Bruce Grice
7385 Huntland Dr.
Cottondale, 35453, Alabama, US
Mobile Phone: (205)219-8902
E-mail: bgrice33@gmail.com
OBJECTIVE
To find a job that will exploit my many years of experience and talent in the areas of Controls
Engineering and IT automation fields, and to provide the company with cost savings ideas using
the latest technology available.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Webmaster/IT manager
November 2012 - Present
Stanley Mack for Congress 2016 | Tuscaloosa, Al – Congressional Campaign
• Responsible for developing and maintaining campaign website.
• Provide conferencing service and communications technology for meetings.
• Maintain campaign server and applications. SharePoint, Windows 2008 server, Office.
• Develop Network structure and setup Active Directory for all users.
• Provide email services for all campaign members.
• Develop and maintain database using SQL Server 2008 r2.
Automation & Controls Engineer
August 2012 – Present
Michelin (Contract UGT) USA | Tuscaloosa, Al – Automotive and Parts Mfg
• Analyze Efficiency issues due to electrical, and controls issues.
• Design electrical drawings using AutoCAD, build controls, and program processes.
• Provide engineering technical support of PLC based hardware and software.
• Commission projects, including on site inspection of wiring, configuration of instruments,
testing and tuning of control systems, and training of operators.
• Develop system to monitor energy costs, using latest Rockwell Plant PAX software which
includes Energy Metrix, Historian,Vantage point.
• Develop and/or produce cost effective control and instrumentation concepts.
• Maintain Engineering Server for local project testing using Vmware ESXI and vm images.
Maintenance/Controls Engineer
May 2011 – August 2012
Mercedes Benz USA | Tuscaloosa, Al – Automotive and Parts Mfg
• Analyze Efficiency issues due to mechanical, electrical, and controls issues.
• Provide detailed technical counter measures and provide implementation assistance
• Provide electrical engineering technical support of PLC based hardware and software.
• Commission projects, including on site inspection of wiring, configuration of instruments,
testing and tuning of control systems, and training of operators.
• Comply with all requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and maintain equipment
specifications.
• Develop and/or produce cost effective control and instrumentation concepts.
Controls Engineer
August 2008 – May 2011
Inteva Products | Vandalia, OH - Automotive and Parts Mfg
Responsible for Design, Build, and Implementation of Manufacturing Equipment.
• Develop and/or produce cost effective control and instrumentation concepts.
• Develop complete material list of parts required for Control panels and base plate panels to
meet standard or contract requirements.
• Design and build MES(Manufacturing execution sytems). Interaction from PLC to Server.
• Develop control panel programming code for PLCs and Panel displays.
• Check control panel PLC code, instrumentation and wiring on the units in assembly.
• Provide electrical engineering technical support of PLC based hardware and software.
• Commission projects, including on site inspection of wiring, configuration of instruments,
testing and tuning of control systems, and training of operators.
• Troubleshoot and service existing systems on customer premises.
• Provide liaison with vendors and customers, coordination of purchasing with customer and
vendor requirements
• Comply with all requirements of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 and maintain equipment
specifications.
Sr. Controls Engineer
November 2006 – August 2008
The Bartech Group Inc | Vandalia, OH - Automotive and Parts Mfg
• Responsible for Controls Design, Build, and Implementation of Manufacturing Equipment.
• Unique position to develop new machine specifications used corporate wide.
• Responsible for following up on the controls build at the Equipment Vendor.
• Implementation of plant networks to allow distance troubleshooting and Engineering changes.
• Provide electrical engineering technical support of PLC based hardware and software.
• Design and build MES(Manufacturing execution sytems).
Engineering – Electrical and Electronics
August 2004 – November 2006
Rittal Corp. | Urbana, OH - Manufacturing – Other
• Responsible for Process Improvements on existing Manufacturing Equipment.
• Siemens S5 & S7,Controllogix, SLC500 Programming, HMI programming using PanelBuilder
and FactoryTalk View software was used to complete the improvements.
Electrical Controls Technician
January 2002 – January 2006
Cargill, Incorporated | Sidney, OH – Food and Beverage Production
Responsible for troubleshooting and maintaining Control systems on a daily basis.
Main responsibilities include the following:
• Working day to day with engineering and production to provide all the necessary support
needed. This involved troubleshooting and programming of PLC’s, Robots, Process type
Controls, etc. using ControlLogix, FactoryTalkView and Rslogix 500 software.
Equipment types include:
• Fanuc Material handling robots, Cartoning and packaging equipment, bottling and filling
equipment and plant electrical system.
EDUCATION
Bachelor's Degree, Computer & Information Sciences,
June 2008 – March. 2012
Kaplan University Online | IA
Studied the following computer languages:ASP.NET, VB.NET, C#.NET, JAVA
Web programming development
SQL 2008 server edition
Network Infrastructure and Design.
Google Android Applications
Bachelor's Degree, Electrical Engineering,
Ashwood University | OH
June 2006
Certification, Electronics,
Edison Community College | Piqua, OH
February 2000 – 2001
CERTIFICATION(S)
18 ROCKWELL ALLEN-BRADLEY CERTIFICATIONS
Rockwell Automation University.
• All of the Programming classes in using Rslogix 5000.
• All of the Programming classes using Rslgix 500.
• All of the Programming classes using Rslogix 5.
• All Panelbuilder classes
• All Factory Talk View SE and ME classes
SKILLS
PLC Programming
Expert
SCADA & HMI Programming Expert
VB.NET
Intermediate
.NET C#
Intermediate
ASP.Net
Intermediate
Java
Intermediate
SQL Server
Intermediate
Networking
Intermediate
ROBOTICS
Intermediate
Web Programming Development Intermediate
Server Administration
Intermediate
Hydraulics
Expert
Pneumatics
Expert
Electrical Troubleshooting
Expert
1997 - January 2010