David Knowles Email & Phone Number

Mid Atlantic Region

Virginia

February 2010 – February 2011 Electrical Supervisor Georgia-Pacific Jarratt VA, •Responsible for area electrical and instrumentation maintenanceo--Directed the electricians in their day-to-day PM and corrective taskso--Install and maintain numerous Instrumentation valves and transmitters (Fisher, Rosemount, Foxboro etc...) o--Maintained environmental monitoring equipmento--Serve as a resource to help design and troubleshoot process problemso--Implemented a program (ongoing) to train electrical support in PLC programming and HMI programming and controlsMarch 2011 – Present Electrical/Maintenance Superintendent Georgia-Pacific Jarratt, VA•Responsible for assigning a priority to work requests, planning based on value creationo--Conduct meetings with appropriate parties to discuss work detailso--Work with the planner to put together an applicable maintenance schedule •Manage the maintenance and electrical departmentso--Solve maintenance issues on a daily basiso--Support the vision of creating an environment to mitigate safety risko--Follow-up on job performance and qualityo--Meet with vendors and contractors on work to be performed or purchasedo--Administer shutdown planning and execution•Design and manage projectso--Conceptually build and design projectso--Write venture summaries for requesting capitalo--Design and install process control equipment, PLC, Instrumentation, Wireless, etc…o--Schedule project timelines based on the most value creationo--Follow through and work with GP engineering as well as outside engineeringo--Build contact relationships for project support•Responsible for process control and electrical maintenance Reliabilityo--Develop and implement migration plans for control systems and power distribution o--Work with employees to start migrating into a predictive maintenance stateo--Reduce machine downtime and unscheduled maintenance through improved equipment reliability

Franklin Va Paper Mill

•Responsible for area instrumentation maintenanceo--Perform PM routes and recordkeeping for Environmental Complianceo--Install and maintain numerous Instrumentation valves and transmitters (Fisher, Rosemount, Foxboro etc..) o--Maintained environmental equipment for monitoring TRS, NOX, O2 and opacity•Draw and maintain Engineering loop sheets, P&ID, and network diagrams using Auto CAD and VISIO•Develop, install and maintain Mill-wide wireless process control networko--Develop and implement wireless instrumentation deviceso--Design and install wireless networking for camera applicationso--Integrated Honeywell solutions and wireless devices with Bailey Infi 90 DCS and PI data historian•Responsible for Maintenance and life cycle plan for DCS system including networks, processors, and HMIo--Program, Maintain and Install DCS, PLC and HMI Equipment including Engineering Workstation software o--Work on capital project teams to develop migration plans to incorporate current control technology into existing systems•Worked with Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system •Effective knowledge of the Lock Out Tag Out procedures •Abide by OSHA and plant VPP safety rules and regulations