It is almost 50 years since I started my Apprenticship and became an Electrician and the an Electrical Engineer. I kept getting pushed into computers and I finally made a career in control systems.I have obtained a strong operations background and have worked in multiple industries.2018 will be 50 years and it only seems like yesterday.

In my first year at Honeywell I led the PSM initiative and SIS initiatives. I then formed the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium and the first 4 years of technical research I was fully funded by NIST organization as the ASM Consortium Program Director. The next 6 years were funded by the Consortium.During this period I spent 4 years travelling the world and studying control room operations identifying best practices between different companies and identifying common problems… Show more In my first year at Honeywell I led the PSM initiative and SIS initiatives. I then formed the Abnormal Situation Management (ASM) Consortium and the first 4 years of technical research I was fully funded by NIST organization as the ASM Consortium Program Director. The next 6 years were funded by the Consortium.During this period I spent 4 years travelling the world and studying control room operations identifying best practices between different companies and identifying common problems such as alarm management, HMI design, training, procedures, etc. With 5 Universities and over 50 PhD’s we sought to resolve these weaknesses and develop new best practices and solutions. I wrote over 200 technical papers on these subjects, participated in the UK HSE Alarm Management Guidelines, developed and paid for the EEMUA 191 Guidelines on Alarm Management and helped develop the EEMUA 201 HMI Guidelines. Show less

I started my career in April 1968 as an Apprentice Electrical Fitter where I won the distinguished Fleck Award and within a year of becoming an Electrician I was promoted to the ICI Design Offices in Billingham involved with Electrical projects and doing High Integrity Trip Systems.ICI promoted me to several job positions from Designer to Development Engineer, I/E Engineer, Chief Engineer and finally section Manager for the whole of Teesside Operations Process Control Systems. I was… Show more I started my career in April 1968 as an Apprentice Electrical Fitter where I won the distinguished Fleck Award and within a year of becoming an Electrician I was promoted to the ICI Design Offices in Billingham involved with Electrical projects and doing High Integrity Trip Systems.ICI promoted me to several job positions from Designer to Development Engineer, I/E Engineer, Chief Engineer and finally section Manager for the whole of Teesside Operations Process Control Systems. I was in charge of all Process Control Systems for Teesside Operations which was a 25 mile square site with 72 operating units. I was a member of the P5 panel and the manager of the RTL/2 language. During my time as an Engineer I installed PLC’s computer controls, robotics and Automated Guide Vehicles. I owned the patent for the first ever bale weighing and automatic labeling system in the world. I specialized in computer safety and was a leader in launching PES with UK HSE. I developed CHazOp and specialized in batch control. In this period Mr. Nimmo also worked for three years with Davy Ashmore International programming Hoogoven Mathematical Modeling for Blast furnace Stoves using Coral 66 a subset of Cobal, and Fortran.In this period, Mr Nimmo won ICI’s top award (Fleck Award) and Mr Nimmo patented the first weighing and automatic labeling system in the world, and installed the first AGV system in England. Show less