Power Plant Engineer
Resume:
Sam G. Rogers
Palestine, Texas **801
Cell 214-***-****
email adlp5s@r.postjobfree.com
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
30+ years of experience in instrumentation control systems calibration and testing. Startup and commissioning of DCS, control loop and combustion tuning of gas fired boiler, coal fired boiler, combined cycle and simple cycle gas turbine power plants. Tuning of low NOx burners and maintenance and calibration of gas chromatographs . Adept with P&ID, electrical, and mechanical drawings. Experienced with technical writing, planning and scheduling outages, project management, plant modifications and craft supervision. Strong PC skills.
Hands on experience with:
Distributive Control Systems( Ovation,GE MKVIe,Foxboro IA,Honeywell Experian, Metso,VALMET DNA)
Programmable Logic Controllers(Allen Bradley,GE FANUC,Modicon,Opto 22)
Field instrumentation verification, calibration and troubleshooting
Development and verification of installations and drawing updates
Boiler Startup and Burner Tuning
Gas Turbine Generator combined cycle power plant controls and instrumentation
Gas Turbine simple cycle controls and instrumentation
HRSG startup/operation and maintenance
Power Plant, Chemical Plant and Refinery operations and maintenance
Process Analyzers, Gas Chromatographs (Siemens Maxum, Appllied Automaion)
PLC’s Allen Bradley, GE Fanuc, Modicon
EDUCATION
Texas State Technical College
A.A.S., Instrumentation Technology March 1983
GPA 3.9
Lee College Jan 2020
Advanced Gas Chromatography Course
Vendor Schools
Ge MKVIe Advanced Maintenance Course GE, Houston TX
Ge MKVIe Controls beginning and intermediate course with Cimplicity, GE, Salem VA
Ovation DCS
Ovation Advanced Graphics
GE FANUC PLC programming course GE Charlottesville, VA (2015)
GE FANUC PLC maintenance course GE Birmingham, AL (2014)
Foxboro IA DCS (2011,2012)
AIM Historian (2011)
Honeywell Experian DCS (2010)
Honeywell TDC-3000 DCS (2010)
Allen Bradley PLC-5 (2011)
Allen Bradley Contrologix (2012)
GE Frame 7FA Gas Turbine Operations (2004)
GE Mark VI turbine controls (2006)
Toshiba Steam Turbine Maintenance and Operation (2004)
Emerson valve technician course including Fieldview positioners (2015)
WORK EXPERIENCE
I&C Technician
Power Control Systems Engineering, Lost Pines & Sim Gideon Power Plant, Bastrop, TX
I&C support for LCRA team for 3 gas fired boilers and a 2x1 Westinghouse combined cycle plant.
Assisted with Foxboro IA DCS on Boiler units.
Cal-tec Solutions, Analyzer Specialist at Motiva Port Arthur Refinery October 2019 to March 2020
Assigned to Motiva’s analyzer department in their maintenance organization performing PM’s calibrations and corrective maintenance on gas chromatographs and other process stream analyzers including Siemens Maxum II and Applied Automation.
K&A Engineering Consultants- I&C DCS Specialist Aug 2019 to October 2019
Exelon Colorado Bend II Combined Cycle GE 7HA gas fired Turbines
Assigned to help resolve plant control issues and train I&C technicians on troubleshooting GE MKVIe (with Foundation Fieldbus),Ovation DCS systems and fall outage support.
CAPPO INC- Commissioning Team I&C Owners Representative March 2019 to July 2019
Air Liquide Polykon Plant Sandston, VA
Assigned to Air Liquide Capital Implementation commissioning group. Verified loop checks of control systems equipment for new polymerization plant as owners representative. Directed field crew and helped control systems contractor resolve issues.
Caltec Solutuions- Analyzer Technician November 2018 to March 2019
Motiva Port Arthur Refinery, Port Arthur, Texas and
Responsible for calibration and maintenance of process analyzers working in the Motiva analyzer group including gas chromatographs, CEMS and.
DCS Field Engineer REV 1 October 2018 to November 2
Contracted by REV 1 to Sargent and Lundy Engineering, Michigan City Indiana Coal fired power plant
Assigned to Submerged Flight Conveyer projects at NIPSCO Shaefer and Michigan City coal fired power plants. Commissioning of Foxboro I/A Evo DCS. Reconfiguration of loops and graphic changes as required to correct issues. Sub contracted to Sargent and Lundy Engineering Group.
Cal-Tec, Bacliff TX August 2018 to October 2018
Field Engineer at PHR Peaker Power Plant
Controls system specialist providing support for six GE 7E combustion turbine gas units. Troubleshooting and resolving control problems for Allen Bradley PLC-5 and control system designed by Turbine Technology Systems for combustion turbine and BOP control, Verification of design drawings for control system and field installations.
TDS Technical Diagnostic Services 03/2018 to 08/2018
Contract I&C specialist at Navajo Generating Station, Page AZ. Site, three 750 MW super critical coal fired units. Worked in instrumentation department on boiler and BOP control systems including water treatment. Supported DCS department in resolving control issues on Foxboro IA. Utilized Maximo for work order management, parts, and calibration data base from Beamex calibration equipment.
Topaz Power Group (Talen Energy) 02/2013 to 03/2018 (5 years)
I/C Technician
Technician at Barney Davis Power Plant A 2X1 Combined Cycle and gas fired boiler facility in Corpus Christi Texas. Calibration, configuration and maintenance of GE Mark VIe DCS and turbine controls, Allen Bradley Control Logix and GE FANUC PLC’s. Assisted startup commissioning of new Valmet DNA DCS control system for gas boiler unit 1.
Luminant Power Generation 3/2008 to 3/ 2013(5 years)
Senior I/C Technician
Instrumentation specialist at a gas fired boiler power plant. Duties include calibration,tuning and configuration of control systems including Foxboro IA DCS and Allen Bradley PLC-5 and Rslogix control systems.
Instrumentation technician at a lignite fired once through supercritical boiler power plant. Duties included control loop tuning, calibration and repair of field and control room instrumentation including Honeywell Experian DCS and Allen Bradley PLC5 and Contrologix control systems
Air Liquide 7/06 to 3/08 ( 2 yeqrs)
I/C Technician at an air separation facility in Dallas, Texas. Duties included calibration and trouble shooting of plant control systems and field instrumentation including programming of OPTO 22 PLC system and calibration of gas chromatographs, fisher and flowserve valves and Rosemount transmitters. Utilized MAXIMO program for retrieving work orders and recording calibration results for ISO-9000 compliant instruments.
Florida Power and Light/FPL Energy( Now Nextera Energy) 7/02 to 7/06
I/C Technician and Control Room Operator (4 years)
Assigned to operations department at a 1735 MW combined cycle power plant utilizing GE Frame 7FA combustion gas turbines(6) and Toshiba Steam turbines (2). Duties include start-up commissioning team, I/E technician, control room operator, Westinghouse Ovation functional testing. Mark VI gas turbine controls functional testing.
Jerry Lang Combustion Consulting 12/01 to 7/02
Contract Field Engineer
Provided services to clients requiring emissions reduction from boilers, furnaces etc. by providing design retrofits or modifications to existing burners. Design, testing and data analysis of Low NOx burners. Project manager for fabrication and installation of burners. Start-up testing and combustion tuning of TODD burners for John Zink Company. Developed as-built drawings of control systems for customers.
Holman Boiler Works 2/01 to 11/01
Dallas, TX
Control Department Supervisor
Responsible for management of boiler controls department, including supervision of 12 control technicians. Training of technicians on PLC, instrumentation, PID loop tuning, and boiler control and electrical systems. Hands on field engineer on boiler startups for power, refineries, and chemical plants. Supervision of projects and personnel.
Training and Development Systems(Contractor) 10/99 to 2/01
Technical Writer/Developer
Responsible for development of training materials and technical manuals for chemical plant and refinery operations utilizing MS Word, Excel and Visio CAD programs. Also development of curriculum training materials for an instrumentation technology associates degree program at a community college.
Holman Boiler Works 6/98 to 10/99
Houston Texas
Technical Service Manager
Responsible boiler controls department. Performed troubleshooting installation and start-up of boiler instrumentation and control systems including DCS, PLC and CEMS. Supervision of boiler startups, projects and personnel.
RUST Engineering (Div. of Raytheon) 6/97 to 6/98 (Contractor)
Birmingham, AL
Instrumentation and Electrical Technician-
Assigned as I/E technician to the Kimberly-Clark Corp. Paper mill in Owensboro, KY. Duties included implementing a calibration and maintenance program and developing a preventive maintenance database. Utilized Honeywell LUV software and Excel. Performed program changes to the Honeywell TDC-3000 Distributive control system associated with paper machines, wastewater treatment and fiber recycling facility
Holman Boiler Works 10/95 to 6/97
Dallas, TX
Field Start-Up Engineer
Performed start-up of watertube boilers including combustion tuning for peak performance, emission standards, and burner management systems. Tuned feedwater drum level and steam flow three element control. Trained customers in safe operation of boilers. Responsible for calibration and troubleshooting of the following equipment: programmable logic controllers, PID controllers, flu gas analyzers electrical relays/wiring, motor starters, and all field instrumentation associated with boiler installation and operation.
Sun Technical Services/NEC (Contracted to HL&P) 9/93 to 5/95
Baycity, TX
Field Engineer - (Contracted to Houston Lighting and Power)
Assigned to the instrumentation department. Assigned to walkdown and evaluation of plant maintenance problems. This included identification of parts requirements and supervision of craft employees to resolve instrument/electrical problems.
Cal Test 1/93 to 6/93
Morris, IL
Technical Writer - (Contracted to Commonwealth Edison)
Assigned to write procedures for calibration, testing and maintenance of instrumentation control systems for Common Wealth Edison’s Dresden Nuclear Power Plant Technical Reviewer for compliance of training material and plant procedures with federal and Common Wealth Edison guidelines.
Stone and Webster Engineering 9/92 to 12/92
Athens, AL
Construction Engineer/Technical Writer
Construction Engineer at Browns Ferry Nuclear Power Plant. Supervised installation of electrical modifications including conduit, raceway, cabling, and motor controls. Wrote procedures for electrical testing and modifications.
Multi Amp Technical Services 1/89 to 8/92 (Contracted to TXU)
Dallas, TX
Startup Technician -
Startup technician at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. Calibrated and tested instrumentation and control systems during start-up of units 1 and 2. Also assigned to Planning and Scheduling department creating start-up packages and schedules utilizing Project 2 and Prism software.
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