Ralph — Controls Engineer

CS-Automation September 2015 to Present Title: Control Systems Engineer Responsibilities: business development, engineering Design to include network and control system design and recommendations based on client needs, project estimation and cost control, configuration, project amd vendor management, commissioning, startup and ongoing support of installed systems for the existing client base and also new clients

Houston Controls April 2015 to July 2015 LA Porte, TX Title: Control Systems Engineer. Responsibilities Working on a design to automate (upgrade) an entire vermiculite production facility location from older relay logic technology

CB&I Engineering July 2014 to April 2015 Houston, TX Title: Principle Control Systems Engineer Responsibilities: Instrument engineer working on deliverables for the F&G system on the Freeport LNG project. Confirming design, review of Cause & Effects, confirming and updating SPI, building and filling datasets for the F&G system Responsibilities: DCS Principle Lead on FEED study for a new ethylene facility. Client Axiall/Lotte Prepare the RFQ package Write and review all automation system specifications for DCS, SIS, and third party skid subsystem. Issue same specifications within the RFQ package Review of P&IDs for hardware takeoffs for actual point counts. Assist in the design of the main control room and RIE buildings layouts in respect to the automation systems. Also assisted in the design of the metering area which contained many of the pay meters for custody transfer and internal monitoring. Confirm that the selections made adhere to the AGA standards. Made recommendations to the client along these lines. Review all applicable drawings to confirm direction was followed from the team during the preparation above. Meet with vendors to review latest technology and customer base for ethylene facility installations. Review vendor proposals to confirm that these bids are technically correct complete. Also working with multidiscipline team of engineers supporting where necessary to prepare for the EPC portion of the project. Budget of CS portion of the project 13MM. Scheduled to begin February 2015

Iv-AGA Engineering Sept 2013 to July 2014 CSE Package Engineer Responsibilities: New Orleans LA then moved to Houston for Marathon ALBA project Control Systems Engineer for Exxon Mobile Talco Field Systems Upgrade 500K budget Responsible for monitoring the team progress with respect to estimated hours to confirm that we stay within the budgeted hours. These project involved a great deal of scada control and communications to site rtu units which coordinates the transportation of gas to the end users (customers). In this I was also responsible for the confirmation of the availability of sufficient power for the site and confirmation of mechanical piping and equipment modifications to maximize the draw from each of the sites. My responsibilities also included some coordination with equipment, piping and valve vendors to insure the correct parts were procured delivery of these parts valves, piping, electrical and/or instrumentation in a timely manner to meet the project schedule. I was moved to the Marathon project after the completion of phase 1 of the Talco project because there was a need for a control systems engineer to oversee a vendor on the Marathon Alba project. We stayed within the estimated hours while completing phase 1. Project Lead for project proposal review of all field instrumentation. Worked with the process and mechanical group assisting in the PSV selection process. Also reviewed the proposed valve selection in respect to type, size, alloy and action of modulating and also on/off valves. Reviewed the field transmitter selections to insure the proper range, capsule type for DP and P, temperature type necessary TC-type and/or RTD. Confirm proper flow meter selection type based on information from the process discipline. TI range and type, PI or PG ranges and types. Switches to meet necessary criteria specified by client and area. Proper voltage type for integration into the control systems. Also review that the selected devices meets area classification and selected cabling for devices meets all necessary criteria. DCS Package Engineer/Project Lead for Marathon ALBA B3 Compression platform project. I was responsible for monitoring the automation contractor's progress with respect to scheduled monitored and reviewed change orders from automation contractor and to client. I also coordinated the deliverables from IV engineering to the automation contractor by contractual dates and confirmed receipt of deliverables from the same automation contractor back to IV on the contractual dates. I also got involved in coordinating the testing between third party skid automation system and the main DCS/SIS/FGS systems 1.9 MM budget

John H Carter/Control Worx LLC January 2012 to Sept 2013 Responsibilities: DCS Project Lead Responsibilities: Acetylene compressors installation at Praxair Distribution facility, Taft LA T&M DCS Lead for new Hydrogen Plant installation for Praxair inside Valero refinery, Norco LA 100k budget Programming Lead for ROC Flow Control Installation for Pay Meter from Dow Chemical Taft to Praxair and Western Gas Taft

Jacobs Engineering June 2011 to December 2011 Metairie La Project Manager for Safe Crane Initiative-Chevron Deepwater-GOM

Sigma Engineering & Controls October 2008 to June 2011 Mobile, Al Title: Project Leader Responsibilities: Project Lead Instrument & Controls Engineer to install a complete Waste Water Treatment Facility- Diversified Foods- Nebraska City NE Project Lead Instrument and Controls Engineer on cook room Upgrades-Diversified Foods- Covington LA Project Lead Instrument and Controls Engineer on spice room Upgrades-Diversified Foods-Theodore Al Project Lead Control System Engineer on Alternative Fuels Pilot plant design and implementation for alternative fuels project McGhee AK. & Chicago IL. Project Lead for grassroots plant for alternative fuels Project-McGhee AK. & Chicago IL. Project Lead for Navy Dive Hyperbaric Chamber upgrade, Panama City Fl. Project Lead for CNC Carbon grassroots Project-Springfield Mo

Pioneer Chlor-alkali April 2005 to September 2008 St. Gabriel, Louisiana Responsibilities: IT Systems Lead and also support Automation Systems tier 2 level support

Geismar Vinyls Co. January 2005 to April 2005 Geismar, Louisiana Responsibilities: DCS Project Lead for a retrofit of a mothballed PVC facility

Pioneer Chemical Co. September 2002 to January 2005 St. Gabriel, Louisiana Title: Automation Systems Lead Responsibilities: Maintaining and modifying the CL2 Pipeline Control System which is controlled by redundant AB PLC5s and a fourteen mile fiber network to several other customer facilities and also several subsystem PLCs within facility site. Also maintaining the custom control system on 52 separate CL2 cells which produce CL2 and NaOH

Warren Electric September '98 to December 02 Gonzales, Louisiana Title: Rockwell Automation Systems Specialist Responsibilities include pre and post-sales support on Allen Bradley Automation products and Rockwell Software products in the south Louisiana region

Allied Signal Chemical February '97 to September 98 Geismar, LA. Title: I&C Controls Systems Specialist Responsibilities: Maintain Rosemount RS3 System and several subsystem PLCs on both hardware and software within the Multi-products area which produces new 120 and 132 environmentally safe refrigerants

E.I. DuPont Chemical February '94 to February 97 Burnside, Louisiana Title: Control and Instrumentation Technician Responsibilities: Maintaining Moore Control System and an H2SO4 facility field instrumentation. Also assisted in the upgrade by area of the plant from pneumatic to electronic control. Programmed and maintained the first open source HMI in the facility. Prior to this upgrade the complete facility with encompasses two separate furnace systems controlled on pneumatic single loop control. The Main Furnace which utilizes molten Sulphur and catalyst to produce H2SO4 (Sulfuric Acid) and the spent furnace which recirculates used H2SO4 and reclaims and produces new H2SO4. Maintain Moore Control Network. Babcock and Wilcox February '93 to June' 93 Pennington Al. Title: PLC Systems Programmer Responsibilities: PLC Systems programmer for a recovery boiler project James River Paper Mill. Reprogrammed various control loops. Also reprogrammed soot blower sequence for optimum performance