Aaron Mestayer

Automation Specialist at PERC Engineering
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Aaron can be an asset to any company requiring a person who possesses the skills to maintain an automated control system from the end devices, through the processor, to the HMI. This includes smart devices, flow measurement equipment, communications equipment, etc.

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Credentials

  • ISA Certified Control Systems Technician (CCST)
    International Society of Automation (ISA)
    Dec, 1996
    - Oct, 2024

Experience

  • PERC Engineering
    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Automation Specialist
      • Feb 2018 - Present

      ✔ Provide Automation Support for Talos Energy at their GC-237 Deepwater Production Facility. To Include work with the following items: ✔ Allen Bradley ControlLogix PLCs. ✔ Wonderware InTouch 2017 designed with Tag Server style architecture. Two applications, one polling application and one client application. ✔ Wonderware Historian. Includes Tier2 replicated historian located in the Houston office. ✔ ThinManager (by Rockwell) Terminal Server management software. ✔ Virtual Computer Environment, including VMWare ESXi and VMWare Workstation. ✔ Cisco Switch and ASA Firewall. ✔ Integration of Topsides systems with ProServ Subsea Controls. ✔ ProSoft AFC Flow Computer. PLC in rack module. ✔Flow computer calculations written in PLC subroutine logic. ✔ PLC and Wonderware Integration to 3rd party packages. ✔ As needed, commission, test, verify and document that all systems work as designed. ✔ FactoryTalk View Studio HMI. ✔ Panel View touch screen devices. Show less

  • Danos/Control Concepts
    • Gulf Of Mexico
    • Automation Technician
      • Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

      ✔ Danos: Provided Automation Support at Chevron’s Bay Marchand Field. ✔ Control Concepts: Provided Automation Support at Cox Oil’s SS-182 Field. ✔ Danos: Provided Automation Support at Chevron’s Bay Marchand Field. ✔ Control Concepts: Provided Automation Support at Cox Oil’s SS-182 Field.

  • Stone Energy
    • Lafayette, Louisiana
    • I/E Analyst
      • May 2011 - Jun 2017

      Maintained Stone’s enterprise SCADA system and played a key role on projects and supporting offshore safety and control systems, including fire and gas and other electronic based systems. Provided maintenance and support for PLC and HMI software. Supplied programming and automation design support for projects across the Gulf of Mexico and Marcellus Shale, West Virginia. ✔ Worked on company’s first subsea project to help design a Modbus interface and communicate specific requirements to subsea controls vendor OneSubsea enabling operational control of the SPCU via the existing platform Wonderware system. ✔ Led a Stone team that persuaded subsea controls vendor OneSubsea to establish a permanent support structure in Houston, rather than Germany, to ensure timely resolution of issues with their product. ✔ Reduced Cost for licensing and man-hour costs by partnering with operations and IT to design a system that utilized SCADA and in-house production accounting system to replace a 3rd party non supported software program. ✔ Managed integration of data associated with critical systems into enterprise SCADA system. ✔ Collaborated with other departments to design a compressor logic control narrative to be used as a company standard for compressor safety and control systems. ✔ Assisted with implementing the Modbus communication interface and led the offshore commissioning effort for a new fire and gas system on company’s flagship deepwater platform, Pompano. ✔ Identified and recruited talented automation specialist to West Virginia. Show less

  • NSI Upstream
    • Operations Manager
      • Jan 2006 - May 2011

      Managed projects related to the development of HMI/SCADA software for the upstream oil and gas industry. ✔ Managed design specifications, estimates and product development. ✔ Conducted troubleshooting, testing and commissioning. ✔ Established strong relationships with customers to identify project requirements and expectations. ✔ Oversaw project delivery teams and tracked progress to ensure milestones and deliverables were achieved on time, in budget to expected standards of quality and compliance. ✔ Contributed to the management and future direction of the company. ✔ Served as a subject matter expert in support of the sales department and existing customers. Show less

  • Pegasus International
    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Automation Technician
      • Aug 1998 - Jan 2006

      Recruited to support Chevron’s Y2K Embedded Systems Manager. Later assigned to assist with network architecture design, enhanced functionality development and ongoing support of automation systems. ✔Tested and reported on SCADA devices with real time clocks to ensure devices would function properly past midnight on December 31, 1999. ✔ Worked on conversion of legacy WinScada applications to Wonderware 7.11, including designing network architecture enabling communication between Wonderware and new equipment, together with bridging legacy serial equipment to the Chevron Controls ethernet network. ✔ Steered QA testing and development of functionality and offshore implementation and training for an in house well test program. Show less

Education

  • University of Louisiana at Lafayette
    Associate, PetroleumTechnology
    1980 - 1982

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