3778 W Johnson Rd Telephone: (219) 325-3509

Laporte, Indiana 46350 Email:bb5214b4@westpost.net

5/28/2010
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OBJECTIVE: Instrument Technician
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SUMMARY:
Over 20 years experience in designing, specifying,
configuring, programming, installing, start-up, and
maintenance of process automation equipment.
Experience with commissioning of large scale electrical
and mechanical equipment.

EXPERIENCE:
Engineering Skills:
AutoCAD
Cold Run, Hot Run Plans
Commissioning
Conduit & Cable Schedules
Control System Development
Equipment Lists
Factory Acceptance Tests
Functional Descriptions
Instrument Location Plans
ISA Data Sheets
ISA Standards
Local Area Networks
Loop Diagrams
Microsoft Office
National Electrical Code
Orifice Calculations
P&I Diagrams
Safety Standards
SCADA Configuration
Programming Skills:
Allen Bradley PLC5
Microsoft Access
Microsoft Visual Basic
Processes/Systems:
Air Compressor Controls
Baghouses
Blast Furnaces
Boiler Water Treatment
Boilers, Steam Generation
Coal Grinding & Drying
Cold Strip Pickle Lines
Combustion Systems
Electric Furnace
Hot Dip Galvanizing Line
Natural Gas Injection
02 Enrichment
Petrochemical (bp Whiting)
Pulverized Coal Injection
Sintering Plant
Wastewater Treatment Plants
Vendor Specific Knowledge:
Allen Bradley
Bently Nevada
Emerson Rosemount
Intellution
Moore Industries

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND:
INSTRUMENT AND CONTROLS ENGINEER, SUPERIOR ENGINEERING, LLC
Hammond, IN (2009-2003)
BP Whiting Business Unit
1. Designed and installed vibration and temperature
monitoring on #3 Power Station turbines.
2. Created installation job notes which included process
data sheets, instrument data sheets, instrument location
plans, P&IDs, loop diagrams, wiring schematics, and
installation procedures.
3. Specified and purchased instruments including coriolis
flowmeters, vortex flowmeters, conditioning orifice
plates, tuning fork level switches, guided wave radar
leveL transmitters, K-Tek level indicators/level
switches, and Penberthy sight glasses.

ArcelorMittal Steel IHE (East Chicago, IN)

#1Electric Furnace/Caster
1. Designed and purchased an Allen Bradley ControlLogix
system w/enclosure.
2. Installed and commissioned a new fume exhaust system
to minimize emissions.
ArcelorMittal Steel IHE (East Chicago, IN)
#7 Blast Furnace Pulverized Coal Injection Facility
1. Responsible for the Fix32 HMI database during
installation and commissioning of system #2 burner
management system.
2. Specified and purchased new instrumentation per the
project leaders request.

AUTOMATION ENGINEER ARCELORMITTAL STEEL

East Chicago, IN (2001-1990)
#5 Power Station
1. Worked on system control and data acquisition (SCADA).
2. Installed air compressor controls.

#7 Blast Furnace Slag Granulation Wastewater Treatment

1. Specified HMI PC hardware and software, multiloop
controller, and PLC5 system.
2. Specified Ethernet LAN system including fiberoptic
links.
#3 Sintering Plant Furnace and Sinter Cooler Automation
Automation Coordinator and Project Start-up Coordinator.
1. Specified PLC5 system, HMI hardware & software, and
multiloop controllers.
2. Start-up coordinator for entire project which included
new sinter furnace combustion controls, a new bin
proportioning system, a discharge baghouse controls
upgrade, a new sinter crusher, variable speed sinter
cooler drive, variable speed fans on the sinter cooler,
a vibrating conveyor, and a pan conveyor.
#7 Blast Furnace PCI (Pulverized Coal Injection)
1. Specified the first Intellution FIX HMI software running
on Windows NT at Inland Steel.
2. Specified the HMI PC hardware and LAN system.
3. Start-up engineer for the coal grinding and drying
systems.
4. Start-up engineer responsible for all AB PLC5 equipment
and all Intellution FIX HMI hardware and software.
ArcelorMittal Steel (New Carlisle, IN)
I/N Kote Continuous Galvanizing Line Commissioning
1. Responsible for commissioning of all instrumentation
on the CGL in New Carlisle, IN.
2. Arranged for necessary tools, materials, wiring, piping,
and labor to ensure that 16 different vendors finished
their work on schedule.
ArcelorMittal Steel (New Carlisle, IN)
I/N Tek Strip Descaling and Pickle Line Commissioning
Coordinated electrical, mechanical, instrumentation, and
computer personnel for the start-up of the strip descaling
and pickle line in New Carlisle, IN.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT:
Comprehensive and in-depth automation training at
ArcelorMittal Steel and BP Whiting

EDUCATION:PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Bachelor of Science Electrical Engineering Technology
Associate in Applied Science, Supervision