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The Woodlands, Texas, Estados Unidos

Complex electrical and automation engineering, electrical and automation project management, Allen Bradley PLC programing, line troubleshooting, instrumentation installation and programing.

Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.

Through the company's competition system I was promoted to this position that I have been supporting since the end of 2018, with a work team consisting of 4 supervisory engineers on duty and 16 instrumentalist technicians, the following functions were performed:- Root cause analysis for process and equipment problems.- Troubleshooting in operation lines such as continuous casting machine, electric oven, twin metallurgy, degassing plant, dust collectors, water treatment plants and their auxiliary equipment.-Execution of scheduled maintenance programs for the equipment.-Execution of orders and maintenance notices through SAP.-Follow-up of compliance with maintenance indicators, equipment availability, delays, costs.-Monitoring of man hours.-Preparation of documents for STPS, PROFEPA, ISO audits.-Follow-up of critical spare parts for the process and equipment.-Incorporation and application of new technologies to equipment and processes.-Projects for modernization of equipment and processes.-Development of rapid improvement projects and efficiency circles.-Realization of contracts for maintenance services.-Monitoring contracts and compliance with them.

Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.

I was promoted to this position to be part of the work team of the new vacuum degassing unit, a unit that produces steels with added value as well as the already operational units of the department (Electric arc furnace, Twin pot metallurgy, Machine continuous casting, dust collectors and auxiliary plants) where I perform the following activities-Carrying out daily scheduled, preventive and corrective maintenance programs.-Creation / modification / update of maintenance routines for equipment.-Follow-up by SAP of monthly compliance indicators for equipment maintenance and the use of available man hours for scheduled, preventive and corrective maintenance.-Maintenance execution times were optimized, going from a use of 30% of man hours to 88% of use, this giving timely follow-up to the programming, execution and retro feeding of programmed orders and emergency activities through SAP .-Monitoring and control of all parts of the area until their arrival and installation and / or change, achieving optimal control in the existence of critical spare parts, reducing delays due to lack of repair.- Implementation of new technologies, equipment or updating of measurement systems / instruments.-Monitoring the maintenance of equipment registered in quality, safety and environmental audits.-Responsible for receiving audits and presenting evidence of compliance with auditors of quality, safety and environment, during my stay in the position we were able to certify and accredit quality, safety and environmental audits.-Monitoring the maintenance of pressure vessels, as well as all the necessary documents for new accreditation and / or keeping a record before STPS, it was possible to document and certify 22 pressure vessels for the STPS.As extra activities that my job includes, I develop the following functions.- Leader of the health and safety committee of the department. - Internal audit coordinator.

Monclova, Coahuila, Mexico.

I was transferred from the MINOSA company to AHMSA, these companies are subsidiaries of Grupo Acerero del Norte. I was hired as an Instrumentation Engineer from the Electrical-Instrumentation department of electric steelworks, supervising up to 10 instrumentalists, who performed the preventive and corrective maintenance of equipment.Performing the following activities;- Be part of the equipment for the start-up of the continuous casting machine four, performing the cold tests, hot tests and commissioning of the continuous casting machine four, the highest technology of the four that it has The company, from its start met its monthly goals, in its first year exceeded the annual production goal and started at full capacity.- I was assigned as the person in charge of starting 2 of the 3 operating units of my department, pot metallurgy 3 and electric arc furnace (EAF). In those who work with specialists from the company SIEMENS VAI and PRYMETALS, performing cold tests, troubleshooting the equipment and starting them for hot testing.- Assigned as a specialist for monitoring, control and maintenance of the Molde Expert system, which involves pressure, temperature and position sensors, communication, HMI’s. Main control equipment to avoid line breaks by emptying the steel and transforming it to slab.- Installation and calibration of sensors and transmitters of level, pressure, flow, distance, presence, weight, among others.- Experience with pneumatic, hydraulic, lubrication, roller tables.- Review and monitoring of failures through interpretation of engineering and electrical drawings.- Fire system maintenance.- Development of skills of my staff.This department is in charge of 3 operating units and 4 auxiliary plants, giving review, maintenance and troubleshooting of all the equipment that is installed, we are involved in all the processes that are carried out so you have extensive knowledge of the process and the operation of the equipment.

Sierra Mojada, Coahuila.

I was hired by the mining company MINOSA Unit Hercules, this company carries out extraction and treatment of the iron ore that is used in the steel industry, I was assigned to the instrumentation department, where I performed the following functions:- Calibration and programming of scintillation Densimeters.- Calibration, programming and installation of dynamic scales for material conveyors through belts.- Installation-calibration of instruments; level, pressure, flow among others.- Installation, calibration and troubleshooting of primary mills and removers by temperature, flow, feed and discharge of these.- Lubrication systems of mill bearings and removers.- Installation and calibration of flowmeters.- Compressor maintenance and pressure control systems.- Thermographs to high voltage equipment.- Execution and feedback of scheduled maintenance orders through SAP.This department is in charge of all the instrumentation and automation of the different plants that make up the company such as Operation plant, Disseminate Plant, Hematin Plant, Concentrator Plant, Breakers as well as the conveyor systems for the feeding of the different equipment and plants They require it.

Sierra Mojada

I was hired by TECNO Servicios de Monclova S.A. from C.V. to be part of a labor project called "shadow" which assigned you to a person in retirement plan to perform your position in the near future, this in the mining company MINOSA Unit Hercules.Principal functions:- Continuous remote supervision via Internet of the communications link between La Perla, Chihuahua - Hercules, Sierra Mojada - AHMSA, Monclova.- Programming of portable radios, base radios for vehicles and radios for microwave stations.- Repair of radio equipment.- Installation of microwave links for data and voice transmission.- Installation of frequency repeaters and antennas for radiocommunications.- Installation of solar energy systems.- Installation of telephone lines.- Solution and maintenance of problems with telephone lines and networks.