Nathan Likens

Nathan Likens

EM2/SS Petty Officer Second Class Electricians Mate

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Automation Engineer at Titan America

  • Education

    • Virginia Western Community College

      2011 - 2013
      Electrical Wiring Certificate Program Electrical, Electronic and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Experience

    • United State Navy

      Sept 1999 - May 2003
      EM2/SS Petty Officer Second Class Electricians Mate
    • Miller Electric Company

      Aug 2006 - Jul 2008
      Electrician

      Electrical installation. Installed conduit, medium voltage and low voltage switchgear and wiring for many differnent types of electrical devices.

    • Carmeuse North America

      Sept 2009 - Aug 2017

      The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, managing the day to day plant maintenance, directly supervising the activities of the front line maintenance employees charged with the performance and verification of the mechanical and electrical work in the plant; coordinate and monitor the activities of all maintenance employees assigned; participate in the identification of training needs for assigned plant maintenance personnel and coordinate training; participate in appropriate safety training for all assigned employees; ensure that preventive action is taken to avoid the occurrence of nonconformities relating to product or process or to the quality system; recommend solutions to problems related to the product or process, or to the quality system; participate in the coordination of repairs during outages to maintain a safe and effective flow of work to reduce downtime with the main focus on planned/repair mechanical and electrical maintenance; participate in the supervision of the installation and testing of mechanical and electrical equipment, and other duties as assigned. Show less

      • Maintenance Supervisor

        May 2016 - Aug 2017
      • Maintenance Electrician

        Sept 2009 - May 2016
    • Titan America

      Aug 2017 - now
      Senior Automation Engineer

      The responsibilities of this position include, but are not limited to, Install new and maintain existing PLC’s and PAC’s from Allen Bradley ControlLogix, Compactlogix and MicroLogix utilizing Studio 5000 and RSLogix 500 software and Schneider Modicon Quantum and 800 series IO utilizing Modicon NxT, Concept and Unity software. Install and maintain FLSmidth Expert Control system ECS version 7 and version 8. Install and maintain multiple communication protocols utilizing a wide array of communication devices including Stratix switches and ProSoft modules. Work with production team to make program changes and tune control loops to make the process more reliable and efficient to increase production capacity. Analyzing live trends to determine failures. Show less

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Virginia Electrical Journeyman

      Virginia Department of Professional and Occupational Regulatory
      Jul 2014