Summary

Experienced controls designer, PLC programmer, project manager and R&D engineer. Skills vary from electrical and controls design to fluid mechanics and combustion theory and design.

Skills

PLC Programming - Allen Bradley Logix, Micro Logix and SLC 5; Siemens S7; HMI/SCADA - Factory Talk View, WinCC Flexible, Advantech, Maple Systems; Variable Frequency Drives - Allen Bradley, ABB, Baldor, WEG, Toshiba; Electrical Design in AutoCAD, Creation of Bills of Materials, Instrumentation setup and selection (flow meters, pressure transmitters, guided wave radar, conductivity, PH), steam and thermal fluid system design, fluid mechanics, pump selection and theory, combustion theory and burner design, combustion safety control system design, heat transfer theory.

Experience

Electrical and Controls Engineer, World Water Works, Oklahoma City, OK 2015 - Present

As the electrical and controls engineer I am responsible for design of motor control, instrumentation and PLC design. As a member of the project engineering team it is my duty to work with the other engineering disciplines to work out the overall plan for each project and ensure the end user’s specifications are being followed. I am also responsible for all PLC software development and HMI design. Other duties include support of the field service team by phone, remote connection to controls and occasional trips to the field.

Manager, New Product Development, Vapor Power Intl; Franklin Park, IL 2012–2015

As new product development manager my role was to redesign current products for better performance and/or efficiency and create new products to add to our product line. Tasks ranged from large to small with the development of an ultra low emissions burner being the biggest project. For the burner project I had to oversee my lab, the combustion lab at Berkley and a firm performing Computational Fluid Dynamics simulations.

Controls Engineer, Vapor Power Intl.; Franklin Park, IL 2009 - 2012

As the electrical controls engineer it was my duty to design the control system for each boiler system (boilers were made one at a time as a custom product), write and test the PLC programs, create the HMI graphics and be the overall electrical expert for the company and our customers.

Field Service Tech, Vapor Power Intl.; Franklin Park, IL 2008 - 2009

As the field service technician I was responsible for startup of new equipment, troubleshooting issues with existing equipment and tech support. Startups consisted of burner tuning, electrical and mechanical troubleshooting, setup of instrumentation and training of end users.

Education

University Of Missouri - 2001 - 2005

Military Experience

Electronic Technician (ET), US Navy. Stationed in Chicago, Norfolk VA and deployment to the Mediterranean Sea and Middle East.

References

Chris Mazella - Controls Engineer at Vapor Power Intl.

Pete Pinto - Lead Engineer at Siemens Combustion Controls