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M.Sc. P.Eng.
A professional (M.Sc.Degree) well qualified Instrumentation / Process Control Engineer, with 28 years in-depth design, management, consulting, maintenance, and teaching experience.
Membership: Professional Engineers Ontario – License No: 90549635; APEGGA (Alberta Province) - License No: 58716
NATIONALITY: Canadian
EDUCATION
M.Sc. Precise Mechanics Engineering 1979 University of Warsaw, Industrial Automation & Metrology
TRAINING
Functional Safety Engineering Course (TUV) 2009 ACM Automation, Calgary
Smart Plant Instrumentation (SPI) User Training 2007 Intergraph, Calgary
Honeywell PKS Experion R300 Overview 2007 Honeywell, Calgary
Honeywell Safety Manager SIS Overview 2007 Honeywell, Calgary
DeltaV DCS design and configuration 2005 Spartan Controls, Edmonton
PlantScape DCS ctrl design and configuration 2003 Honeywell Canada, Calgary
Modicon Quantum PLC config. & programming 2001 Schneider Automation, Calgary
Petroleum Technology 1997 Canadian Petroleum Institute, Calgary,
Bailey Infi 90 DCS 1997 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Allen - Bradley PLC Programming Applications 1996 Southern Alberta Institute of Technology
Siemens PLC (Simatic S5 family) 1994 Siemens, Co., Poland
Design, Service, and Operation of Solenoid Valves 1990 ACSO Co., Netherlands
PRESENT POSITION
AMEC – Calgary, Canada (January 2007 – till present)
Senior Automation Engineer – Kearl Oil Sands project (Imperial Oil). FEED phase. Project cost estimate creation for Infrastructure, project specifications generation for PCS, PSD, communication, and security systems. P&IDs, control philosophy, shutdown philosophy, fiber optic communication block diagrams creation in coordination with Emerson DeltaV DCS/SIS systems. Detailed analysis and control systems approval process for the infrastructure of the project. Safety Integrity Level (SIL selection) for all safety functions across the whole project.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
1) FLUOR CANADA LTD. – Calgary, Canada (May 04 - March 05; April 06– Jan 2007)
Senior Instrumentation / Control Systems Engineer – Fort Hills Oil Sands Project – hydrotreater and hydrogen plant portion FEED phase.
Instrumentation and control systems cost estimation; P&IDs review & development in cooperation with licensor – Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), database creation for Instrument Index, Cause & Effect diagrams generation. Control philosophy development for the project.
Opti Canada/Nexen - Long Lake Bitumen (Oil sands) extraction and upgrading project. Asphaltenes gasification process – detailed engineering design of Safeguarding Systems (SIS), Safety Instrumented Function performance determination (SIL selection process) - SILect - Exida's SIL selection tool.
Layer of Protection Analysis, Required Risk reduction Target SIL calculation. Creation of the Safety Requirements Specification (SRS tool).
SIL Verification by using SILver™ 2.0 web-based software, ISA 84.01, and the new IEC61511 functional safety standards. Vendor bids evaluation control system architecture design.
2) TRI-OCEAN ENGINEERING – Calgary, Canada Apr 2005- Apr 2006
Lead Instrumentation / Control Systems Engineer – Kerr McGee North Slope Development FEED phase of the project – DBM, EDS generation, control philosophy and I&C specs creation.
Lead Instrumentation / Control Systems Engineer - BullMoose Development for Shell Canada – SCADA project. Gas wells and gas processing facilities
I&C detailed design, instrument specification selection and sizing, control system architecture design, assisting with HAZOP and SIL classification, project budget and time schedule control. Supervision/leadership of three I&C engineers.
3) SYNCRUDE CANADA LTD. / HONEYWELL – Calgary/Ft McMurray, Mar 02 – May 04
Senior I&C Engineer - Upgrader Expansion Project (UE-1) for Syncrude Ltd.
Bitumen (Oil sands) extraction and upgrading project (CDN $4.5bln); utilities and offsites at Fort McMurray (Alberta Province)– project budget and schedule management; detailed engineering design review, correction and modifications, bids evaluation – instruments sizing, selection and specification (InTools), control narratives, logic diagrams, SAMA diagrams, C&E tables, control system architecture modification (PlantScape, Modicon PLC, Triconex SIS
– Modbus TCP/IP). FAT, SAT and integration tests participation, commissioning and start-ups); CO Boilers (BMS), soot blowers, precipitators, utility boilers, boiler feed water pumps, steam turbines, power generators, water demin. system, precoat filters, water-cooling tower, air compressors, storage tanks.
Managed up to thirteen I&C staff – engineers, designers, and field-based maintenance technicians.
4) SNC LAVALIN INC. – Calgary, Canada Aug 2001 – Mar 2002
Rabigh Refinery (ARAMCO – Saudi Arabia) ESD System Replacement Project
Instrumentation Lead Engineer; Project scheduling and budget control; (PM+), SIL analysis, Logic Diagrams, Cause & Effect Matrix, and Logic Narratives creation, P&ID dwgs modifications, Project Database design -(InTools); Triconex PLC, Bently Nevada 3500 system - hardware specifications and bid preparation. TMR ESD system integration with Foxboro I/A DCS system. Mentored and supervised four mid-level control systems engineers.
5) KUWAIT OIL COMPANY (KOC), Kuwait Mar 2001 – Aug 2001
Oil Gathering Centres revamp and modernization projects, heavy crude 36" pipeline with booster station construction project.
Senior Instrument./Control Systems Consultant; Scope of Work creation; project schedule and budget estimate; KOC Corporate standards creation for instruments selection, sizing; installations and layouts; Control philosophy, control system (Fisher Delta V DCS) architecture and database design.
6) COLT ENGINEERING CORP. – Calgary, Canada Oct 2000 – Mar 2001
(SAGD) MacKay River crude extraction from oil sands project for PETRO CANADA.
Instrument./ Control Systems Lead Engineer; Instrument specifications development; Technical guidelines creation for instrument selection, specification, and sizing; EDBM, Control Philosophy and Control Diagrams generation. Control System architecture design (Honeywell – PlantScape; AB PLC-5), A-B PLC
application development for multi-port switching valves (spider valves). Supervison/leadership of seven I&C engineers at the detailed phase of the project.
7) BANTREL INC. (Bechtel) – Calgary, Canada Jan 1999 – Oct 2000
Shell Oil - Canada. June2000 – October 2000, Athabasca Oil Sands Downstream Project
Instrument./ Control Systems Engineer; Instrument Specifications Development; Control Philosophy and Logic Narratives generation.
Union Carbide Inc. Jan2000 – May2000, Petrochemical Plant Expansion Project (LP7) Red Deer, Canada
Control Systems Engineer; Modicon Quantum PLC programs troubleshooting, Moore Quadlog SIS testing and simulation. Integrating PLC applications with Honeywell
TDC 3000 DCS system.
Suncor Energy Inc. August 1999 – Jan2000 Fort Mc Murray - Millennium Project. Crude oil production facility and bitumen upgrade project.
Senior Instrument./ Control Systems Engineer; QA/QC - Quality Check/Assurance providing for instrumentation design; control philosophy determination, instrument sizing, specification, instrument installation details drawings, P&ID and loop drawings creation and modification
Suncor Energy Inc. Jan 1999 – Aug 1999 Fort Mc Murray PEP (Synthetic Crude Oil Production Enhancement Phase Project)
Senior Instrument./ Control Systems Engineer; QA/QC - Quality Check/Assurance providing for instrumentation design and specification, instrument installation details drawings, P&ID and loop drawings creation and modification. Instruments selection and sizing.
8) KENONIC CONTROLS (EMERSON) – Calgary, Canada Jan 1996 – Jan 1999
Wascana Energy Inc. 1996 - 1997, Plover Lake, Court, and Senlac oilfield batteries and satellites SCADA project.
Instrumentation Lead Engineer, Instrumentation corporate standards development, instrumentation design and specification, instruments installation details drawings generation, SCADA systems design, (Fisher ROC RTUs), P&ID modification, Allen Bradley PLC 5 program development and commission. for oil batteries, satellites and well-sites, Wonderware HMI graphics creation, project database development.
TransCanada Pipeline 1997 – 1999, I&C design for gas compression station
Instrumentation Lead Engineer. Instrumentation design and specification, project database design (MS Access), Control philosophy creation,
Modicon and GE Fanuc PLC programming, FAT, SAT and commissioning, Sterling valves sizing and specification, project budget and tiem schedule control.
Supervision of 7 intermediate engineers.
9) ARABIAN GULF OIL COMPANY – Sarir Oil Field, Libya Jan 1991 – Dec 1995
I&C Maintenance Team Supervisor. Maintenance of oil/gas/water production facility, water/gas/oil separation, wash-water injection, crude desalination,
LPG gas compression plant, oil refinery, and power generation plant. Participation in new projects commissioning and start-ups.
Instruments installation inspection. On - Job training provided for local staff.
10) GARYOUNIS UNIVERSITY - Benghazi, Libya Jan 1987 – Sep 1990
Lecturer, Lab Instrument Engineer - Lecturing of Mechanics of Machines, Fluid Mechanics, and Physics labs. Installation, starting-up scientific equipment and testing machines, scientific research participation.
11) MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FACTORY – Poland Jun 1979 – Dec 1986
Head of Production Department, Production department management – more than 100 employees, quality products and production time schedule execution, technological progress programs implementation and monitoring
Design Engineer, Control systems and instrumentation design for medical equipment manufacturing machines and assembly lines.
EXPERTISE
Industries Conventional oil and gas production; Crude oil/gas/water separation, pumping and storage; Transmission pipelines; Natural gas compression;
Condensate and LNG processing, LNG transmission pipelines; Gas distribution utilities; Oil refining; Refined product transportation;
Gasoline/Diesel/Jet fuel blending; Electrical power generation, transmission and distribution; Petrochemical Plant – polyethylene production;
Water purification, Plant utilities; ESD, Fire & Gas detection systems, Bitumen extraction and processing, naphtha & heavy gas oil hydrotreating (hydrocracking)
Studies: Preliminary engineering, Conceptual Design; Cost Benefit Analysis; Strategy Planning Studies; Facilities Control Philosophy Development & DBM
creation; Front End Engineering, Year 2000 Business Risk Assessment
Management Consulting: Process Optimisation; Strategy Planning Studies,
Information Systems: Requirement Specifications and Identification; System Evaluation; Procurement and Implementation; Object Oriented Design and Analysis
Systems Applications: Maintenance and Material Management
Instrumentation and Controls: Instrument Installation Details Drawing; Loop Dwg, Instrument Layout Dwg Generation; Instruments Selection, Specification and Sizing; Construction Work Packages; Commissioning and Maintenance Planning; Hot Changeovers; P&ID Development and Modification;
Control Philosophy Documents Creation; Control System Architecture development, PLC programming, DCS design & configuration, loop tuning
Liquid and Gas Custody Transfer Design and Engineering, Installation and Commissioning, Troubleshooting
QA/QC Program Development Instrumentation Engineering Standards, Equipment Specification, Instrumentation Design Practices,
Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Planning, Workshop Safety Standards
Industrial Plant Processes: Boilers, Compressors, ESD Systems, Fired Heaters, Pumps, Tanks, Gas Turbines, Heat Exchangers, Burner Management,
Fire and Gas Detection and Protection, Hydrocarbons Fractionation, Bitumen Coking & Hydrocracking; Mechanical Manufacturing, Assembly Lines
PLC and Human Machine: Allan Bradley Control Logix, A-B Control View, Siemens - Simatic S5, S7; Modicon – Concept; Moore Quadlog, Triconex SIS, DeltaV SIS;
Honeywell Safety Manager.
DCS: Emerson DeltaV; Honeywell EPKS Experion C200&300, TPS, TDC 3000, A/I Foxboro, Bailey Infi 90 & NET 90
Engineering/Maintenance: InTools, Instrument Information System (IIS), Material Applications Management (MatMan), FormTool, CAIES (Bechtel),
Sizing Software: Fisher-FirstVue, Masoneilan-Dresser control valves Sizing, Crosby/Anderson-Greenwood Consolidated PSV Sizing,
FloWell - orifice plates sizing.
Pipeline applications: Metering, Leak Detection
Relational database management: MS Access 7, IIS (Instrument information System), MatMan systems (Materials Management), FormTools, CAIES (Bechtel),
INtools,
Data collection protocols: A - B Remote I/O, A - B DF1, A - B DH+, Modbus, Modbus +, Modbus TCP/IP (Ethernet), ASCII
Documentation control: Revision Processes, Word Processing, Editing, QA, Convero, Fusion
Drawing Tools: Power Point, Visio, Smart Sketch
Project Management Tools: MS Project, TriFinity Pro,
Instrumentation Hardware: Pneumatic and electronic loop powered analogue, digital with software based communication, fieldbus (FF) compatible.
(Rosemount, Honeywell, Foxboro, Yokogawa, Endress Hauser, Johnson and Siemens etc). Gas and liquid meters - Oil Gear, orifice, positive displacement, mass flow, turbine type, ultrasonic, magnetic, vortex shedding, annubar, thermal; rotating equipment temperature and vibration monitoring
(IRD, Shenk, Vibrocontrol 2000, Bently Nevada 3500); Computerised oil flow metering (proving) - Waugh 1120
LANGUAGES
Fluent in English, good in Russian, limited in Arabic and Spanish.
NATIONALITY: CANADIAN
Married, no dependants; all diplomas, certificates and references are available on requests.
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