Instrument and Control Technician with extensive QA QC electrical background of over 35 years of experience in all types of commercial and industrial environments. Certified in control and instrumentation; licensed in Texas. Willing to contract to any location, including overseas. US citizen with Civilian Access Card (CAC), authorized access to all military installations worldwide. US EXPAT, TSA TWIC.
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
ž Performed bench calibration, loop checks, start-ups and I&C maintenance. Including: Honeywell DCS control systems (analog and digital) as well as Honeywell Smart digital and analog transmitters. Worked on various digital and analog instruments, mass flow meters. Emerson Ovation DCS , loop checking, calibration, and troubleshooting experience. Allen-Bradley RS Logistics 5000, Bentley Nevada vibration sensors, Fisher control valve (Fieldvue), Masoneilan control valves, Tyco flow control valves, Asco valves, Bailey ABB positioners, Rosemount, Mass flow meters, Smart digital and analog transmitters.
ž Completed over 500 inspections, Contracted as QA QC Electrical Inspector in Iraq and Kuwait, details upon request
ž Tested and Commissioned, GE 7 frames, LM6000, Coal-Fired Boilers Combined Cycle Power generating Plants. Bio-Energy Ethanol Plants, with Yokogawa Foundation Field bus.
ž Produced Quality Analysis Inspection Reports to document compliance discrepancies of code.
ž Highly skilled installation, calibration, and start-up technician in any manufacturing setting, as well as chemical, pharmaceutical, and refinery plants. Test and commission Steel and Pig Iron Blast Furnaces.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
01/30/10 – 04/30/10 – Scheck Technical Services – Oak Creek, WI (Coal-fired Plant)
CCST/Instrument Technician
09/2009 – 11/2009 – Sachs Electric – Abencs Project – Madison, WI (Ethanol Plant)
CCST/Instrument Technician
06/2003 – 07/2004 – MIV, Inc. – Aurora, IL (Energy Management)
CCST/I&C Technician
11/2002 – 04/2003 – Divane Brothers Company – Batavia, IL (Accelerator Lab)
I&C Technician
01/2002 – 01/2002 – Scheck Technical Services – Zion, IL (Gas Turbine Power Plant)
CCST/I&C Technician
01/2002-01/2002 – Meade Electric Company – Minooka, IL (Combined Cycle)
General Foreman/CCST/I&C Technician
01/2000-01/2001 – Sachs Electric – Eola, IL
I&C Technician
CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
· Appointed General Foreman on several contracts, including expansion of waste-water treatment plant, solar turbine, GE 7FAs turbine generator systems, LM 6000, Mark V and VI control system projects. Start-up of Bio-Energy Plants. Commissioned Yokogawa Foundation Field Bus.
· Installed, calibrated, performed loop-check and start-up to the Ovation DCS cabinets (analog and digital systems) at Marathon Oil Refinery during plant shut down; installed, calibrated, and performed loop-check of instruments in coal-fired power plant.
· Installed and calibrated energy control systems for energy management systems in schools and hospitals in the city of Champaign, Illinois.
· Provided on-time start-up and troubleshooting of parts positioners and robotic arms on behalf of the Wolf Robotic Company in a Caterpillar plant.
· Installed, tested, and performed start-up of Zenner-style lighting control system.
· Installed, wired, tested, and performed start-up of new chemical line at Axcio Nobel chemical plant.
EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
· 2007 Certified Control Systems Technician Level II - Certificate #22074, ISA
Research Park, NC
· 2006 EPRI Level II/B Instrument and Controls - Certification #D577356, IBEW 697
Hammond, IN
· 2004 Journeyman Electrician - License #00047468, State of Texas – Austin, TX
· Electrical License #00076210 EJ, City of Houston, TX
· 2003 Associate of Arts Degree – Construction/Electrical, Waubonsee Community College –
Sugar Grove, IL
· 2002 Certificate Level I/A - Certificate #D577356, UA597 – Chicago, IL
· 2002 Refrigerant Transition Recovery (Universal), Ferris State University – Big Rapids, MI
· 1999 Certificate Level I - Certificate #14739 ISA, CCST – Research Park, NC
· 1997 Traffic Signal Technician Level I, Traffic Signal Technician Level II, Work Zone Safety, International Municipal Signal Association – Research Park, NC
· 1995 National Training Institute for Electrical Instructors – Certificate,
· University of Tennessee – Knoxville, TN
· 1995 Associate of Arts Degree – Electronics, Waubonsee Community College –
Sugar Grove, IL
· 1994 Associate of Arts Degree – Computer Aided Design (CAD) – Robotics, Waubonsee Community College – Sugar Grove, IL
· 1993 Electronics – Digital Theory Certificate, Waubonsee Community College –
Sugar Grove, IL
· 1992 Electronics – Basic Concepts Certificate, Waubonsee Community College –
Sugar Grove, IL
· 1992 Electronics – Circuit Theory Certificate, Waubonsee Community College –
Sugar Grove, IL
· 1991 Electronics – Robotics Servicing Technology Certificate, Waubonsee Community College – Sugar Grove, IL
· 1976 – Journeyman/Electrician, Waubonsee Community College – Sugar Grove, IL
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