Joe Kennedy
***A Dettro Drive
Mattoon, Illinois 61938
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Summary
BSEE plus 26 years engineering experience
Senior Controls Engineer
Project Engineering
Engineering Management
Custom Machine Design
oFixtures
oMagnetizing Coils
oWork Cells
oMetering Rolls
oMetering Pumps
oBlending (Inline and Batch)
oOnline Measurement
oMachine Safety
oElectrical Panels
oElectrical and Mechanical Schematics
Control System Validation (IQ, OQ, PQ)
PLC, HMI, DCS, SCADA, CNC
Machine Vision, Robotics
HVAC, Water, and Waste Monitoring Systems
Product Engineering and Testing
Industries Served
Automotive
Building Materials
Pharmaceuticals
Food and Beverage
Manufacturing
Information Technology
System Integration
Custom Machine
Certifications
Wonderware InTouch
Wonderware System Platform
Wonderware Historian
Certified ATA Instructor
4th Degree ATA Black Belt
Experience
Engineering Contractor
March 2013 – present Various Contract Positions Mattoon, IL
I provide automation services to support manufacturing in central Illinois. I have been instrumental with retrofitting, maintenance, process improvement, and new machine builds to produce hydro static transmissions, LED light assemblies, and various products in other industries.
Currently contracted through Aerotek at North American Lighting in Paris IL in the Equipment Engineering department
Independently contract through my own company Industrial Martial Arts, Inc.
Rockwell, Mitsubishi, Omron PLC based production lines
Factory Talk View SE and ME based HMI systems
Wonderware based HMI systems
Assembly and test cell logic
Custom AOI development
Custom SQL recipe and data collection interfaces
Robotic systems
Vision Systems
Senior Systems Engineer
May 2008 – April 2013 Stone Technologies, Inc. Chesterfield, MO
Stone Technologies provides industrial automation services including process control and manufacturing execution system (MES) design, software development, and commissioning. The company headquarters is in Chesterfield, MO, however employees work from their home offices.
OEE Systems for US Pipe, Pepsi, Farley’s & Sather’s, Clear Water Paper, Barilla
Historian and Reporting Systems for Frito-Lay
PLC and HMI Systems for Starbucks, Frito-Lay, Covidien, Rockline, Heartland Bakeries, Nestle
PLC and HMI standards for Miller Brewing
Electrical Controls Engineer
March 2006 – May 2008 Hitachi Metals Automotive Components Effingham, IL
HMAC specializes in precision machining and assembly for the OEM automotive industry.
PLC, HMI, SCADA, CNC system programming and data collection
omachining cells
orobotic part handling (Gantry and Multi-Axes)
obearing/bushing presses
oreal time production performance (OEE, Down Time, Scrap)
opart inspection (Air Gauging and Machine Vision)
Electrical Control System Design
Electrical Safety (NEC/NFPA, OSHA)
Project Engineer
March 2003 – March 2006 SELCO Engineering Indianapolis, IN
SELCO Provides a full range of technical and management services to companies who utilize industrial controls, custom machine builds and factory automation.
PLC, HMI, SCADA, Database System Development, Computer System Validation, and Project Management for Environmental, HVAC, Utilities, Waste Neutralization, Purified Water, MP10 Fluid Bed Dryer, and Laboratory Systems at Eli Lilly
Technical Lead for Wonderware Software
Project Engineer
February 2002 – March 2003 Cornerstone Controls Indianapolis, IN
Cornerstone is a distributor of Fisher Rosemount products including Delta V.
PLC, HMI, SCADA, Database System Development, and Computer System Validation for Environmental, HVAC, Utilities, Waste Neutralization, Purified Water, MP10 Fluid Bed Dryer, and Laboratory Systems for Eli Lilly
PLC and HMI development for Kroger. F:;fe
Technical Lead for Wonderware Software
Project Engineer
November 2000 – February 2002 Expert Technical Services Decatur, Illinois
Systems Integrator
PLC, HMI, SCADA, Database System Development for Hydro-Gear, AC Humko and Firestone
Engineering Manager/Plant Engineer
October 1996 – November 2000 Celotex Charleston, IL
Celotex was a manufacturer of Rigid Foam Insulation.
Engineering and Maintenance Projects including Preventative Maintenance Program
Electrical and Mechanical design of foam processing equipment, high and low pressure metered pumping systems, inline blending systems, thickness measurement system, and conveyor systems
Equipment procurement, installation, and integration of flow meters, pumps, packaging equipment, de-watering waste compactors, oven burners and controls
PLC, HMI, DCS, SCADA system development and integration for all plant equipment
Developed Plant Historical, Samples, Recipe, and Production Scheduling databases with interfaces to plant SCADA and DCS system. Developed custom reports that linked information from all four databases
Assisted Six Sigma Engineer with data collection, analysis, and reporting
Electrical Engineer
November 1993 - October 1996, Magnetic Instrumentation, Indianapolis, IN
Magnetic Instrumentation manufactures a wide array of products for magnetic applications including gauss meters, flux meters, reference magnets, and magnetizers.
Magnetic Fixture Design incorporating mechanical and electrical design techniques for complex coils
Magnetic Modeling for product feasibility, quotations, and applications engineering
Testing, R&D of Magnetic Fixtures for field strength, part saturation, and duty cycle
Education
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering
August 1996 Purdue University Indianapolis, IN
Major Courses of Study:
Electro Mechanical Devices
Robotics
Control Systems
Skills
Wonderware
Industrial Application Server
InTouch
InTrack
InControl
SCADAlarm
Historian
Data Access and I/O servers
Performance
Allen-Bradley / Rockwell
ControlLogix
CompactLogix
MicroLogix
SLC 500
PLC 5,2
RSLogix
FTView
RSLinx
Multi-Sight
FTMetrics
Microsoft
Office: Word, Excel, Power Point,
Project, Outlook, Access
SQL Server, Reporting Services
Visual Basic
Siemens
Moore APACS
SINUMERIK 840D
S7
Fanuc
Robots
CNC
Fanuc Ladder III
Mitsubishi
Yaskawa Robots
Nitoman Robots
PLC
HMI
Omron
PLC
HMI
Hardware / Software
Flow Meters, Instrumentation
AC/DC Drives
Steppers, Servos, Robotics
PID Loop Tuning
C, Pascal
Crystal Reports
AutoCAD
Cognex/DVT Vision
Banner Vision
BOA Vision
Keyance Vision
Computer System Validation
21 CFR 11
Installation Qualification
Operational Qualification
Design Qualification
Functional Requirements
Performance Qualification
System Acceptance
Change Control
Plans
References
Kevin Cremeens
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Zach Crothers
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Andrea Parri
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Adam Hess
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