Instrument and Electrical Technician

Extensive theoretical and practical National Electrical Code knowledge on calculations,

grounding, service sizing, conduit fill in, cable tray/conduit layout, equipment rating, area

classification, etc.

Experienced Instrument Technician in the oil and chemical industry on pneumatic, smart

electronic, and fieldbus technology.

Experience

S & B Engineers and Constructors LTD – Sweeney, Texas October 2018– January 2020

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Commissioned, troubleshooted, repaired and function tested equipment and devices integrated on two main systems (Standard DCS and Safety Instrumented Systems).

Worked on a diverse technology types of instruments including ultrasonic, and IR for LEL gas levels.

Worked on a diverse variety of valves, including cylinder and diaphragm types, some of them with one or two solenoids array, and smart positioners.

Worked on temperature transmitters (RTD and T/C), vibration transmitters and switches, set a diverse of common trouble alarms, calibrated a diverse type of pressure switches.

Configured, adjusted and function tested a diverse type of motor controls.

Worked on a diverse type of positive and negative pressure transmitters.

Zachry Construction – Freeport, Texas October 2018– January 2020

Instrument and Control Technician

Commissioned, troubleshooted, repaired and function tested equipment and devices integrated on three main systems (Standard DCS, Safety Instrumented System, and Fire and Gas).

Worked on a diverse technology types of instruments including ultrasonic, radar, guided wave radar, IR for LEL gas levels and flame detectors.

Worked on a diverse variety of valves, including cylinder and diaphragm types, some of them with one or two solenoids array, and smart positioners.

Worked on temperature transmitters (RTD and T/C), vibration transmitters and switches, set a diverse of common trouble alarms, calibrated a diverse type of pressure switches.

Configured, adjusted and function tested a diverse type of motor controls.

Worked on a diverse type of positive and negative pressure transmitters.

C2C TECHNICAL SERVICES – Texas City, Texas May 2018 – September 2018

Instrument Technician

Marathon, Texas, City

Building specifications from existing instrumentation for the whole site.

Using Microsoft Excel spreadsheet to create specs.

Worked on a diverse variety of valves, transmitters and analyzers.

Turner Industries – Pasadena, Texas September 2017 – May 2018

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at G B Bioscience Plant on their major annual Outage.

Loop checks, repairs, maintenance, and day to day work orders.

Mostly HART protocol instrumentation, 4-20 mA and some pneumatic instrumentation as well.

Worked on a diverse variety of valves, including cylinder and diaphragm type, some of them with pneumatic and smart positioners, single solenoids, or an array of two solenoids including interlock systems.

Houston Controls Incorporated – Baytown, Texas April 2017 –August 2017

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at Linde, Bayport HYCO Plant on turnaround and start-up.

Instrumentation work consisted mostly of annual instrument calibration check of a variety of instrumentation on Honeywell and HART protocol.

Disconnected and reconnected a variety of valves and transmitters.

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at Lyondell Basell La Porte, Polymers Plant on pre-turnaround and turnaround.

Instrumentation work consisted in part of upgrading instruments and valves from DCS to Safety and Critical Equipment (S.I.S.).

Disconnected and reconnected a variety of valves and transmitters.

Connected critical equipment to temporary power and reconnected back to normal power.

Turner Industries – Pasadena, Texas September 2016 – March 2017

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at G B Bioscience Plant on their major annual Outage.

Loop checks, repairs, maintenance, and day to day work orders.

Mostly HART protocol instrumentation, 4-20 mA and some pneumatic instrumentation as well.

Worked on a diverse variety of valves, including cylinder and diaphragm type, some of them with pneumatic and smart positioners, single solenoids, or an array of two solenoids.

Also worked on maintenance releasing working orders, charged time and closed them, and created notifications using SAP.

Houston Controls Incorporated – Baytown, Texas July 2016 –September 2016

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at Lyondell Basell Bayport Ethylene Oxide Plant on pre-turnaround, turnaround and start-up.

Instrumentation work consisted as part of the upgrades on replacing old pneumatic positioners with new FISHER DVC6200 for which new DCS loops had to be run and connected to them.

Supported turnaround needs disconnecting and reconnecting a variety of valves and transmitters.

Updated equipment folders for all the changes made on turnaround.

S & B – Lake Jackson, Texas May 2016 – May 2016

Instrument Technician

Worked at Phillips 66, Sweeny, TX site on a new unit construction project.

Commissioning of new transmitters, valves, temperature elements, proximity sensors, and loops.

Verified specifications according to design, including ranges, engineering units, equipment selection and process criteria.

Checked for proper connections all loops on field and HONEYWELL (EXPERION) DCS.

Houston Controls Incorporated – Baytown, Texas January 2015 – April 2015

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at INVISTA, La Porte, TX site on a DCS cutover/upgrade project.

Disconnected instruments and valves from existing PROVOX DCS to a new HONEYWELL (EXPERION) DCS.

Most of the work was performed while unit was live and the rest of it during turnaround time.

Participated on start-up as well until the units were running back steadily.

Austin Industries – Deer Park, Texas September 2015 – January 2016

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at G B Bioscience Plant on their major annual Outage.

Loop checks, repairs, maintenance, and day to day work orders.

Mostly HART protocol instrumentation, 4-20 mA and some pneumatic instrumentation as well.

Worked on a diverse variety of valves, including cylinder and diaphragm type, some of them with pneumatic and smart positioners, single solenoids, or an array of two solenoids.

Houston Controls Incorporated – Baytown, Texas May 2014 – September 2015

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at INVISTA, Victoria, TX site, assisting the Instrument-Electrical group to take over on PM’s while the turnaround was on place.

Worked on daily work orders for instrument and electrical.

Participated on some improvement projects on lighting and instrumentation.

Instrument Technician

Worked at Lyondellbasell, Houston, TX site, assisting the Instrument-Electrical group on strike time, taking over on daily work orders.

Worked on instruments, valves repairs and PM’s.

Participated on two units’ turnaround while covering for the Instrument crew during a three month period.

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at COVESTRO (formerly BAYER), Baytown, TX site, assisting the

Instrument-Electrical group to take over on PM’s while the turnaround was on place.

Worked on daily work orders for instrument and electrical.

Instrument and Electrical Technician

Worked at Lyondellbasell, La Porte, TX site, during turnaround and start-up time of Quantum Unit.

Helped on Calibration Check verification of instruments and function check of valves on approximately three thousand loops.

Participated on the instrument upgrade project, having to do some sell-offs from the installation group and turn it to client.

BEI Engineering – Pasadena, Texas May 2012 – April 2014

Electrical Designer

Update the instrumentation part on all P&IDs for Kinder Morgan Gas Plant facility in Sheridan, Texas.

Obtained equipment information required for Process Safety Management at Baker Hughes-La Port. Gathered equipment files for relief valves, vessels, decanters, pumps, tanks, exchangers, drums, etc. Also gathered information on the field of a variety of process equipment.

Created Isometric drawings of relief valve/conservation vent inlet and outlet piping describing dimensions and orientations.

Documented existing Shell Lube Oil facilities on the East coast of The United States.

Created Electrical One Line Drawings including Power Distribution Systems, Motor Control Centers, and Power and Lighting Panels. Drawings were field hand sketched and then AutoCAD drafted to client specifications.

ITI/Kellogg Brown & Root Shell Deer Park, Texas May 2011 April

2012

Maintenance Instrument Technician

Worked as an instrument technician on maintenance for Shell supervisors.

Worked on work orders of preventive maintenance and troubleshooting on a diverse type of instrumentation from pneumatic, 4-20 mA point to point, dumb and smart transmitter,

HART and Honeywell protocols as well as Fieldbus technology.

JACOBS – Bayer – Baytown, Texas October 2010 – April 2011

Capital Instrument Technician

Worked on sell offs of new instrumentation and electrical systems: construction and maintenance; worked on electrical systems, spec-checked all the equipment for new projects.

Bench calibrated all instrumentation prior to be mounted and then simulated to control room. Making sure all electrical connections were according to design on the field and in DCS.

CONTECH –ExxonMobil – Mont Belvieu, Texas February 2010 – October 2010

Electrical Journeyman

Electrical industrial environment: construction. Termination of a wide variety of instruments, motors, starters, A/C drives and PLC cabinets. Also assisted instrument technician on sell-offs and troubleshooting of such equipment.

AMBER –ExxonMobil – Baytown, Texas July 2006 – January 2010

Electrical Technician

Electrical industrial environment: maintenance and construction. Termination of a wide variety of instruments, motors, starters, PLC cabinets, as well as, troubleshooting of such equipment.

In year 2007 participated at the rubber baler upgrade project at the butyl unit; which included electrical and instrument installation of a new hydraulic system, motors, as well as new PLC equipment, instruments, and their connections to the Honeywell DCS system.

Checked loops, calibrated pneumatic and electronic transmitters. In year 2008 took part on different turnarounds doing maintenance on high voltage and medium voltage power systems as well as a wide variety of instruments.

Education

Robert E. Lee College – Baytown, Texas

A.A.S. Electrical Technology – 2010

National University of Engineering – Managua, Nicaragua

B.S. Electronic Engineer – 1995

Technical Skills

AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite, Allen Bradley Software, Electrical NCCER plus, Instrument Technician NCCER plus, and Texas State Electrical Master License

Languages

English, Spanish

References: Available upon request.

Freddy Mena

8154 Bay Run Ave

Baytown, Texas 77521

Mobile: 832-***-****

E-mail: *********@*****.***

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