Technician Power Plant
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CURRICULUM VITAE
ERIC CARLSON
ERIC CARLSON
PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Eric James Carlson
Home Address: ** ***** ****,
Stokkiesdraai,
Van der Bijl Park, Gauteng
Republic of South Africa
Tel: ++27-712****** RSA Cell
+267-******** Botswana Cell e-mail: ****.********@*****.***
Postal Address: Same as Home Address
Date of Birth: 2 August 1966
Place of Birth: Gladstone, Australia
Nationality: USA Citizen, Passport No. 488925276
Residency Status: South African Permanent Resident Marital Status: Married
Languages: English, Afrikaans
EDUCATION
Lowveld High School, Nelspruit RSA – Matric 1983
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
Vaal Triangle Technikon: Jan. 1987 – Nov. 1987
Jan. 1989 – Jun. 1989
Degree Obtained: None, lack one T3 subject for Natl. Diploma
Major Subjects: Instrumentation, Electronics, Electrical Engineering (LC),
Mathematics
Distinctions Obtained: T1– Instrumentation, Mathematics, Engineering Science
T2 – Mathematics
REFERENCES
On Request
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
PRESENT POSITION
Letlhakane Mine Tailings Treatment Project – Grinaker LTA
July 2016 – April 2018
Instrumentation Quality Controller responsible for compiling QC Packs, liaising with client, submitting technical queries, and assuring adherence to quality and safety standards. Handover of equipment and all required documentation.
PREVIOUS POSITION
SASOL 1 Wax Plant – Stefinutti Stocks
September 2015 – June 2016
Electrical & Instrumentation Quality Controller responsible for compiling QC Packs, liaising with client, submitting technical queries, and assuring adherence to quality and safety standards.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Dedisa Peaking Power Plant – Group 5 E&I
Feb. 2015 – September 2015
Electrical & Instrumentation Quality Control Coordinator responsible for compiling QC Packs, planning and assigning inspections and test work to subordinates, and presenting and handing over systems to client.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Waterval Smelter Slag Furnace No.2 Expansion Project - Angloplatinium
July 2013-March 2014
Instrument Supervisor responsible for installation, loop checking, and eventual handover to client of two thickeners, furnace water coolers, and their associated equipment. Duties involved planning of work, delegating to foremen, and adherence to strict quality and safety standards.
PREVIOUS POSITION
SASOL Alrode Tank Farm Expansion Project -- B&W Electrical and Instr.
June 2011 – May 2013
Instrumentation Supervisor responsible for procurement, installation, loop testing, and eventual handover to client of all instrumentation at SASOL Alrode
Tank Farm Project. Duties involve liaising with designers, submitting technical queries, planning of work, delegating to foremen, and ensuring construction and safety standards are adhered to.
PREVIOUS POSITION
SASOL Petroleum International – B&W Electrical and Instrumentation
February 2010 – May 2011
Instrumentation construction supervisor responsible for the installation, loop checking, and eventual handover to client, of SASOL Petroleum’s Temane Mozambique Natural Gas Central Processing Facility Expansion Project. Duties involved planning of work, delegating to foremen, and adherence to strict quality standards. This was in conjunction with conducting safety toolbox talks, risk assessments, and “permit to work” conditions.
PREVIOUS POSITION
PetroSA Mossel Bay Refinery – Grinaker LTA
September 2009 – November 2009
Instrument Technician responsible for the overhauling of all types of instrumentation during the three yearly shutdown of the Gas to Liquid Refinery. Duties involved the stripping, overhauling, calibration, installing and commissioning of various temperature, level and flow meters and switches. Also took part in the pre-start trip testing of the Synthol and alcohol recovery units.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Potgietersrus Platinum Ltd. – Wade Walker
April 2009 – September 2009
Instrument Technician responsible for the installation of Profibus Networks
on expansion project for platinum concentrator. Duties also involved the
supervision of fitting and terminating of instrumentation, and adherence
to quality standards.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Lerala Mine – DiamonEx Botswana
August 2008 – January 2009
Snr. Instrument Technician responsible for the maintanence, ordering of
spares, fault finding, calibration, and repair of instrumentation on all
sections of a 200ton/hr diamond plant. Duties also involved making
regular back-ups of control system software, implementing software changes, and maintaining x-ray diamond recovery machines.(Debex and Flowsort types)
PREVIOUS POSITION
Orapa Mine – Debswana Diamond Co. Botswana
August 2004 – August 2008
Snr. Instrument Technician responsible for Ore Delivery section.
Duties involve budgeting for, ordering, maintaining, and fault finding of relevant instruments on two large Kawasaki Gyratory Crushers and their auxiliary equipment. ie. Conveyors, Rockbreakers, Apron Feeders, HPP’s
PREVIOUS POSITION
Letlhakane Mine – Grunwald’s Construction Botswana
September 1998 – August 2004
Contractor Technician responsible for the supervision of instrumentation
mechanics on headfeed and tailings sections. This involved ordering of
spares, overseeing maintenance and fault finding on relevant instruments,
as well as ensuring compliance to safety and industrial standards.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Zambian Consolidated Copper Mines – Nchanga Division
November 1997 – May 1998
Instrumentation Foreman responsible for 8 instrument mechanics in
installation, maintenance, and repair of all instruments in the crushing and grinding sections of this copper mine
PREVIOUS POSITION
Sasol II Rectosol Plant – Secunda RSA
June 1997 – November 1997
Instrumentation Mechanic responsible for installation, maintenance, and
repair of instruments in this section of this petro-chemical plant.
PREVIOUS POSITION
OK Refinery - Gothenberg, Sweden (P&J Hughes Electrical)
July 1996 – November 1996
Instrumentation Technician responsible for supervising the installation,
loop checking, and commissioning of instruments on Gas/Oil expansion
project.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Orapa Mine – Nomatex Botswana
January 1996 – July 1996
Instrumentation Technician performing the loop checking and commissioning
of instrumentation on the Orapa Process Control Upgrade Project. This involved
adding new instruments, as well as changing over existing instruments to an
Allen Bradley PLC and Azon SCADA system. Duties also included checking
and updating relevant documentation and drawings.
PREVIOUS POSITION
De Beers Consolidated Mines – Venetia Mine (PESSA) RSA
January 1995 – December 1995
Instrumentation Technician responsible for general repair and maintenance of
instrumentation on Crushing, Screening, and Scrubbing sections of this diamond
mine. Responsibilities also included the design and implementation of modifications to existing equipment, and the updating of relevant drawings.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Columbus Stainless Steel Middleburg RSA (B&W Elect.)
November 1994 – January 1995
Quality Controller for instrumentation and electrical installations on the slab
Reheat furnace. Ensured installations were built to specification and handed
over to managing contractor.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Mossgas Gas To Liquid Refinery – NOAN Enterprises
June 1993 – November 1993
Instrument Supervisor during the loop, function, and trip testing of all
instruments on the new No.3 boiler.
Shutdown work, trip testing, and modifications to heat control loops on
waste heat boilers and methane reforming units.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Sasol III Secunda RSA (ISM Labor Contractors)
March 1993 – May 1993
Removal, repair, calibration, and installation of IRD instruments on CO2
compressors and vacuum blowers in the rectosol unit. Loop checking of
overhauled instruments and control valves.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Mossgas Mossel Bay (NOAN Enterprises)
April 1992 – January 1993
Instrumentation quality controller responsible for new installations
conforming to specification on methane reforming, and air separation
units. Also involved in commissioning of plants once they were handed
over.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Sasol Fertilizers Secunda RSA
April 1991 – January 1992
Maintenance, repair, calibration, and installation of level, pressure,
temperature, flow, weighing and analytical instruments on all units of
fertilizer plant. Duties involved training apprentices, fault finding, and
commissioning new equipment. I obtained experience and knowledge
of Intrinsic Safety, and safety requirements of hazardous materials.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Kinross Mines Evander RSA
November 1990 – April 1991
Maintenance, repair, calibration, and installation of level, pressure,
temperature, flow, weighing and analytical instruments on all units
of a gold mine.
PREVIOUS POSITION
Kinross Mines Evander RSA
February 1988 – October 1990
Serving Apprenticeship
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