PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Controls and automation professional with 18+ years of experience in power generation, cGMP pharmaceutical manufacturing, chemical and food processing, agricultural water systems, and custom industrial controls. Background combines hands-on instrumentation and electrical work with PLC, DCS, SCADA, MES integration, commissioning, validation, and automation project leadership. Extensive experience with ABB 800xA/800M/AC460, Allen-Bradley Logix 5000 and legacy PLC platforms, Ignition SCADA, GE Mark IV turbine controls, and process instrumentation. Comfortable leading projects from scope development and contractor planning through implementation, testing, startup, and documentation.
CORE TECHNICAL EXPERTISE
• PLC / DCS: Allen-Bradley Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000, RSLogix 5, and RSLogix 500; Logix 5000, PLC-5, SLC 500, and MicroLogix controllers; Siemens TIA Portal and S7 PLC programming, program modifications, and troubleshooting; CODESYS programming, bit-level alarm processing, and OPC server configuration using Structured Text, Sequential Function Chart, and Ladder Diagram; ABB 800xA, AC460, 800M, and Batch; GE Mark IV; legacy DCS migrations and logic conversion.
• SCADA / HMI / MES: Inductive Automation Ignition and ABB 800xA graphics, operator displays, alarms, trends, historians, Batch and recipe workflows, diagnostics, and PLC/DCS equipment interfaces; Kepware KEPServerEX and OPC server/client configuration; ABB 800xA integration with MES for SAP-originated production data and process-data exchange
• Instrumentation / CEMS: Pressure, temperature, flow, level, pH, vibration, valve positioners, I/P transducers, RTDs, thermocouples, ultrasonic devices, analyzers, calibration, signal checks, quarterly audits, and cylinder gas audits
• Electrical / Motor Control: Single- and three-phase systems, VFDs, motor controls, relays, solenoids, sensors, MCCs, switchgear through 13.8 kV, electrical drawings, and field troubleshooting
• Engineering / Project Delivery: Scope-of-work development, contractor planning and coordination, third-party vendor management, sequences, interlocks, permissives, panel and I/O design, AutoCAD drawings, FAT/SAT, commissioning, cGMP validation, protocol development, and root-cause troubleshooting
• Communications / Development: EtherNet/IP, Modbus TCP/RTU, OPC UA, OPC DA, MQTT, TCP/IP, serial communications, Python, C/C++, Arduino, ESP32, and MicroPython.
TARGET ROLES & TECHNICAL FOCUS
Interested in controls and automation roles involving Allen-Bradley Studio 5000 / RSLogix 5000, Siemens TIA Portal, CODESYS, Ignition, ABB 800xA/800M/AC460, S800 I/O, DCS migrations, batch systems, commissioning, and troubleshooting. Also interested in technical review and subject-matter work related to PLC, DCS, SCADA, instrumentation, and industrial controls.
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- Contracted to Bayer Pharmaceuticals
• Lead automation projects and production support in Bayer's regulated cGMP manufacturing environment, including scope-of-work development, contractor planning, scheduling, coordination, field execution, commissioning, and validation.
• Led a major packaging-line modernization that replaced a legacy iFIX SCADA system with ABB 800xA Batch control and operator graphics, receiving production data from MES and passing required data through third-party software to the packaging equipment.
• Adapt DCS architecture and develop ABB 800xA control code, graphics, alarms, permissives, interlocks, and data interfaces for new packaging-line equipment and industrial printers.
• Configure Kepware KEPServerEX OPC servers, channels, devices, tag mappings, and server/client connections; interface ABB 800xA with packaging-equipment OPC servers for data exchange, status, alarms, testing, startup, and troubleshooting.
• Program Allen-Bradley Logix 5000 and Siemens S7 PLC applications; install and program CODESYS for bit stripping of alarm data and configure it as an OPC server for life-bit operations with third-party PLCs, creating heartbeat communications between Bayer servers and process PLCs.
• Serve as lead project engineer, coordinating third-party vendors and contractors through design reviews, implementation, testing, commissioning, issue resolution, and closeout; write and execute qualification and validation protocols and document deviations, test failures, results, and change-control work.
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SELECTED PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Bayer Pharmaceuticals - DCS, PLC, Batch, MES, OPC, and Validation Projects
• Led the conversion of a legacy iFIX-controlled pharmaceutical packaging line to ABB 800xA Batch and 800xA operator graphics, including MES production-data receipt and transfer of required parameters through third-party software to the packaging equipment.
• Adapted the DCS architecture and developed ABB 800xA code, graphics, alarms, permissives, interlocks, and communications interfaces to support new packaging-line equipment and packaging-line printers.
• Configured Kepware KEPServerEX OPC servers, channels, devices, tags, and connections; integrated ABB 800xA with third-party equipment OPC servers and clients for commands, status, alarms, production data, testing, startup, and troubleshooting.
• Installed and programmed CODESYS applications to perform bit stripping of alarm data and operate as an OPC server for life-bit exchanges with third-party PLCs, establishing heartbeat monitoring between Bayer servers and process PLCs.
• Completed ABB 800xA/AC460/800M changes, S800 I/O work, Allen-Bradley and Siemens PLC modifications, SAP/MES/DCS integration, scope development, vendor coordination, commissioning, cGMP validation, and project closeout as lead project engineer.
Formosa Plastics - Legacy DCS Migration
• Helped migrate the plant from a legacy DCS to ABB 800M/800xA by converting control logic and developing new programs. Designed I/O panels and AutoCAD drawings, installed and configured S800 I/O, assisted with panel construction, field wiring, and installation, and completed I/O checkout, loop checks, commissioning, and signal verification.
Ventura Foods - Automated Batch Management Design
• Helped develop an automated batch-management design that connected legacy ABB 800xA/MOD 300 and AC460/TCL controls with ABB 800M, Rockwell ControlLogix, and Ignition Perspective. The work covered recipe management, scheduling, runtime changes, revision history, sequencing, interlocks, and operator workflows.
Kauai Coffee - Wireless Water and Pump Control (Fetzer Automation)
• Designed and implemented an Ignition SCADA system using Modbus communications to custom radio modules for tank-level monitoring, pump control, motor feedback, alarms, trends, communications health, failsafe operation, and field troubleshooting.
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• Installed, calibrated, and repaired process instrumentation from Fisher, Rosemount, Samson, Foxboro, Siemens, Honeywell, Yokogawa, and Bently Nevada, including transmitters, valve positioners, I/P transducers, ultrasonic devices, pH and flow instruments, and vibration-monitoring equipment.
• Troubleshot motor-control circuits, VFDs, single- and three-phase systems, GE and Allen-Bradley MCCs, and switchgear through 13.8 kV using schematics, prints, and electrical-code practices.
• Maintained and calibrated Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems, including Thermo Electron analyzers, quarterly audits, cylinder gas audits, preventive maintenance, records, spare parts, and calibration-gas inventory.
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Short-Term Contract
Analog Instruments Specialist -
• Installed ABB 800xA DCS equipment, worked on Allen-Bradley Logix 5000 PLC applications in RSLogix 5000, and installed and calibrated pressure switches and Rosemount smart transmitters.
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• Installed, calibrated, and repaired pressure, temperature, flow, level, pH, vibration, valve-control, and discrete field devices, along with GE and MCC switchgear and plant electrical controls.
• Maintained and calibrated CEMS analyzers from Teledyne, Ametek, California Analytical, and Thermo Electron; completed quarterly audits, cylinder gas audits, preventive maintenance, records, and gas inventory.
• Programmed and installed a PLC/HMI system that automated cylinder gas audit testing, cutting manual test time and improving repeatability.
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