Salvador El Salvador Central America
Electrical Engineer
Equivalent to a U.S. Bachelor’s in
Electrical Engineering Degree (Per
Center for Applied Research, Evaluation
And Education, Inc. in California)
1966-1971 Instituto Nacional de Santa Ana El Salvador Central America
High School Diploma in Sciences
Certification/ . C10 license per Contractor State License Board of California
License
. California Driver License
Skills/Abilities. Professional attitude.
. Attention to Detail and hard worker
. Ability to Learn and Teach Technical Information
. Programming PLCs (Halen Bradley, Mitsubishi, Automation Direct)
. Programing Linear Robots (SEPRO,)
. Construction of Electrical Installations in High or Low voltages
. Bilingual Communication Skills (English/Spanish)
. Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Power Point, Excel and Outlook, Smart Draw)
Work
Experience 1980-1993 Comision Ejectiva Hidroelectrica Del Rio Lempa (CEL)
Electrical Engineer
. Planning and Document for Power Lines and Substations for 20 years Transmission and
Distribution Expansion System Plan.
. Metering Department Manager which it was including Telemetry, Calibration, and Monthly
Invoices for National Wide Electrical Energy Distribution Companies.
. Manager Assistant of Substation Montages Department, in charge to install or uninstall Power
Transmission Substation (voltages 240KV/115KV/46KV-23KV) with a 100 MVA capacities
In several points in the Salvadorian Territory.
1993-2000 AC Ingenieria Electromecanica,
Principal
. Develop, design and construction of several projects in the
Electrical area as a contractor in my country, El Salvador.
2000-2003 Rehrig Pacific Company, Tracy Plant, CA, USA
Electrical Technician
Maintenance and Mold Crew works, also electrical installations and Motors Controls
About 500 molds (20-25 tons) changes in 2.5 years period + maintenance activities in
8 Plastic Injection Molding Machines.
2003-2007 Rehrig Pacific Company, Los Angeles Plant, CA, USA
Maintenance Manager Assistant
Assist to the Maintenance Manager to do the PM Schedule, also Corrective Maintenance,
Troubleshooting in the Plastic Injection Molding Machines, must of them in the electrical
Control area, also auxiliary machines like Branders, Grinders, Robots, automations
2007- to present Rehrig Pacific Company, Vernon, CA, USA
Project Engineer
Improves Projects related to Installation of electrical distribution, facilities, and automations interfaces attached to the Injection Molding Machines (IMM).
Design and Manufacture of six (6) Part Drop Detector System, using vision sensors, Allen Bradley PLCs; this is for mold protection purposes.
Design and Manufacture of one vision system capable to detect bad parts as a cheap quality control
Brander automations conversions five (5) from manual mode to automatic mode working with robots, also IML system (in mold labeling)
Safety Cage Robot works areas, according to the OSHA codes, Interlock safety circuits, etc.
Design and manufacture of five (5) propane flame system working in automatic mode, using PLCs coordinated with robots.
Design and manufacture of end of arm tools (EOAMs) used for robots to remove parts from the molds.