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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE to date
- Automation (DCS, SCADA, PLCs, and BMS), and general plant instrumentation (flow, pressure, temperature, level and analytical).
- Electrical Switchgear and Variable Speed Drives.
- P&ID development.
- Hazop and Safety Reviews.
- CIP and WFI/WDI systems.
- Fermentation systems.
- Conical, Centrifuge and Filtration Dryers.
- Autoclaves.
- Hazzardous areas (Hydrogen and Solvent storage/delivery systems, general production systems)
- Clean rooms.
- HVAC systems.
- Boilers, Compressors, Vacuum Pumps.
- Cooling Towers, and cooling distribution systems.
- Waste treatment systems, effluent and emissions monitoring systems.
- Thermal Oxidisers.
- Solvent Recovery Columns
- F.D.A. validation systems and documentation.
PROJECTS:
Nycomed - Greenfield plant construction.
Pfizers/ADM - Modifications and work orders.
Novartis (Sandoz) - Waste Water and Vapour Incinerator Plants.
SmithKline Beecham - P&ID Walkdowns and Validation.
Irish Distillers Ltd. - Site wide survey of electrical and control systems.
Merck Sharp & Dohme - EPA CEMS (Thermal Oxidiser, Solvent Incinerator, River Discharge), Plant Indirect Cooling project, Ammonia Gas Detection System, Compressor Replacement project. Annual Shutdowns. Capacity Expansion project
Bristol Myers Squibb - Solvent Recovery project, Vacuum Pump, Charge Station, Water Plant Data monitoring.
Alza - Transdermal Patch facility project.
Masonite - Resin/Water Injection System project.
DSM - Clean-In-Place System.
Centocor - Fermentation Upgrade project (MBR to Siemens PLC/HMI). New Facility project.
EMPLOYMENT RECORD:
DPS Engineering
4 Eastgate Avenue, Eastgate Business Park, Little Island, Co. Cork. (March 2002 to present date)
Automation & Instrumentation Project Engineer.
Overseas (Netherlands) assignments on capital projects in the Bio-Tech sector, which included secondments to a number of clients.
DSM - March 2002 to May 2002 project upgrade of clients Clean-In-Place System, responsible for instrumentation, and electrical design issues. Site commissioning and SAT effort.
Centocor - May 2002 to April 2003 seconded to clients Fermentation Upgrade project (MBR to Siemens PLC/HMI). Process survey and front end study. P&ID development and process design, instrumentation design, selection and procurement. Validation – FAT and SAT effort.
Centocor - May 2003 to present date seconded to main contractor (Ballast Nedam Turner) on clients RemiCap 150 expansion project. Responsible for Instrumentation and Control systems. Duties involved subcontractor scopes of works, tendering management, selection and award, contract (BAS, PAS and I&C Installation) supervision, engineering/construction support, commissioning, start-up and validation support.
IDC
4600 Cork Airport Business Park, Kinsale Road, Cork. (June 2000 to November 2001)
Automation & Instrumentation Project Engineer.
Engineering Design - covering primarily automation, instrumentation. Equipment specification, vendor selection, drawings/P&IDs/control specifications, scope of works. Project controls/costs (I&C). Meetings (Design, Client, Vendor). Validation (Control System URS). Projects included,
Alza - Detailled instrumentation and controls design on a Transdermal Patch facility project. Utilities and HVAC. A.B. PLCs.
Masonite - Overall design and construction supervision of a Water Injection System involving Allen Bradley PLC network extension, 3 Toshiba VSDs, 6 pumps, control valves, flowmeters, pressure relief valves, water tank and piping, covering controls, instrumentation, electrical, mechanical and civil aspects.
Bristol Myers Squibb (September '99 to June 2000)
Automation & Instrumentation Project Engineer.
Duties on projects (manufacturing, maintenance and project departments) included;
- Capital Projects - Automation and instrumentation support on new solvent recovery plant, involving project review meetings, URS, FDS, IQ and OQ validation, drawings/P&IDs/control specifications, scope of works, documentation. Control system was Fisher Rosemount Delta-V.
- Work-orders and manufacturing support projects and maintenance support.
Vacuum Pump - PLC controls (Allen Bradley) SCADA (RSView) Trending (RSTrend). Commisioning and Validation.
Charge Station - Fisher + Porter System 6. Design, construction supervision, commissioning and validation.
Waste Water - Data monitoring system (Allen Bradley, RSTrend).
ProChem Engineering Limited.
Site Office - Merck Sharp & Dohme (January '97 to August '99)
Automation Instrumentation & Electrical Project Engineer.
Capital and maintenance projects which included a 10 month secondment to client (M.S.D.) project team, as Electrical/Instrumentation/Automation Engineer on start-up of new factory 3 project (Nov' '98 to Aug '99).
Other duties on projects (manufacturing, maintenance and project departments) included;
- Project Engineering Design - both green field and existing plant modifications covering primarily automation, instrumentation, and electrical aspects plus civil and mechanical areas on smaller stand-alone projects. Equipment specification, vendor selection, purchasing and scheduling/tracking of materials and equipment. Factory Inspections.
- Construction supervision of projects, client, contractor and vendor project review meetings, cost control and variations. IQ and OQ validation, drawings/P&IDs/control specifications, scope of works, documentation. Site and plant surveys, project snags/punch lists, walk-downs and as-build reviews.
- Projects (Design, construction supervision, commissioning and validation on the following):
EPA CEMS: Thermal Oxidiser, Solvent Incinerator, River Discharge emmissions monitoring systems.
Indirect Cooling: Automation, instrumentation and electrical systems on plant process cooling system project.
Ammonia Gas Detection System:
Compressor Upgrade:
Electrical and Instrumentation Work orders for Manufacturing, Utilities, and Environmental departments.
Annual Shutdowns
Jacobs Engineering Incorporated.
Main Office (July/August '96)Merck Sharp & Dohme (October-December '96)
Instrumentation Engineer.
Documentation, Project 'Front End' Studies and Reviews, Instrumentation Estimates and Specifications.
Client secondment to M.S.D. working on Preventative Maintenance procedures.
Micheal Walsh Limited.
Irish Distillers Ltd, Middleton, Co. Cork. (April-May '96)
Electrical & Instrumentation Engineer.
Site Survey and Audit Report of Electrical and Instrumentation/Control Equipment.
Project Management Limited.
SmithKline Beecham Limited, Co. Cork. (February/March '96)
Electrical & Instrumentation Validation Engineer.
P&ID Walkdowns, Survey of Works, Validation of Installations and Documentation on a number of site capital projects
Walsh Automation Europe.
Aylesford Newsprint Limited, Aylesford, Kent, England. (October '95)
Contract Automation Engineer.
Solving DCS system/ABB speed drive control problems, validating system software, and implementing customer requested modifications to displays
C.G. Services Limited. December 1992 to December 1993 (12 month contract)
Local electrical and instrumentation contractor operating in pharmaceutical/chemical sector.
Instruments Contract Manager.
Responsible for the start up development of the instrumentation department to enable the company to compete for joint electrical/instrumentation industrial tenders.
Contract supervision – tender, staff supervision, materials sourcing/purchasing, review and maintenance of project progress and time schedules, client/consultants/other contractors site meetings and liaision.
Acorn Electrical Distributors Limited. August to October 1992
Local distributor of electrical and control equipment.
Engineer.
Assistant to the M.D. in the start up of an instrumentation section. Health & Safety and ISO 9000 programmes. Panel/Switch gear costing.
Measurex (Ireland) Limited. October 1984 to January 1992
World leading multinational manufacturer of custom real-time monitoring and process control systems for a number of industries, primarily sheet products such as paper, fibre board, plastics and metals.
Technician.
Control system projects (specification review, setup, in-house test/debug of process control systems, sensor calibration, quality control, documentation, shipment and liaison/post-shipment support to field personnel).
EDUCATION
Open University (Commenced '98)
MSc in Manufacturing Technology(Academic Phase Completed – Project Phase Pending)
University College Cork(Full Time 1994/1995)
Higher Diploma in Mechanical Engineering (Manufacturing Systems & Automation)
Cork R. T. C. (Part time 87/89, 93/94)
BSc in Applied Physics and Instrumentation - 1994.
Graduate Diploma in Instrument Physics - 1989.
University of Limerick ('79-'83)
Diploma in Computer Engineering
Additional Training Courses:
AutoCAD (City & Guilds AutoCAD level 1)
Programmable Logic Controllers (FÁS Evening Course & in-house training)
Speed Drives (in-house training)
Hydraulic & Pneumatics (30 hour FÁS Evening course).
F.D.A. Standards (I..S.A. seminars, M.S.D. in-house training)
Manual Handling/Safety (M.S.D. in-house training).
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Hardware: Competent in the use of most electronic test and diagnostic equipment.
Computers: PCs, Windows, MS Office (Word, Excel, Access), E-mail.
Control Systems: PLCs (Siemens, Allen Bradley, Eurotherm), DCS (ABB Advant, Fisher Rosemount Delta-V, Fisher & Porter System 6), SCADA (RSView, RSTrend). Variable Speed Drives (Schneider, ABB, Klockner Moeller, Toshiba)
Design Tools: AutoCAD, MS Project, Prime Contract, TurnerTalk.
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