OBJECTIVES

Senior Staff or Principal level Engineering or Managerial position, where prove

n strengths in the areas of analysis and problem solving combined with leadershi
p and design skills will help an organization scope, plan and execute through co
mpletion Engineering and/or Maintenance projects.
BACKGROUND SUMMARY
Principal Engineer with extensive petrochemical industry experience in various t
echnical and managerial positions emphasizing in Instrumentation and Control Sys
tems Maintenance and Project Engineering functions including:
- Lead Control Systems Engineer
- Dep. Head of Plant Maintenance and Engineering
- Design and Maintenance of instrument systems
- Design and troubleshooting of SIS
- Project Management
PROFESSIONAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Provided technical leadership to a group of local and foreign (India) engineers
in scoping, specifying, procuring and detail designing a Sulphur Recovery Unit,
a Sour Water Stripper Unit and an Amine Regeneration Unit. This resulted in acc
omplishing a successful accelerated schedule for the project.
Led the instrumentation and controls effort of PHA/HAZOP activities for a Sulfur
Recovery Unit, Amine Regeneration Unit and Sour Water Stripper Unit resulting i
n a risk reducing, safe design.
Provided instrumentation and controls consulting services for the implementation
of gas pipeline projects for customers without design standards. This resulted
in successfully guiding the customer to the usage of current and complying with
ISA standards.
Developed Process Control Strategy Documentation for a Lactic Acid Boiling Tube
Evaporators unit and detail Functional Specifications for Control Systems integr
ation of a Polyurethane R&D Reactor and an AG Products Palletizing unit This re
sulted in on-time development of control code eliminating the need to assign add
itional resources.
Led a group of in-house and contract engineers in developing scope, design, cons
truction and start-up of a multimillion-dollar overseas infrastructure project i
ncluding Power Boilers, Air Separation Plant, Incinerators and Water Treating fa
cilities. This Plant was successfully started on time.
Completed Control Systems detail design safety reviews for Safety Instrumented S
ystems (SIS) and non-SIS instrumentation projects. These reviews resulted in ri
sk reduction and hazard prevention for successful start-ups.
Evaluated and recommended design changes for upgrading safety systems in domesti
c and foreign sites to ANSI/ISA S84.01 compliance. Implementation of these syst
ems resulted in improved emergency shutdown systems for Plant protection.
Led as Subject Matter Expert (SME) in-house and contract engineers and designers
developing Readiness and Remediation Guides for PLC and other equipment with Y2
K impacted embedded devices. This work resulted in an uneventful year 2000 trans
ition for the Corporation.
Developed and implemented training programs for Control Systems Engineers in Kuw
ait. These programs resulted in successful support of the commissioning and sta
rt-up of the infrastructure of a new grass-roots multibillion-dollar petrochemic
al plant.
Successfully managed a Plant Maintenance Department consisting of engineers, spe
cialists, supervisors and hourly personnel with responsibilities over three oper
ating units plus the shops. Productivity and timeliness commitments were surpas
sed while achieving safety goals in normal operation as well as during shutdowns
.
Successfully managed a Plant Engineering Department consisting of Instrument and
Electrical Engineers and draftspersons. The Capital and Expense budget project
s were executed on time, within cost estimates and with efficient utilization of
resources.
EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Bergaila & Assoc./FLUOR Corp.
Principal Control Systems Engineer, Houston, TX. Contract work as Lead Area Eng
ineer responsible for the instrumentation and control systems on a Sulfur Recove
ry Unit, Amine Regeneration Unit and Sour Water Stripper Unit to be built in the
Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. (1/2008 to 9/2009)
Aker Kvaerner Inc.
Senior Control Systems Engineer, Belle, WV. Provided instrumentation and contro
l systems consulting support and project engineering support at a DuPont plant s
ite in the development of basic scope, functional specifications and design of v
arious utility and infrastructure projects including condensate recovery, power
boilers controls conversions and waste treatment improvements. Provided design
support on various Glycolic Acid Unit instrumentation projects. (9/2005 to 9/200
7)
AED Inc.
Senior Control Systems Engineer, South Charleston, WV. Provided instrumentation
and control systems consulting support in the development of basic scope, funct
ional specifications and design of various gas pipeline projects. (2/2005 to 9/2
005)
TAI Inc.:
Lead Process Automation Engineer, South Charleston and Cross Lanes, WV. Respons
ible for the development of Process Control Strategy Documentation and Functiona
l Specifications for a Lactic Acid Plant project, a Automotive Glass Bonding Pla
nt Upgrade project a Control Building Integration project, AG Products Bagging a
nd Palletizing project and a Polyurethane Reaction R&D project using Global Proj
ect Methodologies. (2/2001 to 2/2005)
DOW Chemicals Co.:
Lead Control Systems Engineer, South Charleston, WV. Provided technical leaders
hip in developing and implementing control systems for a Lactic Acid to Polyeth
ylene manufacturing Plant.
(1/2000 to 2/2001)
Union Carbide Corp.:
Worked in various domestic and international locations as Project Manager, Maint
enance Department Head, Engineering Department Head, Area Lead Maintenance Engin
eer and Lead Control Systems Engineer supporting Plants operations. (1969 to 1/2
000)
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
BS Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude, University of Puerto Rico
Fully Bilingual, English - Spanish
Training Programs:
- Six Sigma Green Belt - Analyzer Project Engineering
- TRICONIX, Tricon SIS Implementation
- HONEYWELL, TDC 3000 Universal Station
- Puffer-Sweiven, MODICON PLC
- Fred Pryor, Project Management
- AMA, Project Manager Managerial Skills
- AMA, Supervision and Administrative Skills
- UPR, Chemical Engineering Fundamentals
- MICRSOFT, Word, Excel and Power Point
- Rockwell, Device Net
- VEI Inc., Value Engineering 1 and 2
- ISA, Control Valve Sizing and Selection
- Bently Nevada, Vibration Monitoring Systems
- ISA, Flow Meter Engineering
- GE, Speedtronic Gas Turbine Controls
- Others