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Waterford, Ny, Us

Waterford, Ny

Responsible for sixty-eight (68) radioactive sources on site, including Co-60, Cs-137, Nickel and X-ray. These are used for process level measurements and lab particle analysis.

Waterford, Ny

Responsible for maintaning site instrumentation for day-to-day operations, stock inventory & upgrading to current technologies. Engineer project infrastucture & interconnections for control systems upgrades.

Glens Falls, Albany, Ny

Glens Falls, New York Area

Self employed consultant for instrumentation engineering. Performed worked for General Electric Silicones, General Electric Plastics, Andritz Inc., vonRoll & CMPC, Santa Fe, Chile (SA).CMPC project included eight (8) weeks of DCS Customer Acceptance Testing in Santiago, Chile and five (5) months of on-site Commissioning and Start-up.

Queensbury, Ny

Performed Man-hour and Capital Cost Estimates, Designed P&ID’s and Control Systems, did calculations, sized and specified (in customer formats) Instruments and Control Valves, Designed Instrument Loop Wiring Diagrams and Boolean Logic Drawings for the following projects:GENERAL ELECTRIC - SILICONES, Waterford, NYMEXICANA de PAPEL PERIODICO, Pipsa-Mex Mill, MexicoARACRUZ, Espirito Santo, Brazil

Glens Falls, New York Area

Performed Man-hour and Capital Cost Estimates, Designed P&ID’s and Control Systems, did calculations, sized and specified (in customer formats) Instruments and Control Valves and did Loop Wiring Diagrams for the following projects:GENERAL ELECTRIC SILICONES, Waterford, NYFINCH, PRUYN & Co., Glens Falls, NYAMERICAN FIBER RESOURCES, L.P., Fairmount, WV

Glens Falls, New York Area

Designed Control Systems, which included Instrument Indexes, Functional Loop Diagrams, Boolean Logic Drawings, Instrument and Control Valve Specifications. Interfaced with DCS equipment vendors on graphics and control design. Requisitioned Instrumentation and Control Valves. Responsible for checking all other department personnel’s work for compliance with company standards. These activities apply to the following list of projects:VOTORANTIM CELULOSE E PAPEL S.A., Jacarei, SP, BrazilWEYERHAEUSER PAPER Co., Plymouth, NCCELGAR PULP Co., Castlegar, B.C.KIEFFER PAPER MILLS, Brownstown, IA

Vancouver, Canada Area

WESTERN PULP LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Squamish, B.C.- Designed BAILEY Pneumatic control system including P&C’s, Loop Sheets, equipment selection, specification and procurement for a 100,000 #/hr Hog Fuel Power Boiler rebuild. Supervised installation, checkout and Startup.- Designed control systems, including P&C’s, Loop Sheets, Panels and Racks for a HONEYWELL TDC3000 DCS, Instrument & Control Valve Selection, Specification & procurement, Field Instrument Boxes and Location Drawings for the following areas: Brownstock Washing and Screening, ERCO CLO2 Generator and a 550,000 #/hr Recovery Boiler for a 660 T/D Kraft Pulp Mill Upgrade. Site Supervisor for the control systems Installation, Loop Checkouts and Startup.Other customers included:SHELL CANADA Ltd. (Scotford Refinery), Fort Saskatchewan, AlbertaMacMILLAN BLOEDEL Ltd., Powell River, B.C.NORTHWOOD PULP & TIMBER LTD., Prince George, B.C.MacMILLAN BLOEDEL LTD., Harmac, B.C.

Edmonton, Canada Area (Scotford)

Supervised the checkout of Instrument and Electrical control systems on a FOXBORO Spec 200 DCS and a PRAXIS (digital scanner) indicating system. A LOVELAND computer calibrator was used for the electronic loop checks. Areas include: (2) Hydrocracker Units, Fractionation Unit and Tank Farm Unit.Supervised pneumatic loop checks (in local panels) for Compressor Safety Systems.

Telecomunications, Electronics, Certified Electronics Technogist

Activities and Societies: Applied Science Technologists and Technicians of BC (ASTTBC).

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