Summary – Senior Project Manager with over thirty years engineering experience with DCS’s (Fisher DeltaV, Honeywell, Moore APACs, Siemens T3000) and PLC’s (Allen Bradley) in multiple industries (utilities, paper, chemical). Experience includes the specification, design, installation, start-up of field instrumentation and control systems (DCS, PLC), the design, implementation and tuning of control loops and Mimic simulation software and hardware. Experienced with both basic and advanced control applications (MVC). Senior Project Manager on projects valued to $10MM. Project Management experience includes project inception through final acceptance certification. Senior Process Control Engineer on projects valued to $15MM. Design experience includes developing initial project scopes, specifications, loop sheets, P&IDs, SAMA’s, functional specifications, and purchase orders.
Education – B.S. PE (Paper), (3.3 / 4.0 GPA) Western Michigan University, 1978 Achievements – Consistently delivered projects with 6-15% improved EBIT. Developed Sootblower Steam Smoothing Logic for Boilers, reducing 20 to 45 klbs/hr impact to under 100 lbs/hr. Received letters from clients on several projects for resolving issues no one else could solve. Installed state-of-the-art coating kitchen rated #1 worldwide by Jaakko Poyry. Pioneered stock blending system in DCS application. Designed Change Zone for Honeywell TDC-3000 that is used worldwide. Pioneered development of equipment bitmaps for use in graphics.
Experience –
Sr. Controls Engineer, 10/10 – present Responsible for management and engineering of multiple projects in paper industry. Current projects are design and implementation of DeltaV Control System for new Recovery Boiler and Turbine Generator and replace BMS on Power Boiler utilizing PLC and existing Honeywell DCS.
Sr. Project Manager, 5/08 – 10/10– Responsible for management of multiple projects in utilities industry. Projects included greenfield and upgrade installations of Siemens T3000 DCS in domestic and international power plant locations. Managed Project Teams ranging from 3 to 15. Responsible for all phases of Project from inception through close-out. Responsible for project values up to $1.2MM.
Sr. Control Engineer, 4/97 – 5/08– Responsible for all issues related to control systems (DCS & PLC) that supported projects in paper, pharmaceutical, nuclear and power industries. Includes Control System HW/SW troubleshooting, system upgrades, loop tuning, troubleshooting, process optimization, and the engineering and management of control system related projects (specification through start-up) for project values up to $15MM. Responsible for onsite personnel and contractors. Served as onsite safety director.
Riverwood International, Corporate Controls Project Engineer and Project Manager, 12/85-4/97 – Responsible for all issues related to control systems (DCS & PLC) that supported projects in paper mills in Louisiana and Georgia. Includes Control System HW/SW troubleshooting, system upgrades, control loop tuning and troubleshooting, process optimization, and the engineering and management of control system related projects (specification, design, purchasing, assembly, test installation, & start-up). Responsible for project values up to $10MM, responsible for contractors, responsible for consulting engineers. Replaced panelboard controls with control systems through out entire mill.
Georgia-Pacific, Controls Project Engineer, 11/82-12/85- Responsible for all issues related to control systems (DCS) that supported projects (values to $5MM) in tissue and linerboard paper mill in Florida.
Inland Orange Consultants, Controls Project Engineer, 8/79-11/82- Resp for all issues related to panel mounted controls that supported projects (values to $100M) at Olin Chemical in Louisiana.
Owens-Illinois, Controls Project Engineer, 6/77-8/79 – Resp for all issues related to supporting projects (values to $100M) in linerboard paper mill in Texas. Primary emphasis was on controls.
Professional Certifications – PMP
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