Lee Truitt, PE

Control Systems Engineer

Professional summary

Lee has over 26 years experience in detailed design and start-up services as lead engineer and is a professional engineer who has designed Instrumentation and Control (I&C)systems for various industries including pulp and paper, plastics, automotive, chemical and power. He specializes in state-of-the-art distributed control systems (DCS) typically used in highly automated, modern facilities.

Professional qualifications/Registration(s)

Registered Professional Engineer (SC)

Education

M.Sc., Electrical Engineering, Clemson University, Clemson, SC

B.Sc., Mechanical Engineering, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN

Honeywell Experion Process Knowledge System (PKS) training in Phoenix, AZ,“Server Engineering and Configuration” (5 days) and “HMIWeb Display Builder” (4 days).

Languages

English, French, German

Employment history

NEM USA Corp. Lead Instrumentation Controls Engineer, Greenville, SC (Dec.2014- present)

AMEC Power & Process Industries, I&C Systems Lead Engineer, Greenville, SC (‘95-Aug.2014)

Sirrine (now Jacobs) Engineers, I&C Systems Engineer, Greenville, SC (1991-1994)

Fluor Daniel Engineers, I&C Engineer, Greenville, SC (1987-1989)

Michelin Tire North America, Production Dept. Manager, Greenville, SC (1975-1982)

U.S. Pipe and Foundry, Design Engineer, Birmingham, AL (1972-1975)

NEM USA Corp. designs steam boilers for the power industry. Responsiblies include the development of P&ID’s, and the development, review, approval of design for all DCS/PLC controls and boiler field instruments.

AMEC Major Projects

Lead Controls Engineer, Proctor & Gamble, Oxnard, CA

Project to convert #1 paper machine DCS control system from Foxboro to Honeywell Experion. Programming included participated in successful 8-day start-up on site. (2014)

Lead Controls and Start-up Engineer, Cytec Carbon Products, Greenville, SC

Programmed GP3 carbon fibre line control using Honeywell Experion 410 DCS. The product is used in the production of military air craft. Assisted in the start up of operations on site for one year. (2013)

Controls Engineer, John Mansville, Etowah, TN

Programmed Matt Line 2 fibre glass filament line control using Honeywell Experion 310 DCS. The fibre glass is used in the production of roofing shingles. (2012)

Controls Engineer, Verso, Quinnesec, MI

Design power plant breaker load sheading and synchronization control system including: conception, wiring of the STG1 and STG2, sequence of operations, and A-B PLC programming. (2011)

Controls Engineer, Verso, Bucksport, ME

Design the plant wood yard instrumentation and control including sequence of operations and A-B PLC programming. (2011)

Control, Engineer, Dominion Power Fuel Shut Off, Chester, VA

Estimated engineering and control system cost to win project. Helped with Modicom PLC field check. (2011)

Supported several studies and estimates with E & I scope development and engineering determination. (2010)

Recurrent Energy, Solar Panel Power Facility, San Francisco, CA

Specified and configured wireless communications for SCADA application. Programmed HMI on Wonderware data monitoring screens for downtown Recurrent office customer demonstration viewing. (2010)

DCS Control Sr. Design Engineer, Cytec Carbon Products, Greenville, SC

Developed control strategy in various chemical process areas. Implemented control design on a Honeywell Experion DCS control system and Honeywell HMI operator interface station. The project required the development of a real, in-office, process environment simulation for control design testing and operator interface verification which was easily reviewed and immediately approved by Cytec. AMEC recognized this simulation effort by awarding me and a co-worker finalist in the 2009 Power & Process Innovation Award contest. (2009)

Control System Engineer, Verenium Corporation, Jennings, LA

Ethanol biomass demonstration plant process control using Rockwell ControlLogix5000 and RSView Enterprise HMI operator station interface. Designed and configured digital ladder logic, analog block logic and operator control strategy. Followed system design to the field for installation, commissioning, start-up, tuning and stabilization. (2008)

Control Systems Engineer, Johns Manville, Etowah, TN

DCS configuration: Roofing shingle production line. Implemented control design on a Honeywell Experion DCS. Created HMI operator and maintenance displays and engineered control strategy to totally integrate the Voith mat machine including field installation check-out, start-up, and trouble shooting. (2007)

Lead Instrument & Controls Engineer, Cytec Carbon Products, Greenville, SC

Provided engineering and consulting for a Honeywell TDC300 plant wide system. This project restarted and up-dated controls for carbon fiber line. (2006)

Equipment Engineer, U. S. Army Corps of Engineer, Iraq Reconstruction Projects

Requisitioned all equipment for four water treatment plants for shipment to and construction in Iraq. Designed and programmed the HMI AB ControlLogix operator interface. All graphic text could be switched instantly between Arabic and English.(2005)

Design Engineer,International Paper, Franklin, VA

Provided total plant configuration needs for Bailey DCS and AB PLC on a project-by-project basis. (2004)

Design Engineer, Sempra Solutions, Houston, TX

Configured ABB DCS system to control laboratory campus utility plant. The ABB system consisted of Operate IT PPA operator stations, redundant AC800 controllers programmed in structured text, Profibus field instrumentation. Equipment data interfaces were via OPC, Modbus, and DDE. (2004)

Design Engineer, Nabisco/Kraft Monterey, Mexico

Field check-out of AB PLC 5 multiple processor control network for fig newton production line. Also programmed 1400e PanelView HMI. (2003)

Design Engineer, Bowater, Inc., Rock Hill, SC

Designed and programmed 30 operator control graphics on a Honeywell TDC 3000 DCS to convert the TMP pulping process from newsprint to light-weight coated paper production. (2003)

Design Engineer, International Paper, Franklin, VA

Developed and implemented the total control strategy and operator interface graphics for two digesters using a Bailey DCS. (2002)

Design Engineer, Lucent Technologies, Inc., Atlanta, GA

Developed company HMI standards using WonderWare SCADA with PLC interfaces to produce fiber optic cable. (2001)

Design Engineer, GlaxoSmithKline, Raleigh, NC

Created the Bailey DCS configuration and operator graphics for a process dust collection and handling system. (2001)

Design Engineer, Mead Corp., Mahrt, AL

Developed the operational logic for ash handling system controlled by Bailey DCS and AB PLC interface. (2000)

Design Engineer, Emory University Steam Plant, Atlanta, GA

Transferred operational graphics from older Bailey DCS stations to new Bailey Conductor NT stations. (2000)

Design Engineer, Superior Nonwovens, Gray Court, SC

Developed the utility and HVAC management software for implementation on AB PLC and PanelView MMI. Started up polymer extrusion process using Yokogawa CS1000 DCS control system. (1999)

Design Engineer, Michelin Tire Corp., Greenville, SC

Replaced AB PLC 2 with a modern PLC5/80. The programs to control tire conveying machinery were modified to utilize the PLC5 instruction set. (1998)

Design Engineer, Philip Morris USA, Park 500, Chester, VA

Configured Fisher Provox DCS with the SR90 controller. AB PLC’s for digital control and WonderWare MMI consoles and start-up services provided. (1998)

Design Engineer, Union Camp Corp., Franklin, VA

Configured and started up paper machine wet end upgrade to total ABB DCS control. Implemented pair refining strategy (series or parallel) by species with control options of KW, HP Days/Ton, or freeness. (1997)

Design Engineer, Union Camp Corp., Franklin, VA

Configured ABB DCS for thick stock screens operation. Logic design included automatic switch to bypass mode with total motor and valve interlocking; total dynamic simulation for an error free start-up. (1997)

Design Engineer, Union Camp Corp., Franklin, VA

Developed the dry stock ratio control strategy in wet end blending. This ABB DCS advanced control system included SAMA diagram development, dynamic simulation, and start-up services. (1995)

Other work history

Design Engineer, Sirrine Engineers, Greenville, SC (1991-1994)

Projects included the following:

Design Engineer, Indeck Power, Olean, NY

Implemented Westinghouse WDPF DCS system hardware and I/O configuration for plant control of cogeneration facility. Developed loop sheets and SAMA diagrams. (1994)

Design Engineer, Fabrica De Papel Maracay, Maracay, VZ

Engineering configuration of Bailey DCS consisting of (3) PCU’s of (7) MFPO2’s and (3) LAN 90 (PC based) consoles and Allen-Bradley PLC’s. (1993)

Design Engineer, NORTHWEST ENERGY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Williams Lake, BC, Canada

Developed console tag database for Bailey OIS30 consoles. Participated in staging and testing. (1993)

Design Engineer, L’energia, Lowell, MA

Developed all process and utility operation graphics for a Bailey Controls OIS30 DCS system. Produced tag database and designed control strategy and interlocking design. (1992)

Design Engineer, Union Camp Corp., Franklin, VA

Sized and specified all process and utility control valves. Developed process operational graphics for a Bailey Controls OIS30 DCS system. Produced OIS tag database. (1991)

Design Engineer, Fluor Daniel Engineers, Greenville, SC (1987-1989)

Projects included the following:

Lead Design Engineer, Autochem North Americal, Calvert City, KY

Responsible for process instrumentation and automation to modify an existing hydrochlorocarbon refrigerant plant for R123. (1989)

Lead Design Engineer, Amoco ChemicalL, Charleston, SC

Responsible for instrumentation and automation to expand production capacity of purified terephthalic acid plant. Involved expansion of existing Fisher Provox DCS. (1988)

Design Supervisor, General Electric Co., Burkville, AL

Responsible for project that totally modernized the plant instrumentation system. Required major expansion of existing Fisher Provox DCS. (1987)

Production Manager, Michelin Tire North America, Greenville, SC

Responsible for 66 employees. Fabrication process responsibilities included wire drawings, heat treatment, brass plating and forming of high quality steel cable used in fabrication of steel belted radial tires. (1975 – 1982)

Design Engineer, U.S. Pipe and Foundry, Birmingham, AL

Responsible for mechanical design, procurement, installation and start-up of new molten metal handling equipment. Planned and coordinated all phases of the project. (1972 – 1975)

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