SAMUEL KABUTEY

***** * ******** ****, ***.****

*8th Feb. 2010

QUEEN CREEK ARIZONA. 85242. USA

Phone: 580-***-**** Email: abm5z9@r.postjobfree.com

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

LARON INCORPORATED (Electrical Controls and Eng. Company).2007-Present

Tucson, Arizona (USA)

Position at LARON

. Electronics/Electrical/Instrumentation and Controls Specialist.

Duties at LARON INCORPORATED

. Repair all electronic equipment and devices to component level.

. Programming, Installing and repairing of all kinds of Variable

Frequency Drives (VFD) and motor soft Starters from 1 to 1000hp

. Lead team of technicians to install and maintain Electrical and

Electronic controls systems on overhead cranes.

. Install and calibrate substations safety control systems via current

transformers and high current circuit breakers.

. Trouble shooting and solving Electrical, Instrumentation and Control

problems for other companies which needs Laron's help.

. Provide engineering and maintenance support to industries in and

around Arizona.(USA)

Professional Experience.

. Proficient in Using test equipment such as Oscilloscopes, Logic

probes, Logic analyzers,

Square wave, Audio Frequency and Radio frequency signal generators and

VOM meters.

. Proficient in Allen Bradley's SLC 500 and RSLogix 500 PLC

(Programmable Logic Controller) with ControlNet communication network

applications

. Experienced in Distribution Control Systems (DCS) and application of

PID and close loop feedback methods for process control.

. Was involved in developing, building and testing of the prototype of a

microprocessor based SCADA system for controlling aluminum reduction

cells (Celtrol II) at Spokane Washington in the year 1990 USA.

. Was involved in developing, building and testing of the prototype of

the Carbon anode bake control system at Spokane WA. (The Baketrol)

in1994 with the Automation Systems Group (ASG).

. Was involved in developing, building and testing of the prototype

(Celtrol CX), a new DCS system for Aluminum reduction plants, in

Spokane Washington. In the year 2000.

. Designed a topology and installed a local area network using fiber

optics as a main back bone to connect 300 work stations to six

servers.

. Capable of designing and analyzing electrical and electronic

schematics

. Experienced in assembling and repairing of computers

. Proficient in designing computer networks

. Highly experienced in trouble shooting of all Industrial Automation

and Electrical control systems.

. Using 4-20mA transmitters, 0-10volts transducers, RTDs and

thermocouples for monitoring and control.

. Installation and repairing of all kinds of Variable Frequency Drives

(VFD) and motor soft Starters from 1 to 1000hp

. Using PID feature of VFDs to control Conveyors speeds, Air and Fluids

pressures etc,

. Proficient in using Microsoft Office applications.

WORK HISTORY

VALCO (Subsidiary of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp.)

1984-2007

Spokane WA and Tema, Ghana

Positions Held at VALCO (Kaiser Aluminum Smelter)

. Electronic Repairs and Instrumentation Senior Technician

. Instrumentation and Computers based Automation Systems Technologist

Some Duties at VALCO

. Schedule and prioritize jobs to be done by my team of technicians.

. Provide Engineering and Maintenance support to the Cell lines

Automation System.

. Effectively manage maintenance of Electrical controls such as PLC,

Instrumentation and Bench repair Industrial Electronics Systems such

as high current Electronic switching power systems.

. maintenance of Spectrophotometer for analyzing other elements in an

Aluminum alloy and X-Ray Spectrometer and Florescence equipment for

bath ratio, Carbon and Cast iron analysis at the industrial

Laboratory.

. In-charge of maintenance of overhead cranes remote control system.

. Ensure all plant instrumentation systems and reduction cell

controllers are calibrated in accordance with the company's standards.

. Guide other technicians to repair all electronic systems and devices

to component level if possible.

. Designed, modify and maintain the process automation systems for the

Smelter Plant.

. To facilitate refresher courses and cross training of team members to

ensure multiple skills to benefit the company.

. To provide team with tools and all resources needed to enhance

effective maintenance of Instrumentation, Industrial Electronics and

DCS/ SCADA systems in the Plant.

. Schedule a periodic preventive maintenance work on all equipment in my

care at predetermined intervals to ensure high reliability.

. Guide the predictive maintenance team to do (None Destructive Test)

NDT work on high power electrical devices, fixtures and motors for

early warnings before failures occur.

. To make current the calibration of all measuring instrument and

equipment in the plant as required by the company's ISO 9002

certification policy.

. Organize safety meetings with my team to ensure incident and accident

free work environment by adhering to safe job practices.

. Use my experience and advanced skills to assist my team during trouble

shooting of the plant's critical electronic equipment to ensure short

down time.

. Provide my superiors with a comprehensive weekly report of events,

status of work on major equipment and jobs done etc.

Safety

. Develop Job Safe Practices (JSP) procedure on all equipment in my care

to ensure absolute safety for technicians and equipment during

preventive maintenance and repairs.

. Teach my team about Hazard Identification and correction.

. Perform safety/house keeping audits at all departments of the plant to

ensure safe work environment.

. Frequently discuss 5 Core life threatening Hazards in Aluminum Smelter

industry with my team of technicians.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Royal Technical and Engineering College

City and Guilds of London Institute.

Course Studied

Electronic Engineering (BSc. Degree)

Professional Training.

. Training on Allen Bradley's SLC 500 and RS-Logix 500 PLC Programmable

Logic Controller (PLC)

. Training on Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition System (SCADA)

for Aluminum Industries

. Training on Distributed Control System (DCS).

. Training on Variable Frequency Drives (VFD) for Motor controls

Achievements

. Reduce equipment mean-time between failures to its very minimum.

. Reduce noise and improve speed between reduction cell controllers and

the supervisory computers.

. Improved cell lines automation equipment reliability from 80 to 98% up

time.

. Made it possible to achieve current efficiency of 94% average at the

cell lines at Kaiser Aluminum Facility (Valco)

. Led a team of Technicians and Engineers to recondition and test all

Electrical Control Equipment and Automation Systems for a smooth

startup of the Aluminum Plant in 2005 after a long shut down.

. Successfully led a team of technicians to commission a new Steel Mill

Plant in Arizona USA, namely CMC (Commercial Metal Company)

REFERENCE:

. Prosper Nuhoho: General Maintenance Manager (VALCO) Volta Aluminum

Company, Ghana. Tel. 011************

. Emmanuel Lartey Managing Director (VALCO). Ghana. Tel.

011************

. Ken Akuoko (Laron Inc.) Tel. 520-***-****.

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