Engineer Electrical

MICHAEL A. WALSH

P.O Box ****

Southern Pines, NC 28388

Cell 910-***-****

email: *****.*****@*****.***

Objective: Seeking a position utilizing my engineering, automation, sales and management skills.

Technical Expertise Summary

Capital Projects: Experience tracking cost and project timelines in MS project, Excel and Word. Managing contractors and working as a liaison with outside engineering firms and machine building companies. Functioning as the lead engineer during installation and start up.

Management: Managed large maintenance departments with over 200 employees, writing work schedules and justifying head count to senior management. Facilitated the move of machinery across this country. Installed machinery in Korea and China working with local nationality.

Equipment Design: Proficient at production equipment electrical design, specializing in process control with a strong mechanical background. Worked extensively with machine building companies designing industry specific machinery.

Electrical Control Systems Design: Designed advanced systems with multiple PLCs, distributed I/O, industrial computers and HMIs. Implemented Ethernet systems that allowed management to view plant floor operations and HMIs to communicate to PLCs and motion controllers. Skills include drawing schematics, producing the bill of materials list, building panels, designing the memory map for the processor and developing the machine code in GE Fanuc, Allen Bradley, Omron, and Siemens PLC formats. Experience with 600V and 480V 3 systems as well as industrial networks like the GE Fanuc Genius and Device Net. Solid background in DC rectification, electroplating, batch processes, machine automation, potable and waste water treatment and Web handling and conversion systems.

Computers and Software: Proficient with Auto Cad and operator interfaces such as TCP, RSView, Cimplicity, and Wonderware. Some experience with Intellution and Visual Basic. Working knowledge of SCADA systems software and design. Good working knowledge of Microsoft software packages, primarily in manufacturing. Experience working with plant level IT communications.

Training and Instructing: Developed material for and conducted a number of technical training classes for production personnel on the use of equipment and maintenance personnel on technical aspects of equipment. Instructed personnel on basic computer skills, computer networking, basic electric, electrical troubleshooting and testing control circuits. Taught basic and advanced Logic Controllers and Operator Interfaces along with mechanics, fluid power and terminal dynamics for the North Carolina Community College System.

Work History

2011 – 2012: Technimark LLC Asheboro, North Carolina

Automation Engineer – Provided production level engineering support to floor technician in an injection molding facility. Indentify common and complex problems with the automation, write solutions for management. Adjust PLC code as needed on equipment. Work with the development the engineering department performing time studies on new equipment assuring there were no major issues prior to release to production. Work with a number of optical vision systems adjusting parameters as needed.

2008 – 2010: Celgard LLC Charlotte, North Carolina

Electrical Engineering Technician within the Process Engineer Group – Was primarily responsible for the optical inspection equipment throughout the plant. Installed new high speed flaw detection camera systems in Charlotte, NC, Chungju Korea and Shanghai China. Was responsible in part for the training of the production personal on the use of the systems. Interfaced the systems with the plant network and the machine PLC. I also worked as and I&E Technician (Instruments and Electronics) Functioning manly on production machine troubleshooting. Work with outside contractors on capitol projects.

2007 – 2008: DMP Corporation Inc., Rock Hill, South Carolina

Automation Controls Specialist – Electrical systems designer for OEM manufacture of industrial waste water treatment systems. Designs include motor control panels, operator stations and all related sub equipment. Responsible for electrical specifications, electrical schematics, PLC program code, HMI code and related interface, and bill of materials.

2005 – 2007: Sandhills Industrial Automation, Southern Pines, North Carolina

Owner – Owned a small contract automation engineering firm that performed automation services on new and existing equipment. The company included a panel shop, small design center and field service support offering control system design, machine system integration, drafting services, instrumentation calibrations, AC/DC drive service, HMI design and PLC programming.

1995 – 2005: ERICO Inc., Aberdeen, North Carolina

Automation Controls Engineer/Technician – Responsible for all process control systems and equipment including over 400 DC rectifiers, AC and DC drives, PLCs & motion control systems, operator interfaces and plant production networks. Designed and implemented new capital projects and was instrumental in several cost saving programs including plant maintenance training, copper reduction, and a pre-punching process on the mechanical strut lines.

1993 – 1994: Duke University, Durham, North Carolina

General Manager University Housekeeping – Responsible for the day to day operations of the University housekeeping department, including managers, supervisors and over two hundred unionized employees. Developed a computerized housekeeping management program that produced schedules, managed costs and provided quality assurance reports based on the production times of existing staff resulting in a 25% cost reduction.

1990 – 1992: Pine Chemical Inc., Graham, North Carolina

Outside Sales Representative – Sold industrial and institutional chemicals in central North Carolina.

1987 – 1990: City of Hudsonville Department of Public Works, Hudsonville, Michigan

Manager – Managed the public works department motor pool. Developed a preventive maintenance program that resulted in extended life of equipment and cost savings for the city.

1986 – 1987: TopCraft Metal Products, Hudsonville, Michigan

Quality Inspector – Worked in the quality control department for a screw machine job shop.

1984 – 1987: County of Moore, Pinebluff, North Carolina

Electrical Maintenance Technician – Performed maintenance and troubleshooting on all electrical devices.

1980 – 1984: United States Air Force, Davis Monthan AFB, AZ. / Kunsan AFB, Korea / George AFB, Ca.

Environmental Control Systems Engineer – Responsible for all process controls in water and waste water plants. Awarded the Air Force Medal of Achievement for implementing a process control change to the waste system, saving the government money in pre-treatment chemicals.

Education

1978 Sandhills Community College, (Southern Pines, North Carolina)

Associates Degree, Mechanics

1980 United States Air Force Technical Training Center, (Shepherd AFB, Texas)

Associates Degree, Environmental Control Systems

1985 South Carolina Water Quality Institute (Sumter, SC)

Potable Water Quality

1985 North Carolina Dept. of Environment (Raleigh, NC)

Potable Water Grade “C” License

1995 North Carolina Dept. of Labor FIT Class (Southern Pines)

(Focus Industrial Training 14 Months)

1996 Omron Advanced PLC Logic Training (Atlanta, GA)

1996 GE Cimplicity Training Level 1 (Albany, NY)

1997 GE Automation, Motion Control Training (Charlotte, NC)

1998 GE PLC (Genius) Instruction Course (Charlotte, NC)

1998 GE Plant TCP/IP Training Course (Houston, TX)

1999 Allen Bradley PLC and Drive Training (Raleigh, NC)

2000 Yaskawa Drives Training (Rockingham, NC)

2001 Saftronics Drives Training (Rockingham, NC)

2001 GE Cimplicity Training Level 2 (Charlotte, NC)

2003 Keystone Learning Ct. AutoCad (Provo, UT)

2007 Allen Bradley RS Logic Intermitted Course (Charlotte, NC)

2007 Allen Bradley RS logic Advance Course (Charlotte, NC)

2008 Allen Bradley RS View HMI Advance Course (Charlotte, NC)

2009 i2S Surface Vision Training (Bordeaux, France)

2009 ISRA Vision Basic Course (Atlanta, GA)

2010 ISRA Vision Advance Course (Atlanta, GA)

2010 Employers Association Excel Data Mining and Pivot Tables (Charlotte, NC)

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