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Windsor, Colorado, United States

Windsor, Co

A team member in charge of the Building Automation Systems (Johnson Controls Metasys, Delta Controls and Honeywell EBI) and Allen-Bradley PLC utility controls (PLC5, SLC, CompactLogix and ControlLogix).

Wheat Ridge, Co

Longmont, Co

Managed, maintained and administrated a mammalian cell culture/purification process control system and a building automation systems for a six building campus. Supported DCS system in development lab. Responsible for maintaining system compliance with federally regulated agency. Concurrently maintained software version control systems and corporate standard data historian. • Created a database conversion tool to convert Johnson Controls Metasys tag database to a Siemens Apogee tag database reducing conversion time and saving project cost. • Generated, executed and managed Change Control practices and documentation. • Developed and conformed to standard operating procedures as well as company and GMP standards along with the development of GMP compliant spreadsheet report, automated using VBA. • Generated and executed Corrective Maintenance, Preventative Maintenance and Project Work Orders. • Managed the coordination, specification, purchase, development, scheduling and installation of automation projects. • Created, updated and maintained Requirements/Design documents to track system modifications. • Generated and executed testing procedures to ensure changes preserved system compliance. • Trained operations personnel to operate control system. • Optimized control strategies and troubleshot operational issues with the appropriate corrective action. • Designed, troubleshot and implemented controller level software, network level software, control graphics and trend displays. Led the team in the design and installation of the updated BAS control system. • Created OSIsoft PI tags, added remote alarm notifications, granted user access, setup and configured data interfaces as well as an interface to other ODBC data sources. • Developed and tested disaster recovery procedure to ensure business continuity. • Used VBA in multiple applications to automate repetitive manual procedures.

Littleton, Co

Responsible for utilizing all available technology in the design and/or configuration of building control system. Focused on creation of the most cost-effective system that met customer expectations and design specifications. Provided detailed information and submittals to communicate design to customers, field installation team and subcontractors. • Designed and/or configured control systems which utilized pneumatic/electric and electronic technology as defined by the project specifications or scope of work on retrofit projects while maintaining quality and ensuring customer satisfaction. • Participated in engineering release meeting with project field team to ensure quality, timeliness and efficiency of design. Performed value engineering to provide the most cost effective results while maintaining customer satisfaction. • Validated HVAC control system at Amgen Longmont manufacturing facility by writing Functional Specifications, generating and executing Installation Qualification protocols and writing and executing Operational Qualification protocols. • Created air flow/mechanical schematic with control layouts using Visio or AutoCAD drawing software. • Automated AutoCAD block selection and insertion into drawing using VBA. • Created point schedule, room schedule, valve schedule and damper schedule using Microsoft Excel. • Created re-estimate/bill of materials using a company proprietary database utility. • Programmed, tested and debugged facility management system software to avert cost overrun and minimize potential financial risk. • Diagnosed and troubleshot control and comfort issues by re-programming and re-commissioning initial design. • Ensured consistency of engineering tools for a 4 state area as well as supported local estimating database and drawing symbol libraries.