Ray Osbon: Marion, IA (Cell - *** -***-****), adnw5c@r.postjobfree.com

Competencies Include:

Project Management Plant Maintenance

Requirements Gathering Downtime Tracking

PLC Programming Project and Revenue Tracking

HMI/SCADA Development Lean Methodologies and Implementation

Industrial Networking Supervisory Experience

Design Component Selection Commissioning of Field equipment

Controls Software Design and Testing Stake Holder Management

Vender Management Mechanical, Electrical and PLC trouble shooting

Systems Engineering

Professional Experience:

Albany Molecular Research Incorporated

Sr. Automation Engineer

October 28 2020 –Present

Managed configuration of entire plant controls system comprised of SLC 500, PLC 5, Controllogix, Wonderware, iFix 3.5-6, FactoryTalk,

Managed 23 Virtualized and computer servers for multiple Factorytalk Network SE, network nodes, Vantage Point Historian Win911 and SQL servers. Conducted and scheduled Server Preventive maintenance.

Managed hardware additions to SCADA nodes, maintenance repairs, trouble shooting on equipment when beyond maintenance capability.

Performed duties required for implementation, validation and FDA registration of a prefilled syringe manufacturing line under cGMP 21.11. The duties included scheduling Site acceptance tests, developing functional, software and user requirements.

Renaissance MFG, Waukesha WI (Pure Power Technologies)

Sr. Electrical Engineer

March 15 2017 – October 28 2020

Managed configuration of entire plant controls system comprised of SLC 500, PLC 5 and controllogix.

Managed virtualization of servers for Factorytalk license, RSview SE network server as well as database interface with Labspeed.

Manage HV Electrical substation maintenance repairs, trouble shooting and upgrades.

Developers large scale SCADA and dashboard applications and reporting applications focusing on: energy usage, downtime (OEE), machine cycle time analysis, water usage, air quality, scrap rate, recipe management, archival and display or spectral analytics for quality and SPC.

Responsible for the yearly maintenance and repair of 7 sub stations.

Designed and implemented control panels for conveyor systems, data acquisition and upgrades using AutoCAD, RSView SE, RSView ME, RSlogix5, RSlogix500, RSlogix5000, protocol converters as well as point to point and wireless integration.

AMTek, Cedar Rapids IA

Electrical Program Engineer

Oct 16 2017 – Jan 15 2018

Responsibilities:

Performed upgrades and delivered new Copmpactlogix /SafteyLogix (RSLogix 5000) for support in Industrial microwave applications.

Suggested changes to equipment and performed design of experiments and tested microwave transmitters and ovens to meet UE CISPR 11 microwave emission standards.

Performed Arc Flash survey on system equipment: Microwave transmitter and Oven controls.

Managed Control Change Board

Trained support personnel on PLC programming

Wrote and presented system requirements from customer emails

eBeam Technologies (Formally PCT Engineered Services), Davenport IA

Controls Engineer

Feb 16 2016 to Aug 26 2017

Responsibilities:

Performed upgrades and delivered new Controllogix /SafteyLogix (RSLogix 5000) code for a Steel Shear, Furnaces, Vertical Heat Treat, Cold Mill lubrication system and Slitters.

Delivered WonderWare HMI, RSView ME, RSView SE, Factorytalk and Redlion Crimson systems as well as interfacing systems with older technology such as a vertical heat-treat upgrade using PLC 5.

Wrote and commissioned valve spray code for cold mill.

Delivered beam sterilization system for food grade low moisture products.

Delivered beam sterilization and print drying system for various sterilization or beam related products using Siemens IPC and Safety I/O.

Delivered eBeam EID used in the drying of inks in printing processes.

Mid-States Technical Services, Cedar Rapids IA, Davenport IA, Clinton IA and Remote to St Louis, MO

Controls Engineer and Consultant

Jan 14 2015 to Feb 16 2016

Responsibilities:

Participated in three different Controls projects varying from 4 weeks to 5 months utilizing: Factory Transaction Manager, RSView32, RSView Factory Talk Studio, Controllogix, PLC5, Logix500 and SLC500 to create an enterprise solution that provided the machine operator an interactive guided system and management a dashboard providing an easily interpreted presentation of factory information visibility to manage resources, workflow and waste. The HMIs are designed to automatically confirm characteristics of material using barcodes and MS SQL Data upstream up-stream products and workflow to alert the operator of discrepancies or prohibit operation of the machine.

The interfaces provide the operators options, limited to the scope of the current order before engaging in additional processing of the material.

These projects also involved the updating of P&IDs and wiring Diagrams using CAD.

Responsible for the initial development and human factors aspects and design of the HMIs.

Written all the PLC code for the prototype and installations.

Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, IA

Sr. Systems Engineer III

Dec 7 2007 to Jan 14 2015

Project Engineer:

Responsible for managing and scheduling the production (manipulation of software) of a subset of base code for an individual aircraft.

Monitored a four-million-dollar budget.

Responsible for the investigation of production issues, tooling, rig issues, general root cause analysis and primary failure mode analysis.

Responsible for group potion of each bid including additional GUI work and system testing.

Responsible for the quality of the delivery as well as insuring that the correct charges are placed against the project.

Spent several years working for the program office and was responsible for the project initiation phase of over 350 customer bids. These project bids involved collecting input from various stakeholders involved in each stage of integration of the hardware as well as the software development or architectural design.

Depending on the size of the project, managed and reported the progress of the project. The project bids ranged from several thousand to two million dollars.

Used lean electronics methods and decreased testing and development budget spending over 1 million yearly.

Implemented software quality system for the verification and validation of software requirements utilizing a disciplined systematic and quantifiable approach.

Managed the preparation of system and software level verification procedures, and the execution of those procedures in preparation for in house factory acceptance testing and customer validation testing.

Scheduled and designed, test plans and documentation for systems and software testing ranging from the simple to extremely complex, focused on display formats and system and subsystem behaviors. This interdisciplinary approach was based on customer needs for increased performance.

Supported software development and unit testing by providing various configurations (permeations of xml files altering the software capability) for unit testing and integration test.

Provided performance feedback by writing change requests and helped develop solutions together with software developers while performing unit test.

Analyzed simulator test data and correlated data into test reports as required.

Participated in Change Control Board meetings and worked with other team to schedule updates to simulators in a timely manner to match development and final test.

Facilitated the finalization of requirements across a multi-disciplined requirements team for corner cases by engaging and presenting strategies or remedies to stakeholders.

Participated in software requirement peer reviews.

Managed the development of an automatic test tool for overnight testing of specific customer configured aircraft (a subset of maximum capability of the aircraft).

Responsible for the quality of the software deliveries by managing the team that executed system and software-level test procedures. This team identified anomalies in the software, requirements, test procedures, test equipment operation, and the system under test.

Presented test results directly to senior management and Software Quality; under my leadership, utilizing hands on approach my team increased the quality of the software significantly so much so; it saved our relationship with our primary customer.

Gathered test results, identify key issues (showstoppers), prepare and present this information to the management and the customer and also provided test reports to systems quality officer for official release.

Prepared service bulletins and version description documents for each release.

Scheduled the personnel, the equipment, and portions of aircraft to be tested.

CES, Demotte, IN

Controls Engineer

Dec 2005 to Jan 2007

Responsibilities:

Programmed and provided onsite support for multiple projects and upgrades using: ControlLogix, FlexLogix, CompactLogix, PLC5 and SLC500, Cimplicity, RSView Studio Station ME, RSView32, WonderWare "Intouch" (7, 7.1, 8) and MS Visual Basic Application, MS Visual Basic .NET, Panelview, Panelview Plus and Versaview for Master Control and individual control of power house and cooling systems.

Projects were for: General Motors "Lordstown", General Motors "Wilmington" and General Motors "Oshua Canada", NAVSEA "Navy Facility", Quaker Oats "Iowa", Amerada Hess "Port Reading NJ", International Truck "Chicago", Wyadak Power Generation Facility "Wyoming", Dayton Power and Light "Aberdeen Ohio".

Principal Engineer for scalable Turbine/ Compressor control solution – CES Vision System & Compressor in a box.

Provided phone and warranty support for above projects after implementation.

Conducted classes at GM Lordstown on: Contrologix, RSView ME and Cimplicity. Three classes a day for five days covering all shifts.

Wrote manuals for and instructed operators when project was finished.

Wrote SCADA System in Visual Basic .NET using IngearAB.Net drivers for off-the-shelf reciprocating and centrifugal controls projects.

Wrote and built, using off the shelf hardware and Visual Basic, prototype products meeting fault recording standards.

Education and Certificates:

Kaplan University; Cedar Rapids IA: Masters IT Project Management -Kappa Alpha Member

Graduated May 2016

ITT Technical Institute; Aurora, CO: Bachelor of Applied Science -Honor Student Electronic Engineering Technology

September 1996

Kirkwood Community College, Cedar Rapids, IA: Certificate Web Development and PHP

March 30 2008

Federal Communications Commission, Denver, CO: FCC General License

March 1996.

NARTE Engineer Class III Certificate, USA :1996

Colorado Aerotech, Broomfield, CO: Aircraft Maintenance Certificate

Sept 1993.

US Army Non-Commissioned Officers Professional Development Diploma

May 1989

Army School of Engineers, Fort Belvoir, VA: Power Distribution & Generator Mechanics

October 1986

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