Engineer Plant

Randall S. Hicks

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Terre Haute, IN 47802

812-***-****

abmnut@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION: University of Cincinnati, College of Engineering

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, June 1994

EXPERIENCE: Sony DADC - Terre Haute, IN (1/09 - present)

Process Engineer, Blu-ray Replication

. Develops and implements design changes to equipment to raise yield and

output.

. Responsible for daily zone yield and uptime performance.

. Responsible for controls related improvements, technician training,

and documentation.

. Led team of engineers in yield improvement projects.

Mann + Hummel - Louisville, KY (11/06 - 1/09)

Sr. Field Service Engineer

. Designed and implemented HMI and PLC schemes for centralized coolant

filtration equipment.

. Developed and implemented process improvements to the operation of the

filters and the operator interface.

. Supervised piping and electrical contractors during installation of

centralized filtration equipment.

. Conducted electrical, mechanical, and control system quality control

tests of equipment. Developed and coordinated changes/repairs to

system to correct deficiencies.

. Troubleshot and implemented mechanical and electrical repairs to

equipment at customer sites.

. Designed and conducted operator and maintenance training classes.

. Control systems included Siemens, GE, Allen Bradley, and Square D /

Telemecanique

Moore Products / Siemens Energy & Automation - Minneapolis,

MN

Sr. Field Systems Engineer Louisville,

KY (5/99 - 11/06)

. Provided DCS configuration assistance for Silberline, International

Paper, Dow Chemical, and Lehigh Cement, by designing and implementing

process changes in the control system.

. Provided start-up assistance for Air Products at two different

locations. This included initial installation, commissioning, and

ramp-up of process into production.

. Principle field engineer for one of the largest batch chemical

customers in the nation. This included providing technical assistance

for hardware and/or software changes, troubleshooting conflicts or

problems in batch recipes and logic, and ensuring the control system

continued in excellent working order.

. Performed configuration additions and changes for customers in the

bourbon distillery, chemical, pharmaceutical, and power industries.

These changes range from automating complete systems from all manual

equipment, to adding a new loop to the process. Some additions have

included marking up loop diagrams, supervising wiring changes and

module additions, loop checkout, and testing.

. Upgraded systems in FDA validated pharmaceutical plants.

. Converted entire HMI applications chemical plant and a power plant

from outdated software.

. Provided startup and shutdown assistance for large plants where on-

stream time is critical. Also provided on-site technical assistance

during periods of major changes or system upgrades.

. Tuned non-steady state reaction loops for a chemical plant. All loops

were interdependent, with highly varying reaction rates. This

resulted in 15% increase in reactor throughput.

. Reviewed customer's systems, maintaining them at a high level of

efficiency and effectiveness. This included analyzing base level

communications and system messages to root out potential situations

before they rose to be problems.

TEC Engineering - Inver Grove Heights, MN (9/98 - 4/99)

Project Engineer

. Assisted in design and installation of bar code verification system in

food processing plants.

. Participated in automation and start-up of $130 MM ethanol plant.

. Projects involved Allen Bradley PLC's, Foxboro IA system, and hard

wired systems.

Elf Atochem North America - Blooming Prairie, MN (1/96 -

9/98)

Process / Project Engineer

. Responsible for designing, requesting approval, implementing, and

starting up over $540,000 in capital projects.

. Coordinated and engineered all plant automation and instrumentation

upgrades. This included taking completely manual operations and

designing the system and logic necessary to automate these operations.

. Coordinated all plant changes involving DCS logic, HMI, and

instrumentation.

. Coordinated conversion from MycroAdvantage to ProcessSuite HMI.

. Projects involved the utilization of 4-mation, MycroAdvantage,

ProcessSuite, and various brands of instrumentation.

Elf Atochem North America - Delaware, OH Plant (10/94 -

1/96)

Health, Safety and Environmental Engineer

. Coordinated plant disposal of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.

. Developed, reviewed, and updated site safety and environmental

programs.

. Developed process for drying/cooling NaOH.

Quantum Chemical Company- Heath Complex; Heath, OH (1/93 -

9/93)

- Morris Complex; Morris, IL

(1/91 - 9/92)

Process / Production Engineering Co-op

. Designed and Installed system to improve process water filtration.

. Developed mathematical model for predicting the melt index of

products.

. Analyzed product test runs for uniformity and repeatability.

. Wrote product transition strategies.

. Calculated efficiency of plant's ethylene furnaces.

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