Christopher Mccaslin Email & Phone Number

Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States

Director of Operations for Pennsylvania and Delaware

Quakertown, Pennsylvania, United States

Quakertown, Pennsylvania

Allentown, Pennsylvania Area

 Coordinated and executed control system troubleshooting of 50+ operating industrial gasfacilities (Nitrogen, Helium, Hydrogen and Oxygen), including instrumentation and DCS/PLC issues with technicians and operations personnel. Designed obsolescence upgrades for operating industrial gas plants to ensure safe and reliable operation of industrial gas facilities to corporate, local, state and national codes and standards.  Implemented logic and graphical changes in an operational environment while ensuring safe and reliable operation of plants. Programmed Profinet, Profibus and OPC datalink connections between operating environment hardware for operations and historical data acquisition. Supervised and coordinated with other disciplines the control systems and instrumentation commissioning of a first of its kind helium liquefier and front end purification process, meeting all schedule targets and operational objectives. Supported operations remotely as part of an on call team with rotating 24/7 support to a fleet of over 300 industrial gas facilities, including instrumentation and DCS/PLC troubleshooting. Maintained a perfect personal safety record during both remote and on-site support.

Frederick, Md

C.S. Engineer: Erbil and Sulaymaniyah Combined Cycle Power Plants• Supervised and participated in the preparation and review of Erbil logic for as-built implementation by site.• Coordinated the Control Systems requirements for the Water Treatment Plant specification and material requisition including review of vendor P&IDs, logic, instrument lists, etc.• Prepared datalink lists for various Sulaymaniyah plant needs in MODBUS, GSM and IEC 61850 formats.SCADA Engineer: Catalina Photovoltaic Power Plant • Oversaw the factory acceptance test of the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system, provided by Emerson.• Supervised physical installation and testing of the Ovation SCADA system.• Implemented datalink connections between SCADA and field devices using DNP 3, MODBUS and proprietary SEL data formats on both copper and fiber connections.• Programmed and verified logic, data link databases, and graphics to meet project needs.C.S. Engineer: Solar Thermal Power Plant System • Completed preliminary estimation of total instrumentation necessary for design of a 250 MW solar thermal power plant to be based upon Bright Source technology.C.S. Engineer: Southern Nuclear Company Engineering Systems • Coordinated Design Change Packages with a multidiscipline team of engineers to ensure schedule, cost and quality were up to NRC and SNC standards.• Completed the Control Systems Engineering design component for the Main Power Transformer Replacement for Hatch Nuclear Plant Unit 2.• Obtained security clearance, and completed all necessary training for unescorted access to the secure area of an operating nuclear power plant in February of 2012 in support of Hatch Nuclear Plant Unit 1 refueling outage.• Oversaw the installation and final as built completion of the Reactor Water Clean Up system for Hatch Nuclear plant Unit 1 during the Unit 1 refueling outage.