Patrick Balmer Email & Phone Number

Boldon Colliery, England, GB

Freelance Engineer working worldwide as Service Engineer, Lead Commissioning Engineer, Control System Engineer aswel as running Engineering Consultancy.

Hesingue, FR

Camborne, Cornwall, GB

Peterhead, GB

Moerdijk, NL

Wimbledon, London, GB

London, GB

London, GB

Londres, -, GB

US

instrument technician attached to Esso/ExxonMobil chemical and refinery maintenance team at Fawley site, Southampton. carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance of all instrumentation on site. involved with reliability issues of plant equipment.

London, GB

Glenrothes, GB

Houston, Texas, US

London, GB

Testing of al new fire & gas equipmentPreventative and reactive maintenance of plant instrumentation and control systemsRisk assesments and toolbox talks

Overhaul of various control valvesSet up and calibration of all control valves and associated instrumentsCompletion of all overhaul and test certification

Fornebu, Akershus, NO

Survey of platform instrumentationWriting permits and risk assessmentsCarrying out toolbox talks and post job briefsWriting progress reports and Handover for next shiftSetting teams to work and supervising jobsmechanical completion ITR’sInstallation of instrumentation and control systemsleading work party and overseeing jobswriting and taking out permits.

• Cause and Effect testing of ESD & HIPPS systems
• Calibration of all Instrumentation associated with the oil and gas plants.
• Fault finding of electrical & instrument systems.
• Writing of work procedures and work permits.
• Loop checking and trip testing.
• Working with SCADA DCS system upgrades.

• Enginei Electrical Engineer
• Surveying of Vessels for Enginei Fuel monitoring system.
• Building control panels.
• Installing software and connecting fuel monitoring system to ships networ.
• Carrying out FAT’s and onsite commissioning and fault finding

Ravenna, Ravenna, IT

• Offshore hook up of Total Elgin B platform
• Commissioning of ESDV & SDV valves for leak testing.
• Working from P&ID’s, Schematics and location drawings
• Survey of systems to be commissioned under hook up workscope.
• Performing Authority
• Control of work permits and operational test procedures

Aberdeen, Scotland, GB

Commissioning of systems for Andrew Area Development {AAD} Including associated instrumentation and control systems relating to the new horizontal three phase seperators on the Andrew platform that tie in to the Kinnoul reservoir. Carrying out Inspections, completetion control certificates, loop checking, calibration of instrumentation and fire and gas.

Aberdeen, Scotland, GB

Commissioning operations of new systems on HAEWENE BRIM PFSO, upgrade to fire and gas detection system.Hazardous area inspection, loop checking, function testing, calibration for Brynhild tie in commissioning scope. permit to work systems, P&ID's and technical drawings, as built drawing, leaising with vendors and core crew to complete tasks.

Aberdeen, GB

Carrying out re-commission checks and testing for new oil line hook up. Maintenance of instrumentation associated with Main Oil Line shutdown. Calibration of fire and gas system, installation and repair of instrument piping and control of permits and documentation.

Planned Preventative Maintenance carried at Epax pharmaceuticals plant in Seal Sands Teeside, where High Quality O-mega 3 oil is processed and drummed for distribution worldwide.· Pre-commissioning Check· Hazardous Area Installations· Calibration of Flow, Temperature and pressure transducers· Commissioning Operations· Completion of paper work e.g. Job.

Carrying out routine calibrations, commissioning and installation of instrumentationInspection of gauges, switches, level controls, transmitter and controllersValve stroke checking and positioner set upsLoop checking and fault findingInstallation of containment including uni-strut, ladder racking, tray and conduitCompletion of calibration check.

Fabricom is a subcontractor of Technicians to Cleveland Potash LTD, who mine and process Potash and salt.Loop CheckingScada/DCS and PLC'sCalibration of Flow,level,pressure and temperature transducers and switchesCommissioning of plant machineryCreating technical drawings for plant systemsStrict Health and Safety adhered to at all times

Brighouse, West Yorkshire, GB

CVS are a specialist company for control valves and instrumentation working at Sizewell B PowerStation.Valve Bench/Stroke checkingValve positioner set upsO/Haul of level trols and positionersLoop checking and fault findinginspection and calibration of instrumentation; level transmitter, I/P converters, pneumatic controllers and radar systemsCommissioning.

Worked on various power stations including; Hunterston B, Heysham 2, Dungeness B and TornessCarrying out routine calibrations, commissioning and installation of instrumentationInspection of gauges, switches, level controls, transmitter and controllersValve stroke checking and positioner set upsLoop checking and fault findingElectrical fault finding and.

Boon Building Services are an electrical contractor working across the UKWorking on refurbishment of HSBC call center in PeterleeInstallation of first, second fix electrical componentsInstallation of power supplies, distribution boards, armored cables, fire alarms and lighting circuitsInstallation of containment including uni-strut, ladder racking, tray.

Carmel Building Services are a mechanical and electrical contractor working across the UKWorking on a new build Tesco at Rowland’s GillInstallation of first, second fix electrical componentsInstallation of power supplies, distribution boards, armored cables, alarm and lighting circuits Installation of containment including uni-strut, ladder racking, tray.

Worked on various power stations including; Hunterston B, Heysham 2, Dungeness B and TornessCarrying out routine calibrations, commissioning and installation of instrumentationInspection of gauges, switches, level controls, transmitter and controllersValve stroke checking and positioner set upsLoop checking and fault findingElectrical fault finding and.

Hnc, Instrumentation And Control Measures

Engineer’S Degree, Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Apprenticeship, Engineering

Level 3, Electrical And Mechanical Engineering

14 - 16, Electrical Systems And Fuel & Exhaust Systems

Gcse, S, Mathematics, Science Double Award, English