KENNETH M. HUDNALL

**** ****** ****** *******, ** 70663 Cell # 337-***-****

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Technical Advisor – I/E (Consultant) Kellogg Brown & Root

December 8th, 2014 Present

Prepare Pro Service Estimates, allocate resources and distribute man-hour loading for Minor/Major Capital Projects

Construct FEL1 packages for proposed optimization, modernization and debottlenecking projects

Coordinate with vendors and project estimator to provide accurate bill of materials and material take-off list for field construction group

Participate in Estimate Reviews, Process Hazard Analysis, 70%/100% Client Reviews and Pre-Startup Safety Reviews

Support chemical facility client as a Subject Matter Expert on Instrumentation and Electrical

Execute fast-track FEL1àFEL3 projects for Minor and Major Capital Projects 500M

Specify, procure quotations and requisition I/E equipment for purchase in SAP

Function as client's technical advisor in all project meetings to assist and mentor lesser experienced engineers.

Supported projects include: C/S/D Units Erucic Acid Direct Injection, Ethylene Unit Hydrocarbon Gas Detection Network Power Redundancy Cutover, Ethylene Unit Vent Stack Lightning Protection, C-Unit Liebert UPS Replacement, G-Unit High Pressure Separator, C-Unit Hyperplunger Compressor Cooling, C-Unit Initiator Storage Building, C/D/G Modify LPS Rupture Disc Protection, C/S/D Nitrogen Conveying Explosion Mitigation

Site I/E Reliability Engineer (Consultant) Lucite International (AllState Consulting)

August 8th, 2014 November 14th, 2014

Upgraded control room HVAC equipment to comply with pressurization and ventilation requirements for DCS/Engineering/Operator Control Rooms to prevent exposure of mission-critical electronics to gas, condensation and to prevent overheating of equipment

Verified that control scheme works to manually shut off outside air dampers, enabled bypass dampers and chiller economizer controls to recirculate internal air to ensure personnel safety in the event of a smoke or fume release

Assisted/co-authored Total Organic Carbon analyzer preventative maintenance program per application

Developed Thermographic (Infrared) Switchgear and Motor Control Center scanning procedures, test frequencies and standardize report results format to establish contractor independence

Implemented continuous online process analyzer to measure dewpoint and boiler feedwater moisture content of Sulfur Trioxide to prevent corrosion of tubes in shell & tube economizers

Created lightening arrester PM program and replaced porcelain with polymer when possible

Began plant-wide verification routines for all field devices in hazardous electrically classified areas

Evaluated electrical power distribution system on-line diagrams and wrote emergency plant shutdown/process safing procedure for natural disaster Ride Out team

Wrote Safety Instrumented Shutdown procedures for safety system interlock maintenance

Assisted with any site-wide overflow specialty projects that required a high degree of efficiency and technical acumen

April 28th, 2014 June 3rd, 2014 Polaris Engineering (Expert Staffing)

Instrument/Controls Engineer Lead (Delek Refining Tyler, TX)

Prepared FEL3 Ten Percent Estimate Package for Flare Gas Treatment Project for Flare 2 in Areas 26 & 27.

Compiled FEL3 package deliverables for all instrumentation and analytical equipment.

June 24th, 2013 April 25, 2014 CDI Corporation

Instrument/Controls Engineer Lead (Motiva Convent, LA), Instrument/Controls Engineer (Axiall Plaquemine, LA)

Replace carbon steel sight glasses with magnetic level gauges and post-weld heat-treated carbon steel sight glasses as part of Motiva’s Hazards & Effects Management Process initiative for H-OIL, ISOM, VPS-2 and HTU-3 units

Replace corroded branch piping connections in VPS-2, upgrade piping and VanStone thermowell metallurgy to Inconel 825

Install instrumentation to route injection quill wash water flow into VPS-2 A-Tower 2nd & 3rd stage overhead to prevent corrosion

Size and specify SRU-5 Steam Generator blowdown valve

Resize, verify, specify and package instrumentation for re-purchase for H-Oil

temporary compressor skid package intended to be installed permanently for warm-up

Mentor drafters, Junior I/C Designers and Level III and below engineers

Conduct field walk-downs to verify installation arrangements of instrumentation

Size all analysis, flow, level, pressure and temperature instrumentation and create specification sheets in InTools over Shell Global VPN

Size control valves, flow meters, on/off valves and orifice plates using InstruCalc, FirstVUE, Performance! and ValSpeq

Issue sole-source and bid instrument packages for inquiry to vendors and client for Authorization to Purchase

Organize and coordinate on-site continued education courses

Participate in interactive planning, 3D model reviews, F.A.T.’s, inspection/metallurgical testing and verify that all instruments adhere to DEP standards and Stand Instructions

Specify and requisition for purchase all instrumentation for Axiall PVC 3rd Reactor

September 1st, 2012 June 24th, 2013 Jacobs Engineering Group

Instrument/Controls Engineer

Disassembled and modularized a methanol plant located in Punta Arenas, Chile, reassembled and commissioned in Geismar, LA

Sized all analysis, flow, level, pressure and temperature instrumentation and created specification sheets

Created written specification for fire/gas (combustible gas, oxygen deficiency and toxic gas) and life safety (smoke) detection system

Created written specification for remote DeltaV Distributed Control System

Specified laboratory GC’s/spectrophotometers, total sulfur, chlorine, density/dissolved oxygen, mercury vapor, pH/Conductivity, CEMS, TOC analyzer and sample connections

Sized control valves, flow meters, orifice plates and on/off valves using InstruCalc

Back-checked all Baroda, India work-shared specification sheets

Issued all instrument packages for inquiry/bid and requisition all instruments for purchase

Mentored entry-level engineers

August 15th, 2011 August 31st, 2012 Flint Hills Resources (ENGlobal)

Instrument/Controls Engineer (Consultant)

Replaced through-air radar level gauges on off-site storage tanks and routed to DCS

Upgraded plant air compressor surge and overspeed controls and routed to DCS

Assisted Reliability with design and installation of new, open-protocol gas detection

Replaced fuel-gas valves and routed position switches to DCS for Thermal Oxidizer

Demo’ed existing pneumatic level controls for Condensate Feed Heaters (Light Olefins Unit) and Surge Drums (Propylene Drying Unit), replaced bypass chambers and level transmitters and routed to DCS for level control

Revamped level control scheme for E/P Feed Water Separator, sized/replaced severe-service control valve, installed local level/temperature instruments to prevent freezing of quench water loop

Replaced Reformate tank water draw-off interface probes and routed to DCS

Installed thermowells/thermocouples for C2/C3 Cold Train valve latch for Tricon shutdown

Replaced LOU Expander Compressor cold temp. piping flow/temp. instruments

Added redundant level signals on UDEX Stripper Tower, Condensate/Stripper Receivers and redundant pressure signals on Stripper and Benzene Towers for AU Relief Mitigation

December 14th, 2009 August 5th, 2011 Richard Design Services

Instrument/Electrical Engineer

Performed sizing calculations for analysis, flow, level, pressure & temperature instrumentation and created ISA specification sheets

Coordinated mark-ups with Civil, Mechanical, E/I and Process Design Groups

Redlined master sets of P&ID’s and commented as necessary

Maintained instrument index/electrical equipment list/load analysis/voltage drop

Obtained and validated vendor quotes

Compiled transmittals

Assembled client bid packages

Lead Instrument Engineer for a $20MM Flare Gas Recovery Unit project

Instrument Engineer on a $300MM HCU/SGRU/ATU Unit project

Electrical Engineer on $500MM Green Diesel project

February 11th, 2008 December 17th, 2008 Flint Hills Resources (CDI)

I/E Technical Services Engineer (Consultant)

Determined feasibility of proposed analyzer, instrumentation, electrical and gas detection projects

Refined and revised work scopes, conducted preliminary economic analysis and prioritization

Performed front-end and detailed design engineering for project duration

Maintained strict adherence to plant specifications, ANSI, NEC, NFPA & ISA standards

Accurately managed capital projects >=$100K

August 27th, 2007 January 21st, 2008 Delek Refining, Ltd.

Project Controls Engineer (Consultant)

Archived copies of preliminary incident investigation reports

Designed forms, logos and created corporate presence for Southland Safety

Administered TapRooT Root-Cause Failure Analysis software

Revised policies and procedures for Delek safety manual

Maintained incident details and workers’ compensation files in Safety Office Suite

May 30th, 2005 December 4th, 2006 GE Energy / Bently-Nevada

Field Engineer

Installed, configured and tested machinery condition monitoring systems

Gapped transducers through proximitors

Calculated crank-angle, zero and top-positions for thrust probes

Performed rod-drop calculations to determine rider band wear on reciprocating compressors

Verified customer field wiring with loop checks

Conducted Factory Acceptance Tests by driving signals into the back of Bently-Nevada 3300/3500 Series rack systems

Configured Modbus registers and verified communication using ModScan and KepWare

January 19th, 2005 May 17th, 2005 Electrical Reliability Services (Emerson)

Field Engineer (Contract)

Retrofitted LV/MV circuit breakers with AC/Pro trip units

Repaired, replaced and function-tested LV/MV motor-starters

Conducted DC Hi-Pot tests on circuit breakers and AC Doble tests on transformers

Performed saturation and burden tests on existing C.T. circuits

March 1st, 2003 June 6th, 2004 Southern Power Systems (ABB)

Service Technician

Repaired and rebuilt circuit breakers, switchgear and transformers

Conducted high-voltage electrical acceptance testing

Certified transmission and distribution equipment to both NETA and client specifications

Operated oil rig and filter pump to process contaminated transformer oil

Performed preventative maintenance on Gas-Insulated Switchgear (SF6) installs

January, 2003 March, 2003 Aumiller Petroleum Equipment

Parts Manager

Issued parts, dispatched service technicians and maintained an accurate inventory

Unloaded courier freight trucks with a forklift

Shipped & received

Filled sales counter orders

Processed warranty & core-replacement RMA’s

January, 2001 October, 2001 RECON Engineering

Network Administrator (Contract)

Maintained the integrity of engineering drawings and corporate data

Installed and configured Windows NT Server 4.0 RAID 5

Administered tape backups

Diagnosed & repaired problems on AutoCAD 2000 workstations for designers

Installed and maintained new CAT3/CAT5 cable installations for both the network and Toshiba/AMANDA phone system

June, 2000 December, 2000 Tiered Technologies, LLC

Project/Design Engineer

Designed and tested serial relay driver circuits that interfaced a PC serial port a proprietary, biometric thumbprint-scanning security system using Electronics Workbench and Protel 99 SE

Evaluated the feasibility of product launches

Presented design flaws and marketing viability to senior management

October, 1996 May, 2000 Lucid Consulting/DirecTech

Independent Consultant

Owned and operated a network consulting business throughout the majority of my college career

Configured Cisco routers remotely for Turner Industries

Installed and managed Meridian and Avaya phone system for Turner Industries

Managed a staff of 15 computer technicians throughout Louisiana

Fielded 3rd-Tier Support issues for Image IQ’s Computer Shopper clientele

Supervised technical staff during the implementation of mission-critical server installations

EDUCATION/TRAINING

Academic

McNeese State University B.S. in Electrical Engineering (July 2002)

McNeese State University M.S. in Mathematical Sciences (Transferred)

Univ. of Tennessee Knoxville M.S. Reliability and Maintainability Engineering (Transferred)

Univ. of Middle Tennessee M.S. in Professional Sciences (Fall 2014 Enrollment Conc. Engr. Mgmt)

Professional

3Com 3Wizard Technologist / Master

3Com 3Star Certified

AllenTel Data/Telecommunications Certified

A+ Certified

Bently-Nevada – Phase I/II F.E. Fundamentals, System 1 Administrator

Brainbench Windows 95/98 Power User, Windows 95/98 Administrator,

Windows NT Administrator and Computer Technician Certified

Emerson Valve Engineer I

IGT (International Game Technology) Level 2 Technician for Louisiana Video

Poker/Slot Machine fiber-optic networking and repair

Microsoft Certified Professional (Expired)

Project Management Professional (Testing April, 2014)

Six-Sigma Green Belt

Texas Licensed Professional Engineer (Testing October, 2014)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Engineering Apps Programming OS’s Specialty Areas

1. DesignCAD 3D

1. Asssembly (Intel)

1. DOS

1. Connectivity

2. Elect.Workbench

2. Borland C++

2. DEC VMS

2. Communications

3. InTools

3. CGI

3. HP-UX

3. Control Systems

4. InstruCalc

4. Fortran

4. IBM AIX

4. Digital Sys. Design

5. Maple V

5. HTML

5. Windows 9x

5. Hardware Diag.

6. MatLab

6. Java

6. Windows NT

6. Oscilloscopes

7. MathCAD

7. Ladder Logic

7. Windows 2000

7. Signal Processing

8. MAXIMO

8. Pascal

8. Windows XP

8. Troubleshooting

9. Microsoft Project

9. Perl

9. Windows 2003

10. Primavera

10. Visual C++

10. Windows 7

11. Protel 99SE

12. PSpice

13. SAP

14. Safety Office

15. SmartPlant Inst.

16. TapRooT

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