Instrumentation Engineer Development Company

Ainoko Mark Idachaba.

TUV FSE Certified Engineer ID: 6103 / 12

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Profession: Senior Control & Instrumentation Engineer (ICSS) Nationality: Nigerian Willing to

Relocate:

Yes

Educational

Qualification:

University - Bachelor Degree Email Address: ***********@*****.*** Date of Birth: 5th April 1980 Language: English,

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+234 803-***-**** Notice period:

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Total Years of

Experience:

15 Years Int. Passport No: A10180182

Residential Address: 20/22 John Wobo Street, off Agip Road, Port Harcourt Rivers State Nigeria Experience in Particular

Position:

Project Handling, Electrical, Control and Instrumentation: DCS and SIS Project Design Engineering & Implementation, FAT, SAT and Commissioning, DCS (BPC), ESD, Fire & Gas and Safety Instrumented System maintenance

Job Summary

I am currently an Assistant Manager Electrical Control and Instrumentation Engineer at AMNI International Petroleum Development Company providing expertise on Project Engineering delivery and Operational maintenance support services in areas of Instrumentation, Electrical, DCS, ESD, FGS, Subsea and PSS applications.

I lead a team of well-seasoned personnel of multi-racial background responsible for the round the clock operational maintenance support to ensure integrity and availability of all Electrical & Integrated Control and Safety Systems hardware and software for production, utilities and Topside equipment, safety instrumented system, process safety system, fire and Gas system, ESD system and process control, integrate real time data from all third-party running systems for monitoring, control and operability into the ICSS.

Schedule, plan and coordinate and deliver all project activities on Electrical, Control and Instrument system from design to commissioning, Topside Equipment, Topside packages. Ensure SIS safety Automation PLC maintenance for both hardware and software are carried out safely and effectively. Supervise, coordinate and also participate in projects works, Plan and participate in pre- commissioning and commissioning activities on related projects. Educational Qualification and Certifications:

1. Qualification Type: Personal Leadership Development Institute: EuroMaTech

Subject: Leadership Development for Engineers, Motivating, Coaching & Conflict Management for superior Performance

Completion Date (Month & Year): October, 2019

2. Qualification Type: TUV Rheinland FSE Engineer

Institute: Premier Consulting Services USA

Subject: Functional Safety Engineer

Completion Date (Month & Year): December, 2012

3. Qualification Type: Bachelor of Engineering

Institute: Federal University of Technology Minna Nigeria Subject: Electrical and Computer Engineering

Completion Date (Month & Year): 5th January, 2006

4. Qualification Type: National Diploma

Institute: Federal Polytechnic Idah, Nigeria

Subject: Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Completion Date (Month & Year): 17th July, 2000

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

AMNI International Petroleum Development Company

Assistant Manager - Electrical, Automation, Instrumentation & Control Engineer Dec 2018 – Date

- Industry: Oil and Gas

- Nature of Business: Hydrocarbon Production Operation, Projects and Maintenance Responsibilities

• Responsible for coordinating of all internal and external deliverables on Electrical, Instrumentation and control systems on all AMNI production assets in areas of maintenance operations and projects

• Responsible for the Management of Electrical, Instrumentation and Control Projects within AMNI, liaising with Project team to ensure strict compliance with all contract terms & deliverables. It’s also my responsibility to manage and ensure projects are completed within approved budget with emphasis on planning and proper scoping to avoid variations.

• Directly oversee vendor activities on all Electrical works and repairs on AMNI Electrical assets (Motors, Power Generation and Handling and distribution equipment,

• Oversee the budgetary allocations and planning for my department

• Manager and liaise with clients on the ICSS and Electrical system design and construction for all AMNI old and new assets.

• Review of Electrical & Control system project construction design documents for new field and brown field developments and approving them for design freeze unto construction

• System loop design and review of EPC designs dossiers

• Ensure compliance with safety and engineering standards regarding the Control system build and configurations

• Involved in vendor selection process for Electrical, Instrument & Control system services and projects

• Participate in Project HAZOP/HAZID and review procedures

• Review procedure, plan and coordinate FAT, SAT and commissioning of all Electrical, Control and Instrumentation projects for my company.

• Prepare and also review of Functional design specification documents and Control Narrative documents for ICSS projects.

MOST RECENT PROJECT UNDER DIRECT MANAGEMENT BY ME: AMNI Princess Aweni FPSO ICSS, Remote Well Head Platform Telemetry upgrade: 2021

• Develop the work scope and review of Project Control Philosophy and Control Narrative.

• Liaise with Vendor and project team to develop cost and budget for the project and ensure its strictly adhered to. Adopt cost optimization approach in project delivery

• Review of migrated old Allen Bradley and Citect Vijeo ver. 6 logic programs to new Citect ver. 8.0 and Modicom M580

• Plan Coordinate and Supervise the Factory Acceptance Test (FAT) on the completed Allen Bradley compact logix PLC Migration to M580 PLC and M580 safety PLC

• Review Vendor FAT procedure and approve for use

• Plan Coordinate and Supervise FAT on SCADA Pack 334E and Accutech wireless transmitters for Telemetry application for the monitoring application of remote Well Head Platform network

• Supervised the FAT activities, review and generate commissioning spares and associated requirements with vendor.

• Supervised and manage all ICSS vendors project deliverables on the project, Liaise with vendor to ensure compliance to all project deliverables, site installation requirements and commissioning as per contract terms

AMNI Princess AWENI FPSO Cargo and Ballast Tanks Gauging and Measurement System upgrade: 2021

• Redesign and upgrading of Endress+Hauser Gauges on the FPSO tanks and Operator Interface to remote and fully automatic system utilizing Emerson Rosemount 5408 for Level, 2051 for pressure and 644H for Temperature Transmitter.

• Manage Vendor interface, ensure all deliverable timelines are met and implemented as per standards.

• Ensure project is implemented within approved budget by adopting cost optimization approach in all related scope.

• Ensure Project is implemented inline with international approved standards.

• Ensure all Government regulations as regards all project scope and requirements are met and up to date

AMNI IMA/Langley production Platform ICSS Upgrade & TUBU Green Field ICSS Project: 2020

• Review and update the Issued Control Narrative document and ensure full compliance by vendor in building of Control Logic

• Supervised the Engineering and logic building for the new Siemens PCS7 DCS and HIMA SIS systems. Recommend review of Deployed software topology

• Performed the review and delivery of the ICSS control Philosophy and Narrative

• Recommend and supervised the building of customised function blocks in accordance with issued philosophy

• Supervised and Perform the FAT at Vendor facility, review and generate commissioning spares and associated requirements with vendor

• Supervised and manage all ICSS vendors project deliverables Installation of New 890kw Power Generating Set, Modification of Switchboard and Overhaul of 2MW Generating Set onboard the Princess Aweni FPSO

• Identify, create and issue Work scope and assignment of responsibilities to Vendor

• Liaise with team to ensure regulation body certifies and approves scope before taking business decision to engage vendors

• Liaise with Caterpillar team to perform FAT and Load testing of the Generator

• Supervise Installation of Power evacuation cables and associated trays

• Supervise the Modification and upgrade activities on the Power distribution switchboard

• Liaise with associated teams on Logistics, lifting and installation of generating unit offshore.

• Supervise commissioning activity of the unit.

SPIE Oil and Gas Nigeria

Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer (ICSS Triconex Specialist) Total Akpo FPSO April 2016 – Nov 2018

- Industry: Oil and Gas

- Nature of Business: Hydrocarbon Production Operation, Projects and Maintenance Responsibilities

• Fully responsible and serving as the technical Authority for the AKPO FPSO Triconex system PLC to ensure round the clock availability and integrity of the system

• Ensure constant integrity of Control and Instrument interface with other packages in the plant ICSS network

• Daily Tristation application support to the maintenance team on various activities

• Review, carryout and approve risk analysis for corrective or preventive maintenance on the ESD/FGS Safety Systems. Identify and carryout all required safety system inhibitions to ensure no disruption of production activities

• Actively involved in the Engineering and design support activity for Egina FPSO project, liaise with the project team in the design of Instrumentation and Control Systems, DCS point’s configuration details and alarming.

• Liaise with OEM/EPC Vendors to schedule and carryout modifications on new and running ESD/FGS/DCS systems and programs. Review and approve Functional design specification, FAT, SAT procedures before installations and commissioning. Carrying out FAT, SAT and commissioning

• Verify/Review documents and drawings related to Instrument and control system Cabinets and Control loop design drawings for DCS and ESD systems. Review RFM’s (Request for Modifications) and identify impact on safety control system or project. Review and assignment of IO list/schedule and ensure its updated as per installed base

• A good working knowledge of subsea controls systems

• A demonstrable commitment to HSE and Quality.

• Subsea project delivery experience including various aspects of project execution - design, procurement, fabrication, installation, commissioning and start-up; umbilical, distribution and control components.

• Subsea system operational support experience; wells start-up, fault finding, rectification, and maintenance.

• Good working knowledge of client operational requirements and philosophies.

• Awareness of contract management processes (e.g., detailed design, construction, installation and/or procurement contracts).

• Highly developed team player qualities, good communication skills and the ability to work with customers, wider engineering networks and other team members.

• Follow up on major maintenance work during projects and plant revamp activities providing technical expertise to ensure all projects requirements are met within stipulated time in line with planned expectations. Monitor repairs related to instrumentation and control systems, monitor major changes implemented in the field for implementation in the control system software and hardware parameters.

• Serving as site personnel to provide instrument and control system engineering consultation for OEM/EPC clients during construction, pre-commissioning & commissioning stage

• Implementation of modifications and commissioning of new program logic in the control systems (PLC & DCS systems)

• Monitor Control systems hardware using diagnostics tools like Enhanced diagnostics Monitor and also responsible for intervention in situation of hardware faults in the systems hardware chassis

• Periodic maintenance checks by running diagnostics software like diagread, Communications Cyclic redundancy in controllers to analyse controller log files and system operational status

• Liaise with appropriate teams to carryout comprehensive fault finding and identification, resolve faults on control loop

• Manage and implement all management of change as required relating to changes on Instrument and control system logic modification, testing and HMI graphics configuration and loading into the system.

• Proper Engineering work reporting on a scheduled and unscheduled basis to ensure proper communication within project teams as regards status of the work activities and projects AOS Orwell Nigeria

Senior Control and Instrumentation Engineer 2013 – 2016

- Industry: Oil and Gas

- Nature of Business: Projects, Oil and Gas Operations and Maintenance Responsibilities

• Carried out the modification and commissioning of the Control Safety Instrumented system software logic on Tristation TS1131 for the ESD, FGS and process safety for topside equipments packages, process safety equipments and entire FPSO Accommodation and Hull section safety system PLC logic online without a single error, production downtime or shutdown of system during the project activity

• Provide day to day support on the TS1131 Control System for ESD/FGS System as required by all arms of daily operations on the FPSO during FGS, ESD, Process Safety maintenance activities

• We carryout regular failure analysis of a various type of instrumentation and associated control systems like PLCs, DCS, F&G, SCADA,

MCM Systems

• Familiar with Vibration monitoring System PLC Bently Nevada 3500 systems. Bently Nevada 3500 Operator Display software and Bently Nevada 3500 System Configuration Software

• Assist in evaluating the competency and the performances of the contractors for all relevant projects. Review and approval of modifications to PLC program logic by contractors and plant expansion projects

• Provides unique technical guidance and support to ensure integrity of the asset and reliability of FPSO Control equipment, Fire and Gas devices, DCS systems, hardware and software

• Download Control system data periodically and during plant shutdown for analysis of all critical equipment failures and recommend or develop measures for implementation of corrective actions and also improve on preventive maintenance based on system data and equipment performance.

• Carryout hi-tech maintenance programs which might include software and control system parameters modifications including participation in reliability improvement programs to solve specific reliability problems and

• We resolve repetitive or serious reliability problems and participate in pilot Reliability Centred Maintenance activities

• Provide SIS logic support to both operations and instrument team during start-up of topside equipments ranging from Gas compressors, turbines, motor pumps and control valves and HIPPS test

• Download and analyse Control system error messages from DCS and PLC system relating to hardware failure, field faults and logic implications. I have put in place and developed equipment monitoring systems on some major devices of instrumentation and control systems with reoccurring and regular failure rate to monitor and determine cause of failure from system information as well as site guidance by the instrument technicians and advice on remedial measures to be taken

• Carryout Safety System PLC Software backup and spare parts inventory of all the Triconex hardware in warehouse and Tristation TS1131 Programs

• Plan, Review, Schedule and update PM (preventive and corrective maintenance) plans of Control and Safety systems for the ESD and FGS safety system on topside equipment packages, Hull and process areas

• Respond to issues on Safety system PLC Logic and Hardware failures promptly to avoid safety system failure

• Support and liaise with the Instrument and operations team in the preparation of predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance on the ICSS packages on the FPSO. I also assist the team to develop specific and appropriate preventive or corrective maintenance performance standards for field instruments ensuring Clients operational QA/QC procedures is complied with. Maintenance activities are also conducted on Transmitters, Analysers and controllers

• Supporting major brown field project by reviewing design basis and scope before proceeding to detailed engineering

• Respond timely to all operations request and give support as required to ensure optimum production and reduced downtime

• Tracking and maintenance of all safety related permits issued daily on the Work permit system to ensure compliance with duration which a safety related device can be out of service or disabled from safety operations

• Review, carryout and approve risk analysis for corrective or preventive maintenance on the ESD/FGS Safety Systems. Identify and carryout all required inhibitions on the safety systems to ensure no disruption of production activities as a result of maintenance activities on running systems and equipment in the process plant

• Liaise with contractors to schedule and carryout software logic modifications on running ESD/FGS program in the Triconex Safety system PLC without recording any shutdown

• Verify/Review documents and drawings related to control system Cabinets and Control Schemes. Review RFM’s (Request for Modifications) & Projects related to Safety control system and identify impact on safety control system or project

• Follows up on major maintenance work during full field shutdown activities and other repairs related to instrumentation and control systems, monitor major changes implemented in the field for implementation in the control system software parameters.

• Keep and monitor details of material spares and report shortages to appropriate personnel for onward actions. I also receive and inspecting materials upon arrival on site to ensure conformity to specifications requested for

SHELL (Shell petroleum development company Nigeria) 6 Months Contract Position

Instrument & Control Engineer 2012 – 2013

- Industry: Oil and Gas

- Nature of Business: Hydrocarbon Production Operation, Projects and Maintenance Responsibilities

• Provide all Process and Instrument related technical services and support for the Alarm rationalization in Shell Petroleum Development Company executed in the Operational Integrity exercise on BONGA FPSO, Santa Barbara Flow Station and Associated Gas Gathering Plant, Sea Eagle FPSO, Cawthorn Channel Flow Station and Associated Gas Gathering

• Carryout maintenance activities on the DCS and safety instrumented systems on sites on Invensys DCS and Triconex PLC, TS1131 software configuration and hardware maintenance.

• Conduct alarm rationalization exercise according to the DEP and commissioning of new systems and required software changes on the Invensys IA DCS and Triconex Tristation TS1131 logic program configuration on various production platforms

• Carryout Instrument Data verification, system configuration data verification to conform with instrument operational data specification on the Design Engineering Practice documentations

• Support proactive monitoring of key process parameters along with the control room operators

• Roll out monitoring compliance and sustainability of minimum global standards in critical field documentation gap closure, overrides and facility registers, permit to work effectiveness and coaching, statement of fitness for facility restarts, field competency requirements and communication and shift hand over requirements

• Configuration, commissioning and integration of newly installed process equipment and instruments for DCS process control and SIS

INVENSYS PROCESS SYSTEM NIGERIA

Application & Control System Engineer (September 2008 - November 2012)

- Industry: Oil & Gas, Engineering

- Nature of Business: Projects & Maintenance

Below are some of the details of maintenance and technical support services carried out while working with Invensys on various Oil and gas installations in Nigeria;

1). Shell Petroleum Development Company Offshore Nigeria SEA-EAGLE FPSO OFFSHORE Maintenance Support (Integrated Control and Safety System) 2). Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Plant Bonny Maintenance Support (Integrated Control and Safety System)

Job Description:

• Responsible for the planning of task and man power detailing, scheduling and execution of all maintenance activities for DCS and SIS systems.

• Provide support during topside equipment start-up on the DCS and SIS systems respectively as configured in the Automation system

• Perform root cause analysis during failure of topside equipment (Power generation Turbine, Gas Compressors, pumps and other related equipment

• Liaise with Instrument team for preventive and corrective maintenance activity on automation control and operation of all the associated field instruments offering System support from Invensys control System and field interface

• Carryout Function test of wellhead and tree gate valves (Number of turns to open / Close the valve)

• Liaise with Instrument team to carryout Pressure testing of the Xmas tree control valves and also routine checks for failure and operations of the actuator closure times and function test its reaction time as well with support from the installed Invensys Control System.

• Involved in the screening and selection of contractors rendering services to the company, review contract and recommend vendors for selection based on merit, track record of expertise and timely service delivery, compliance to international best practices and local laws

• Carrying out of Preventive and corrective Maintenance of Invensys (Foxboro) Distributed Control System (DCS), Intelligent Automation systems hardware and software.

• Work in interface with third party vendors and other team like operations, mechanical, Electrical and Power team in integrating real time performance data from systems such as power turbine, Inert Gas Generator Systems, Fire Water Pumps, FRAMO Pumps, Gas Compressors, Multiphase flow meters, Well Head Control Panel and Hydraulic Pump system, High Voltage Switchgears and Breakers (11KV) just to mention a few.

• Ensuring proper and timely implementation of Simple Engineering Changes in the Invensys DCS and Triconex SIS PLC

• Involved in brown field project commissioning, installations and modifications to the plant.

• Involved in daily team tool box meetings, safety meetings, review meeting, HAZOP/JHA meetings with senior members of various teams and site leadership

• Adhere strictly to companies working ethics and policies, approved and standard Engineering practices

• Monitoring systems equipment, application software and real time data of process variables and instrument data on the network for effective process operations in the plant.

• Tracking trips, spikes and critical Alarms on IMAC System, SOE Machines and other alarming tools installed in our operations.

• Carrying Backups of installed systems in the plant, upload Nodes, Controllers and Microprocessors

• Power and Modules Redundancy Checks for Triconex Fire & Gas System / Safeguarding Systems

• Checking/changing of installed systems logic, Forcing and Disabling of installed systems on the Tristation software

• Actively participate in carrying out instrument loop checks and tracing of faults on live production System.

Project Engineering Design, FAT/SAT and commissioning activities: Project List

1. Shell Petroleum Development Company Sea Eagle FPSO DOMGAS MOV Control Systems Installation Project

2. Shell Petroleum Development Company SEA EAGLE FPSO Drilling Platforms Gas Lift Project 3. Shell Petroleum Development Company SEA EAGLE FPSO DCS Mesh Upgrade 4. Shell Petroleum Development Company Santa-Barbara Platform ICSS Upgrade 5. Detailed Engineering design and implementation of Port-Harcourt Refinery Okrika Jetty Integrated Control and Safety System

Activities carried out in projects include the following;

• Coordinate with site team, client and other third party involved in project in extracting required data, getting designs approvals, communicate Technical Queries and supervised work on design implementation, FAT and SAT up on till commissioning

• Detail design of wiring schedule and loop drawings for PHRC Jetty project

• Generate material take-off list for Engineered I&C system

• Participate actively in the implementation of design for customer specification for the Control and Automation of Oil wells instrumentation systems (Choke Valves, production Wing Valves and Master Control Valves (2900+ I/O’s).

• Implement or modify as recommended and approved Plant Safety System Shutdown as contained in customers Cause and Effect Chart in the IPS safeguarding system logic Program in the Triconex Safeguarding System PLC

• Configuration of various Field Instrument trip set points like pressure transmitters, level transmitters, differential pressure transmitters on distributed control system Integrated & Automated control system

• Involved in Loop counts, analysis, integrity checks and Engineering design/application (for Review) for DCS Intelligent Automation and Triconex systems, Analysis of third-party system and interface.

• Produce layout design of control and technical room equipment drawings, operator console, Marshalling Cabinet and System cabinets General assembly designs for PHRC Jetty I&C project

• Design and produce cable routing drawings for the I&C for PHRC Jetty I&C project

• Generate Bill of Materials/Equipment take off list from engineered system

• Design of I&C cable routings and wiring schedule/loop drawings for implementation

• Determination of Power (AC/DC) consumption and calculations based on loop power consumption per I/O and all system Hardware IO Interface cards and controllers

• Marshalling and System Cabinet design and specification for Distributed Control System and Triconex system Using standard Intelligent Automation and Triconex sizing tools.

• Determination of Systems Failure Rate of all systems using Standard Sizing tools

• Registering of Internal and External Project Documents

• Participated in the Field installation and commissioning of the Engineered DCS and Safety Automation system hardware and software modifications on site as required and upload of modified software unto existing systems of the above-mentioned projects

• Conducted onsite SAT testing Build check against Client approved data Input / output checking with test equipment, Intelligent Automation Application software checking, Function Block checking, Cause & Effect logic checking

• Carrying out of structured and unstructured testing on all systems during commissioning and SAT

• Work with third party vendor to integrate all third-party system signals via communication protocols (Modbus, Profibus, Hardwire link and radio link)

• Inspection of the mechanical and electrical build of all system, Continuity checks and System Cables termination verification and identification (Tagging)

• Loop checks and troubleshooting for Analogue, input, Analogue output, and monitored digital input and digital output signals using appropriate test equipment like 4-20mA current generator, Fluke process meter, Multimeter, and the use of purpose designed test equipment switch panels containing variable and fixed resistance points

• 100% I/O allocation and sizing (I/O Checking to HMI / Operator Interface and Project Database)

• Check and verify Power Supplies, Alarming, and Interconnections to System and Marshalling cabinet panel test

• Configure the third-party interface and verify Redundancy checks, verify proper configuration of OPC communication links relating to the Emergency Shutdown/Fire and Gas System Interface

• Carryout Control Processor load checks.

• DCS and SIS Automation System Alarming checks and instrument alarming checks on the mentioned projects.

• Confirm Historical data capture configuration is pulling data

• Confirm System fault notification checks and operational

• Application, integration and functional testing of all installed system SOHACO NIGERIA LIMITED

Electrical & instrument Control System Engineer (2006 – 2008)

- Industry: Engineering, Power, Oil and Gas

- Nature of Business: Projects, Maintenance

Responsibilities

• Maintenance, Installation and back up Services at Telecom BS and Cell Sites for Telecommunication Companies

• Installation and Configuration of Satellite Modems (COMTECH 600 & 550 series) UP and DOWN Converters, HPA, Multiplexers.

• Supervision of Deployment Of fibre links on Telecom network.

• High level troubleshooting and resolution of satellite systems fault.

• Carrying out preventive maintenance on satellite equipment.

• Inventory and record keeping of all equipment and tools.

• Provision of high-level support to Telecom satellite transmission

• Deploy patches and system updates on running servers

• Implement software upgrades on installed applications across installed base

• Installation of Power Generating sets at Telecom Satellite stations and installation of Control Panels, Power cables for evacuation of power

• Installation of Motor Control Panels on Customer sites Project Management Skills:

1. Project management: Manage trade-offs among costs, schedule, technical solutions and stakeholder requirements to ensure the project’s value 2. Local content and other stakeholders: Ensure proper alignment with stakeholders while meeting requirements to use local content and contractors 3. Costs and schedule: Provide an accurate estimate and control of project results, from concept to completion, monitoring and optimize project costs and schedule 4. HR and support functions: Manage resources, training and compensation to ensure that the necessary skills are available to the project when needed 5. Production operations: Take into account all aspects of the asset’s operability and maintenance, from planning through commissioning, start-up and performance tests 6. Engineering: Identify

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