Gregory — DCS & Electrical Project Manager
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DCS & Electrical Project Manager, Luminant Energy/Pinnacle, (Contractor), Dallas, TX (2011- ) Managed the continuos upgrade and maintenance of six (6) coal fired power plants in Texas. Concurrently managed up to (37) capital projects with combined budgets of $40,000,000.00. Systems responsible for: - Power Plant Distributed Control Systems and Burner Management Systems. The DCS & BMS system supported were the Honeywell Experion, Emerson Ovation and Foxboro I/A. - Power Plant Turbine Controls systems. The turbine control system supported was the Case M&I MicroNet Plus TMR system. - Plant wide PLC equipment. The PLC systems supported were Rockwell Control Logix 5000. - Plant wide control system IT network and Standard Security System Architecture (SSA) system per NERC CIP requirements. - Instrumentation equipment for the DCS systems including Hart, Foundation Fieldbus and traditional 4-20 ma instruments. - Boiler instrumentation, piping and platform systems. - Boiler leak detection and monitoring systems. - Medium voltage motor control centers and transformers. - Medium voltage power duct banks and cabling. - OSI PI coordination with the network operation center. - Combustionable dust abatement system. - Remote Terminal Units (RTU) The RTU was Telvent. - Plant wide impressed current cathodic protection system. Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of projects. - Overall project cost, planning and execution. - Power plant outage planning, execution and construction management. - Project coordination with plant operations for non-outage work. - Multi-year power plant project financial cost estimating and project cut line management. - Procurement for engineering services, major systems and equipment. - Factory Acceptance Test Participant. - Procurement of DCS technical support contracts. - Maximo system procurement, worker order and estimation manager. - Procurement of construction services. - Heavy equipment rental. - Contract negotiations. - Procurement of under-water diving services. Lead Control System Engineer, Prime Controls/Aerotech (Contractor) Dallas & Houston TX
2009 - 2011) Lead control system engineer for mid-stream refinery gas column expansion project. The project control system hardware platform was Schneider Quantum PLC's and Rockwell Panelview HMI's. The PCS and SIS system that were integrated with was the Honeywell TDC-3000. The control Systems included: - (4) Gas columns. - (4) PLC based skids. - (4) Single Screen HMI's. - (1,000) Hardwired I/O points. - (48) Hardwired medium motor control buckets (MCC). Primary project responsibilities: - PLC and HMI programmer. - Lead field engineer responsible for SIS and DCS integration design and construction. - Factory Acceptance Test programmer and lead. - Startup and commissioning
Control System Project Manager, Chicago Bridge & Iron, Houston, TX (2007 - 2009) Lead Instrument & control system engineer for new construction natural gas liquids (NGL) production facility project in Angola, Africa. The project staff that I managed on the project was from (3) departments and included (15) people. The plant control system included a DCS, SIS and Fire & Gas. The PCS system hardware platform was the Yokogawa Centum CS 3000 and the Yokogawa ProSafe safety instrumented system (SIS). The PLC's were Rockwell Control Logix 5000. The DCS Systems included: - (5) Dual-screen operator HMI work stations. - (2) Engineering HMI work station. - (2) Plant asset management work station. - (1) OSI PI server workstation. - (10) PLC based skids. - (275) Foundation Fieldbus - (2,400) Hardwired I/O points. - (133) Device Net controlled medium and low voltage motor control buckets (MCC). Primary project responsibilities: - Overall technical design content of projects. - INtools database. - Overall project planning and execution. - Managed and trained engineers and engineering support staff. - HAZOP participant. - Factory Acceptance Test Participant. - Startup and commissioning. Senior instrumentation & control system engineer for new construction LNG port storage and distribution facility project. The plant control system included a DCS, SIS, Fire & Gas and PAGA. The PCS system hardware platform was the Yokogawa Centum CS 3000 and the SIS system hardware platform was the Yokogawa ProSafe safety instrumented system (SIS). The PLC's were Rockwell Control Logix 5000. The DCS Systems included: - (2) Ship berths. - (5) Storage tanks. - (8) Dual-screen operator HMI work stations. - (2) Single-screen engineering HMI work stations. - (2) Historian work stations. - (1) Plant asset management work station. - (11) PLC based skids. - (2) CEMS systems. - (2,100) hardwired I/O points. - (48) Modbus RS-485 controlled medium and low voltage MCC buckets. - (1) Custody transfer metering and reporting system. Primary project responsibilities
Education / Training / Certificates(1)
State University of New York at Buffalo, Bachelors of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering. - ISA 84, Safety Instrumented Systems trained (two courses). - ISA member for ten years. - OSHA 10 construction certified
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- Gregory is a DCS & Electrical Project Manager on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work.
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- Gregory is based in Spring, Texas.
- What does Gregory specialize in?
- Gregory works with Allen Bradley / Rockwell, Emerson, Honeywell, Siemens and Wonderware as a DCS & Electrical Project Manager on Automate America, the global professional marketplace for skilled talent across industrial, commercial, and residential work. Gregory's skilled trades: Control System Design, Maintenance, Welding, CNC and Electrical Power.
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