Lucas Hopkins

Adaptable Process Engineer ready to tackle diverse projects and variable production realities. Carefully manages internal personnel and third-party contractors to produce cohesive and optimized final project results. Committed to reducing completion times, budgetary impacts and success rates.

New Paint Manufacturing Process (>1M)

• Collaborated with multidisciplinary team of engineers in the development and planning
• Wrote and tested ladder logic for entirety of process
• Developed and verified HMI screens
• Assisted in the development of new standard operating procedures
• Generated all loop drawings and electrical schematics for system
• Directed contractors and maintenance in installation of new electrical and controls related equipment
• Programmed/Setup all drives, mass flow meters, and process variable measurements instrumentation

Filling Line Upgrade Project (>1M)

• Directed contractors and maintenance in removal of older filling line equipment
• Wrote and tested ladder logic for new conveyors and transition points between various pieces of line equipment
• Installed multiple pull chord circuits to ensure operator safety across entirety of filling line
• Generated/revised electrical documentation and loop drawings
• Developed and verified HMI screens for application
• Assisted in training of production associates

Control System Upgrade

• Generated/revised electrical prints for conversion from Modicon to Allen Bradley controls.
• Translated program from Concept to Studio 5000.
• Managed complex/systematic conversion during continued operation to mitigate downtime
• Verified all individual parts of the process respectively after conversion
• Generated entirely new tag database for Historian/HMI use
• Modified HMI screens for entirety of process