JASON RUDDEN

Field technical sales engineer for the industrial components and automation product divisions.

• Drive specification for long term projects with over $2MM in active project pipeline
• Provide technical product and application support for process end users, EPCs, and system integrators
• Manage Manufacturer Sales Representatives for 2 regions with over 30 outside sale representatives
• Industry specialist involved in ISA, IEEE, and other local industry organizations
• Mentor to last 3 new sales engineers to join Process VMM
• 2022 Excellence Award Winner

Ethanol Plant & Waste Water Treatment Plant Reliability Engineer for instrumentation, controls, motors, and power distribution.

• Led maintenance and reliability projects. Managed project budget, schedule, and resources.
• Unit Reliability Team Lead. Identified reliability concerns, created resolution plans and managed project workload to resolve reliability issues.
• Provided support for capital project teams for low voltage electrical and instrumentation. Specified equipment, reviewed and approved construction packages, monitored construction, and verified proper documentation.
• Responsible for maintaining plant power distribution system (480V-13.8kV).
• Mentor to new hires and college co-ops.

P-Xylene Unit Maintenance Engineer for instrumentation, controls, motors, and power distribution.

• Led root cause failure analysis on equipment failures and developed projects to improve plant performance and reliability
• Sized and specified instrumentation and electrical equipment for process applications
• Oversaw off-site repairs of motors (up to 20,000 HP) and control valves (up to 16")
• Responsible for technical oversight of contract designers and engineers for routine and turnaround construction packages
• Provided technical support to maintenance, operations, capital project, and process engineering groups
• Created and maintained Management of Change (MOC) documentation.

Global Capital Engineering Project Engineer

• Sized and specified instrumentation and electrical equipment for capital and expense projects
• Reviewed and updated corporate engineering standards for electrical and instrumentation.
• Access Control and Fire/Life Safety Subject Matter Expert (SME)

Plant Electrical Engineer Co-op for both Day St and Broadway Paper Mills.

• Designed and implemented a tipped roll detection system using Cognex Vision System cameras on tissue roll wrapping machines
• Reduced machine down-time due to tipped rolls by 80%
• Design package was issued company wide.