LLOYD JOHN SCALES

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Ararat, VA 24053

276-***-****

meafk2@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: Engineering, Maintenance or Project Management

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Integrated Systems Controls Inc.

Lead Controls Engineer May 2008 – Present

* Supervise technicians, engineers and electricians for a UL508A panel shop.

* Design and develop electronic and electrical control systems.

* Develop and draft ACAD drawings for technical documentation.

* Develop motion control systems for various industrial applications.

* Program and troubleshoot PLC programs and associated HMIs.

* Provide technical support for field engineers, technicians and electricians.

* Project manager for equipment installation and upgrades.

Phillips-Van Heusen Corporation March 2007 – January 2008

Project Manager

* Project Manager for a multimillion dollar, 172,000 square foot facility addition and associated material handling, sortation and auxiliary

support equipment.

* Solicited, screened and qualified potential suppliers and subcontractors.

* Monitored and controlled costs while maintaining necessary timetables.

* Coordinated the most efficient and cost effective means of installing material handling and sorting equipment throughout the distribution

center.

* Designed equipment placement and facilities updates using AutoCAD.

* Developed facility power specifications for the local electric utility.

* Successfully completed this project.

Daifuku America May 2005 – March 2007

Field Service Engineer / Supervisor

* Electrical/controls project manager for the twelve million dollar distribution center in Dells’ new Winston-Salem, NC facility.

* Successfully managed a team of over thirty engineers, technicians, and electricians under severe time and budgetary constraints.

* Managed the bid process for installation labor and materials.

* Supervised direct reports and subcontractors over multiple shifts.

* Set-up preventative work schedules for Technicians, Engineers and Mechanics via MP2 computer system.

* Prepared work orders and documentation interpretation that allowed both Japanese and domestic engineering material to be implemented

effectively and in a cost saving manner.

* Trained maintenance, engineering and operations personnel on modern equipment operating and maintenance methods.

Sprint Inc. Nov. 2000 - May 2005

Central Office

* Directed contract personnel in equipment installation and upgrades.

* Maintained Nortel DMS-100 switch system.

* Maintained and served as primary troubleshooting agent for high bandwidth communications systems such

as multi-wave fiber.

Precision Fabrics Group, Inc. April - Oct. 2000

Process Engineer

* Project management throughout the manufacturing facility.

* Responsible for process improvements in the laminating department.

* Utilized common computer tools to track data and present information to the engineering group.

* Worked to improve efficiency and web handling characteristics of converting equipment through various mechanical and electrical modifications

and upgrades.

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., Packaging Division 1993-April 2000

Electrical Engineer / Project Manager

* Project Manager for facility and equipment upgrades and the application of new technologies.

* Traveled the country as necessary, to evaluate new equipment and technologies and provide risk and cost analysis for applicable projects.

* Successful installation of millions of dollars worth of projects under critical time constraints.

* Implemented hardware and software integration projects for manufacturing process improvements in metal cast and rolling and printing and

converting environments.

* Achieved change out of an entire plants 4160 volt switch gear during a

34 hour planned window.

* Recognized for leading an emergency project that rebuilt the entire electrical supply and PLC controls of a fire damaged roll-to-roll

paper-cutting machine.

* Provided guidance to corporate and contract engineering on compliance to company policies and production standards.

* Coordinated vendors and plant personnel to properly modernize production equipment while controlling costs and minimizing down time.

* Developed itemized and detailed documentation for integration teams to be able to plan modernization of less efficient manufacturing equipment.

* Was the Plant Electrical Engineer and provided leadership for the maintenance department in troubleshooting difficult and complex problems,

including hands on troubleshooting to the component level.

* Lead teams consisting of production, quality, maintenance, engineering and purchasing in evaluating equipment and procedures for

multi-plant implementation.

* Set up preventative maintenance procedures and spare parts for project related equipment.

* Utilized AutoCAD and modern computerized tools to draft and develop plans and drawings for manufacturing upgrades.

R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company 1983-1993

Electronics Technician II, PLC Specialist

* Installed and maintained material handling systems for RJR’s 43-acre Tobaccoville production facility.

* Designed and programmed a Laser Gas Distribution system using Allen Bradley HMI and PLC interfaced to a host mainframe system.

* Supervised technical projects consisting of maintenance, contract and engineering personnel to improve productivity.

* Worked “hands on” to modernize and retrofit older production machines with state of the art HMI, PLC and AC & DC drives

* Programmed Allen Bradley PLCs for material handling and packaging.

* Recognized for numerous savings and quality improvement suggestions.

Western – Electric Company (AT&T) 1979-1983

Electronics Troubleshooter

* Applied engineering level troubleshooting techniques to various complex equipment systems.

* Was promoted two times and reached the highest non-salary engineering grade in the facility.

EDUCATION ICOM Software for PLC 5 Training

R. J. R. OTT Group Tobaccoville, NC.

Factory Link Training

US Data Corp. Dallas, Texas

Leadership / Coach Class

R. J. R. Management Training Winston-Salem, NC.

Theory of Constraints

R. J. R. Management Training Winston-Salem, NC.

OSHA / NEC Compliance (Explosive environment)

R. J. R. via Layton Consulting Co. Winston-Salem, NC.

Visual Process Control training

R. J. R. OTT Winston-Salem, NC.

Allen Bradley Intelligent I/O

Allen Bradley Chicago, IL

Emerson UPS training

Emerson on site Winston-Salem, NC.

INTEL Microprocessor Workshop

Intel Corp. Winston-Salem, NC.

Accu-sort Bar code readers

R. J. R. OTT Winston-Salem, NC.

FLUKE 9010 Troubleshooting

Fluke Corp. Winston-Salem, NC.

Allen Bradley PLC 5

Allen Bradley Chicago, IL.

Associates in Applied Science, Electronics Engineering

Surry Community College, Dobson, NC

INTERESTS & Private Pilot.

ACTIVITIES Extra class amateur radio operator.

References available upon request.

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