Oct 2021 – Mar 2024
Industrial Electrician
Grede Foundries · Reedsburg, WI
PLC install and programming support on automated foundry processes. 50+ electrical issues closed monthly with engineering. Monthly inspections at 100% safety compliance.
Green Bay, WI · Relocate anywhere
US work authorized
Fomorianshifter
Nicholas Lane
Industrial electrician moving into controls technology. Five-plus years installing, maintaining, and troubleshooting plant electrical systems — with PLC support, plus web and embedded projects you can open.
- Drawn by
- Nicholas Lane
- GitHub
- @Fomorianshifter
- Scale
- Plant + web + embedded
Sheet 01
Plant experience
From the working resume. This is what most hiring managers should see first.
Sep 2018 – Oct 2021
Electrician
AC Electric · Hayward, WI
New construction, remodels, and service calls. Observed PLC installs and maintenance.
Jul 2016 – Sep 2018
Electrician (Apprentice)
Greenfield Electric · Greenfield, WI
Supported journeyman and master electricians on installs and basic programming tasks.
Apr 2013 – Dec 2015
Quality Control Inspector
Comp X · Grayslake, IL
CNC inspection. Helped maintenance techs with programming and electronics integration.
Sheet 02
Selected work
Best public GitHub work plus small live demos you can click through on a phone.
Fig. 01
Featured
Locus
Interactive function grapher: zoom, pan, drafting grid, live cursor, custom expression parser.
Open grapher →
Fig. 02
Featured
Loki
Embedded companion for Linux SBCs. HAL, TFT drivers, Flipper Zero UART, local config UI.
View on GitHub →
Fig. 03
Live demo
Ladder Logic Trainer
Start/stop seal-in circuit in the browser. Built to talk about PLC thinking without vendor software.
Open trainer →
Fig. 04
Live demo
Motor Control Panel
HOA selector, overload trip, and reset — shop-floor language you can click through.
Open panel →
Fig. 05
Live demo
Panel Load Check
Quick amp check from voltage and wattage. The kind of number you run before you pull a circuit.
Open calculator →
Fig. 06
Live demo
Solar System
Early visualization of planets in orbit. First-pass motion and layout in the browser.
Open demo →
Fig. 07
GhostGPS
Mobile project exploring route simulation, speed-limit following, and map-app side-by-side UX.
View on GitHub →
Fig. 08
One
Web Development for Beginners coursework: terrarium, typing game, canvas space game, banking app.
View on GitHub →
Sheet 03
Path
Electrical & controls
- Industrial electrician
- PLC install & troubleshooting
- Motors & diagnostics
- Schematics / blueprints
- NEC (pursuing)
- PM / LOTO culture
Software
- HTML, CSS, JavaScript
- C (Loki)
- Python / Linux SBC
- Git
- freeCodeCamp CS
Tickets
- Driver license
- First Aid / CPR / AED
- Aerial / scissor lift
- HAZWOPER
- Relocate anywhere
Sheet 04
Connect this site to LinkedIn
Use this URL as the Featured link on your profile: https://fomorianshifter.github.io
- Open LinkedIn → Me → View profile.
- Click the pencil on Intro and paste the site URL in the Website field. Label it Portfolio.
- Scroll to Featured → Add → Link → paste https://fomorianshifter.github.io
- Title: Nicholas Lane — plant electrician / controls portfolio
- Also add Featured links for Locus (https://fomorianshifter.github.io/locus.html) and Loki (https://github.com/Fomorianshifter/Loki).
- Send me your public LinkedIn URL and I will hard-wire it into the contact row.
Sheet 05
About
Nicholas Lane on paper. Beau / @Fomorianshifter on GitHub. Plant electrician learning controls in public.
Education: freeCodeCamp CS (2023–present); Associate’s, Cardinal Stritch University (2010–2012); Round Lake Senior High School (2006).