James Rooney

Experience

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  Vernons Pools

  Sept 1973 - Aug 1977

  Electrical Apprentice

  Approved apprenticeship 4 years, generators, machine control systems, star delta, d.o.l, motors, large gas oil boilers and control gear. installation of new equipment in armoured cable, conduit, alcumic, alpyro and pyro installation work, general plant maintenance.

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  Kraft Foods

  Aug 1977 - Apr 1993

  Engineering Supervisor

  In charge of both mechanical and electrical technicians, new project work, PLC,s, inverter drives,soft starters, machine control, large air compressors, NH3 compressors and controls, health & safety, mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic maintenance, general plant maintenance, 11KV sub-station isolation.

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  Billington Packaging

  Jul 1993 - Jun 2004

  Engineering Manager

  In charge of the engineering staff and maintenance departments across 4 production sites in Liverpool and Manchester, involved with OEM's for procurement of new equipment, design and installation of lithographic printing line equipment including conventional stove curing and U.V curing, metal coating processes, press work and press tooling , plastic injection moulding and blow moulding production lines, thermal oxidisation units, steel processing lines, PLC programming, robotics, induction units. Show less

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  Hashimoto

  Nov 2004 - Dec 2010

  Engineering Technician

  Panel building, PLC programming, new project work, breakdowns, installation and modifications, general electrical work on plant and machinery, worked Japan on behalf of Hashimoto Faltec UK to assist with a number of press panel robotic projects to be shipped into the UK plant.

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  Kerry Foods

  Jan 2011 - Jul 2011

  Engineer

  Installation and maintenance, PLCs work, instrumentation, new projects, electrical modifications to existing equipment.

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  Feller UK Ltd

  Aug 2011 - now

  Engineering Manager

  Experienced engineering manager in charge of the engineering department in the UK plant, this includes all new project work, new tooling, modifications to existing plant, health & safety, calibration, PLC programming, inverter drives, servo's and control, pneumatic and hydraulics, injection moulding, compressors, chillers, new installation work, liaising with our R&D engineers in Feller GMBH, Austrian plant.