20+ years experience in designing, programming, troubleshooting, and commissioning a variety of control system technologies and architectures.
Siemens S7, PCS7, APACS, Quadlog
Rockwell SLC500's, PLC5, Control Logix, Compact Logix, and Micro Logix, Factory Talk ME
Emerson Delta V, Provox, and RS3 Distributed Control System ( DCS )
Wonderware , iFIX Intellution, WinCC, InTouch Human Machine Interface ( HMI )
cGMP, 21 CFR Part 11, Validation
NFPA 85
Instrumentation and Controls Engineer @ Abbvie = (Abbott - (0.95*NT+ 0.5*VBA+AIM+CalibrationCoordinator+HTML) + (Delta V+OSI PI+OPC)) From August 2015 to Present (5 months) Controls / Project Engineer @ Programming of Siemens S7 and Wonderware HMI Applications for the refinery and petrochemical industries. Project Engineering, procurement, generation of BOMs in SAP, control system panel design of Siemens S7, Allen Bradley Control Logix, Triconex, and Honeywell Safety Manager based control systems. Design of panel layouts and wiring diagrams utilizing AutoCAD Electrical. From April 2012 to July 2015 (3 years 4 months) Electrical Engineer @ Programming Allen Bradley SLC 500's / Compact Logix PLC's and Direct Logic 405 PLC's applications using pneumatic Pick and Place robots and linear servos.
Configuration of Factory Talk ME HMI applications.
Panel Design using AutoCAD Electrical.
Wiring of Control System Panels.
Generation of system documentation packages, Equipment validation and software validation packages.
PFEMA analysis of machine operations. From October 2011 to April 2012 (7 months) Senior Controls Engineer @ Project Engineering,control system design, procurement, and programming of Modicon based systems in the Food Industry. From July 2011 to October 2011 (4 months) Project Engineer (Contract) @ Project Engineering, procurement, generation of BOMs in SAP, control system panel design of Siemens S7 and Triconex based control systems for the refinery and petrochemical industries. Control system testing, verification, and troubleshooting per ISO9001 procedures of Siemens, Triconex, and Allen Bradley based control systems utilizing Wonderware. Design of panel layouts and wiring diagrams utilizing AutoCad Mechanical. Scheduled, hosted and lead customer Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) proceedings. From March 2010 to July 2011 (1 year 5 months) Senior Engineer @ Design and Specification of Siemens PCS7, Emerson Delta V, Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc, and Honeywell based control systems in a variety of industries including refinery, petrochemical, food nutritionals, waste water, and mining applications. Design, Specification, and Programming, of IEC 61131-3 compliant Siemens PCS7 control systems for Hydrocracker refinery applications. Troubleshooting/Programming of APACS, Allen Bradley PLCs and Wonderware applications for isobutane processing and refinery applications. Design of control panels, generation of loop drawings, hardware, software and FAT specifications. Supervision of control system design/programming teams and Electrical / Instrumentation construction activities. From October 2007 to March 2010 (2 years 6 months) Senior Systems Engineer @ Installation, Commissioning, Programming, and Troubleshooting of IEC 61131-3 compliant Siemens PCS7, APACS, & Quadlog control systems at customer sites. Troubleshooting, Commissioning and programming of Ethernet, Fiber Optic, Modbus, & Profibus communications. Installation, Programming, and Troubleshooting of Wonderware and Siemens' PCS7. Programming and configuration of Intellution iFix HMI, custom Visual Basic applications. Provided FEED (front end engineering design) studies at customer sites. Supported customer sites and accounts in pre-sales and post-sales capacities and assisted in businesses development efforts as a technical resource for new and existing accounts. From April 2000 to October 2007 (7 years 7 months) Instrumentation and Controls Engineer @ Design, Programming, Troubleshooting, Tuning, and Validation of Provox Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in the Fermentation & Recovery manufacturing areas at the North Chicago plant. Configuration of Provox CHIP relational database. Programming / Configuration of Bile’s AIM (SIMSCI) data historian. Coordinator for the Calibration Program for nine production departments. Programming / Troubleshooting of VBA, SQL & HTML code on VMS and NT operating systems. Supervision of contract labor on projects commissioning and programming activities. Writing and execution of HIQ, SIQ, IOQ, SFS validation packages.
Programming and Troubleshooting of the Rosemount RS/3 DCS in the South Chemical Manufacturing areas at the North Chicago Plant. Programming of Allen Bradley SLC500 and PLC 5’s with DH+ communications. Configuration of ABB Series 500 VFDs. Supervision of contract labor on project commissioning and programming activities. Maintenance, updating, and executing of validation protocols and calibration records per cGMP and MOC practices and guidelines.
Installation, repair, and calibration of a variety of instrumentation. From November 1992 to April 2000 (7 years 6 months) Electrical Engineer Intern @ North Shore Water Treatment Plant.
Salt Creek Lateral and Des Plaines Leg of the Deep Tunnel Project. From May 1990 to January 1992 (1 year 9 months) Greater Chicago Area
BS, Electrical Engineering Technology, 5.43 / 6.00 @ Purdue University Walter S. is skilled in: PLC, Instrumentation, Control Systems Design, DCS, Wonderware, Commissioning, Troubleshooting, HMIs, Process Control, Project Engineering, Allen Bradley, Control Logic, AutoCAD, Human Machine Interface, WinCC