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SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE:
Control Systems (SIS/DCS/PLC) Engineer with >20 years of experience on various process, gas, refining, chemical and petrochemical plants/EPCM in Canada, Saudi Arabia, India and the U.S.A. Background includes:
* Attended ISA's EC50 seminar and now working towards ISA certificate on SIS.
* FOUNDATION Fieldbus Certified Professional since September, 2004.
* Currently doing Detailed Engineering to SAT of Shell's Upgrader Expansion Project at Bechtel Canada Ltd.
* Design, specifications, commissioning, testing, revamping, and maintenance of SIS & DCS and their interfaces with PLC, OPC, Historians, Simulators, GC Analyzers, MMS, MIS, Networks, etc.
* FEED through detail engineering of Safety system(SIS/ESD); Fire/Gas Detection/ Alarm System.
* PLC programming and interface with DCS/MCC over DH+, ControlNet, Ethernet, DeviceNet and Modbus.
* Modernization, Turnaround and Cold/Hot/Hot-hot Swingover of existing control strategies.
* SCADA database and network design and implementation.
* Development of P&IDs, Shutdown keys, Cause & Effect Diagrams, PHA, SIL Analysis, ControlLogix, Datasheets, Front-end engg., Control/Application Narratives, INtools database, Functional Descriptions, etc.
* Knowledge of API, ANSI, FF, NFPA and ISA codes, standards and recommended practices.
* Site-wide 10/100 MB FDDI fibre optic network design and implementation.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
D.C.S. CONSULTANTS, LTD. Calgary (Feb. 2003 onwards)
SR. CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Bantrel Co.. - Bechtel Canada Shell Energy Canada
Scotford Upgrader Expansion - 1 Project (SUEx-1), Scotford Alberta, CANADA
Safety System (June 2007 Onwards)
Honeywell DCS (EPKS), SIS and F & Gas System
* Detailed engineering to FATest of controls systems (SIS + FGS) of Atmosphere and Vacuum, RHC, etc. Plants.
SR. CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Bantrel Co.. - Bechtel Canada Petro-Canada Corp.
Refinery Conversion Project (RCP), Scotford Alberta, CANADA
Crude & Vacuum Plant (Feb. 2006 - June 2007)
Honeywell DCS (EPKS) & Triconex SIS and F & Gas System
* Detailed engineering to FATest of controls systems (DCS + SIS + FGS) of Crude and Vacuum Plant.
SR. CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEER
Aker Kvaerner P.S.C.Inc. - Tabnak Gas Treatment Plant National Iranian Gas Co. (NIGC)
Natural gas Extraction, Fractionation facility for Fars Province & ALF, IRAN
2 Trains * 760 MMSCFD (May 2005 - onwards)
Emerson DCS (DeltaV) & HIMA SIS and F & Gas System
* FEED thru¡¦ detailed engineering of controls systems (DCS + SIS + FGS) of Gas treatment facility (TGTP) and Assaluyeh Loading Facility (ALF).
INDEPENDANT PROFESSIONAL (Plant Lead)
HONEYWELL - UE-1 P.A. - Modernization Syncrude Canada Ltd.
Mining and Refining Facility for 255 MM Fort McMurray, Alberta
Tonnes/annum of oilsands (Feb. 2003 onwards)
Honeywell DCS(TPS) & Modicon PLC based Controls, & PI Historian
* Development-to-execution of Gas/Oil and Naphtha Hydrotreater Units and Sulfur Recovery plants¡¦ Process Automation Modernization and Cold/Hot/ Hot-hot Swingover.
FLUOR CANADA, LTD. Calgary (May 1999 - Feb. 2003)
SR. DESIGN ENGINEERING SPECIALIST
SHELL MUSKEG RIVER OIL SANDS Albian Sands Energy, Inc.
Mining and Processing Facility for 95 MM Fort McMurray, Alberta
Tonnes/annum of oilsands (Nov. 2000 - Dec. 2002)
Foxboro I/A DCS & A/B PLC based Control, A/B SIS(SIL-1), PI Historian & IDEAS Simulator
* Development of Specifications, PHA, RFP, P&ID, Detail Engineering, Bids evaluation, PLC programming and SIFTest for Safety Instrumented System (SIS); using redundant Allen-Bradley ControlLogix 5555 processors and Rockwell Automation RSLogix 5000 software. Interface with Foxboro I/A DCS. MCC: DeviceNet configurations.
* Development of Specifications, RFP, P&IDs, Bids evaluation and testing of Fire/Gas Detection/Alarm System (Honeywell XLS 1000 on redundant Optical fibre network).
* Pre-Operations @ Site: ¡* IDEAS¡¨ Simulator (OPC) based Control Logic testing, development of P&IDs, Shutdown keys, ControlLogics, Instruments Datasheets, INtools database, Functional Descriptions, etc..
TRANSALTA (SUNCOR SITE) TransAlta Energy Corporation
360 MW Combined Cycle Co-generation Plant Fort McMurray, Alberta
EPC of Power, Steam and Support Facilities (May 1999 - Nov. 2000)
TDC 3000 DCS, A/B PLC, ABB Advant Power Control system
* Development of DCS(TDC 3000) database and graphics, implementation/FAT at site, functional check-out, commissioning support, tuning of control valves, serial interface with ABB's Advant Power Control system, XLCNE connection with the Main Control Room DCS, A/B PLC Modbus interfaces (SI) with DCS, X-link, etc.
* Development of graphics for EDMS monitoring on DCS. Trained for GUS based implementation.
KENONIC CONTROLS LTD. (Now EMERSON Process Management)) (Aug. 1997 - May 1999)
LEAD DATABASE ENGINEER
KOCH INDUSTRIES, INC. Bow River Oil Pipeline
SCADA Project; for > 140 LACT sites Calgary, Alberta
With VAX & PC based Control and Database (1997-1998)
* Constructed and prepared the Vector database; generated CP database records; configured Terminal Servers, MT 2834 BLR modem bank, Hubs, Multiplexer and DEC Alpha Boxes; supported Open VMS 7.1; assisted in Cisco Routers (2514 & 3620) setup; participated in SCADA testing(FAT).
* Y2K Audits at Nova Chemicals, etc.
NATIONAL METHANOL CO. (May 1986 - Apr. 1997)
SR. CONTROL SYSTEMS ENGINEER
IBN SINA, SABIC, Al Jubail, SAUDI ARABIA
3,000 TPD Methanol & 2,400 TPD MTBE plants
TDC 3000 based Control, Triconex SIS, Modicon PLCs & PI Historian
* Designed, implemented and maintained advanced process control strategies for batch and continuous process
* Provided specifications, management and troubleshooting of Honeywell DCS with:
- Triconex Safety systems (SIS) and Modicon 984 PLCs
- Bentley Nevada vibration monitors (MMS)
- DEC-VAX 3100 supervisory/simulator computer systems
- Beckman GC analyzers
- Woodward rotating equipment controls
- Omni custody transfer flow computers, etc.
* Developed a variety of applications software, such as catalyst regeneration, shutdown/startup monitors, converter and refining column optimization, fin-fan control, energy/material balances, graphics (including HMI), reports, etc., using CL, C, and FORTRAN.
* Supported redundant Triconex (SIS-SIL-2) based Safety systems for Reformer, MUG/Recirculation compressors, Aux. Boilers and MTBE units
* Implemented company-wide FDDI and 10 Base-T Ethernet network using 3Com LinkBuilder for Workgroups
* Design, specification and implementation of OSI PI Historian, DataLink and ProcessBook
* Implemented six FMS II hubs and Transcend management software, with ~200 Windows 95 client PCs and Windows NT, HPUX, and UCX+VMS O/Ss, using TCP/IP and DecNet protocols
* Configured and programmed LM/PLC and AM/APM for sequence of events control and monitoring
* Implemented Plant Information (PI) Historian Package on VAX with Process Book and Data Link client-tools on PCs
* Provided Open VMS O/S support using HDLC/CNI interface to TDC 3000 DCS
* Managed Methanol (S3 Technologies) and MTBE (ABB Simcon) process simulators on VAX computers
* Provided quality control as member of quality improvement team for control system upgrade
INDIAN PETROCHEMICALS CORP. LTD. (Nov. 1981 - May 1986)
SR. SYSTEMS OFFICER
I. P. C. L. Acrylic Fibres & VCM/PVC plants
Computerized Batch (PVC) process control Baroda, India
* Commissioned and managed Modcomp Classic-7870 computers with Foxboro/Modacs interfaces for real-time process control of VC/PVC batch plant.
* Trained at M/S B.F. Goodrich, (Chem. Div.) Cleveland-OH-USA and Modcomp Computers, Ft. Lauderdale-FL-USA for systems support and Batch process control of PVC. Did development work too.
* Installed and upgraded system software and database.
* Developed simulator package for PVC process training and modeling.
* Designed and developed Mechanical Maintenance Scheduling system.
* Responsible for analysis, design, development, and maintenance of Plant Performance Review software package for Acrylic fibers plant.
EDUCATION:
* Post-Graduate Diploma, Business Management, A.I.M.A., New Delhi, India
* M. S., Electronics Engineering, B.I.T.S. University, Pilani (Raj.), India
* B. S., Electrical Engineering, Saurashtra University, Rajkot (Guj.), India
PROFESSIONAL LICENSES/CERTIFICATES:
Registered Professional Engineer, Alberta (APEGGA), Canada (M-63262)
PROFESSIONAL TRAINING:
ISA EC-50:SIS Design, Analysis & Justification 2008 ISA, Edmonton, Canada (3 days)
Safety Manager Rel-120.1 Customized Course 2007 Honeywell Process Solutions, Calgary, Canada
Experion PKS Customized Course 2007 Honeywell Process Solutions, Calgary, Canada
ISA 84 (IEC 61511 Mod) Standard SIS Course 2005 CarbonControls/ICS Triplex, Calgary, Canada
Foundation Fieldbus: Implementation 2004 SAIT, Calgary, Canada
Foundation Fieldbus: Essentials & Discovery 2003 SAIT, Calgary, Canada
OPC: Windows to the World are Open 2003 ISA, Calgary, Canada
Practical Safety Instrumentation & Shut-down Systems for Industry - Workshop 2001 IDC Technologies, Calgary, Canada
First Aids (St. Johns) Provider 2001 Fluor Canada Ltd., Calgary, Canada
INtools User 2001 Visual Software Systems Inc., Calgary, Canada
RS View32 2000 Rockwell Software, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
G.U.S. Implementation Differences 2000 Honeywell Industrial Automation College, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Teledyne OpenVector 4.0, Graphics/Database 1997 Entergy Office, Houston, Texas; Teledyne CA Office, Dallas Texas, USA
Plant Information(PI), DataLink and ProcessBook 1997 OSI, San Leandro, California, USA
Managing Total Quality 1996 3M Corporation Inc., USA
Multi-vendor TCP/IP Networking I 1995 DEC Gulf WLL, Bahrain
Open VMS and Network Node Management I 1995 DEC Gulf WLL, Bahrain
VMS Management Level II 1994 DEC Gulf WLL, Bahrain
C Programming 1993 DEC NATCOM, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
TDC 3000 Overview & Implementation 1992 HTAL, Jubail, Saudi Arabia
Practical Statistical Process Control and Total Quality Management 1990 O S & F Quality Management Consultants, UK
Structured Systems Analysis and Specifications 1987 KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Computer Communications and Networks 1986 KFUPM, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia
Computerized Real-time Batch (PVC) Process Control (development-6 months) 1983 B. F. Goodrich Chemical Group, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
System Generation, MAX-IV (O/S), Assembler 1982 Modular Computers Ltd. (AEG), Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, USA
ASSOCIATIONS:
* Alberta Professional Engineers, Geologists & Geophysicists Association (APEGGA): Member
* Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA): Member
* Industrial Computing Society (ICS) of America: Member
PUBLICATIONS:
1978 - ¡* Effects of Concentrated Sunlight on Silicon Photo-voltaic Cells¡¨, International Solar Energy Convention, New Delhi, India.
REFERENCES:
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