Jay Gauthier

*** ***** *** ** **** 1-936-***-**** Ext 2

Montgomery TX 77316

United States of America

acuekf@r.postjobfree.com

QUALIFICATIONS

Over 15 years of experience as Project Management and Electrical Engineering

Drawings in AutoCad from One-line diagrams, detailed drawings and cable schedules

Standards in NEC, OSHA, UL, ATEX and IEEE

Programming in C++, Assembly, VBA, Function Blocks, Ladder Logic, Structured Text

HMI Programming-Panelview, Factory Talk, Intellutions, Wonderware, OMRON

Allen Bradley, Siemens, GE, and Omron PLCs.

Fanuc robot installation, programming and sustaining

Yaskawa AC drives, Allen Bradly AC and DC drives, GE Fanuc Drives, ABB ACS Drives

Rockwell, ABB and Square D MCC's and Switch Gear

Hardware Designs, and Commissioning of equipment.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Plant Engineer, A.Schulman, La Porte Texas – 3/15

Project Engineer on projects ranging from $1M to $15M

In charge of Maintenance Department at Plant

Root Cause analysis of all failures, both mechanical and electrical

Purchase and install of all new plant equipment

Programming of Allen Bradley PLC’s and drives

Troubleshooting both mechanical and electrical equipment

Sr. Electrical Engineer, Patterson UTI, Houston Texas – 4/14 to 1/15

Electrical Engineer in charge of all Electrical Projects for the company

Developing new technologies for Top Side Automation including pipe handing conveyor, automated wrench, and automated pipe handling system

Interfacing with company representatives for oil companies and Patterson UTI

Interfacing with vendors and contractors

Troubleshooting major failures and executing root cause analysis for the failures

Developing HMI and PLC code on OMRON PLC’s

Engineering Rig to Power Grid conversion.

Changing DC motor and SCRs to AC motors and VFDs

Automation Electrical Engineer, Canrig, Houston Texas - 6/13 to 4/14

Electrical Technical Lead on Managed Pressure Drilling product line.

Developing new Products under Managed Pressure Drilling.

Programming Allen Bradley Compact Logix and Control Logix, on Non Stop Driller and Total Control Driller product lines.

Coordinating certification of product for Explosion Proof areas.

Instrumentation from P&IDs

Detailed Engineering drawing for product

Guiding manufacturing on R & D and current products

Designing Hydraulic Systems and troubleshooting

Troubleshooting product line in field with Field Operation personnel

Servo Motors and Drives

Automation Project Manager, Tenaris, Houston Texas - 12/11 to 6/13

Assisted in the programming, setup and installation of the pipe conveyor upgrade including drives, Control logix PLCs, Sensors and Pneumatic lifting arms

Engineer on the installation and commissioning of 800 KW induction pipe welder

Worked as a backup Engineer on a smaller induction pipe welder

Worked as a backup manager on the run-out conveyor upgrade project.

Developed the programming and interface of new equipment to mill equipment

Developed drawing to interface new equipment in plant to exising PLC

Developed cable schedule for new equipment

Update mill drawings to coincide with new equipment installations

Assisted maintenance during start up and commissioning operations and on existing problems of mill through PLC and electrical testing.

Developed operating procedures for new equipment.

Installation and programming of Fanuc robot for installation of pipe end caps.

BOF Area Electrical Engineer/Caster Area Electrical Engineer, Arcelor Mittal, East Chicago Indiana – 7/08 to 12/11

Engineer on project, from cradle to grave, that replaced older GE series 6 and Allen Bradley SLCs to Allen Bradley Control Logix and Emerson Delta V systems for all the conveyors and load cells

Worked with maintenance personnel several times on problems to help troubleshoot instrumentation and PID loops on the BOF furnaces

Developed procedures for safe job execution

Developed HMI for new controls to Furnace PLC's in Factory Talk

Engineer on upgrade to caster tundish cars and turrets which included a radio active source and receiver communicating to an Emerson Delta V DCS system

Guiding maintenance and Contractors on mill upgrades and commissiong.

Upgrade to one caster line from GE DC drives to Allen Bradley 700 series AC drives, and motors plus related equipment.

Installation and commissioning of new slab cutter including motors, Allen Bradley Compact Drives, laser sensors, and Compact Logix PLC.

Helped diagnose quality defect in steel with caster drive system by looking at a drive oscillation problem and following it through to a mechanical problem

Information Systems Manager/ Maintenance Manager/ Maintenance Supervisor, Grede Foundries, Wichita Kansas – 7/04 to 7/08

Major projects included new servers, SAP implementation, upgrading all IT infrastructure

Saved the plant $20,000 per month in energy cost by upgrading PLC equipment on furnaces and developing program on existing MicroLogix PLC to modulate the input power going to the induction coils

Developed HMI for Furnaces' energy program

Maintained and Installed several servers including a web server, server for thin clients, multiple SQL servers, file servers, and active directory servers in a mixed Microsoft Windows and Linux environment

Developed custom industrial software in C++ and Lotus Notes

Installed and programmed Intellutions on a molding machine.

Upgrade the PLC from 3 Micro Logix controller to Control Logix for the sand system conveyors, hopper system, and load cells.

Upgraded level detection in sand silos with radar based sensors

Managed 4 supervisors, 30 maintenance personnel and parts department

In charge of safety for all of maintenance

Set up work with contractors on maintenance projects

Directed meetings for downturns and outages

Set up presentations for capital projects to be approved by the president of the company

Made sure all personnel followed all safety procedures in place, and helped develop new procedures

Made PLC changes on Allen Bradley PLC 5 to improve scan time on the molding machine to cut time off the cycle of the machine improving throughput.

Developed HMI system from scratch, custom software, in C++, for main molding machine

Maintenance Manager, Universal Metal Services, South Holland Illinois – 7/03 to 5/04

Managed 4 shifts of maintenance personnel and 1 Plant Engineer

Maintained DC and AC overhead cranes, shearing equipment, steel bar roll machines

Maintained computer mainframe and equipment

Developed capital projects for approval

Main Projects included upgrades to cranes to convert from DC motors to AC VFDs, upgrades to straightening and sizing equipment

Maintenance Shift Supervisor/Blast Furnace Production Manager, US Steel Gary Works, Gary Indiana – 6/01 to 6/03

Upgraded shakers and motor drive system on conveyors from MG sets to AC drives in stock house for Iron Producing

Upgraded Line 3 conveyors at Sinter Plant from all relays to Allen Bradley PLCs including installing HMI's.

Upgraded all MG sets conveyors in Sinter Plate from MG sets to Drives.

Supervised ironworkers, millwrights, electricians and systems personnel

Programmed HMI for Blast Furnace control rooms raw material additions.

Maintained numerous equipment from the Sinter plant, to the Blast Furnaces

Implemented downturn plans to completion

Made drawing for equipment and wiring that was changed out

Installed and changed high voltage switchgear

Maintained blast furnace equipment both mechanically and electrically

Education

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering - GPA 3.14 out of 4

Purdue University Calumet Campus, Hammond, Indiana

Certificate of Completion in Electrical – Completed top of class grade A

Hammond Area Career Center, Hammond, Indiana

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