Stephen Vincent

Manage the day to day running of the PLATCON business. Specialising in design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of control systems for industrial applications utilising PLCs, HMIs, SCADA programming, vision systems and artificial intelligence. Meet existing and potential customers, evaluating their automation needs or production problems and provide innovative solutions with competitive quotations. Keeping abreast and evaluating the latest technologies available for controls, software and vision applications. Organise all available resource including labour, equipment and materials to accomplish project schedules and plans, within budget and no safety issues.

Specialising in design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of control systems for industrial applications utilising PLCs and SCADA at facilities in Swansea, Germany and America. Provide innovative solutions to specific manufacturing/production applications or problems. Provide IT support to all employees including software and hardware. Using AUTOCAD to update factory layout drawings and any electronic, electrical or mechanical projects that require attention.

Specialising in design, manufacture, installation and commissioning of control systems for industrial applications utilising PLCs and SCADA. Offer innovative solutions to specific manufacturing/production applications or problems for potential customers. Training companies' employees at various levels of PLC programming at Smart Controls training facility.

Manage and control installation projects within the equipment-engineering department for new and existing production lines. Design, development and implementation of mechanical, electrical and electronic projects to increase machinery production and performance. Training technicians on key items of plant equipment. Using AUTOCAD to update factory layout drawings and any electronic, electrical or mechanical projects that require attention. Organise all available resource including labour, equipment and materials to accomplish project schedules and plans.

Maintenance of test and production equipment under both planned and emergency conditions within the Test Equipment Centre. Calibration and functional testing of manual and Automatic Test Equipment covering both digital and analogue disciplines. Faultfind to component level of digital and analogue circuits. Manufacturing of production test aids to increase quality and productivity.

Postgraduate University Certificate of Credit in Business Improvement with Innovation Management

Mechatronics: Designing intelligent machines, Artificial Intelligence for technology.