Jeff Klusacek

Experience

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  Schneider Electric

  Jun 2009 - Nov 2009

  Industrial Engineering Intern

  Responsible for product assembly process improvements, technical instructions, and product flow evaluation. During this time, product assembly time was reduced, ergonomics were improved to reduce assembler fatigue and injury, and product assembly lines were improved to move and trace material efficiently.

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  Illinois Center for Defense Manufacturing

  Jan 2010 - May 2011

  Automation Specialist

  Design, assembly, maintenance, and integration of automation equipment including 4 and 6-axis robotic arms, PLC, sensors, actuators, pneumatics, and more. Designed a product assembly line to track, recognize, assemble, and package different types of products. Able to reduce production time of components by removing unnecessary steps of the process. During this time, I was the Graduate Assistant in the Automation Lab which required teaching and working with students. I presented lectures and developed projects for the students. Show less

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  Innovative Control Inc

  May 2011 - Oct 2017

  Responsible for understanding, developing, testing, and implementing control systems. Involved with development of new and upgrades of existing systems. Primary tasks include: drafting review, purchasing components, network architecture, hardware/software setup and configuration, PLC programming, SCADA display development, batching development, data collecting and reporting, installation, testing, training, and support. Strong knowledge with Rockwell Automation products including networking, drives, PLCs, remote IO, fieldbus technologies, and software. During this time, a customer project required removing all existing control systems, upgrading with new Rockwell hardware and software, and implementing new PLC phase logic following the S88 model, SCADA interface, batching system, and reporting and data analysis. This implementation reduced their production times and gave the process the information to continuously improve their process. Show less

  • Engineering Project Manager

    Oct 2015 - Oct 2017

  • Controls Engineer

    May 2011 - Oct 2015
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  Concentric Integration

  Nov 2017 - now

  • Automation Department Manager

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Automation Manger

    Jun 2019 - Jun 2024

  • Automation Project Manager

    Nov 2017 - Jun 2019