KARL R. HOFMANN abl7ln@r.postjobfree.com 740-***-**** (cell) (740) 927-

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Pataskala, OH 43062

Engineering Profile

Top-performing, outcome-oriented senior engineering professional with

extensive experience in the design, planning, operation and management

of complex multi-million dollar projects.

Professional strengths include:

. Engineering team planning & project execution

. Key alliance & client relationship building

. Staff leadership & resource management

. Instrumentation & controls documentation approval

. Vendor specification review & approval/procurements

. Third party architectural & engineering firm oversight

. Electrical & instrumentation construction specifications

. PLC/DCS hardware & software installations

. Senior member Instrument Society of America

Engineering classifications include:

. FGD/SCR Program Project I&C Engineer

. Power Plant BOP Environmental Projects

Lead E&I Engineer

. Principal Automation Design Engineer

. Electrical & Instrumentation Project

Site Coordinator

. Electrical & Instrumentation System Start-Up Engineer

. Instrumentation Discipline Lead Engineer

. Environmental Qualification Associate Engineer

. Project Instrumentation/Controls Design Engineer

. Senior Electrical/Instrumentation Designer

. Power and Controls Engineer

Professional experience

Power and Controls Discipline Engineer

Chemical and Industrial Engineering, Inc. Louisville, KY

12/07- 2/09

Primarily accountable for instrumentation and electrical design engineering

for The Marathon Petroleum Company refinery upgrade projects in Robinson,

IL and Catlettsburg, KY.

. Achieved project engineer level after completing the C&I lead engineer

training certification program.

. Directed and supervised a team of CAD designers during execution of

projects, which were completed on time and on budget.

. Completed safety instrumented systems (SIS) projects for the Coker and

Special Coker units at Robinson and for several Crude units and the HF

Alkylation unit at Catlettsburg, with no engineering rework required for

any project.

. Developed complete instrumentation and controls documentation, such as

instrument list, control system I/O requirements and specifications,

instrumentation and control valve procurement data sheets, control loop

diagrams and electrical elementary diagrams, and equipment and

instrumentation location plans.

. Coordinated equipment and system sub-vendors project documentation.

FGD Projects I&C Engineer

Southern Company Services Engineering Birmingham, AL

2/07- 12/07

Work in Project Engineering group for Southern Company Services Engineering

environmental program.

. Responsibilities included I&C engineering for FGD projects for unit 5 at

Alabama Power Plant Barry and Unit 5 at Plant Gaston, and Georgia Power

Plant Wansley Units 1&2.

. Oversaw and coordinated SCS mechanical engineering process and

instrumentation diagrams for the FGD projects.

. Developed instrument list and tracking database; developed control system

I/O database.

. Reviewed and approved equipment and system vendor drawings and

documentation.

FGD Project Discipline Lead I&C Engineer

American Electric Power Columbus, OH

1/05-1/07

Project engineering group for AEP FGD/SCR program.

. Successfully directed efforts for completion of design, engineering and

construction coordination of environmental projects with total value of $2

billion.

. Oversight authority for acceptance of all instrumentation and control

related documentation from architectural and engineering firms, control

system vendors and equipment system suppliers.

. Oversaw architectural and engineering firm contract engineering for FGD

engineering for units in Brilliant, OH and Scary, WV.

. Coordinated AEP engineering services and Black and Veatch Engineering for

the Cardinal projects, and Sargent and Lundy Engineering for the John Amos

projects.

. Reviewed and approved A&E firm I&C engineering project execution,

specifications and control logic development, design input documents, and

instrumentation construction design.

. With AEP program engineering manager, developed and published AEP FGD/SCR

program electrical and I&C standard design criteria documents included in

A&E firm contract technical requirements.

Prenco Services Inc. Project Engineer & Balance of Plant Projects Lead E&I

Engineer

Alstom Power, APCOMPOWER, Inc. Windsor CT, & Chattanooga, TN

8/00-12/04

As project engineer for Georgia Power boiler upgrade projects, completed

multiple projects while maintaining project schedules and engineering and

procurements budget.

. Also project engineer for Georgia Power McDonough Station boiler retrofit

projects.

. Acted as liaison with Alstom Construction to successfully reestablish

relationships with Southern Company management.

. Front-end engineering specifications for instrumentation, electrical,

mechanical and control systems requirements, drive controls, and furnace

combustion systems.

. Oversight of third party architectural and engineering project execution,

specifications and design inputs, project construction and commissioning

coordination, and equipment procurements for boiler systems related

projects.

. As Alstom BOP engineering electrical and instrumentation discipline lead

engineer for the Southeast region, maintained technical oversight of all

E&I related documentation from engineering firms, electrical and

instrumentation equipment vendors, and alliance construction firms.

. Provided technical guidance for Neill & Gunter Engineering, Power

Engineers Inc., and Parsons Engineering for successful completion of

selective catalytic reduction projects for 17 power station units for TVA.

. Reviewed and approved engineering project documentation including

specifications and design documents, and construction drawings.

Additional relevant professional experience:

. Control Systems Engineer Wellman of Mississippi, Inc. Bay St. Louis,

MS 5/99-8/00

. E&I Projects Coordinator Suitt Construction Biotech Projects Group

Raleigh, NC 1/99-5/99

. Senior Instrumentation Engineer Beloit Papermill Projects Group

Jacksonville, FL 7/98-12/98

. Principal Controls Engineer, Senior Control Systems Engineer, Senior

Instrumentation Engineer Flouor Daniel Inc., Greenville, SC 5/95-7/98

. Senior E&I Design Engineer Occidental Chemical Corp Niagara Falls, NY

5/94-5/98

. Control Systems Engineer LinKou Power Station, Republic of China Asea

Brown Boveri Environmental Systems, Taiwan 5/93-4/94

. Electrical Controls and Instrumentation Construction Engineer NY

Electric & Gas Binghamton, NY 7/92-4/93

. Programmer and Control Systems Start-Up Engineer PCS Technologies,

Inc., Cincinnati, OH 1/91-6/92

Education

. Electrical Technology Diploma Hutchinson Technical High School,

Buffalo, NY

. Electrical Engineering Major Rochester Institute of Technology,

Rochester, NY

. AAS, Electrical Technology Erie County Technical Institute, Amherst,

NY

. Business Management Erie Community College, Hamburg, NY

Military

. U.S. Army, 1st Cavalry Division, Staff Sergeant Veteran of Foreign

Wars, Congressional Unit Citation

. U.S. Army SE Signal School Cryptographic Telecommunications

Certification with Top Secret DOD clearance

Electrical and Instrumentation

& Controls Engineer

Industry Experience

. Chemicals & Plastics

. Environmental & Wastewater

. Fossil Power Generation/ Nuclear Power

. Industrial/Utilities Control Systems Suppliers

. Iron & Steel Production/Heavy Industrial

. Petrochemical & Refinery

. Pharmaceutical & Biotech

. Pulp & Paper/Textiles & Fibers

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