David — Lead Automation & Commissioning Engineer
David
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About Me
Lead Automation & Commissioning Engineer | Worldwide | Freelance
• Over twenty years of experience designing, installing & commissioning complex equipment worldwide
• Site management, installation supervision & startup from power on to final handover
• High adaptability to new technologies, process, teams & cultures.
• Hardware & Software architectures, Analysis & specification, PLC, Safety PLC, HMI & SCADA programming
• Master’s degree in Automation Engineering| Efficient| Reliable| Proactive
• Fluent in English & Spanish, basic Portuguese, French native
Professional Competencies 3
Analysis > Hardware and software architectures > Functional & organic analysis > Risk analysis and associated safety functions specification
Worldwide Commissioning Equipment Commissioning: > Preoperational verification, power on > PLC, HMI, SCADA software installation > Networks & fieldbus start-up > Inputs / outputs test > VFDs and actuators setting > Safety functions preliminary test >Motion test > Operating modes validation > Automatic mode commissioning > Load test? Process Integration: > Equipment integration in the client process > Safety functions validation > Interfaces test > Performance control > Mechanical & electrical improvements > Reliability check > Production ramp-up > Handover & technical assistance > Operators training & maintenance staff instruction
> Multiplatform PLC & safety PLC programming, objects use > Network & fieldbus integration, communication management > Friendly modular code for maintenance staff > Software testing and validation using simulations tools
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Tools, Machines & Equipment 13
My Business
Work Experience15
| Russia | | 2020 - 2022 Aluminium | Anode handling line| Functional, organic & risk analysis | Hardware & software architectures | PLC, Safety PLC, HMI & Scada programming | Commissioning supervision & execution
| Venezuela | |2017 - 2020 Aluminium | Retrofit of 10 pot tending machines | Management of all site activities & installation, 80 local workers | Commissioning supervision & execution | Responsible for all contractual matters & HSE
| France | | 2015 - 2017 Defense | Chemical weapons destruction plant |Functional & organic analysis | Hardware & software architectures | PLC, Safety PLC, HMI & Scada programming | Commissioning on site
| Netherland | | 2014 Waste treatment | Full automatic cranes retrofit |Electrical installation management and direct supervision| Commissioning from power on to handover | Process improvement & ramp up
| France | | 2011 - 2014 Aeronautics | Airbus A 350 final assembly line |Functional & organic analysis | Hardware & software architectures | PLC, Safety PLC, HMI & Scada programming |Commissioning on site | Production ramp-up
| Bahrain | | 2010 - 2011 Aeronautics | Airbus A 380 maintenance platforms| Analysis | Hardware & software architectures | PLC, Safety PLC, HMI & Scada programming |Electrical installation supervision | Commissioning on site
| Taiwan | | 2009 - 2010 Waste treatment | Full automatic cranes | PLC & SCADA Programming | Electrical installation management and direct supervision| Commissioning from power on to handover | Process improvement & ramp up
Mexico | | 2008- 2009 Steel Industry | Liquid metal handling machine retrofit| PLC & SCADA Programming | Electrical installation supervision| Commissioning from power on to handover
| Iceland | | 2008 Aluminium | Anode stock management |PLC & SCADA programming | Full commissioning | End user training
| Brazil | | 2007 - 2008 Automotive | Tire handling automatic line| PLC & SCADA & HMI programming | Installation supervision |Full commissioning | Production ramp up
| Venezuela | | 2003 - 2007 Aluminum & steel industry | Harbor cranes | Weighting systems | Special machines |Quotations, purchase, logistics, software development, electrical engineering and panel manufacturing management, commissioning
Canada | | 2002 - 2003 Cement plant | Full automatic cranes | PLC & SCADA Programming | Electrical installation supervision| Commissioning from power on to handover | Operators & maintenance staff training
| Italia | | 2002 Cement plant | Full automatic cranes retrofit | PLC & SCADA Programming | Electrical installation supervision| Commissioning from power on to handover | Operators & maintenance staff training
| China | | 2001 Aluminium| Furnace tending machine| PLC & HMI software development | Electrical installation supervision| Full Commissioning | Operators & maintenance staff training
| France | | 1998 - 2000 Nuclear | Fuel assemblies handling machines commissioning | Technical assistance during operations.
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Main subjects: Automation, Computer Science, Electronics, Electricity