Kenneth Pressley

Maintenance and Engineering

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Fort Mill, SC 29707

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Experienced manufacturing professional with a demonstrated history of working in various industries. Skilled in Reliability Centered Maintenance, Process Engineering, Predictive Maintenance, Continuous Improvement, and Automation and Control Systems Design and implementation, hydraulics, pneumatics, and mechanical systems.

Key Skills

Engineering Management

Maintenance Management

PLC – AB RSLogix 5, 500, and

5000; Siemens TIA Portal and

Step 7; GE Proficy for RX3i PLC

Variable Frequency Drives

Motion Control Systems

Electrical Design with AutoCad

Motoman, Fanuc, Nachi Robots

VB, C++, Java, CoDeSys

Industrial Networking

Computer Proficiency and

Microsoft Office

Experience

October 2022 – Present

PBI Performance Products Rock Hill, SC (Chemical Manufacturer) Plant Engineer

Act as the plant engineer to support all electrical, mechanical, and civil engineering protect work.

• Design, installation, and maintenance of electrical power distribution systems and industrial controls systems

• Design, installation, and maintenance of facilities and production mechanical equipment and systems

• Oversee mechanical, electrical, and civil contractors performing onsite project and maintenance work

December 2015 – October 2020

Kobelco Construction Machinery USA Moore, SC (Manufacturing) Production Engineering Manager

Responsible for the management of the continuous improvement engineering, production engineering and facilities maintenance departments.

• Developed the US factory’s Continuous Improvement program and hired CI engineering staff

• Implemented the facilities and production maintenance departments and managed the maintenance function

• Developed and monitored department KPI's for facilities maintenance and production engineering

• Heavy MIG welding fabrication experience with design and maintenance of welding jigs and fixtures

• Assembly area layouts and design of assembly jigs, fixtures, lifting, and positioning equipment

November 2011 – December 2015

DAA Draxlmaier Automotive Duncan, SC (Automotive) Senior Facilities Supervisor

Act as facilities engineer for the Duncan plant and deputy facilities manager. Managed a staff of ten facilities maintenance technicians.

• Managed electrical system installations, power quality, lock out/tag out and arc flash programs

• Managed facilities projects, including building expansions, renovations, and equipment relocation

• Provided continuous improvement of facilities equipment and provided root cause analysis

January 2006 – November 2011

Nutra Manufacturing Inc Greenville, SC (Nutraceutical/Pharmaceutical) Senior Automation & Controls Engineer

Automation & Controls engineer designing PLC-based control systems for process and discrete manufacturing equipment

• Provided in-house electrical engineering and maintenance support

• Designed new and upgraded existing equipment automation and control systems utilizing Allen Bradley and GE Rx3i PLCs.

• Worked with the validation department to perform IQ/OQ/PQ validation protocols on new and existing equipment October 2004 – January 2006

Spartanburg Steel Products, Inc. Spartanburg, SC (Automotive) Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance engineer responsible for maintenance, continuous improvement, and project engineering for metal stamping department.

• Provided mechanical and electrical maintenance support for hydraulic stamping presses.

• Utilize Root Cause Analysis to identify and analyze equipment issues to implement corrective actions to increase equipment reliability and avoid or minimize equipment failures

• Utilize Six Sigma techniques to continually improve the production performance of the lines by reducing down-time, die change times, addressing production bottlenecks

October 2001 – October 2004

Honeywell CPG Duncan, SC (Automotive)

Plant Electrical Engineer

Designed and installed new equipment control systems, upgraded existing control systems for facilities and manufacturing equipment. Provided electrical engineering support for facilities and production maintenance.

• Managed facility and production related capital projects.

• Utilize Six Sigma techniques to analyze equipment failure modes and implement effective and verifiable engineering design changes

• Work on multi-functional teams to improve quality and reduce downtime

• Analyzes equipment failure modes and implemented effective and verifiable engineering design changes

• Train plant personnel and maintenance personnel on operation and maintenance of new and upgraded equipment

May 2000 – October 2001

Certifications

Six Sigma Lean Black Belt

Professional (LBBP) Certification -

Date July 2015 – Present License

1648398

Six Sigma Greenbelt – Honeywell

OSHA Thirty Hour Certification

First Aid and CPR

Hitachi Electronic Devices Greenville, SC (Consumer Electronics) Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Responsible for the design, modification, implementation and documentation of electrical equipment and projects

• Managed facility and production related capital projects

• Worked with maintenance department to assure smooth shutdown periods

• Equipment troubleshooting, startup and training assistance

• Extensive support and modification of Motoman robotic equipment used in pick and place applications, paint applications and palletizing applications

• Specify, requisition, and procure electrical controls components and systems

April 1997 – May 2000

Lance Inc. Charlotte, NC (Food Manufacturer)

Electrical/Controls Manager

Managed the electrical controls department consisting of three electrical controls technicians whose primary functions were the design of PLC based control systems, variable frequency drive systems and motion control systems.

• Managed the electrical maintenance department with two supervisors and fourteen electricians

• Responsible for all plant electrical engineering functions such as electrical distribution equipment, power quality

• Electrical project engineer working with equipment control system modifications interfacing packaging equipment with robotic equipment

April 1997 – May 2000

Randolph Data Control Systems Charlotte, NC

Electrical Engineer

Education

2020 Master of Science Management & Leadership –

Western Governors University of North Carolina

2004 Bachelor of Science: Computer Science -

University of South Carolina Spartanburg

1995 Bachelor of Science: Electrical Engineering Technology - University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1993 Associate of Applied Science: Electronics

Engineering Technology –

Central Piedmont Community College

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