Every job is scoped in writing and quoted up front, and the work is done by the same person you talked to on the phone. No handovers, no juniors, no surprises at invoice time.
My core platform is the Schneider Modicon M340 programmed in EcoStruxure Control Expert. I write structured, commented code — interlocks, sequences, recipe handling, alarm logic — that the next person can read, because on most plants the next person is me, five years later.
A tannery needs a new processing line sequenced, or an existing machine's program extended for a process change — without breaking the parts that already work.
I build operator interfaces on Magelis and Exor HMIs, designed around how the plant is actually run on a night shift: states you can read from three metres away, alarms that mean something, and nothing on the screen that doesn't earn its place.
Replacing a dead panel on a fifteen-year-old machine, or giving a manually-run process its first proper operator interface.
IFM IO-Link sensors for flow, level, pressure and temperature, selected for the process and wired back to the PLC over Modbus TCP or EtherNet/IP networks — designed so a fault can be diagnosed instead of guessed at.
Adding real measurement to a process that's been run by eye, or untangling a plant network that's grown one unmanaged switch at a time.
Test protocols written before the panel ships. Factory acceptance testing at the workshop, site acceptance testing and commissioning at the plant, punch lists tracked to closure — so acceptance is a documented fact, not an opinion.
A machine builder needs an independent FAT run before shipping, or a plant upgrade has to be proven live without stretching the shutdown window.
This is Industry 4.0 integration done the practical way. When the PLC knows something worth keeping — batch numbers, weights, temperatures, cycle times, alarms — I log it to a MySQL database and turn it into reports people actually read. Production history stops living in a notebook and starts answering questions.
A processing line that needs batch traceability — what ran, when, with which recipe — still queryable months later when a customer asks.
Electrical drawings, I/O lists, functional descriptions and as-built documentation that matches what's actually inside the panel. Tidy documentation is what makes the next upgrade quotable.
A plant where the drawings stopped matching reality years ago, and nobody can scope the next project until they do again.
Email or call me directly. I'll ask the right questions, look at site if it's needed, and come back with a scoped quote in writing. I'm based in Whanganui and work NZ-wide.