Allen — Senior Controls Engineer

Reviewing Solar PV Power Plant control system designs. Commissioning of the Solar PV and BESS sites for multiple clients. Worked with SEL Acselerator RTAC, Rockwell Studio 5000 and Schnieder Control Expert software. SCADA Inductive Automation Ignition software.

Kingsport, TN Commissioning Eastman Chemical Metanalysis Plant. Plant using Delta V Version 15. Project systems. BPCS PK Controllers, Ethernet IP interface. SIS SZ Controllers. 50 Allen Bradley Flex 755 VFD's direct to PK Controllers. Allen Bradly Compact Logix.

Omaha, NB Commissioning of a 150 MW Gas facility. Wartsila Combustion Engines.

Bellingham, WA Commissioning of Semler Gas Compressor plant. La Plata Colorado. BP Cherry Point Honeywell HPM to C300 Migration Crude project. Honeywell HPM to C300 Migration Coker project. Phillips 66 Ferndale Siemens S400 to Tricon SIS upgrade. Providing project and design support, performing review and quality control checks of and in support of other project technical resource groups. Reviewing Vendor specification and compliance. Procurement specifications, documentation and data.

Hermiston, OR Systems testing and commissioning. Documentation: Procedure compliance and reporting.

Richland, WA Contracted for Direct Assignment to the Vitrification Plant at the Hanford Nuclear Waste Site. Technical oversight of Control Systems function. Interpret and apply codes, standards and predetermined operational procedures to ensure system testing is completed in compliance. Perform system troubleshooting and provide active support during testing and commissioning. Identify issues and submit recommended solutions or recommended processes and procedures to assist in identifying solutions to direct management. Where applicable provide support to tradecraft and operations.

Lansing, MI Commissioning and start-up support for a 250MW Combined Cycle. Project used Siemens SGT-800 gas turbines, Vogt Heat Recovery Steam Generators and Dooson Steam Turbine.

Kermit, TX Industrials Controls Group provide services for Midstream and Upstream Oil and Gas Companies. Including but not limited to: Project support from initialization to implementation and completion. Design, testing, commissioning. Custom Program Development, Digital Data Communications and networking, LACT Skids, Saltwater Disposal Facilities (SWD), Riser Facilities. Technical support, troubleshooting, Development, preparation and bidding of proposals for both new work and current contracts. Material procurement, vendor negotiation and management. Cost analysis. Troubleshooting and Technical Support.

DCS Project, Maintenance and Systems Management. Engineering, Start-up and Commissioning. Operational Support and Optimization. Client and Project List PLC SUPPORT 11/02 to 07/20 Albuquerque, NM Multiple clients: For a period of 18 months due to family obligations I relocated to Albuquerque, NM and chose to only work locally. I did a variety of short-term projects from 2 weeks to 60 days often allowing to work from home. Design Reviews, PLC work, Project audits, work process reviews, optimization analysis. Much of this work was done for manufacturing and production systems. Siemen's PLC's, Rockwell PLC's LINDE GAS 11/02 to 7/20 Aue, Germany Factory Acceptance Test of Modular Hydrogen Plant. Siemens PCS 7. Safety Instrumented Systems. NEXTERA 11/02 to 07/20 DCS Start-up and Commissioning Support Blythe, CA Genesis Solar Project: 250 MW, Concentrated Solar Thermal Electric generating facility. Siemens T3000. IEC 61850 for SEL Relay's. This project utilized solar parabolic trough technology to generate electricity. LEIDOS 11/02 to 07/20 DCS Start-up and Commissioning Support Plainfield, CT Plainfield Renewable Energy Project: 220 million dollar Biomass Generation facility producing net generation capacity of 37.5 MW. Designed using Deltak Boiler, Autotech Gasifier and Steam Turbine supplied by Alstom. DCS was Emerson Ovation. DeviceNet for motor control. EDF Renewable Energy 11/02 to 07/20 Lead DCS Engineer Harleyville, SC Pineland's Biomass Project, 18 MW Biomass Plant. A well proven biomass design with Stoker Boiler supplied by FSE and GE Steam Turbine Generator. DCS ABB 800XA. Profibus for motors. Bibb Engineering, Summit Industrial General. EDF Renewable Services, Operations and Maintenance services. ABENER/TEYMA USA SOLANA 11/02 to 07/20 DCS Engineer Start-up and Commissioning Gila Bend, AZ Solana is a $2 Billion, 280 megawatt, Solar Thermal Plant. Solana utilizes concentrating solar power (CPS) technology with storage capabilities. The storage capabilities are provided using a molten salt energy storage system. (MSES) Profibus for motors. After completely the engineering services in Chesterfield, Mo. for Abengoa, I was contracted directly by Teyma USA the Abener/Abengoa construction division, to provide project start-up and commissioning services at site. YOKOGAWA/ABENGOA 11/02 to 07/20 Chesterfield, MO DCS Engineer Customer: Abengoa Project: Solana Generating Station. Provided engineering services for the Solana Generating station, including but not limited to design and implementation reviews. CH2M HILL 11/02 to 07/20 Worsley, Australia DCS Engineer Commissioning WMFC Worsley Multi Fuel Co-Gen. CFB Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler fired on coal oil and biomass. 56 MW Siemens back pressure steam turbine. Honeywell Experion DCS. Honeywell Safety Manager used for BMS. SIF, SIL Standards. NV ENERGY 11/02 to 07/29 Las Vegas, NV DCS Engineer Provided field and office support for 5 Generating Stations in the Las Vegas area. PLC PLUS INTERNATIONAL 11/02 to 07/20 Bakersfield, CA Providing Client Project Consulting Services for Power and Petro Chemical customers. VIWAPA 11/02 to 07/20 St. Thomas, Virgin Is. Control System and Instrumentation support for Maintenance Outage. GE Frame 5. FIRST SOLAR 11/02 to 07/20 Tempe, AZ Hired as a consultant to audit and review Control Systems for current and future Solar Field Projects. Ask to establish that use and implementation of system as it relates Solar Energy Projects operation and data collection was sufficient as it related to power generation. PG&E 11/02 to 07/20 California Plant operations and project support at Gateway and Humboldt facilities. ABB 800XA, Bailey Symphony and Wonderware. GE 11/02 to 07/20 Mexico Maintenance program at remote sites on GE LM6000's ProEnergy 11/02 to 07/20 Sedalia, MO DCS Systems Manager Managed a group of 8 DCS Engineers working on a wide range of projects including but not limited to systems upgrades, installations and commissioning. PROGRESS ENERGY 11/02 to 07/20 Richmond County, NC Control System Consultant Factory acceptance Test and Audit for NERC-CIP Compliance. Critical Cyber and Critical Asset Identification. PROGRESS ENERGY 11/02 TO -7/20 Bartow Power Project St. Petersburg, FL Lead DCS Commissioning Engineer Client Representative Lead DCS on a 15-month project for the commissioning of a 4X1 Combined Cycle Power Plant for Progress Energy, replacing an existing facility. Emerson Ovation for balance of plant. Siemens T-3000 CTG, Mitsubishi STG. Responsible for all DCS related work and personnel including vendor compliance. Verification audit of NERC-CIP compliance. Managed Control System Staff and supervised Instrumentation Group. BALCK & VEATCH 11/02 TO 7/20 Emporia, KA Commissioning Engineer Owner Rep. DCS support, Commissioning of a 600-Megawatt, Simple Cycle Power Plant. Owner, Westar. Systems: BOP, GE Mark VIe. Plant had 3 GE7 FA's, 4 GE LM6000. MINT FARM ENERGY CENTER 11/02 TO 07/20 Longview, WA Lead DCS Commissioning Manager 1X1 Combined Cycle Power Plant. GE Turbines. Control System, ABB Harmony and ABB Portal B. The plant had been shut down in a partial completion stage for 5 years. Out-dated equipment and systems, missing data, and incomplete engineering made this a challenging project. CONSTELLATION ENERGY 11/02 to 07/20 Victorville, CA High Desert Power Project DCS Engineer (Resident Engineer Client Rep) Operational support and system analysis on 3X1 Combined Cycle Power Plant including Water Filtration Plant. Westinghouse Ovation and Siemens Control System. Auditing of original DCS Specifications and securing of vendor compliance. Dailey monitoring of DCS operation to develop solutions to remedy inefficiencies optimizing operation. Operator support and Data Acquisition. Implement control system upgrades. Converted Siemens interface from Modbus serial to redundant OPC. Configured Modbus interface for Siemens Flex Plant optimizer. Including the specification, installation and configuration of new cabinet of I/O required for the implementation of Flex Plant. Performed plant engineering an all activities associated with this project dramatically reduced client costs. Provided outage support and scheduling for Controls and Instrumentation tasks. Maintenance scheduling and implementation of controls, instrumentation and high voltage for outage. LADWP Los Angeles. CA Sun Valley Energy Center Lead DCS Commissioning Engineer LADWP Joint Venture Project, 2X1 combined Cycle Power Plant. Westinghouse Ovation NT DCS. Project included twenty-one serial interfaces, and the GE Ethernet GSM protocol for the CTG's and STG. Actuator Sensor Interface, for motor control on a power project in the US. CONSTELLATION ENERGY 11/02 to 07/20 Victorville, CA High Desert Power Project DCS Commissioning Engineer 3X1 Combine Cycle Power Plant. Ovation NT DCS System.

Folsom Corporate Office 05/01 to 11/02 Folsom, CA DCS Controls Engineer Assigned for development and configuration of new DCS system to replace current system on new facilities. Developed specifications for Vendor Proposals. Evaluated proposed systems and presented final recommendation for system selection. Recommendation of Westinghouse Ovation was implemented. Provided system analysis, outage and maintenance support for Sites as needed. Delta Energy Center 05/01 to 11/02 Pittsburg, CA Lead DCS Commissioning Engineer 3X1 Combined Cycle Power Plant. Complete responsibility for DCS Control System. (Seimens TXP, ABB Bailey and Toshiba Tosmap). Commissioned 3 Siemens Westinghouse 165 MW combustion turbines and 1 Toshiba 300 MW steam turbine. Including but not limited to identification, analysis and solutions for control applications, installation, testing, compliance, vendor accountability and operator training. Responsible for Controls support staff and Instrumentation. Scheduling, training and team building. Los Medanos Energy Center 05/01 to 11/02 Pittsburg, CA DCS Commissioning Engineer Client Representative 2X1 Combined cycle power Plant. Vendor accountability and specification compliance. Testing and commissioning. Analysis and solution implementation for process control system. .

Batu Haju, Indonesia Two Billion dollar mining project in Indonesia. Grass roots project. Included all support plants such as power generation, water filtration systems and port facilities DCS, PLC, NT, Bailey Controls. System design, check out, installation and start-up. Bailey NT Conductor. Managed Controls and Instrumentation Field Staff. Developed and implemented instrumentation training program.

Wickliffe, OH System Engineering on Control Systems for Power Generation Plants. Factory and Field testing. Application and software. Project auditing for Systems Integration and installation for future contracts. Commissioning and field audits. PROJECTS: Babcock Wilcox: Office engineering. Saba project. Pakistan Entergy, Baxtor Wilson: Office, audit and filed. Vicksburg, Ms. Entergy, Gerald Andrews: Office, audit and field Greenville, Miss. Dubai Electric and Water Authority: Office, testing and field. United Arab Emirate Support services on various Egypt projects.

Forteleza De Minas, Brazil Controls System Consultant (Nickel Mine) Contracted directly to client for the express purpose of development and definition of control system. Foxboro DCS with networked PLC's. Vendor accountability, compliance with engineering, budgets, and scheduling. Direct involvement with design, testing and system integrity. Training and development of Control System staff. Managed 32 staff members, including a group of in-house Engineers as well as provided the direction and defined the expected schedule of results for Engineering staff at vendor development and testing center. Delegated field assignments, conducted disciplinary meetings, gave performance reviews. Implemented a "Team-work-group", system that enabled staff to more efficiently perform project tasks by providing each group with a staff member proficient in a specific discipline.

Salt Lake City, UT Kennecott Smelter/Refinery Modernization Smelter: Completed refinery and was then assigned to the Flash Smelter as a Controls Engineer for Start-up and Testing. Smelter was a large Fisher DCS control system with networked PLC's. Upon completion of the Smelter was retained as a Project Automation Specialist to manage a Contract Controls Engineering group designated to work with the Kennecott Control System Transition Team defining and completing quality and reliability improvement projects. Refinery: Controls System Test Engineer Copper Refinery material handling, Tank House, Steam plant, and Precious Metals facilities. EG&G Defense Materials Inc Tooele, UT Control System and Instrumentation Specialist Start-up engineer for the new chemical weapons disposal plant for the Army Corp of Engineers. First plant of its kind in the Continental U.S.

Orem, UT Installation and start of new X-Ray System and equipment for Environmental improvement project.

Arognoite, UT The commissioning and operation of a new Waste Incinerator facility owned and operated by Westinghouse. Installation, pre-commissioning, testing, start-up and operating maintenance. Responsible for environmental compliance documentation.

Control System Technician Dallas, TX Control System and Instrumentation Technician Long Beach, CA Utilities Engineer