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Senior/Lead instrument engineer with over 15 years working experience in the design and engineering of instrumentation for petrochemical plants and 2 years for offshore platforms.
Responsible for instrumentation FEED to detail design deliverables. Estimating and scheduling. Specified and requisitioned over $ 3 millions of all types of field instruments through progressively responsible track record. Team player with interdicipline, client and vendors interaction skills.
Objective
Seeking a senior position with cross training possibilities and long term goal of transitioning into project management. Use my experience and skills to contribute positively to the project with goal of no rework and save the company money.
Skills Summary
* Supervision / Lead * Estimating / Scheduling * Quality Checker
* Technical Writing * Standards Interpretation * ISA/API/ASME/IEC
* Specification Documents * Requisitions / Quotations * Bid Summaries
* All Field Instrumentation * FEED * Detail Design Dwgs
* INtool * Control Valves Sizing * Orifice Plates Sizing
* MS Word / Excel * Packaged Equipment * Field Install./Revamp
* P&IDs Development * Hazardous Areas * Panels / Junction Boxes
Professional Experience
Supervision / Leadership
Responsible for work assignment and supervision of engineers and designers up to 7 individuals.
Prepared man-hour estimates, forecasting, schedules, and progress reports.
Liaised with clients and vendors. Participated in project meetings.
Quality checker for deliverable instrument documents; from specifications to detail design.
Have comprehensive knowledge of field instruments and familiar with control systems, DCS, PLC (ESD), industry codes and standards.
Senior Instrument Engineer
Developed P&IDs, systems block diagrams. Prepared instrument design criteria.
Issued specifications and data sheets for all types of field instruments; flow, level, pressure and temperature.
Issued sizing calculations and data sheets for control and on/off valves (shutdown valves) with pneumatic and electric actuators (MOVs).
Issued sizing calculations and data sheets for flow elements; orifice plates and venturis.
Senior Instrument Engineer (continue)
Issued specs for vortex, positive displacement, annubar and coriolis flow measurement instruments.
Requisitioned specialty instruments like flare stacks pilot flame monitors, gas (hydrocarbons) monitors, and underground tanks leak detection systems.
Issued requisitions and reviewed vendors' quotations. Prepared and evaluated bid summaries.
Used INtool for instrument index and data sheets.
Developed loop diagrams, wiring drawings, junction boxes, local panel layouts and terminations. Generated cables list. Reviewed and checked instrument location plans and cables routing.
Prepared logic narratives and generated alarm summaries. Generated I/O list for DCS and PLC.
Interfaced with DCS, PLC, and MCC for power requirements and motor controls.
Identified instruments in hazardous areas and their enclosure types.
Interfaced with piping, electrical, mechanical and project groups for all instrumentation issues.
Developed analyzers shelter/house utility requirements as well as sample conditioning systems.
Reviewed and checked rotating machinery vendor supplied vibration, Bently Nevada, monitoring.
Evaluated packaged equipment vendors' quotations; reviewed and checked deliverable instruments documentation. Participated in packaged skids checkout and acceptance.
Performed field surveys. Participated in field design/modifications of existing plants' instrumentation.
Generated specifications and detail design of instrumentation modifications for offshore platforms.
Experienced with instrumentation requirements for various process equipment: compressors, blowers, air coolers, boilers, heaters, flare stacks, exchangers, pumps, tanks, etc.
Employment History
March 2008 – December 2008 Offshore and Pipeline Engineering Co's, Houston, Texas
Supervising/Lead Engineer. Offshore platforms instrumentation modification.
September 2007 – February 2008 Jacobs Engineering, Houston, Texas
Specification Engineer. Shell – Refinery - Motiva Crude Expansion Project
October 2006 – March 2007 Bechtel Corporation, Houston, Texas
Unit engineer. Shell – Refinery - Motiva Crude Expansion Project
August 1999 – October 2004 Texas Shooters Range, Houston, Texas
Owner / Instructor / Operator of a retail business.
May 1990 – June 1999 Bechtel Corporation, Houston, Texas
Senior/Lead Control Systems Engineer. Assigned to various projects for such companies as Union Carbide, Monsanto, Georgia Gulf, Shell, Chevron, Occidental, Ethyl and Star. The type of plants have included refinery, VCM, Round UP, Aromax, lube oil additives, chemical and LNG.
June 1988 – April 1990 / January 1980 – June 1982 M.W. Kellogg, Houston, Texas
Instrument Engineer. Assigned to several ethylene/propylene, refinery and LNG projects.
Education
1979 – B.S. Electrical Engineering, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA
Personal
Speak English, Italian, Greek, Arabic, some Dutch and French.
COVER LETTER
Dear Sir,
I am writing to introduce myself to you. I am a senior control systems/instruments engineer.
I have 25 years working experience in which 15 years were spent in the design and engineering of instrumentation for petrochemical plants and 2 years for offshore platforms.
I was employed by major engineering and construction companies: Bechtel Co and MWKellogg in the USA, Fluor BV and others in Holland. I have had some offshore modifications experience when I worked for Verhaar Uniad BV in Holland.
I was involved in developing P&IDs, specifications, data sheets, instruments indexes, logic narratives, systems diagrams and alarm summaries. Issued material requisitions and reviewed vendors' quotations. Selected instrumentation, issued bid summaries and reviewed vendor drawings.
Performed control valves and flow elements calculations.
Performed field surveys and revamp work.
Performed checking of data sheets, loop drawings, wiring diagrams, location plans, installation details and all other instruments design deliverables.
The types of plants include ethylene, propylene, LNG and petrochemical.
The types of equipment include rotating machinery, boilers, furnace, analyzers' shelters, gas metering and other packaged skids.
I have performed supervisory role, planning, estimating, scheduling as well as coaching.
I have a thorough knowledge of inter-discipline: electrical, mechanical, piping and project interaction. Client and vendors coordination.
I am a team player and my permanent desire is to have a positive impact with my contributions to the project.
I am a Greek citizen. I speak several languages.
I will consider relocating and moderate travel. Presently I am in Houston, Texas, USA.
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