About Me
Overall technical design content of projects. - Detailed design of medium voltage switchgear telemetry. - Detailed design of the Fire & Gas system. - HAZOP participant. - Factory Acceptance Test Participant. - Startup and commissioning
Lead Control System Engineer (Contractor), American Electric Power/Sun Technical, Dallas, TX (2001 -
2007)
Lead control system design engineer for electrical co-generation power plant expansion project. The expansion included (6) General Electric GTG generators and (3) HRSG and STG units. The project staff
that I managed on the project was from (3) departments and included (9) people. The plant DCS
hardware system was the Siemens Moore APACS system. The PLC's were Rockwell Control Logix 5000 and SLC-505. The DCS Systems included: - (2) Quad-screen operator HMI work stations. - (2) Dual-screen engineering work stations. - (6) Single-screen operator HMI work stations. - (1) Set redundant tag servers. - (1) Historian work station. - (1) On-demand SQL reporting system. - (3,600) Hardwired I/O points. - (26) PLC based skids. - (3) CEMS systems.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - DCS programming lead (logic and graphics). - Plant wide control system network designer. - SQL report programmer. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning. - Factory Acceptance Test programmer and lead engineer.
Lead control system and wide area network engineer for electrical co-generation power plant/refinery combination upgrade project. The upgrade included the addition of two high voltage switchyard power feeders, replacement of the dispatching power meters, remote terminal unit, dispatching wide area network telecommunication system, voice over data IT system, the addition of an OSI PI system with
Process Book SQL reporting and upgrades to the plant wide DCS system. The DCS system was
Westinghouse WDPF and the PLC's were Control Logix 5000 & SLC-505. The project staff that I managed on the project was from (23) companies, (37) departments and included (147) people. The plant wide systems included: - (3) Westinghouse gas turbine generators (GTG). - (3) HRSG units used for refinery steam production. - (15) PLC based skids. - (1) General Electric D20 RTU utilizing DNP 3.0 TCP/IP. - (16) ION power meters. - Voice & data over IP telecommunication system with a wide area network T1 service. - (6) Legacy local analog phone lines. - OSI PI Process Book SQL reporting system. - Grid dispatching interface and custody transfer reporting system. - (10,000) Hardwired I/O points.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - Project coordination and execution with network operation center, dispatching and operations groups. - Plant wide area network design. - Power meter programming and configuration. - OSI Process Book programmer. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning. - Procurement for telecommunication, construction services, major equipment.
Lead control system, electrical engineer & programmer for electrical power plant water system upgrade project. The project included the raw water processing, ultra-filter and demineralizer water conditioning and the boiler feeder water system. The control system hardware platform was redundant Control Logix
5000 PLC's with Wonderware HMI stations. The control systems for each unit included: - (4) Dual-screen operator HMI work stations. - (2) Dual-screen engineering HMI work stations. - (1) Set redundant tag servers. - (1) Set redundant Control Logix 5000 PLC's. - (2,400) Hardwired I/O points. - (32) Device Net controlled MCC buckets.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - DCS & PLC programming lead (logic and graphics). - Control system network designer. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning. - Factory Acceptance Test programmer and lead engineer.
Lead control system engineer & programmer for electrical power plant steam turbine generator (STG) controls system upgrade project. The control system hardware platform was redundant PLC-5's with redundant Control Logix communication bridges and Wonderware HMI stations. The control systems for each unit included: - (2) Dual-screen Operator HMI work stations, - (1) Dual-screen historian work station, - (1) Redundant Control Logix network bridges. - (3) Redundant PLC-5 controllers. - (1) Redundant PLC-5 burner management system. - (1,800) Hardwired I/O points. - (1) Shared gas yard. - (1) Shared single-screen engineering HMI work station.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - PLC and HMI programmer. - Control system network designer. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning. - Factory Acceptance Test programmer and lead engineer.
Lead control system engineer & programmer for electrical power plant Steam Turbine Generator (STG) controls system upgrade project. The DCS hardware platform was the Siemens Moore APACS system.
The DCS Systems include: - (4) Quad-screen HMI work stations. - (1) Engineering HMI work stations. - (1) Redundant set of tag servers. - (1) Dual-screen historian work station. - (1) Custody transfer SQL reporting systems. - (4) Gas suppliers. - (1,300) Hardwired I/O points.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - DCS programming lead (logic and graphics). - Control system network designer. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning. - Factory Acceptance Test programmer and lead engineer.
Lead control system, electrical engineer for electrical power plant water system upgrade project. The project included the raw water processing, ultra-filter and demineralizer water conditioning and the boiler feeder water system. The control system hardware platform was redundant Control Logix 5000 PLC's with Wonderware HMI stations. The control systems included: - (4) Dual-screen operator HMI work stations. - (2) Dual-screen engineering HMI work stations. - (1) Set redundant tag servers. - (1) Set redundant Control Logix 5000 PLC's. - (2,400) Hardwired I/O points. - (32) MCC buckets controlled via Device Net.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - PLC & HMI programming lead. - Control system network designer. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning. - Factory Acceptance Test programmer and lead engineer.
Control System Engineer responsible for the installation and commissioning of (23) power plant
Continuos Emission & Monitoring Systems (CEMS). Each CEM control system included: - (1) NOX analyzer. - (1) CO2 Analyzer. - (1) Opacity analyzer.
Primary project responsibilities: - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning.
Senior Control System Engineer, Camp, Dresser & McKee, Dallas, TX (2003 - 2004)
Lead control system & electrical engineer for Central Texas Lake Level Management wide area network
(WAN) and control system upgrade project. The control system hardware platform was redundant
Schneider Quantum PLC's with Intellution HMI stations. The wide area control system included: - (9) Remote pump stations. - (8) Remote monitoring sites. - (16) Single-screen operator HMI work stations - (2) SCADA monitoring and control centers. - (7) Remote engineering HMI work stations. - (2) Remote historian work station. - (9) Spread spectrum radio master sites. - (1,500) Hardwired I/O points.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - Project budget proposal. - Proposal presenter to Corporate Board of Directors - Bid proposal assessment. - PLC & HMI programming lead. - Wide area network designer. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning. - Factory Acceptance Test lead engineer.
Senior Control System Engineer, Kimark Systems, Dallas, TX (2000 - 2001)
Lead Electrical & Control System Engineer and Programmer responsible for upgrades to and maintenance of a PC/PLC based wide area network and data acquisition system for a municipal potable and waste water treatment system. System included: - (1) Master polling station. - (20) Remote slave stations. - (5) Remote single-screen operator HMI work stations. - (2) Single-screen engineering HMI work stations. - (21) Schneider Momentum PLC's. - (1) Leased public phone line. - (21) Spread spectrum radios. - Telephone and application phone interface (TAPI) system.
Lead Control System Engineer, Aerotech/BMHA, Dallas, (Contractor), TX (1997 - 2000)
Control system engineer & programmer for SCADA data collection and reporting system for oil refinery mid-stream facility. The control system hardware platform was redundant PLC-5's with Wonderware
HMI stations. The control system included: - (2) Dual-screen operator HMI work stations. - (1) Single-screen engineering HMI work station. - (2) Sets of redundant PLC-5 controllers. - (12) Flow controllers. - Redundant multiple source SQL data archiving system. - SPC analysis and reporting system.
Lead Control System Engineer for pharmaceutical manufacturing upgrade project. The control system hardware platform was SLC-504 PLC's with Wonderware HMI stations. The control system included: - FDA Level 3 validation. - (8) Single-screen operator HMI work stations. - (2) Single-screen engineering HMI work stations. - (14) SLC-504 PLC's. - Multiple source SQL data archiving. - SPC process analysis and reporting of critical product process data. - Recipe management. - (1,100) hardwired I/O points.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - PLC & HMI programming lead. - Startup and commissioning. - Factory Acceptance Test programmer and lead.
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Lead Control System Engineer, Plasmaquest (Contractor), Dallas (2 Job), TX (1997 - 1999)
Electrical & control system engineer responsible for the design for a product line of semiconductor reactors. Responsibilities included design of control systems and the maintenance of the bill of material
(BOM) database, management of drafting staff. The typical PC based control system had 150 hardwired
I/O points.
Key Achievement:
Modular electrical design reduced per reactor engineering effort from six (6) weeks to eight (8) hours.
Lead Control System Engineer, Permclip Products, Buffalo, NY (1996 - 1997)
Facility electrical & control system engineer responsible for upgrades and maintenance of controls system for industrial web conversion production facility. The primary control system upgrade project hardware platform was Reliance Automax PLC's and Rockwell RSView HMI's. The control system included: - (3) Single-screen operator HMI work station. - (1) Single-screen engineering HMI work station. - (26) Variable frequency drives. - (6) Field weakening DC drives. - (2) Dual turn roll unwind station with accumulator for on the fly change out capabilities. - Recipe management. - 20:1 tension range. - (3,500) hardwired I/O points.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of the project. - Project budget proposal. - PLC & HMI programming. - AutoCAD designer. - Startup and commissioning.
Project Manager, CIR Electric, Buffalo, NY (1993 - 1996)
Electrical engineer and project manager for a variety of industrial multi-million dollar construction projects.
Primary project responsibilities: - Overall project execution and schedule. - Construction management. - Project budget and cost controls. - Procurement of heavy construction equipment and contracts.
Control System Engineer, Koike Aronson, Arcade, NY (1990 - 1993)
Control System and electrical engineer for the design of a product line of steel cutting and welding equipment. Responsibilities included design of control systems and the maintenance of the bill of material
(BOM) database and manufacturing resource planning system (MRP), management of drafting staff and
AutoCAD file system. The typical control system included: - (1) CNC controller. - (2) SLC-501 PLC controllers. - (1) Three axis servo drives with bridge configured synchronization circuit. - Dual rotating plasma head with capacitance height control. - Multiple acetylene gas cutting stations with water spray nozzles.
Key Achievement:
Modular electrical design reduced engineering for each effort system for from four (4) weeks to two (2) hours
