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New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

Cut Off, Louisiana, United States

Job Tasks: Responsible for the development and oversite of instrumentation and control systems including PLCs, SCADA, flow computers, and PID controllers. Supported operations, maintenance, electrical engineers, and networking engineers by interpreting PLC logic and prints to troubleshoot automation equipment. Worked closely with the project team and contractors on design, fabrication, installation, testing, and technical support of all new instrumentation and control systems. Supervised Wonderware HMI and Allen Bradley PLC upgrade projects, worked with the project and engineering team to modify current systems in order to take advantage of new market opportunities, and interfaced with external customers to create secure data links. Volunteered for the LOOP Incident Command Team, the LOOP Storm Team, and United Way events. Supported LOOP safety, ESG, and cost savings initiatives. Reinforced continuous improvement through the Plan-Do-Check-Adjust (PDCA) lifecycle and Management of Change (MOC) best practices

Houma, Louisiana

Job Tasks: Developed and maintained custom SCADA systems for various vessels in the marine industry. Programmed and serviced Allen-Bradley, ABB, GE, IDEC, Schneider Electric, and Siemens PLCs and HMIs to monitor numerous systems. Worked closely with vendors to design system screens that would be viewed by chief engineers who monitored critical alarm points. Developed several systems using touch screen technology to monitor activity throughout the vessel. Commissioned all equipment installed to regulatory bodies. Once the systems were installed and commissioned, provided technical support and service to the customers. Equipment serviced includes: Automated Pumps & Valves, Automatic Bus Transfer Switches, Battery Charging Systems, Cooling Systems, Electronics, E-Stops, Engine Monitoring Equipment, Fire & Mist Systems, Float Switches, Flow Meters, Fuel and Product Tank Level Systems, Hydraulic Power Units, Limit Switches, Magnetic Pickups, Motor Starters, Oily Water Separators, Operating Stations, PLC CPUs and Modules, Pressure Transducers, Pressure Switches, Relays, RTD Sensors, Servers, Signal Isolators and Converters, Switchboards, Tank Level Sensors, Thermocouples, Thruster Control Systems, Touchscreens, Uninterruptable Power Supplies, Variable Frequency Drives, Ventilation Systems and many others.

Master'S Degree, Cybersecurity Management, 4.0

Activities and Societies: SoPA Graduate Honor Board

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Sigma PiMinor in Business Administration

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