Project Manager Engineer

JOSEPH SAPEK

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GREER, SC ****0

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PRINCIPAL INSTRUMENT DESIGNER

SUMMARY OF EXPERIENCE

Fifty years experience in process controls including design,

construction, maintenance, commissioning, testing and plant start-

ups. Experienced in pharmaceutical, chemical, textile, polyester

film, petrochemical plants, aluminum rolling mills, biotech

facilities, wastewater systems, agricultural chemicals, fossil

fuel generating stations, paper mills,

a nuclear fuels reprocessing plant and a Polysilicon plant.

DETAILED EXPERIENCE

TRS Staffing, Greenville, SC

Principal Designer April 2007 to August 2009

Assigned to a Life Sciences project and placed in charge of the

Utilities and outside areas including all RFI water systems.

Assisted Boiler engineer with revised vendor drawings to conform

to Client standards. Verified Vendors boiler master system was

capable of operating multiple boilers. Specified Gas monitoring

analyzers and instruments.. Developed schematics for shutdown of

HVAC systems in the event of a fire.

March 1, 2008, re-assigned to Overseas Project, to develop a

priced instrument index for Utilities, Infrastructure and Offsite

areas.

May 28, 2008, assigned to a large Polysilicon project to develop

cable and conduit schedules and wiring tables. Developed a tray

layout and sizing for all buildings to interface to pipe rack

trays.

January 1, 2009, assigned to the Balance of Plant (BOP) nuclear

fuel processing plant to develop electrical elementary drawings.

AE Solutions, Greenville, SC

Senior Instrument Designer, February 2005 to March 2007

Performed a Boiler House walk down to develop PID's for use in a

new Safety System plant operating system. Reviewed and recommended

modifications to

the Plant Operations group regarding the Condensate system which

was out of

service. Assigned to a retro-fit a nuclear fuels reprocessing

autoclave

unit.

Assigned as a Lead to install a Safety Instrumented System

shutdown

on a highly unstable product line in a Chemical plant. Revised

P&IDs,

developed new loop sheets, an instrument index and assigned the

I/O to the

PLC also developed the construction document. Worked with Plant

personnel

and Vendor supplying a Gas Analyzer system on three (3) reactors.

Mustang Tampa, Inc.

Senior Instrument Designer, November 2002 - July 2004

Parsons Contract with Merck terminated, however, Merck requested

Mustang to

hire our group to continue the services we provided at Merck.

Parsons Infrastructure and Technology, Charlotte NC

Senior Instrument Designer, June 1999 to November 2002

Field assignment at the Merck plant in, Albany, GA, to provide the

instrumentation for an upgrade to an existing Waste gas vent

system.

Supervised four CAD designers in the preparation of P&ID's, loop

drawings,

electrical drawings and panel drawings. Remained as a Senior

Instrument

Designer for on-site projects.

Assigned by Plant to prepare and execute Installation Quality (IQ)

Operational

Quality (OQ) andEquipment Change Control (ECC) Validation

Verification

documents for all plant related changes. Prepared and executed Pre-

Start-up

Safety Reviews (PSSR's) for Validation projects. Assisted the

Central

Engineering group in the development of IQ's and OQ's for new

Central

Engineering projects. Developed Batch Sheets to demolish various

plant instruments and piping, and to ensure instruments and

equipment demolished were recorded properly..

Developed Procedures to demolish an out-of- service section of a

unit not

disrupting production of the remainder of operating unit.

TRS Staffing, Greenville, SC, July 1998 to April 1999

Senior Process Controls Engineer

Contracted to assess equipment for Year 2000 (Y2K) compliance.

Contacted

vendors to ascertain compliance issues with their products and

forwarded

this information to the field. Prepared specification sheets as

required.

Kvaerner Process, Greenville, SC, April 1995 to July 1998

Senior Process Controls Designer

Field assigned to Merck Pharmaceuticals to support the design of

electrical

systems for a plant ventilation system. Prepared single line

drawings,

conduit runs, schematics and loop sheets.

Process Controls Lead, on a $25MM retrofit to an existing

plastics plant for

GE. Prepared man-hour and cost estimates and project documents.

Prepared

the control scheme for a Honeywell TDC 3000 with a Honeywell Fail-

safe

Controller (FSC). Reviewed existing plant for changes and

modifications

that were not recorded. On-site construction support

Process Controls Lead for a $15MM expansion to an existing Akzo-

Nobel

sulfur processing plant. Prepared required project documents for

manpower

and costs. Developed a control scheme for this project utilizing a

Moore

Products APACS DCS interfaced to an Allen-Bradley PLC for both

batch and

continuous operations. Reviewed all changes with plant to ensure

adherence

to process requirements.

Controls Designer for a PET project for Hoechst Celanese. Prepared

specifications and requisitions for instruments. Worked with

Client and

Vendor to develop specialty automated jacked valves for the

polymer

systems. Interfaced with Dow heater vendor and materials handling

subsystems. Assigned to plant site as Instrument Coordinator

during

construction.

CDI Contractors, Charleston, WV July 1994 to March 1995

Senior Instrument Designer

Instrument Designer at a Dupont Herbicide Facility, Designed new

PLC

Safety system for an existing plant. Performed design on three

additional

retro-fit projects.

Fluor Daniel, Greenville, SC

Senior Instrument Engineer, April 1984 to May 1994

Assigned as Lead Instrument Discipline Engineer on 11 DuPont

projects.

Responsible for project related items such as cost, manpower and

schedules

documentation. Supervised twenty engineers, designers and drafters

to produce

instrument drawings within budgets and schedules. Developed

specifications,

requisitions, loops sheets, installation details, wiring diagrams,

panel drawings and

electrical elementary diagrams.

Senior Instrument Designer, April 1980 to June 1982

Assigned as Design Lead supervising 5 Designer and 2 experienced

drafters

and 6 new Drafters on a large Bio-tech project. Provided guidance

to the

new drafters in the development of panel drawings, panel

elementary wiring

drawings, location drawings, and loop sheets. Reviewed and checked

progress on all personnel.

Assigned to the Anaconda Rolling mill project to develop the water

services

for the plant. Developed the wiring elementary drawings for the

cooling

tower fans to be operated manually and automatically through the

PLC.

Worked with the PLC vendor to interface to systems.

Deputy Project Manager and Project Superintendent, June 1978 to

April

1980

Transferred to Delco-Moraine as a Project Maintenance

Superintendent at the

close of the Saudi Project. Provided maintenance services for the

automotive plant in Fredricksburg, VA. Supervised the activities

of 22

maintenance personnel.

Assigned as Deputy Project Manager for a Project for Saudi Airport

projects. Developed Maintenance manuals and implementation plans

for

buildings and facilities startups.

Daniel Construction Company, Ponce, PR., December 1972 to June

1978

Instrument Instructor, Electrical/Instrument Superintendent,

Planning/Scheduling Supervisor, General Superintendent, Project

Manager

Assigned to Maintenance department and transferred to PPG's $220MM

petrochemical plant in Puerto Rico, as an instrument instructor to

teach

instrumentation to local mechanics. Promoted to E & I

Superintendent to

coordinate the efforts of the Electrical and Instrument groups.

Assigned

additional duties as Planning Scheduling Supervisor to replace the

Clients

planning group after a pay dispute walkout. Interviewed and

selected 5

mechanical and 1 E &I mechanic to fill the positions. Trained

candidates

to plan and schedule work for the various business units. Prepared

plans

for three major plant outages, which saw the workforce, increase

to 450

personnel during these outages. Assumed the duties of the General

Superintendent upon his retirement. Promoted to Project Manager to

provide stability for a 250-man maintenance workforce. Maintained

a Safety

record of no LTA's for a period of 18 months. Minimized

maintenance costs

by providing proper supervision and ensuring work was completed in

a timely

fashion. Reduced overtime by adjusting personnel for off-shift

work.

Daniel Construction Company, Barnwell, SC, September 1971 to

December 1972.

Barnwell, SC

Instrument Designer, Allied Gulf Nuclear Services Facility,

Assigned as Instrument Engineer/Technician to maintain site

instruments

during initial construction. Set up Instrument Calibration and

Test Lab,

purchased necessary for all instruments traceable to NBS. Trained

personnel assigned in calibration techniques and recording of

data.

Celanese Corporation, Greenville, SC, June 1970 to August 1971

Instrument Technician

Instrument Technician, maintenance of Polyester film plant

including boiler

systems, extruders, drive systems and waste treatment facilities.

Assisted

new construction on plant site.

Grumman Aircraft Systems, Cape Kennedy, FL, February 1968 to March

1970

Field Engineer, Lunar Module Propulsion Systems

Performed Test and Checkout of Rocket Engineer propulsion systems.

Prepared procedures, assisted in fueling of spacecraft.

Reaction Motors Division, Thiokol, Denville, NJ February 1963 to

April

1968

Field Service Engineer

Test and Checkout of rocket engine systems at test site in New

Mexico,

Edwards Air Force Base, California and Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Burroughs Computers, Paoli, PA, Sundance, Wyoming, September 1961

to

December1962

Computer Technician

Maintained Air Force Computers at Radar sites

Reaction Motors Division, Thiokol, Denville, NJ April 1959 to

April 1961

Instrument Technician

Test and Checkout of rocket engine system, maintained recording

equipment,

was assigned as second shift lead for three technicians.

US NAVY, September 1955 to February 1959

Sonar Technician

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