Houston, Texas, United States
Highly skilled, motivating chemical engineer with extensive experience in process design and project management. Recognized resource for process controls, automation improvements and optimization projects that drive improvements from initial concept through successful start-up. Demonstrated leadership with global process manufacturing support, process troubleshooting and batch process optimization to improve product consistency, reduce manufacturing costs and define value opportunities for increased return on capital investments. Specialties: Functional Safety Management Process Design, P&ID Development Process Simulation. Project Cost estimation & Project Management Process Controls & Automation specification, procurement and installation. DCS Project Management OSISoft PI Systems Management Control system & instrument networks design/start-up: Foundation Fieldbus & AS-i, ISA100.11a Process Start-up, optimization and troubleshooting OSHA Process Safety Management Management of Change, PHAs Process Alarm Management
TUV Rheinland - Functional Safety Engineer - Safety instrumented Systems ID: 5117/12
Providing project management support of clients for integration/migration/implementation of automation and process improvement opportunities. Recent projects include wirelessHART instrumentation system implementation with SCADA HMI system. Data integration of SAP, process historians, control systems and quality data for statistical modeling to benefit operational improvement efforts. Data center integration of vendor equipment systems for SCADA system and operational monitoring.
Designed processes and managed projects on global basis for internal company plant expansions and supported customers for use and handling of resins. Supported plants for process automation projects, process improvements. Designed projects, provided capital costs estimates & schedules. Provided project management and start-up support for plants to realize potential of the project investments. Specified, Installed & Managed corporate process data historian system. Provided global support to sites for database and utilized batch tools to track production batches and troubleshoot plant upsets. Trained operations personnel with batch analysis comparison tools to enable Six Sigma project improvements. Coordinated instrumentation and control system design for developing batch recipe template to be utilized for grass root project. Utilization and re-use of company batch generic ISA-S88 based model to reduce development from concept to implementation.
Developed cost estimate for major plant expansion for composites resin manufacturing site. Utilized Icarus Project Manager tools to provide capital cost estimate and project scheduling. Managed engineering design firm to provide civil, structural and electrical design construction drawings. Provided procurement of major equipment items and coordinated construction activities with site manufacturing. Provided installation and start-up support for distributed process control system with operators and management staff.