KARL R. HOFMANN *********@***.*** 740-***-**** (cell) (740) 927-
**** (home)
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