Electrical Engineer Contract

Greg Retter PE PMP

Shawnee, KS *****

913-***-**** (Cell Phone)

EMAIL (******@*****.***)

Leadership Experience

I have been an Engineering Manager and a Principal Engineer and have taught automation, control, and software classes at local community colleges. I’ve managed people and projects, to include, defining of control system requirements, hardware selection, cost estimating, scope, schedule, and budget management, as well as project installation and commissioning. I’ve done training and mentoring of younger engineers and technicians and developed them into an exceptional team. I’m also experienced with extensive customer contact, including sales, design, project and change order management.

Project and Programming Experience

I’ve designed MES, SCADA, IIOT, Data Acquisition and Automation Systems, integrating multiple levels of controllers, robots and servers, using PLC programming, UI programing, and middleware to databases that I’ve constructed. I’ve programmed in VB, C# and LabView to provide user interfaces, systems controls, data acquisition, and web service interface to an SAP ERP system. I have experience with embedded programming using Assembly language, Python, LabView, and C, to include programming an autonomous vehicle, wearable IOT applications and test equipment. I’ve also done Full Stack (Front End and Back End) programming for an AWS deployed Micro Service for a non-profit start-up for disaster relief.

Employment History

Honeywell FM&T

Senior Software Engineer, 8/16 to Present

I am responsible for creating programming and testing for embedded devices, as well as user interfaces, versioning system set up and server management (devops). I was formerly a Senior Electrical Engineer with Honeywell, in maintenance, charged with the upkeep of production equipment and I was the leader of the Electrical Safety Committee, which included Electrical Safety training and documentation. I’m also a member of the Big Data consortium at Honeywell FM&T and I’m pursuing projects to improve processes and provide continuous improvement.

General Motors

Process Engineer, 2/14 to 8/16

I was responsible for the Tire Room and Final Process Areas of Chassis in the General Assembly area.

General Motors

Maintenance Supervisor, 5/13 to 2/14

I supervised 25 UAW skilled trade workers and troubleshot downtime events to maintain production.

Burns and McDonnell

Senior Instrument and Controls Engineer, 8/11 to 5/13

I was a Senior Electrical Engineer in charge of controls projects and controls support for large food, and gas/oil companies.

Avanceon

Lead Midwest Engineer, 7/09 to 8/11

I was responsible for Lead engineering support and business development in the Midwest office.

Professional Contractors Incorporated

Contract Engineer at GM 11/08 to 7/09

I was a contract Controls Engineer at GM working on their plant floor systems.

Spencer Reed Group

Principal Engineer, 8/99 to 11/08

I was responsible for systems integration projects and developing working relationships with new clientele. I lead a group of engineers and was eventually contracted to GM for their plant floor control systems.

South Coast Systems

Engineering Manager, 7/97 to 8/99

I was responsible for running the Kansas City office of SCS, contacting clients, sales, mentoring engineers, and doing systems integration projects for our clientele.

Education

Harvard University

Masters in Software Engineering (May 2022)

Graduate Certificate in Back End Web Page Programming

Kansas City Kansas Community College

Associates Degree, Instrumentation and Automation.

Kansas University – (ABET Accredited)

Bachelor’s Degree, Electrical Engineering

Kansas State University

Bachelor’s Degree, Biology and Spanish

Certifications and Accomplishments

Project Management Professional (PMP)

PE in Electrical Engineering

EIT in Electrical Engineering

Lean Expert

Six Sigma Certified Green Belt

Master Electrician in Kansas and Missouri

Q and SCI Security Clearances

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