Electrical Controls And Instrumentation Technician
CurrentPlanning, documenting and carrying out installation, maintenance and calibration of measurement instrumentation in line with the Quality Management System ISO 9001Commissioning and fault finding on a broad range of processing equipment including steam and fluid applications, weight, moisture, temperature and product blending, air pollution control, material handling, hazardous area equipment PLC systems: installing, servicing, programming Siemens S7-300 & 400 and Allen Bradley PLC5. WinCC (v6.0) and Adroit SCADA – configuring server/clients, designing mimics, data collection.Undertaking of in-house controls projects: Designed and installed the electrical, programmable and safety-related parts of the control system to PLd of EN ISO 13849-1 for a product-tipper and feed line, and ensuring the machinery met the requirements set out under PUWERReviewing process Key Performance Indicators and Implementing process improvements and energy savings to exceed O.E.E. targets - I integrated a Statistical Process Control Chart (cusum) with basic 3-term controllers which made corrections for small accumulated errors in add-back weights during long production runs CompEX certified: I organise and carry out ATEX inspections and maintenance on 700+ hazardous area devices to IEC Standard 60079:14 & 17N.E.B.O.S.H. certified: I have factory wide S.H.E. responsibilities and am one of several lead safety auditors for the management of workplace hazards in line with BS OHSAS 18001Authorised person to issue site wide permits to work for contractors including level 2: confined spaces, working at height and L.V. electrical isolation.
