Rockford Technical Services

I have a total of 39 years in Controls Engineering. My experience began with nearly a decade in Automotive as a direct employee of a company that was a Tier 1 supplier to GM, Ford, Jaguar, Chrysler, Kia, Hyundai and Ssang Yon. Since then I have mainly been involved with large material handling projects with end customers including Walmart, FedEx Ground, UPS, The Limited/ L Brands/ VS & Co, The gap, URBN and others. I also worked in food and beverage for three years with the main customer being Coca Cola.

 

During those years my main responsibilities have been the engineering, installation and commissioning of PLC based controls systems, including any mechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic subsystems.

 

 

Hardware: I have been responsible for the hardware portion of the design from specifying field devices to the design of the control panels, and generated schematics, electrical field layouts, BOM’s etc. for same. I was also involved in helping to set up a QC process in the control cabinet building shop for one of my employers. I have also spec’d CDP’s and interfaced with contractors on installation. I attended and passed a course offered by UL on the application of the UL508A standard on design of Industrial Control Panels.

 

Software: On the PLC software end of it I have been involved in clean sheet programming and the generation of standardized libraries of code for various industries. I have also modified exiting code to accommodate hardware additions or enhance performance of legacy systems which have not been altered.

 

I also have extensive experience in programming local control cabinet level HMI's as well as facility wide visualization. 

 

On-site: On-site activities have consisted of installation supervision, commissioning supervision, commissioning, testing and turnover of systems. As part of the installation supervision role progress reporting to Project Management as well as liaising with the customer have been within my scope. End customer training of everyone from operators to maintenance have also been part of my responsibilities.

 

 I have traveled extensively, including internationally, in the performance of these duties.