Robert Y. McCleery III, BSEET Streetsboro, OH ****1 330-***-****
abm5lk@r.postjobfree.com
Objective: Pursue a challenging leadership position to utilize my extensive
application engineer and supervisory/management experience to make a
profitable contribution for a stable company.
Profile: Motivated value building professional with over 20 years
progressive experience in maintenance management and plant/project
management - 10 years combined application/field service engineer
experience and was recently employed as an inside sales engineer.
. Power Plant Management and Project Management Experience: Employed as
a plant manager maintaining budgets and construction schedules for
milestones and utility/operations start-up deadlines. Implemented
power distribution maintenance from 480v to 69kv in power plant and
steel mill industrial environments.
. Hands-on 7 years Field Service Engineer Experience: Obtained working
as a field service engineer performing start-ups, emergency service
and implementing predictive maintenance programs on rolling mills,
ac/dc motors, generators, variable speed drive systems, cranes and
traction drives.
. Extensive 20 years Plant/Maintenance experience: Supervising electronic
technicians repairing furnace instrumentation and sensors utilizing SPC
to determine furnace ISO compliance. Electrical supervisor experience
supervising skilled trades and directing the work force performing
planned and emergency repairs to fully integrated steel mills such as; an
80 ton electric furnace, 200 ton BOF, blooming mills, bar mills, rod
mills, 56" hot strip mill and retreat/reheat furnaces. Also, implemented
predictive maintenance programs on cranes to 200 tons.
Education/Technical Skills: BS in Electrical Engineering Technology
from Youngstown State University - 1993/Microsoft Office - Word, Excel,
Power Point, AutoCAD 2000, "Baan" inventory data base, Avtron ADD32 DC
software, ACCel 500 AC software, Hubbell brand Series 4000 AC Drives and
controls, Kent State Supervisor training.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
INSIDE SALES ENGINEER /FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER
11/06- 07/09
Avtron Industrial Automation, Inc. Independence, OH
(Company mass layoffs with company restructure)
1. Promoted to Inside Sales Engineer after 15 months. Quoted over 150
International and North American customers also supporting 8 territory
manager's direct requests and traveling support. Provided technical
sales and customer support on Avtron DC ADD32 and ACCel 500 AC drives
and the entire Avtron encoder line of incremental encoders. Performed
equipment and crane engineering surveys for resistor, drive system and
wound rotor motor upgrade bid requests.
2. Received factory drive training in Avtron DC ADD32 drives, ACCel 500 AC
drives mining and arc flash training
3. Specified and sold dynamic braking resistors for mill type DC motors and
"AC Regen Vector" drives".
4. Performed hands-on field service emergency repair, planned maintenance,
start ups and parts sales - on Avtron AC/DC digital drives and
incremental encoders - in mill locations throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Example applications were port container cranes, hot yard cranes, hot
metal cranes, marine transit ships, plastic manufacturing and mine hoists
using Avtron drive software.
5. Contributed to $150,000 monthly sales of Avtron AC/DC of digital drive
controllers and encoders.
POWER PLANT MANAGER
10/03- 6/06
Kent State University Main Campus
(Contract position)
6. Directly managed an 11-person new co-generative power plant consisting
of Nebraska boilers, two cogeneration turbines, water/boiler feed system,
sensors, switchgear and motor control centers. Provided project
management support for new phase III addition and HMI changes required
due to installation of a new 8 megawatt co-gen turbine.
7. Personally directed all high voltage 69kv/13.2kv/4160/480-volt
distribution maintenance, new construction and 24/7 hands-on technical
support for the two natural gas Solar//Caterpillar turbines, that
supply 13-megawatts production to the Kent State campus. Managed and
ensured all OSHA/EPA compliance, NFPA 72 fire code and ASME boiler
inspection compliance. Directed 5 total campus 69KV power outages.
8. Evaluated and complied with state mandatory annual evaluations.
Implemented a power factor control savings program and an arc flash
compliance program.
MOTOR CONTROLS/APPLICATIONS ENGINEER - Adalet Cleveland, OH
11/00- 2/03
Manufacturer of explosion proof enclosures and instrument housings.
(Company mass downsizing)
1. Provided full project management responsibility for existing and custom
explosion proof motor control packages for panel boards, motor controls,
breakers and medium voltage switches.
2. Designed drawings, bill of materials, schematics and diagrams using
AutoCAD 2000 software.
3. Responsible for full in-house technical support for the production
floor, sales staff and distributors.
4. The motor controls product line I directed contributed to $1.2 Million
annual sales.
PLANT SUPERVISOR - INSTRUMENTATION AND COMBUSTION - CSC LTD, Warren, OH
7/99 -11/00
Specialty Steel Bar Manufacturer - Electric Furnace through Finishing
(Plant closing of 1200 jobs)
9. Managed the Instrumentation and Combustion Department, providing plant
wide facilities 24/7 technical support for a steel bar producer.
Supervised Electronic Technicians and the Electric Construction
department. Supervised crew sizes of 50 on major repair outages.
10. Supported the repairs of AC/DC drives, 40 radio-controlled cranes and
600-ton scale systems.
11. As Plant Supervisor I reduced instrumentation delay time 15% at the CSC
Steel 80-megawatt furnace facility by implementing high temperature
material and furnace instrumentation upgrades.
APPLICATION/FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER - Hubbell Industrial Controls, Madison,
OH 3/95- 6/99
Manufacturer of crane controls, fire pump and lift bridge controllers
(Plant Closing & Relocation)
12. Factory trained - Provided customer technical support to the sales
staff and customers for Hubbell brand primary/secondary thyristor wound
rotor drives, fire pump controllers, AC-DC crane control, lift bridge
controllers and Femco radio controls. Performed transfer switch start-ups
with back up "Cat" generators.
13. Performed hands-on field service in light, medium and steel mill
locations throughout the U.S.
14. Contributed to $1 Million annual sales integrating specialized variable
speed drive packages providing project management from quotation through
field service start-up.
15. Quoted and sold the entire extensive Hubbell resistor product line of
neutral grounding, dc constant potential control, dynamic braking
resistors and wound rotor motor control.
SENIOR DESIGN ENGINEER - Simmers Engineering, Canfield, OH
11/93 - 3/95
Design, sales and repair of material handling equipment and controls.
(Recruited to Hubbell Controls)
16. Provided project management and technical field support at customer
locations throughout the
Eastern United States. Integrated and designed customer systems
utilizing AutoCAD-12.
17. Designed mechanical, electrical one line diagrams and radio control
interface schematics, Specialized in radio and infrared control of
variable speed DC and AC flux-vector drives.
18. Designed "Wampfler" type festoon upgrades from rail system type using
"buss duct" to reduce labor costs.
CONTRACT ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - Globex Corporation, Canfield, OH
6/93 - 11/93
Engineering design firm specializing in government contracts.
(Accepted Senior Design position at Simmers)
. Responsible for the design and installation of PLC and fiber-optic
control systems for overhead traveling cranes and material handling
equipment at Cape Canaveral Air Force Base, Florida.
. Managed a staff of AutoCAD operators. Produced 150 Auto Cad drawings in
18 weeks.
SALES ENGINEER - C&C Industrial Inc., Petersburg, OH
6/90 - 6/93
Medium voltage switchgear/generator sales and service.
(Part time employment while completing college)
Project responsibility from initial contact, quotation, equipment sales
and start-up. Commissioned sales of medium voltage switchgear/breaker
repair, predominately GE and Yanmar diesel generators.
Customer base was steel and small/medium manufacturing. Performed
various selling strategies such as client relationship building,
promotional tactics and increased client base with considerable "cold
calling".
SENIOR CONTROL SUPERVISOR for Control Systems and Technology
6/89 - 12/89
Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows Point, MD
(Left to complete college degree)
. Responsible for the repair and maintenance of a high-speed rod mill.
Projects involved modification of cranes, high-current mill drives,
installation of variable speed drives and high voltage maintenance.
. Supervised four electrical turn supervisors and 25-man crew consisting of
electrical technicians, instrument repairman and crane millwrights.
Scheduled supervisors and crafts on a 24/7 schedule. Plant closing of the
rod mill division of Bethlehem Steel occurred in 1991.
ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR 54" Blooming Mill - Warren Consolidated Industries,
Inc., Warren, OH 8/73 - 6/89
Fully integrated steel mill operation - coke plant through finished
products (Recruited to Bethlehem Steel)
. My experience as an Electrical Supervisor provided increasing levels of
responsibility from supervisor trainee to front line supervisor in 13
weeks - scheduled skilled trades and implemented an SPC maintenance
program. Directly supervised 4 turn foreman, and up to 60 employees in a
24-hour operation.
. Planned and executed a two-month repair outage for a 54" blooming mill
replacement. The WCI Blooming mill realized $300 million annual profit
under my direction and maintenance program. Performed scheduled
maintenance for the 54" Blooming mill, maintained cranes to 200 tons such
as stripper cranes, pit cranes, and slab handling.
. Started electrical supervisor career working for Niles Republic Finishing
Mill from pickling operations to temper mill.
Addition Information: Key words: Revenue increases, sales cycle, top sales
recognition, usability features, promotional tactics, equipment measurement
control, programming, programmable controllers, mechanical aptitude,
manufactures representative, industrial safety products. Graduated from
Youngstown State U. with an Associate Degree in EET in 1973.