Francois — Electrical and Automation Engineer
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Programming Skills (41)
Design of electrical panel and power distribution.
Microsoft certified system engineer
About Me
30 years of experience as a professional engineer working in automation, process control and industrial electricity. Design of automation system in hazardous location including hydrogen, ethanol, and petroleum.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION
- Professional engineers Ontario, since 2012
- Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec, since 1991
- Engineers Nova Scotia, since 2012
- Engineers Geoscientists Manitoba, since 2022
FIELD OF EXPERTISE
- PLC programming with Siemens’s product in both Step-7 and TIA;
- PLC programming on Rockwell Automation products;
- HMI programming and configuration for WinCC, InTouch and FT View;
- Design of control cabinet for hazardous location (<750 V);
- Design of machine safety;
- Microsoft Active directory deployment and management.
OTHER KNOWLEDGE
Automation - Extensive knowledge of Siemens PLC and WinCC HMI - Extensive knowledge of Rockwell Automation PLC and HMI
Networking - Extensive knowledge of Ethernet, Ethernet/IP and Profinet; - Internet telemetry and VPN - ControlNet, DeviceNet et EthernetIP for Rockwell Automation; - Profibus, Modbus.
Information Technology - Extensive knowledge of Active Directory technology - Intermediate knowledge of Microsoft SQL Server - Extensive knowledge of Microsoft operating system - Beginner knowledge of Linux operating system - Extensive knowledge of Microsoft office suite
CAD - Intermediate knowledge of Autodesk Autocad
Language - French 5/5, native - English 4/5 - Spanish 2/5
CAREER
- MESAR Process & Equipment inc. – Part of Groupe MESAR Since 2000
- Groupe Conseil Projélec – Now part of MESAR 1999-2000
- Aliments Ultima Foods Inc. 1992-1999
- Automation Mauricie Inc. 1991-1992
- Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières Fall 1990
- Roche Ltée, Groupe-Conseil Summer 1990
Skilled Trades (3)
Instrumentation configuration and commissioning mostly Rosemount, Endress & Hauser and IFM. More than 35 year of experiance.
Software Competencies (3)
Professional Competencies (12)
Member of the following board of engineer. Canada, province og Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia.
Design of low voltage (<700) up to 4000 Amps power distribution, control pannel up to 4000 IO in normal or hazardous area site.
Senior engineer than dirrector of engineering in an engineering firm.
Project director for electrical and automation project. Director of ingineering for a firm.
HMI programming in WinCC advance, WinCC Pro and FT View ME and SE.
Commissioning of small to large (4000 IO) project in goverment high security sites, nuclear waste and pharmaceutical. Also commissioning of simple project.
More than 35 years of experiance morstly in Rockwell and Siemens PLC programming of PLC and HMI.
Applications (12)
Director of a project to log data from a car manufacturer according to DOT for car parts.
Programmed PLC and HMI since 1993.
Responsable of electrical engineering and programming for the North Doha for the sluge drying plant in the waste water treament plant in Qatar. Approx 4000 IO to control 4 dryiers with rredundant Siemens PLC and HMI.
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Work Experience(5)
30 years of experience as a professional engineer working in automation, process control and industrial electricity. Design of automation system in hazardous location including hydrogen, ethanol, and petroleum. - PLC programming with Siemens's product in both Step-7 and TIA; - PLC programming on Rockwell Automation products; - HMI programming and configuration for WinCC, InTouch and FT View; - Design of control cabinet for hazardous location (Air Liquide Canada - Modification and redeployment of the LH2 filling station in Whistler to Air Liquide plant in Edmonton, AB. - Optimizing the automation of hydrogen dispensers in Oshawa. - Optimizing the automation of hydrogen dispensers in Ottawa. - Programming LH2 filling station in Whistler. - Programming hydrogen filling station in YUL airport. - Programming hydrogen filling station in YVR airport. - Forklift installation and dispensers at Walmart warehouse in Cornwall, ON. - Design and programming of remote access systems in Calgary hydrogen Walmart project. - Redeployment of the Oshawa dispenser and compressor at "Centre de recherche sur l'hydrogène" at TroisRivières university. - Safety improvement at Edmonton distribution center. Air Liquide USA - Electrical design and programming for the North-East distribution center in Littleton, MA. - Technical support for the North-East distribution center in Littleton, MA. - Automation system for distribution of hydrogen to forklift Coke San Leandro, California. - Optimization of automation systems in LAX airport. (Julie Flynn). - Dispenser modification at LAX airport station. (Per Olsen). - Adding iRio communication to the existing station in Greensboro and San Leandro. - Conception and programming of hydrogen station for Newark farmer's market in Newark, NJ. - Conception and programming of a LH2 station for P&G in Greensboro, NC. - Conception and programming of a hydrogen station in Birmingham, AL. FRANCOIS P.E ng. ELECTRIC A L, AUTOMATION AND PROCESS CONTROL 2 Air Liquide Deutchland - Redeployment of the hydrogen filling station from YVR airport to KIP university Germany. CCNuclear - Design of the control panel and programming of Siemens PLC for low and medium level radioactive waste handling equipment. - Design of the control panel and programming of Siemens PLC for fissile handling equipment. - Design of the electrical power supply of an arc saw to cut medium radioactive waste. Berli-Falco - Control engineering, electrical design and programming of a dryer system for wastewater treatment plant in Doha, Qatar. - More than 4000 IOs on a redundant Siemens S7-416H plc. Petrosur - Canadian royalty (Alamaq mine) generator diesel distribution system automation modification. - Canadian royalty (workshop) diesel heating system repair. - IBM/CBRE generator diesel distribution system compliance design and specification. - Rebourne generator diesel distribution system compliance design and specification. L'Oréal Canada - Safety review and corrective requirements on flammable products process. - Modification and maintenance of Rockwell Software RSBatch. - PLC RSLogix5000 Programming. - Analyzes of anti-explosive bottling machine. - Networking and commissioning of Ethernet. - Server Installation Microsoft Windows 2003. - Data acquisition system with real-time report generation. - Integration system recipe procedures Istrac. - Adding a new raw material to WHE. - Improved DH + network. L'Oréal USA Solon, OH - Programming a hot storage automation system. - Programming heat sterilization. L'Oréal USA Little-Rock, AK - Integration of the supervision software ISTrac. L'Oréal USA Florence, KY - Ethernet network modification and optimization. L'Oréal Mexico City - ISTRAC integration software on Modulo II. - Complete replacement of Siemens PCS 7 automation system to Siemens Step-7. - Complete replacement of the programming for Bati 400. - Complete replacement of the control of the Soleri 20T. FRANCOIS P.E ng. ELECTRIC A L, AUTOMATION AND PROCESS CONTROL 3 L'Oréal Mexico San Luis Potosí - Restarting of the APV 6T skid in class 1 div 2 hazardous. - Automation of a system suction of dust produce in the factory. - Raw material distribution. - Recipe automation on production skid. Inter Board of Drinking Water, Varennes, Ste-Julie, St-Amable. - Increased production capacity. - Quotation for materials purchases for automation system. - Evaluation of public submissions related to the estimate. - Execution of plans and specifications for the replacement of the existing automation system. Aliments Ultima - Calculation of yogurt recipe optimization and implementation in the automation system. Atara Corporation - Automation control system for a wastewater treatment plant. - Selection of the instrumentation for a wastewater treatment plant. - Telemetry system to enable communication from remote location. Barry Callebaut - Director of electricity and automation for a new production line (conch). - Motor Connection diagram, add liqueur, chocolate packaging, replacement automation system. Ge Hydro - Hydraulic Test Bench Bar. - Testing system dielectric rods capacity. Danone, Boucherville - Stabilization operations of ARCIL 5 process system. Robin Hood - Replacing PLC of a complete automation system from PLC2 to PLC5. Horizon Environnement - Control automation of water runoff in a landfill of hazardous waste. Laiterie Lamothe - Optimization of the control UHT system and replacement of the PLC for the distribution. - Designing a system of milk tank storage system, hydraulic calculation, selection of instruments, programming and complete commissioning. - Optimization of the existing washing system pasteurized. Danone Utah - Modification of a palletizer automation system. Glaxosmithkline, Wyeth, Pfizer, - Updated automation system of two tablet presses. - Updated automation system of a blender V. - Computer replacement and updating of Windows NT to Windows XP. - Validation system of bar codes.
- Participate in various steps of a project, submission to monitoring after production. - Pumping Station, City of St-Hyacinthe. - Automation of a production line for chocolate production at Barry-Callebaut. - Introduction of a servo motor control system on a machine tool, Pratt & Whitney Canada.
Function: Maintenance Supervisor (1999) - Responsible for preventive maintenance and corrective. - Maintenance planning and coordination with production. - Supervision of 22 unionized employees. - Responsible for budget and well service, labor and parts inventory. Function: Automation Supervisor (1992-1999) - Programming process of the plant (90 000 instructions ladder, 3500 I / O Digital, 250 I / O analog, 4 controllers), implementation of instrumentation, electrical plans and tracing the flow of products, programming the Factory Link, monitoring electrical work and health. Breakdown of machinery from the factory with various machines. Supervisor of maintenance electricians. - Complete realization of projects from the budget requests until the completion of the work. Design process.
- PLC programming related projects. Drawing electrical plans and site supervision
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