Engineer Electrical

Gerald Wayne Klock, PE

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PROFESSIONAL PROFILE

Senior Instrumentation Engineer with more than 20 years of experience performing engineering services in the commercial, governmental, industrial, and regulatory sectors. Professional with the flexibility to apply instrumentation support in various industries by using experience to aid in the reduction of backlog deliverables and compliance of budgets and schedules. Leader who embraces challenges and enjoys overcoming obstacles.

Estimating Field Survey/Data Acquisition Bid packages, procurement

Project planning

DCS, PLC & SIS Design

PFD & P&ID development

Instrument Specifications development

Digital Logic development

Checking deliverables

OPHR/Hazard Reviews Installation Detail development Commissioning

Loop Checking Operational /Site Acceptance Testing Staff supervision & training PROFESSIONAL HISTORY

Senior Instrumentation Engineer

TechnipFMC Process Technologies through Bergaila Associates, Houston, TX 2019 – 2020

Pilot Plant FEED project discipline lead engineer for the PDP and FEED portion of the project. Focused on cause and effect drawings and Control system narratives

Nayara Energy FCCU Revamp discipline lead engineer for the BEP portion of the project.

Formosa Sunshine Project discipline lead engineer during the generation of the FEED portion of HDPE. Senior Instrumentation and Control Systems Consulting Engineer, Louisiana and Texas 2013 - 2019 Projects include:

Tier 3 Technologist through NSC Global / WorkMarket.com, Freeport, TX

Replaced BASF Group user’s Dell GPSIII workstation with the new WotF (Workplace of the Future) equipment ordered by the user.

• Migrated BASF user’s data and software, from the old to new workstation, troubleshooting the installation of Aspen and orienting the user to their new workstation. Senior Instrumentation Engineer through Gulf Engineers & Consultants, Baton Rouge, LA

Prevented the Greater New Orleans Expressway Commission (GNOEC) Causeway Bascule Bridge from receiving substantial fines from the Louisiana DOTD and the US Coast Guard by successfully maintaining operability for traffic and maritime navigation while troubleshooting the installation of new A&B ControlLogix PLC’s in the Bascule Bridge.

Reduced the possibility of future fines by drafting the operation and maintenance manual for the new system and creating the troubleshooting manual for future skilled engineers to maintain the system.

Performed the Site Acceptance Testing and Operational Acceptance Testing and commissioning of the Little Farms Lift Station in Zachary, LA.

Senior Instrumentation Engineer through Willbros Engineers, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA

Successfully assumed the role of Lead Instrument Engineer at the beginning of detailed design on a fast track Lion Oil Company, Pre-Flash Tower Modifications project.

Ensured all equipment was on the job site within a 6-month time frame by designing, specifying, and procuring all of the instrumentation required after two additional vessel modifications were added to the scope of work midstream during the detail design phase of the Pre-Flash Tower Modifications project. Control Systems Engineer 5

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Metairie, LA 2012 - 2013

Assumed the role of Lead Instrument Engineer in the middle of detailed design on a Kobleco Oil Free Compressor for the Shell, Perdido, offshore drilling platform.

• Responsible for specifying additional instrumentation and the modification of existing PFD’s, P&ID’s and safety flow charts for Perdido.

Engineer 4

Louisiana Office of the State Fire Marshal / Plan Review, Baton Rouge, LA 2009 – 2011

Reduced a 6-month backlog of NFPA 13R Fire Suppression Reviews to 0 with minimal training and supervision.

Reduced a 2-month backlog of NFPA 17, NFPA 33 and NFPA 2001 Fire Suppression Reviews to three reviews after the engineer performing these reviews was terminated. Control Systems Engineer

The Shaw Group Inc., Baton Rouge, LA 2006 – 2009

Received a substantial financial bonus in December 2009 for my contributions on the preliminary design of two grassroots ethylene plants in China.

Successfully managed the specification and procurement of over 6,000 instruments and assigned as technical contact during construction for the Huntsman, Port Arthur, TX, PABC Fire Rebuild Project using ACCESS, EXCEL and SPI/INTools and Marian software. Engineer 4

Louisiana DNR, Office of Conservation, Permit Section, Baton Rouge, LA 2002 – 2006

Reduced a 3-year backlog of Severance Tax Exemption Applications to 0 within 6 months.

Approved drilling permits and amended drilling permits.

Trained new engineer and student worker.

Represented the Engineering Division during the Office of Conservation Public Hearings.

Assumed supervisors' responsibilities during their absences. Control Systems Lead Engineer

Jacobs Engineering Group Inc., Baton Rouge, LA 1993 – 2002

Selected as the sole Control Systems Engineer to hold a remote Dow Engineering Station within the office on the first major project awarded by Dow in years.

Supervised three designers in the creation of new instrument drawings and the modification of existing instrument drawings. Supervised other control systems engineers.

Designed a fiber optic control system interface for remote communication and control of an Applied Automation ARC-FID in-line Gas Chromatograph by a Honeywell TDC 3000.

Reduced the cost of materials, engineering design and future maintenance for the Union Carbide Corporation (UCC) by designing a robust control system interlock for skimming and removing sludge from the clarifiers in the Waste Water Treatment Plant.

Implemented a new Procurement Tracking System software program on a fast track Uniroyal Chemical Co. project that resulted in the project being ahead of schedule and under budget.

Reduced installation and maintenance costs for UCC by initiating a deviation in the TMS Control Systems Applications Technology Manual to replace Appalachian tank blanketing systems with Vacu-Gard tank blanketing valves. UCC changed their standards to allow the use of this type of tank blanketing valve. EDUCATION

MS in Electrical Engineering, Control Systems, LSU, Baton Rouge, LA

BS in Cardiopulmonary Science, LSU Medical Center, New Orleans, LA LICENSES

Licensed Professional Engineer in Control Systems, Louisiana – PE-0028207

TWIC card – current through 03-2023

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