MIRKO DUVNJAK

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Schererville, Indiana 46375

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Cell # 219-***-****

E-mail: acxzx5@r.postjobfree.com

Experience Summary

Senior Instrument & Controls Engineer offering 20+ years of experience in design, builds, installation (start-up), troubleshooting, repair and programming of automated Industrial, Maritime, Chemical and Manufacturing Equipment. Have lead teams from 5 to 30 people from maintenance to construction projects.

EDUCATION

Purdue University Hammond, IN

A.S.S. Electrical Engineering from Purdue University

(B.S. Missing 2nd part of Senior Design -completed with no credit)

SKILLS

PLC’s – AB PLC5, 500, GE Fanuc Series 90, Siemens and Modicon, etc.

HMI - AB, Intellutions, Cuttler-Hammer, GE Cimplicity, etc.

Design, install, program & start-up of instrumentation, SCADA and control systems for ;

steel, chemical, petrochemical, dredging & refinery industries.

Specifying, calibration, documentation, troubleshoot, repair & replacement of automation equipment & instrumentation.

Network administration, data base storage, TCP/IP, user account administration, network monitoring and repair, computers and software upgrades, and upgrading network modems and switches.

EXPERIENCE

I&C Engineer

April 2013 – Aug 2016

Valdes Engineering Company 211 W. Ridge Road Griffith, IN 46319

Team leader of Valdes I&E group at BP’s Whiting Refinery, on turnaround (outages), small to medium refinery projects.

Design and Specify instrumentation (temperature, level, pressure, etc), Design and Specify Delta-V, Honeywell DCS.Design and Build subsystems integrating AB Control Logix & GuardPLC Safety platform and RS View w/ FactoryTalk HMI.

Creating Control Narratives.

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I&C Engineer – Contract Work

Feb 2012 – March 2013

DRW Industrial Consulting 329 W. 18th Street, Suite 905 Chicago, IL 60616

Instrumentation and Controls lead in Design, Build and Start-Up of a Bio-Diesel Plant.

Design, installation and start-up of AB Control Logix PLC, RS View w/ FactoryTalk HMI and instrumentation system and process modifications.

I&C Engineer

Nov 2007 – Feb 2012

Valdes Engineering Company 211 W. Ridge Road Griffith, IN 46319

Team leader of Valdes I&E group at BP’s Whiting Refinery, on turnaround (outages), small to medium refinery projects.

Design and Specify instrumentation (temperature, level, pressure, etc.), Delta-V, Honeywell DCS. Design and Build subsystems integrating AB Control Logix & GuardPLC Safety platform and RS View w/ FactoryTalk HMI.

Creating Control Narratives

Automation Engineer

Jul 2005 – Nov 2007

Henneman Engineering / ITG 200 S. Wacker Dr. Suite 850 Chicago, IL 60606

Instrumentation and Controls lead in Design, Build and Start-Up for Food Manufactoring Plants.

Design, installation and start-up of AB Control Logix PLC, RS View w/ FactoryTalk HMI and instrumentation system and process modifications.

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Automation Engineer

Feb 2004 - Feb 2005

Westin Engineering 221 N. La Salle St. Suite 1260 Chicago, IL 60601

Instrumentation and Controls lead in Design, Build and Start-Up for Food Manufactoring Plants

Design, installation and start-up SCADA system for Water and Wastewater Plants.

Design Preventative Maintenance programs for Water and Waste\water Plants.

Automation Controls Engineer – Contract Work

Sep 2003 - Feb 2004

PQ Corporation 340 E. Grove St. P.O. Box 410 Utica, IL 61373

Design, installation and start-up of instrumentation, AB PLC-5 & RSView HMI system at chemical plant.

Design and implement control system and modified process operation to implement a new chemical mixing process.

Field Service Engineer – Contract Work

May 2003 - Aug 2003

Simpson Technologies Corp 751 Shoreline Dr. Aurora, IL 60504

PLC-5 Programming and Equipment calibration for service contracts and site support for the new installation of foundry equipment.

Automation Engineer

Sep 1998 - Apr 2003

GREAT LAKES DREDGE & DOCK CO. 2122 York Rd Oak Brook, IL 60523

Design, Programming, Installation & Start-Up for dredging equipment following Maritime Spec’s..

PLC (ControlLogix, SoftLogix, ComplactLogix, SLC 500, Etc.), HMI (ControlView, RSView, Wonderware) & instrumentation systems.

Design, installation & start-up of production reports for the Coast Guard and US Army Corps of Engineers.

U.S. STEEL / USX-GARY WORKS 1 N. Broadway Gary, IN 46401

Jun 1997 - Sep 1998

Maintenance Manager

Responsible for electrical, systems and instrumentation personnel at south steel producing facility.

Schedule, pay and assign job assignments to system personnel. Assist other maintenance managers with job assignments. Calibration and documentation of instrumentation (ISO 9000).

Aug 1995 – May 1997

Automation Engineer (PM-10 Project) / Contractor

Designed and programmed AB PLC-5, AB ControlViewHMI and instrumentation for operation of an oxygen furnace.

Involved in the start-up testing of the PM-10 environmental emissions control project at U.S. Steel #1 Caster Complex.

On start-up performed loop checks, instrumentation checks, PLC and HMI testing and documentation of maintenance procedures.

Network administration duties included making tape back ups of data bases, user account administration, upgrading modems, switches and computer software, and monitoring and repairing network issues.

# 1 Caster upgrades to GE Series 90-70 PLC with Cimplicity as the HMI software.

Re-ladel upgrades with GE cimplicity on HMI computers.

Sep 1991 – Jul 1995

Automation Engineer (Pulverized Coal Project) / Contractor

Designed and programmed AB PLC-5, WonderWare HMI and instrumentation for pulverized coal injection facility, involved with the start-up of a pulverized coal injection facility.

Designed and implemented electrical and mechanical preventative maintenance program.

On start-up performed loop checks, instrumentation checks, PLC and MMI testing and documentation of maintenance procedures.

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