Robinson Castillo

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Principal Instrument and Controls Engineer at Florida Power & Light Company @ Florida Power & Light Company
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West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, United States
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About Robinson Castillo

Principal Instrumentation and Control Engineer with more than 25 years of industry experience in the area of maintenance, engineering, projects, cost control, planning and execution, start-up and commissioning, with main experience in Oil & Gas (Venezuela), and Power Generation industry (USA-Florida), always promoting the best maintenance practices and the use of new technologies.Strong experience in different PLC and DCS Control Systems, and various field instruments used in the general industry.

Robinson Castillo's Current Company Details
Florida Power & Light Company

Florida Power & Light Company

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Principal Instrument and Controls Engineer at Florida Power & Light Company
Robinson Castillo Work Experience Details
  • Florida Power & Light Company
    Principal Instrument And Controls Engineer
    Florida Power & Light Company Apr 2020 - Present
    Juno Beach, Fl, Us
    • Responsible of managing asset programs for Instrument and Control equipment and systems with focus on cost management, reliability, compliance, and delivering expert support. Currently supporting the Mitsubishi Power program as the Netmation Diasys Controls SME, including the implementation of logic improvements, troubleshooting, and controls upgrades.• Supported various HRSG Feedwater system control logic modifications.• Participated in Emerson and Mitsubishi Users Conferences, and other technology conferences.• Obtained a game changer award in the 2019 Connected Plant Conference for a project that contributed to the West County Power Plant Environmental reliability (Remote monitoring of CEMS calibration gases), the project was presented an Emerson Global Exchange Users Conference.• Supported the Plant Crist Gas Conversion which eliminated the use of coal on the Boilers.• Supported the Sanford Emergency new Diesel Generators addition for Safe Shutdown.• Supported the Plant Scholz environmental system integration to a new DCS which is controlled remotely 75 miles away. • Supported the West County DCS-Mitsubishi OPC redundancy communication projects.• Supported the GE Plants/Water Wash system PLC Controls Retrofit Upgrade to DCS.• Supported the Force Outage reduction efforts by adding redundant transmitters to critical loops – Fleet effort.• Supported the West County Load Control logic improvement efforts as part of Six Sigma Green Belt project.• Support the planning and factory acceptance testing of the Lauderdale U6 BOP Controls Upgrade• Supported the planning and execution of the West County CT Controls NPPV2 Upgrade. • Supported planning and execution of the West County CT Fire Protection Controls Upgrades.• Supported the implementation of the West County CT Generators MOD 27 frequency testing logic.• Supported the different Fossil Control Center DCS improvements to improve the Units cycling capability.
  • Florida Power & Light Company
    Senior Instrument And Controls Engineer
    Florida Power & Light Company Apr 2018 - Apr 2020
    Juno Beach, Fl, Us
    • Plans and develops engineering projects concerned with unique or controversial complexities which have important impact on the Power Plants processes.• Define and manage project budgets, schedules, execution, and quality assurance through all phases of the project including commissioning.• Perform functional checkout of new or retrofit power generation equipment, and process controls tuning during equipment upgrades.• Provide troubleshooting and support to the Power Generation Division in the area of Instrumentation and Controls for combined cycle, conventional, and thermal-solar power generation facilities.• Collaborate with multi-discipline teams for problem solving, betterment opportunities, and systems integration• Support the deployment and maintenance of cyber security solutions to meet corporate standards or NERC CIP standards.• Supported the Engineering design of various control logic modifications through the FPL Generation Plants, using the different DCS platforms like Emerson Ovation and Netmation Diasys for the implementation.• Supported the implementation of the first Mitsubishi Netmation Protect Pack security system and the Netmation Diasys Windows 10 Virtual Controls Upgrade at the West County Power Plant.• Supported the Company Reimagine Inspection of Watch initiative at the West County and Riviera Power Plants.• Supported Major projects control logic design reviews and factory acceptance testing for the West County Power Plant Mitsubishi 501G Combustion Turbine KAI Controls Upgrade which include:o Electronic Over-Speed Trip redundant systemo IGV Thrust Force Improvemento Flex Pack Operating modeso Software Flame Detection Systemo Cooling Steam Logic improvemento Cooling Steam Warming Logic changeso Flame Scanner removal effortso IGV Optimizations controls improvements
  • Florida Power & Light Company
    Senior Instrumentation & Control Maintenance Supervisor
    Florida Power & Light Company Aug 2011 - Apr 2018
    Juno Beach, Fl, Us
    Responsible for maintaining and improving the Power Plant monitor and control systems at the West County Energy Center, the biggest Combine Cycle Power Plant in United States (3750MWs).Lead the execution of preventive and major maintenance activities during Plant Overhauls, achieving the objectives for safety, environmental, quality, schedule and cost compliance.Responsibilities and achievements:Support the Plant I&C critical equipment repetitive failures, support job planning and procedure modifications. Support Plant electrical issues when required, support DCS improvements and control logic replication across all the Units, including alarm management improvements.Support Corporate Projects related to the Plant DCS control system (quality or technical services improvement projects). Obtained Process Management Yellow Belt certification. Support Plant DCS upgrades: Ovation DCS and Mitsubishi Netmation Control Systems. Support Continuous Emissions Monitoring System (CEMS) PLC and Software UpgradesSupport the following projects: DCS HRSG SCR NOX Optimization Control Logic Project; Combustion Turbine Cooling Steam Shutdown and Trip logic implementation Project; HRSG LP Blending a Pre-heater control improvements; HRSG Superheat and Reheat Attemperators logic improvements; 910/SEGL Logic Improvement and Testing; Cooling Tower Basin Blowdown Automation; New Gas Scrubber instrumentation and logic improvements; New Demin System Ultrafiltration System DCS Improvements; Waste Water controls upgrade project; Combustion Turbines Starting Frequency Converter Systems upgrades; New Purge Air Compressors Project; Combustion Turbines Flow Gas Meters Upgrades; Control Valve Positioner Upgrade; Optimization of the DCS Load Control Logic; Startup Sequence Automation in the Emerson Ovation DCS; Hypochlorite Upgrade Projects; Combustion Turbine Critical Control Valves Wireless Valve Position in the Ovation DCS system; Cooling Tower Fan Brake Projects, and other projects.
  • Florida Power & Light Company
    Instrumentation & Control Maintenance Supervisor
    Florida Power & Light Company May 2011 - Aug 2011
    Juno Beach, Fl, Us
    Prioritize I&C Work Orders in order to maintain plan operations safe and reliable; Order parts needed for specific work orders using the SAP application,Request In-Plant clearances as required to perform the maintenance jobs safely.Implement distributive control system logic and graphical modifications to improve plant process control.Troubleshoot, repair, calibrate, and maintain plant instrumentation.
  • Florida Power & Light Company
    Production Specialist - Instrumentation & Control
    Florida Power & Light Company Jun 2008 - May 2011
    Juno Beach, Fl, Us
    Trained and Qualified as an Outside Operator for the West County Energy Center Combined Cycle Units.Support Plant operations during the Start-up and Commissioning. Temporary relieve as I&C Supervisor, supporting maintenance and projects. Contractor Coordinator during the 4E & 4F Power Centers replacement, then training Crew teams with the new equipment. Developed I&C training for the shift crew teams. Updated all the PPE CEMS Procedures according the new fleet team templates. Real time surveillance and operation of all control room systems and equipment.Operate, control, and supervise plant instrumentation inside a control room containing boiler, turbine, generator, and transmission line control boards.Work under direct or general supervision, directs the operation of all plant equipment as required to maintain proper operating conditions. Monitor performance and operating characteristics of boiler, turbine, generator and transmission line, and operates associated control taking necessary actions to prevent or limit failure and optimize efficiency.Issue/Release In-Plant clearances needed to repair Plant equipment.Troubleshoot I&C equipment issues.Work as a Team Leader whenever was required.Perform PLC/DCS logic modifications to improve the systems.
  • Florida Power & Light Company
    Production Tech - Instrumentation & Control
    Florida Power & Light Company Jun 2006 - Jun 2008
    Juno Beach, Fl, Us
    Assigned to a Plant Outage as a I&C Contractor Supervisor (April 2008–Jun 2008)Assigned to a ESP Project (Feb 2008 – Mar 2008) Performed multi-functional responsibilities, both operating and maintaining a fossil fuel power plant. Read, interpret, and work from diagrams and blue prints.Used wide variety of instruments and test equipment.Maintained stock and records of plant materials, supplies, tools and spare parts. Experienced in performing maintenance on plant equipment. Regular Preventive Maintenance and Reliability checks to different plant equipment and systems. Execute in-plant clearances to isolate equipment. Troubleshoot I&C equipment issues.
  • Electricas Bc
    Engineer Assistant Manager
    Electricas Bc Nov 2004 - Jun 2006
    Technical support in sales for the electrical and instrumentation equipment.www.electricasbc.com
  • Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A.
    Engineer - Automation Support
    Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A. Apr 2001 - Dec 2002
    Industrial Automation - Lagocinco Oil Operation Unit – PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela) Lagunillas, Venezuela. Propose and make new improvements, extensions and modifications in the new and existing automated systems, with the purpose of maintaining the equipment and/or improving the capacity and functionality. Maintain indicators that shows the integral behavior of the existing automated systems. Identify faults and manage the solution of the existing issues. Integration of new variables in automated systems (PLC/RTU) for supervision and control (SCADA Wonderware, Oasys and Realflex), using the different software to program the PLC or RTU equipment.
  • Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A.
    Project Engineer
    Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A. May 2000 - Apr 2001
    Industrial Automation - PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela) La Salina,Venezuela. Inspection and integration of new projects in the Operations Control Center. Supervision and commission of new automated platforms.Perform local and remote loop test of the remote variables using the SCADA systems. Maintenance and troubleshooting different equipments (PLC and RTU) installed in Flow Stations and Gas Lift Manifolds.
  • Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A.
    Project Engineer
    Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A. Oct 1999 - May 2000
    Basic Solutions Dept - Electricity and Instrumentation- PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela) La Salina, Venezuela.Manage the construction and integration of the new Automated Systems for Supervision and Control at different Production platforms: Flow Stations and Gas Manifold with Basic Supervision Level I and II; Chemistry injection at Flow stations and Production Manifolds; Gas Wells monitoring; Cathodic Protection monitoring. Programming control equipments: PLC GE Fanuc 90-30, PLC GE Fanuc 90-70, PLC Allen Bradley 5/40 5/20. PLC Texas Instruments Series 505, RTU Bristol Babcock 3335/3330/3305. Re-activation of 40 Production Platforms in the Urdaneta Area (PDVSA - La Salina), including data and fault signals of the power supply equipment.
  • Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A.
    Supervisor Engineer – I&C
    Pdvsa Petroleos De Venezuela S.A. Aug 1996 - Oct 1999
    I&C Projects – PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela), Tia Juana ,Venezuela. Inspection the Construction of Automated Platforms. Test and operation with PLC SLC-500 Allen Bradley. Calibration and installation of electronic Actuators (Milton Roy, Jordan and Rexa), control PID for water control or gas injection to the wells. Installation and configuration of pressure and temperature TX’s using Hart Communicator 375.

Robinson Castillo Skills

Dcs Scada Instrumentation Power Generation Preventive Maintenance Commissioning Turbines Electricity Troubleshooting Inspection Gas Turbines Petroleum Maintenance Management Project Management Control Valves Allen Bradley Control Logic Oil And Gas Industry Equipment Maintenance Transmitters Allen Bradley Plc Allen Bradley Rslogix Wonderware Industrial Safety Supervisory Experience Hmi Programming Pi Processbook Ge Cimplicity Microsoft Office Outlook Work Management Sap Contractor Supervision Networking Ovation Superior Computer Skills Startup And Commissioning Hart Parts Ordering Highly Responsible Leadership Development Distributed Control System Problem Solving

Robinson Castillo Education Details

  • Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín
    Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín
    Computer Engineering
  • Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín
    Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín
    Bachelor Degree In Electronic Engineering

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Robinson Castillo attended Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín, Universidad Rafael Belloso Chacín.

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