Brad Stephen Carlberg, P.E.
P.O. Box 1219, Hoodsport, WA 98548
(251) 454-1200
e-mail: brad.carlberg@bsc-engineering.com
Homepage: http://www.bsc-engineering.com/
PROFESSIONAL
SUMMARY
Registered Professional Control Systems Engineer with over
twenty-five years’ experience in Process Engineering and Process Control specifically
with Distributed Control Systems and Programmable Logic Controllers combining
extensive experience with both Hardware and Software Design, Programming,
Implementation and Startup, including Advanced Continuous and Batch Control
Programming.
TECHNICAL
EXPERTISE
DUTIES INCLUDED: Provided Engineering Consulting Services including:
Detailed Studies; Specifying and Requisitioning of Hardware; Factory Checkout
and Loop Check and Tuning. Developing And Implementing Configuration and Human
Machine Interface (HMI) Graphics using Ci
Technologies
SCADA MMI/HMI version 5.4; WonderWare FactorySuite including InTouch
7.0; Rockwell Software RSView,
RSLogix, and RSBatch;
Siemens/TI Simatic Net, TISoft,
and WinCC; Honeywell Picture Editor and Bailey
Computer Aided Design Engineering Workstation (CADEWS) and Screen Oriented
Display Generator (SODG), and Continuous and Batch Honeywell Control Language (CL) Programming. Generation of Database;
Instrument Index; I/O List; Instrument Loop Sheets; P&ID’s; Data Sheets;
Alarm/Interlock Lists; Process Functional Specifications; IJB Termination,
Layout, And Wiring Drawings; and Maintenance Work Orders. Training of
Operators, Maintenance, and Instrument Personnel. Created Software Integration
Plan, Software Requirements Specifications, Software Design Description, and
Software Requirements Traceability, and Software Configuration Management Plans
per IEEE & NRC guidelines. Software Quality Assurance, specifically NQA-1
2008/2009 requirements
EQUIPMENT
& SOFTWARE EXPERIENCE
Rockwell Software RSView, RSLogix, PanelBuilder, and RSBatch; CiTect SCADA MMI/HMI; WonderWare FactorySuite including InTouch; Schneider Automation Monitor Pro (Factorylink) HMI and Modicon Quantum PLC using and ProWorx programming software. Distributed Control System (DCS), Human Machine Interface (HMI), and Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) specifically Honeywell TPS/TDC 3000 and Bailey Net/Infi 90, and Rockwell Software RSView32 and FactoryTalk. Programmed Bailey Multifunction Processors/Controllers (MFP/MFC) including Fiber-Optic Central Communication Ring; Honeywell Advanced Process Manager (APM), Honeywell Logic Manager and Honeywell IPC620, Allen-Bradley 5 Series and ControlLogix, and Siemens Simatic S5 & S7 PLCs. Honeywell Personal Computer Network Manager (PCNM) communicating with Millwide Computer (MIS) like IBM AIX and VAX 11/780. Programmed Operator Interface Graphics for INDELEC PLANT-VIEW communicating with Gould Modicon 584 PLC. Utilized Wonderware InSQL and Microsoft SQL Server 7 and Northwest Analytical Quality Analyst 5.1 for SPC analysis. Programmed Visual Basic, Microsoft Office including Access and Project; AUTOCAD, DBASE and Datatrieve.
PULP &
PAPER EXPERIENCE
Programming, Developing, Implementing, And Commissioning of Application Module-Based Bleach Plant And Brown Stock Washing And Recycle Advanced Control Packages. Engineering Design for Greenfield Paper Mills, Bleached And Unbleached Kraft Mills, Sulphite Pulp Mills including Paper Machines, Starch Cooker, 450 TPD Secondary Fiber Mill with Automatic Control Of Pulpers, Stock Preparation, Multiple-Effect Black Liquor Evaporators, Brown Stock Screening, 500 TPD Brown Stock Washers, 600 TPD Multiple-Stage D/C-Eo-D-E-D Bleach Plant, 30 TPD R-8 Chlorine Dioxide (CLO2) Generator and 8 TPD R-3 Chlorine Dioxide (CLO2) Generator, Causticizing and Lime Kiln, Power And Recovery Boilers And Lime Kiln Safety Systems, Extruder Machine "Flying Splice".
OTHER
PROCESS INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
Designed Variable-Frequency AC Drive for Hog Fuel Boiler Fuel Feeders. Programming, Developing, Implementing, And Commissioning. For Manufacturing Bulk Chemical Handling Facility, 250 GPM Hazardous Industrial Waste Treatment Facility, Gas Desulfurization Plant, High Fructose Corn Syrup Batch Plant, Cogeneration Plant, Cogeneration Plant Fuel Handling System; Taconite Pelletizing Plant including Furnace Grate Speed Control, Concentrator, Precipitators, Limestone Addition; and Resin Batch Reactors.
Education
Washington
State University; Pullman, Washington
Bachelor of
Science / Mechanical Engineering; February, 1984
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1981 – JV 8 4th Place Pacific–10 Conference Championships Redwood City, CA (me
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2009 & 2010 - Old Men & the Sea Wawawaii Landing, Snake River |
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CiTect Advanced CiTect
/ CiCode Course; Charlotte, North Carolina June, 2002
WonderWare Basic InTouch Course;
Mobile, Alabama July, 2000
Rockwell Software Basic RSView Course; Birmingham, Alabama
September, 1998
The Dale Carnegie Course; Mobile, Alabama September,
1993
Bailey Basic Graphics (SODG) Course; Vancouver, BC Canada;
April, 1990
Bailey Basic Configuration (CADEWS) Course; Vancouver, BC Canada;
April, 1990
Professional
Registrations
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Registered Professional Control
Systems Engineer;
License
No. 43988,
State of Washington October 18, 2007 |
Registered Professional
Control Systems Engineer; License
No. 23362,
State of Alabama January, 2000
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Projects Map
Professional Record
BSC Engineering; Hoodsport, WA August, 2013
– Present
January,
2017 – April, 2018 Provided Control Systems (Metso DNA, ABB Bailey, &
Emerson DeltaV DCS’s) expertise to Maintenance Electrical
& Instrumentation Department of Port Townsend Paper Corporation in Port
Townsend, WA
August,
2016 Provided Honeywell Experion expertise to Andritz
Automation for Checkout and Startup of new Recovery Boiler, Evaps,
Demineralizer and STG at Georgia-Pacific in Brewton, AL
May – July,
2016. Provided Honeywell TDC3000 expertise for mill DCS system and process
support including Logic Manager (LM) and Process Manager (HPM) configuration,
Logic Blocks, and PM- & AM-CL code) for Weyerhaeuser in Port Wentworth, GA.
March –
April, 2016. Provided
Honeywell TDC3000 expertise to Andritz Automation (Atlanta, GA & Vancouver,
BC) to create SAMA diagrams to document existing configuration (including Basic
Controller & HPM configuration, Logic Blocks & AM-CL code) for upcoming
migration from Honeywell TDC3000 to Honeywell Experion
for International Paper in Bogalusa, LA.
December, 2015 – February, 2016. Lead Distributed Control System (DCS) Commissioning Engineer for Worley Parsons and Pasadena Water & Power in Pasadena, CA for the Glenarm Repowering Project providing DCS expertise for the Gas Turbine, Steam Turbine, & Balance of Plant (BOP) areas utilizing Emerson (Westinghouse) Ovation DCS.
September,
2015 – October, 2015; Consulting Control Systems Engineer to the Hanford Mission Support Alliance (a
Lockheed Martin/Jacobs/WSI company) at the Volpentest Hammer Federal Training
Center
providing Siemens
TP1900 Touch Panel & WinCC
HMI & S7-1200
PLC expertise (in a Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal environment)
to modify the Siemens
S7-1215 PLC
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Siemens S7-1215 PLC |
Volpentest HAMMER Federal Training
Center in Richland, WA |
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April, 2015 – May, 2015; Consulting Control Systems Engineer to Weyerhaeuser Engineering Services providing Honeywell TDC3000
expertise (including native window, Picture Editor graphics & AM- &
PM-CL code modifications & troubleshooting) to commission recovery boiler upgrades
including 74% black liquor solids upgade, new
Precipitator transformer/rectifier, & new sootblowers
for Weyerhaeuser Company pulp mill in Oglethorpe, GA.
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Oglethorpe,
GA |
Weyerhaeuser Company in Oglethorpe,
GA |
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June,
2014 – October, 2014; Consulting Control Systems Engineer to MPC (Modern Process Control) Consulting, Ltd. for Education City project
in Doha, Qatar.
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Education City in Doha,
Qatar |
Doha,
Qatar |
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October,
2013 – Present; Consulting Control Systems Engineer to Potlatch Mutual Water Company for Pumphouse Alarming
Modernization project in Potlatch, Washington.
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Potlatch,
WA |
Potlatch
Mutual Water Company |
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Hyundai Engineering & Construction Ltd. – Process
Plant Division; Seoul, South Korea; November, 2012 –July, 2013.
Technical Advisor to the Controls & Instrumentation Department working on
the LUKOIL Kandym project near Karakul, Uzbekistan
and the Refinería Batalla
de Santa Inés project in Venezuela.
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LUKOIL
Kandym project near Karakul, Uzbekistan |
Refinería Batalla de Santa Inés project
in Venezuela |
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August,
2012
Contract Control Systems
Engineer to Prime Controls in Metairie, LA for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Gulf Intercoastal Waterway West Closure Project near Belle Chasse, LA providing
Rockwell ControlLogix PLC and Rockwell FactoryTalk SE/ME expertise.
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Aerial View |
Side View |
GIWW
West Closure (B) 29.815774 N, -90.068493 W Near Belle Chasse,
Louisiana |
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Maverick Technologies; Charlotte, NC; May, 2012 – June, 2012
Independent Contracting Consultant for the recommissioning
of the International Paper pulp & paper mill in Franklin, VA providing ABB
(Bailey) Infi-90 Distributed Control System (DCS) expertise to mill startup
team in the evaporators, power & recovery areas.
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International Paper –
Franklin, VA |
Invensys-Triconex;
Lake Forest, California February, 2011 – April, 2012 Contract Applications
Engineer creating Software Integration Plan, Software Requirements
Specifications, Software Design Description, and Software Requirements
Traceability Matrix. for submittal to Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) as part of relicensing procedure for the
Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant Safety System Replacement Project.
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Richland,
Washington May, 2010 – June, 2010 Principal Controls Engineer. Programmed
Rockwell ControlLogix PLC and Rockwell FactoryTalk ME HMI controlling
Foundation Fieldbus transmitters and ABB ACS550 drives via DeviceNet
for Washington River Protection Solutions Small Scale
Mixing Demonstration.
Schweitzer Engineering
Laboratories, Inc.; Pullman, Washington September, 2009 – March, 2010
Project Engineer II - Automation in Engineering Services.
Developed and commissioned ClearView SCADA-HMI (Human Machine Interface) for
substation automation incorporating the SEL-2032 Communications
Processor to communicate with protection relays for Aha Macav Power
Service in Mohave Valley, AZ
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Aha Macav Power Services |
Aha
Macav Power Services Substation |
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Eastern Bechtel Construction
Ltd, Inc.;
Asab, United Arab Emirates May, 2009 – August, 2009
Startup Engineer for the Abu Dhabi Gas Industries Ltd
(GASCO) Asab
Gas Development Project Phase 2 (AGD-2) project providing control system
expertise for commissioning of Yokogawa ProSafe-RS
SIS and Tyco Simplex 4100U PLC for Fire and Gas control system at Liquified
Natural Gas (LNG) plant..
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Asab Gas Development (AGD 2)
LNG Plant |
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United Arab Emirates |
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Bechtel National, Inc.; Richland, Washington
February, 2007 – April, 2009
Senior
Control & Instrumentation Engineer to Bechtel National, Inc. in Richland, Washington for the WTP/RPP project at the Hanford
Nuclear Reservation site. Created Software Functional Specification (SFS) for
Balance of Facilities (BOF) area and Software Lifecycle Documents for Low
Activity Waste (LAW) and High Level Waste (HLW) areas.
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Hanford
WTP Vitrification Plant |
A - Richland, WA |
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Honeywell
Canada Ltd in
Fort McMurray, Alberta Canada; July, 2005 – May, 2006 Contract Process Control
Engineer for the Syncrude Canada Ltd UE-1 project utilizing my
expertise with Honeywell TDC 3000, Wonderware
InTouch ,
Modicon Quantum PLCs , and Triconex 1131 TriStation
Burner
Management Systems to perform Site Acceptance Tests (SATs) & commissioning
of the Coker Off-Gas Boilers & Ash Handling
Systems.
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A - Fort McMurray, Alberta
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A – Syncrude about 35 km
north of Ft Mac |
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Air Liquide
Process & Construction
Corporate Process controls Group in Houston, Texas January, 2004 – March, 2005
Contract Process Control Engineer for the POSCO
Iron & Steel project
utilizing Symphony/Composer
DCS and
the Irving
Oil project
utilizing Modicon PLC .
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BSC Engineering; Daphne, AL July, 2003 –
August, 2003
Consulting Process Control
Engineer to Escambia County Utilities
Authority
Main Street Wastewater treatment plant in Pensacola, Florida for the Anoxic/Oxic
PLC Alarm project
utilizing Moore Industries Net
Concentrator Series ethernet I/O webserver communicating with Modicon Quantum PLC controlling the
process.
Consulting Process Control
Engineer to ABB Instrumentation for the Water Pollution & Control Project
Hypochlorite Modernization utilizing Ci
Technologies
CiTect SCADA HMI 5.40 Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Modicon Quantum PLCs for the Northeast Philadelphia Water treatment plant.
Consulting Process Control
Engineer to American Electric Power for the Houston
Pipeline/Louisiana Interstate Gas pipelines SCADA system utilizing Wonderware InTouch 7.1 Human Machine Interface
(HMI), Standard Automation EFM Manager, and various Remote Terminal
Units (RTU) including Fisher
ROC,
Flow
Automation Automate/AutoPilot , and Daniel
FloBoss.
Consulting
Process Control Engineer through Process Control Associates in Houston, TX; November,
2001 – December, 2001; for Ultramar Diamond Shamrock Three Rivers Refinery for
their Diesel Hydrotreater process conversion project converting ABB Infi-90
Multifunction Processor (MFP03) to Honeywell High-Performance Process Manager
(HPM).
Consulting
Process Control Engineer to Orion
CEM, Inc. in Alpharetta, GA; September, 2001 – November, 2001; for
Mead Coated Board Inc. in Phenix City/ Cottonton, AL. Provided ABB Bailey Infi-90 DCS expertise for
their CyberBoiler™ Recovery boiler process
optimization project utilizing ABB LAN-90 and Multifunction Processor (MFP03).
BSC Engineering; Daphne, AL May, 2000 –
August, 2001
Consulting
Process Control Engineer to ABB Instrumentation for the Anoxic/Oxic and Secondary Clarifier process modifications
utilizing WonderWare InTouch 7.1 Human Machine
Interface (HMI) and Modicon Quantum PLCs for the Escambia County Utilities Authority Main Street Wastewater
treatment plant in Pensacola, Florida.
Temporary
Consulting Process Control Engineer through Ford, Bacon & Davis, LLC to Riverwood International in West Monroe, LA for the #4
Recovery Boiler Sootblower & TRS projects
utilizing Honeywell TDC3000 Control language
(CL) programming and Allen-Bradley PLC/5 via the Honeywell EPLCG.
Temporary
Consulting Process Control Engineer to Inland
Paperboard
in Rome, GA for the Refiners & Screens upgrade project utilizing Honeywell TDC3000 Control language (CL) programming and Allen-Bradley PLC/5 via the Honeywell EPLCG.
GE Industrial Systems Pensacola, FL
November, 1999 – April, 2000
Senior Systems Engineer
responsible for the commissioning of the Fortrel
Polyester Bale Line Control System utilizing Rockwell Automation RSView Human Machine Interface
(HMI) and Allen-Bradley 5/PLCs for the Wellman Chemical plant in Bay St.
Louis, Mississippi.
BSC Engineering; Daphne, AL April, 1999 –
May, 1999
Consulting
Process Control Engineer to Hargrove
and Associates;
Mobile, Alabama. Responsible for the upgrade of the Pelletizer Control System
with Monitor Pro (Factorylink) HMI and Modicon Quantum PLC using Concepts
programming software for Kerr
McGee
Synthetic Rutile processing plant in Theodore, AL.
Provide engineering support
for Honeywell TDC3000 Distributed Control
System (DCS) in the North & South Powerhouses to Mobile Energy Services
Corporation in Mobile, AL.
Provide engineering support
for WonderWare FactorySuite
including InTouch 7.0 (HMI) to GAF Building Products in Mobile, AL.
Raytheon
Engineers & Constructors; Birmingham, Alabama; April, 1998 – March, 1999
Contract Process Control Engineer responsible for assessment and remediation of
the Distributed Control Systems at 63 Kraft Foods plants in North America as part of
Year 2000 compliance.
ELSAG
Bailey Process Automation;
November, 1997 – December, 1997 Contract Engineer to Hong Kong Principal
Collection and Treatment System Project for Hong Kong Government Strategic
Drainage Department
BELOIT CORPORATION; Jacksonville, Florida August, 1997 –
September, 1997 Contract Engineer For Greenfield mill for Indah Kiat Pulp &
Paper in Parawang, Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia
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WEYERHAEUSER PAPER COMPANY; Oglethorpe, Georgia March,
1997 – May, 1997 Contract Engineer completing Brown Stock Washers & Bleach Plant Advanced
Control Package.
HONEYWELL IAC, Phoenix, AZ; May, 1995 – January, 1997
Contract Engineer to Pulp & Paper Applications Engineer Completing Projects
For:
WISCONSIN TISSUE MILLS, INC.; Menasha, Wisconsin: Recycle/Bleach Plant Packages
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POTLATCH CORPORATION;
McGehee, Arkansas: Winder/Unwinder PLC Replacement
BSC
Engineering;;
Daphne, AL September, 1993 – April, 1995
Consulting
Engineer To:
BRITISH
PETROLEUM; Milne Point, Prudhoe Bay, Alaska.
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Fransen Engineering Ltd.
; Vancouver, BC CANADA
WESTCOAST
ENERGY, INC.;
Fort Nelson, British Columbia CANADA
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RAINY
RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.; Fort Frances, Ontario CANADA;
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RAINY
RIVER FOREST PRODUCTS, INC.; Kenora, Ontario CANADA;
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MINNESOTA CORN PROCESSORS;
Columbus, Nebraska; Provided Honeywell Logic Manager including Application
Module (AM) Control Language (CL) expertise for commissioning of ethanol
production facility including ultrafiltration.
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ADM Columbus, NE (Corn
Processing |
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BOISE-CASCADE
CORPORATION; Emmett, Idaho. Replaced legacy PLCs’ with Honeywell
Logic Manager to control the “hogged fuel” boiler fuel feed chip pile conveyors
& rakes and cleaning from the TDC3000 DCS. Duties included Logic Manager
configuration in ladder logic and development of Honeywell native window
“Picture Editor” graphics.
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INSTRUMENT CONTROL SERVICES; Pensacola, FL December,
1991 – August, 1993
Systems
Engineer providing ABB Bailey Net- and Infi-90 expertise for the following
projects:
WEYERHAEUSER
PAPER COMPANY; Plymouth, North Carolina. Provided ABB Bailey Net-
and Infi-90 onsite expertise for the commissioning of the NC4/NC-5 Fiberline modernization project. Responsible for
programming and configuring the Bailey Multifunction
Processors/Controllers (MFP/MFC) using Bailey
Computer Aided Design Engineering Workstation (CADEWS) and updating/modifying
operator graphics with Bailey Screen Oriented Display Generator (SODG)
MEAD PAPER COMPANY; Chillicothe, Ohio. Provided
ABB Bailey Net- and Infi-90 expertise for the loop check / commissioning of the
Evaporator area.
BOISE-CASCADE
CORPORATION; Jackson, Alabama. . Responsible for commissioning the
ABB Bailey Infi-90 DCS for the Stock Screening, 600 TPD Multiple-Stage D/C-Eo-D-E-D Bleach Plant including 30 TPD R-8 Chlorine Dioxide (CLO2) Generator, and the Brown Stock Washing
areas of the pulp mill. This commissioning was completed in three phases over
sixteen months, all of which was spent as the pulp mill Control System
Engineer. Responsible for programming and configuring the Bailey
Multifunction Processors/Controllers (MFP/MFC) using Bailey
Computer Aided Design Engineering Workstation (CADEWS) and updating/modifying
operator graphics with Bailey Screen Oriented Display Generator (SODG).
H.A. SIMONS LTD.;
Vancouver, BC CANADA July, 1989 – November, 1991 Control Systems Engineer providing
Honeywell TDC3000 and ABB Bailey Net- and Infi-90 expertise for the following
projects:
BOISE-CASCADE
CORPORATION; St.Helens, Oregon.
Responsible for Programming and Configuring the ABB Bailey Infi-90 DCS for the Dioxin
Action Program for the 600 TPD Multiple-Stage D/C-Eo-D-E-D
Bleach Plant and 30 TPD R-8 Chlorine Dioxide (CLO2)
Generator.
Completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) at the ABB – Bailey Regional Process
Control Center in Seattle. Verified instrumentation in the mill.
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CELULOSA DEL PACIFICO, S.A.; Mininco, Chile. Designed, programmed, and configured the ABB
Bailey DCS for the greenfield mill. Responsible for the Bleach Plant including
Chlorine Dioxide Generator, Lime Kiln & Recausticizing, and Recovery Boiler
areas. Completed the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) at ABB – Bailey in
Burlington, Ontario.
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CYPRESS
NORTHSHORE MINING;
Silver Bay, Minnesota. Recommissioned the Honeywell TDC3000 DCS for the
Taconite (iron ore) pelletizing facility including the pellet calcination
Furnace Grate Speed Control, Concentrator, Precipitators, Limestone addition
process, and bin storage using expertise with Advanced Multifunction Controller
(aMC) & IPC-620 PLC including Application Module
(AM) and Multifunction Controller (MC) Control Language (CL).
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DAISHOWA CANADA LTD.; Peace River Pulp Division
Peace River, Alberta. Designed, programmed, and configured the Honeywell
TDC3000 DCS for the greenfield mill. Responsible for programming & configuring
the Recovery Boilers and Lime Kiln Safety Systems interface to the Honeywell
communicating with the GE Series Six PLC through Honeywell PLC Gateway.
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ALBERTA-PACIFIC FOREST
INDUSTRIES INC.; Athabasca Boyle, Alberta. Responsible for the
front end engineering design of the Honeywell TDC3000 DCS including the design
of the instrument index for the greenfield mill project.
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TECHNOLOGIES;
Poughkeepsie, NY February, 1987 – July, 1989
Instrument
Engineer Completing Projects For:
POTLATCH
CORPORATION; Cypress Bend Mill; McGehee, Arkansas. April, 1988 –
October, 1988. Implemented advanced chemical dosing control in the Bleach Plant
including 8 TPD R-3 Chlorine Dioxide Generator in the Honeywell TDC3000 DCS in
the Multifunction Controller (aMC) & IPC-620 PLC
including Application Module (AM) and Multifunction Controller (MC) Control
Language (CL).
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Potlatch Corporation;
Cypress Bend Mill |
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Federal Paperboard; Sprague Division; Versailles, Connecticut (near Norwich/New London). Installed
& commissioned Honeywell TDC3000 DCS including Advanced Multifunction
Controller (aMC) & IPC-620 PLC including
Application Module (AM) and Multifunction Controller (MC) Control Language (CL)
to control 450 TPD Secondary Fiber (Recycle) Mill with Automatic Control of
Pulpers & Stock Preparation Screening & Cleaning.
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Sprague Paperboard |
INSULATING
MATERIALS INC.;
(Formerly G-E Resins) Schenectady, New York. Installed Honeywell TDC3000 to
control Resin batch process
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Insulating Materials Inc.
Schenectady, NY |
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INTERSTATE
PAPER LLC;
Riceboro, Georgia. November, 1987 – March, 1988.
Converted Hot Stock Refiners & 500 TPD Brown Stock Washers from standalone
panel to Honeywell TDC3000 DCS in the Multifunction Controller (aMC) & IPC-620 PLC including Application Module (AM)
and Multifunction Controller (MC) Control Language (CL). Implemented advanced
refiner Energy (in HP-Days per Ton) control in Hot stock Refiners and Dilution
Factor in Brown Stock Washers.
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Interstate Paper LLC |
IBM CORPORATION; Poughkeepsie, New York.
Designed, configured, and commissioned Honeywell TDC3000 DCS in the Advanced
Multifunction Controller (aMC) & IPC-620 PLC
including Application Module (AM) and Multifunction Controller (MC) Control
Language (CL) for multiple buildings across the manufacturing site including
Building 020 (Powerhouse), Building 450 (250 GPM Hazardous Industrial Waste
Treatment Facility), Building 003 (Cyanide Scrubbing, Condensate Polishing
& Reverse Osmosis), and Manufacturing Bulk Chemical Handling Facility.
Connected these individual buildings’ Honeywell Local Control Network (LCN) via
fiberoptic cable with Honeywell LCN Extender. Implemented Remote Boiler control
including automatic feedwater treatment (demineralizer) regeneration and
advanced Chiller control in the IPC-620 PLC in Building 020. Replaced the
pre-existing Bristol Babcock control system with the Honeywell TDC3000 in
Building 450. Replaced the pre-existing TI5 PLCs with the Honeywell IPC-620 PLC
in Building 003. Programmed & configured Indelec PlantView HMI controlled by Modicon
584 for Manufacturing Bulk Chemical Handling Facility.
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IBM |
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WRIGHT
SCHUCHART HARBOR; Tacoma, WA February, 1986 – July, 1986
Instrument
Engineer responsible for tracking instrument installation completion of five
2500 Ton modules built on the Blair Waterway in Tacoma, WA (and loaded onto
barges for shipment) for the ARCO EXPLORATION’s final Central Production
Facility (CPF-3) in Kuparek (Prudhoe Bay), Alaska. On
December 2, 1986 Kuparuk production reached a new record high of more than
298,000 bpd following the startup of CPF-3.
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A – Tacoma, WA |
A – Central Gas Facility in
Kuparek, Alaska |
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ATLANTIC
GULF; Woodinville, WA August, 1985 – December, 1985
Field
Engineer completing greenfield cogeneration construction projects for FAIRHAVEN POWER; Samoa, California. Was
second person to site with Project Superintendent. Solicited local vendor
quotes for site clearing equipment, concrete suppliers, etc. Provided liaison to
engineering design to resolve conflicts on drawings for site construction
crews. Performed rebar takeoffs.
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Fairhaven Power; Samoa, CA |
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AMERICAN TECHNICAL SERVICES; Eugene, OR February, 1985 –
May, 1985. Junior Controls Engineer Completing Projects For:
WEYERHAEUSER
COMPANY;
Springfield, Oregon. Walked down Paper Machine and Vapor Recompression
Evaporator and created P&IDs & Mechanical Layout drawings in
preparation for rebuild projects.
GEORGIA-PACIFIC; Monticello, Mississippi.
Performed field instrument audit for Fisher Controls and created Instrument
Index in preparation for mill modernization project.
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WEYERHAEUSER
COMPANY; Cosmopolis, WA (near Aberdeen) May, 1984 – October, 1984 Technical
Summer Intern Completing Projects for Plant Engineering including “Hogged Fuel”
Boiler pneumatic ash handling system. Create Appropriation Requisition (AR) for
Corporate Capital Project fund allocation. Designed Variable Frequency drive as
replacement for existing mechanical drive controlling “Hogged Fuel” Boiler fuel
feed screw conveyors.
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WEYERHAEUSER
COMPANY; Springfield, OR (near Eugene) Summers 1977 – 1981. Summer
Relief Laborer in Power & Recovery Department
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A – Springfield, OR |
Weyerhaeuser Company |
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ADDITIONAL
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Publications
Presenter
at the 2015 ISA Process Control & Safety Symposium; Houston Westchase Marriott;
Houston, TX; "Optimizing
Your Process Through Lignin Management" Paper Powerpoint November, 2015
Author/Presenter
at ISA Automation Week 2013 Technical Conference & Exhibition; Nashville,
Tennessee; "HMIs On Smartphones
& Tablets" Paper Powerpoint November, 2013
Author/Presenter
at ISA Automation Week 2010 Technical Conference & Exhibition; Houston,
Texas; "Ethernet I/O" Paper Powerpoint October, 2010
Author/Presenter
at ISA 2008 Technical Conference & Exhibition; Houston, Texas; "Optimization In The Pulp and Paper
Mill" Paper Powerpoint October, 2008
Author/Presenter
at ISA 2003 Technical Conference & Exhibition; Houston, Texas "Configure
Your Ethernet I/O: A "Hands-On Tutorial" October, 2003
Author/Presenter
at ISA 2001 Technical Conference & Exhibition; Houston, Texas "Ethernet-Based
PLCs Reduce Oxygen Consumption in a Wastewater Plant" September, 2001
Author/Presenter
at TAPPI PCE&I / ISA PUPID Joint Symposium; San Antonio, Texas "Automated
Recovery Boiler Sootblowing Control System" March, 2001
Co-Author/Presenter
at TAPPI Recycling Symposium; New Orleans, Louisiana "Recycled
Advanced Control Package" March, 1996
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF AUTOMATION (ISA);
Geographic Assembly
Chairman (2016);
Control
Systems Engineer (CSE) PE Review Course Instructor (2015)
District
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