Week 3 Complete – ConMet Startup (Monroe, NC)

Three weeks into startup at ConMet in Monroe, and I’m writing this from the airport after one of the toughest weeks of power-up and testing I’ve been through. Delays, bad components, and coordination across multiple crews slowed us down—but we painted our first part. Now it’s about tightening everything up and finishing strong.

So… What Exactly Do You Do Again?

Industrial finishing oven with open electrical control panel showing PLCs, drives, and automation components.

A personal breakdown of everything I need to know to build industrial finishing systems People sometimes ask me what I do for a living. I never really know how to answer.“Engineering,” I say. Or “Automation.” Or sometimes just “I build stuff.” But none of those really explain it. Because the truth is, I design and […]