Michael Trettin
Automation Specialist / IT-OT Administrator / Electrical Maintenance
Experienced Automation Engineer with over 25 years in control systems engineering,
specializing in PLCs, SCADA, and HMI. Skilled in troubleshooting, project development, and team collaboration.
Proficient in Allen Bradley PLCs, Control Logix 5000, SLC500, Visual Basic, C+, HTML, and MySQL.
209 North Center Street, Saint Ansgar, IA 50472
+1 (507) 606-9456
Michael.Trettin@gmail.com
Technical Skills
- Design, Create and Support all SCADAs (Ge Cimplicity), PLCs, and Mill Networks for Grainmillers St. Ansgar & St. Peter facilities
Implementing SAP solutions, working with Software engineers with GrainMillers integration of their ERP solution. - Design and Implement Factory Talk View ME and SE systems and conversion of both to SCADA systems.
- Design and Setup test bench complete with HMI and SCADA for testing new code and new process systems.
- Integrate, troubleshoot and maintain electrical and HVAC systems.
- Assisting in design, integration, and programming of milling, processing and packaging equipment including robotic palletizing.
- Work directly with engineers, managers, electricians, and millwrights on changes and new installations.
- Collect data from PLCs into Kepware for MES and Mill Telemetry including Redzone Software.
- Desing and program weighing controls for raw grain systems to finish goods packaging systems.
- Assist with the implementation of cyber-security between the IT and OT layers.
- All facets of electrical and software training and troubleshooting in all parts of food grade grain mills.
- Implement Predictive Analytics on all motors and grain mills (50hp and up).
- Install, program, and maintain DeviceNet, ControlNet, and Ethernet motor control and remote I/O systems.
- Integrate systems using BACnet, Modbus, and TCP/IP Ethernet.
- Perform maintenance, troubleshooting, and calibration of optical grain sorting machines equipped with visible and infrared cameras.
- Support IT in the troubleshooting of network issues and repairing/replacing PC based systems.
- Repair and calibration of all scales and grain flow balancers.
- Test and repair metal detection systems.
- Maintain lab Test and Analysis equipment.
- Visual Basic is the language used in the backend of Cimplicity. A SCADA software developed be GE.
- Design Web Interfaces for Mill Equipment for management to view mill processes, but not allow control.
- Optimize, Update, Backup, Restore and Secure Databases.
- Use Kepware to bring data to SQL for analysis.
PLCs Such as Allen Bradley Control Logix 5000, SLC 500 & PLC 5
ADVANCED, 16 years
Visual Basic & HTML
9 years.
MySQL & DB Maintenance
9 years.
Education
- RSLogix 5000 Level 1, 2 and 3: Maintenance Programming and troubleshooting
- 3 Day Programming Kinetix for Motion in Logix 5000
- 2 Day Advanced Programming for Logix 5000 & RSlogix 500
- SLC500 2 Day Maintenance & Troubleshooting
- SLC500 2 Day Programming
- Advanced Ethernet/IP Installation, Configuration & Troubleshooting
- Advanced DeviceNet Programming, Configuration & Troubleshooting
- PowerFlex 753 Programming & Troubleshooting
- PowerFlex 525 Programming & Troubleshooting
- PowerFlex 4 & 40 Drives
- PanelView Plus Programming using FactoryTalk View
- Iowa Electricians Test Preparation Class
- Programming for ControlLogix & RSlogix 5000
- Panel View Programming using PB32 Software
- IAOM Mill Maintenance Course II
- Sortex Optical Sorting Machine Certified -- Buhler / Sortex
- LECO TruSpec~N Certified
- System Security Administration
- Visual Basic, C+ and Python
- Trouble Shooting of Advance Network Topology
- Audio Pre and Post Production
- Video Pre and Post Production
- Live sound Engineering
- Electronics Maintenace and Trouble shooting
Rockwell Automation, Van Meter Industries - Cedar Rapids IA
2000 - 2023
Automation and Machine Certificates.
Kaplan University, Mason City Iowa
2012 - 2013
Associates Degree IT Administration.
Full Sail Center for the Recording Arts - Winter Park FL
1991 - 1992
Associates Degree Audio Recording and Electronics
Work experience
- Write Programmable Logic Controller code and Scada code.
- Work with operations and management staff to improve productivity while maintaining food safety.
- Updating older PLCs’ and network hardware.
- Collaborate and share organizational knowledge.
- Creating code for new projects.
- Installing new PLCs’ and related motor control hardware.
- Programming new process systems.
- Create and modify SCADA systems (GE Cimplicity)
- Write and troubleshoot Visual Basic code.
- Trouble shoot network hardware.
- Trouble shoot and maintain machine networks such as, ControlNet, DeviceNet and Ethernet/IP.
- Support for all operations in St. Ansgar and St. Peter Facilities.
- Help with project development and guidance on new technology.
- Work directly with Engineering staff on new projects and upgrades to the facility.
- St. Peter, Minnesota. (Complete redesign of their entire mill)
- Repaired consumer & professional Audio and Video products at the shop and in home service.
- Preform Service and Repair at component level utilizing knowledge of micro-miniaturized digital and solid-state integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, tubes, antennas, amplification and signal generation, with use of schematics, block diagrams, and tools such as oscilloscopes, waveform analyzers, volt/ohm meters and other specialized test equipment.
- Utilized the help of tech support from several different manufacturers.
- Worked in conjunction with other technicians on more complex problems.
- Factory Certified for Warrenty Repair for many manufacturers