Experience

Cogent

• United States
• Environmental Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Control Systems Engineer

  • May 2013 - Present

  • Manage department engineering workload• Interview engineering and technician candidates• Mentor less experienced engineers and technicians• Conduct technical training for internal and external customers• Develop department design and programming standards• Project management• Instrumentation and Control System Design (Non-Hazardous to Class 1 Division 1)• Program PLCs, OITs and SCADA systems for pump and process systems• Startup and tuning of pump controls and variable frequency drives• Troubleshoot instrumentation and control system hardware and software• Provide technical support to coworkers and external customers• Provide quotes to internal and external customers for small to very large projects• Develop proprietary products• Develop engineering tools to improve employee productivity• Develop algorithms and system models for process controls and engineering tools



Intelligrated

• Controls Engineer

  • May 2012 - May 2013

  • Mentor less experienced engineers• Guide fellow engineers in design and programming best practices• Develop standard electrical designs and design procedures• Develop standard blocks for electrical design• Panel design and component selection• Control system layout design• Schematic development• Review and approve electrical designs• Program PLC and PC controllers• Provide customer support on-site and remotely• Troubleshoot control system hardware and software• Installation of control system upgrades• Recommend and implement department policy



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 2007 - May 2012

  • Design, test, troubleshoot, and approve instrumentation and control systems for turbo-compressor packages up to 9000 HP and aeration systems • Review and comment on customer proposed control strategies• Review and approve control panel design and component selections• Design, test, and approve PLC and HMI programs for compressor and aeration control systems• Design and approve network design when in Turblex’s/Siemens’ scope (protocols include Ethernet, DeviceNet, ControlNet, ProfiBus, and Data Highway Plus)• Develop and review proposals for customer requested changes to controls or electrical design• Test and troubleshoot compressor and aeration control systems• Develop and review operational description of compressor and aeration control systems• Tune process controls• Verify integration of equipment to plant SCADA systems• Train customer and end-user staff on operation and maintenance Turblex/Siemens supplied equipment• Provide technical support to Turblex/Siemens and customer staff for troubleshooting and correcting anomalies• Coordinate with Customer and Mechanical Engineering, Project Management and Manufacturing departments • Train new employees in PLC and HMI programming and Turblex/Siemens equipment• Act as temporary department head during absence of department manager