DCS Engineer

Salvador T. Velasco

**** ********** *** **.

Pearland, TX 77584

Mobile #: 919-***-****

E-Mail: ******@*****.***

Experienced DCS Engineer in petrochemical, LNG, pulp and paper and chemical industries. Involved in several major International and local projects. Recognized for ability to communicate project requirements, goals, and status to other project team members.

Professional Experience:

Plant Automation Services, Inc.

Clear Lake, TX

Inclusive Dates: July 6th, 2010 – Present

Software Engineer

Integrity Asset Model Developer

Design, develop and maintain software to be integrated with PLC, DCS, HMI’s and Historians using VB .net and SQL.

Yokogawa Corporation of America

Sugarland, TX

Inclusive Dates: June 30, 2008 – June 22, 2010

Application Engineer I

Provide support for the engineering and technical services to various Yokogawa Industrial Automation systems which includes Distributed Control Systems (DCS) in all phases of Industrial Automation Project lifecycle from front-end engineering, design, implementation/programming, testing, commissioning, FAT, SAT, and system maintenance. Technical services include detailed systems engineering based on specification and control narratives, and documentation of functional and technical specifications for both HMI and control approaches.

Current Project:

BP Crane Gas Plant

Crane, TX

Natural Gas Plant – Revamp Project

June 2009 – Feb 2010

• Convert Modicon PLC Controls and Logics into DCS Control.

• Develop and implement control functions using Centum VP.

• Develop and implement Interlocks from Cause & Effect.

• Develop Sequences using Yokogawa SEBOL program.

• Configure Historian with Yokogawa Exaquantum.

REC Moses Lake 4.0 Expansion

Silicon Fluidized Bead Reactor – 12 Trains

Jan 2009 – June 2009

• Design, generation of application software for Sequence-oriented control system and interlocks using Yokogawa CS3000 system.

• Configuration/debugging of MMI/graphic panels.

• Site Technical Support (Remote)

• SAT & Commissioning Feb 2010 – June 2010

Previous Projects:

Yokogawa Corporation of America

Atlanta Engineering Center

Newnan, Georgia

Inclusive Dates: June 25, 2007 – June 30, 2008

Engineer II

REC Moses Lake 3.0 Expansion

Silicon Fluidized Bead Reactor – 12 Trains

Jan. 2008 – Jan 2009

• Design, generation of application software for Sequence-oriented control system and interlocks. Configuration/debugging of MMI/graphic panels.

• Debugging

• Loop Checking Fieldbus devices, Modbus Communication and Integration with MES.

• Factory Acceptance Test/ Function Testing

• Site Acceptance Test/ Function Testing

• Start-Up & Commissioning

NAII Industries

Chattanooga, TN

(Emulsion Project)

Nov. 2007 – Jan. 2008

• Factory Acceptance Test

• Site Acceptance Test

• Management and support to various field software modifications (related to DCS software) as the result of modified and/or additional functional requirements at site.

• Support to various instrument loop checks. Support to equipment/facility/loop start-up and commissioning activities.

• Support to various control function tests.

• Subsystem Communication configuration (Yokogawa MW100)

• As-built Documentation

Cyanco

Conversion uXL to CS3000.

October 2007

• Migration of database and MMI panels from proprietary platform into windows-platform-based DCS

• Test and Debug controls.

Daikin M1-M2

Migration uXL – CS3000.

• Migration of database from and MMI panels from proprietary platform into windows-platform-based DCS.

• Test and Debug Sequences.

Chevron Tambua Landana

Prosafe RS (Support in ESD interlocks)

• Support to implementation of Emergency Shutdown interlocks.

Hitco Migration

• Migration of database from and MMI panels from proprietary platform into windows-platform-based DCS.

• Test and Debug Sequences.

University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

Inclusive Dates: June 19, 2006 – June 2007

IT Specialist

Auxiliary Services IT Department

Supports include Mac, IBM, HP and Dell pc’s Microsoft Windows operating systems, MS Exchange, Microsoft Office Professional, various E-mail clients, Internet browsers, networking, and campus IT services. Use Remedy Software for ticketing, assist in maintaining servers AD running Win2003. Support and troubleshoot software, printers, PC, Mac, network connectivity and ghosting. Provide intermediate level technical support via the phone or walk-in to administrative staff for a variety of applications and services used across a wide range of systems, networks, and platforms. Also supports Building Controllers, parking readers and Micros Terminals Point of Sale.

Home Business

(2004 - 2006)

Setup and install Point of Sale System (POS) like QuickPOS, NextPOS, Aldelo 3.0, Restaurant Manager v12, PC Charge and PC America (retail and restaurant). Provider of POS system peripherals installation, cabling, site surveys, on-site service.

Yokogawa Philippines Inc. (1996 to 2000)

A subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Company of Japan and affiliate of Yokogawa Engineering Asia of Singapore, the leading engineering firm in the field of industrial control, committed in providing process control solutions to its clients worldwide.

Position: Systems Engineer

Systems Engineering Department - Information System Group

#3 Economia Street

Bagumbayan, Quezon City

Philippines

Inclusive Dates: Sept. 02, 1997 to Jan. 30, 2001

Project Attachments:

Petron Bataan Refinery

(Bataan, Philippines)

Inclusive Dates: July 20, 2000 to July 26, 2000

Job Specification:

Network configuration and System Integration between Bently Nevada PC Server(NT based) and Yokogawa Information Command Station (ICS Unix Based). Set-Up DDE Server and Mapping Distributed Control System (DCS) Tags for data gathering using DDE/OPC connectivity to access data in Information Control Station (ICS) from a remote PC.

ARAMCO Oil Refinery Project

(Arabian American Company)

• Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Inclusive Dates: Dec. 13, 1999 to March 31, 2000

• Melbourne, Australia

Inclusive Dates: Nov. 10, 1999 to Nov. 26, 1999

• Houston Texas, United States

Inclusive Dates: July 03, 199 to July 22, 1999

Implementation of control schemes through generation of control drawings.

Support as application engineer in Factory Acceptance test and also part of start up. Involved in I/O loop checks with the subsystem group (ABB PLC).

TUAS-A Power Station Stage 1 Development

Two 600 MW Reheat Steam Boilers and Auxiliary Equipment

Singapore

Inclusive Dates: Dec. 1997 to May 15, 1998

End User: Tuas Power Pte Ltd (Sin)

Website: www.tuaspower.com.sg

Job Specification:

Generation, Integration, Factory Acceptance Test Stage, accomplished at Yokogawa Engineering Asia, Singapore.

• Worked with systems engineering team for 1200 MW oil-fired power plant. Member of the team that configured generated and debugged Boiler Control System, Burner Logic sequence and PID Control using Control Function Blocks of Yokogawa Centum CS DCS (Distributed Control System).

• Assisted in the generation and debugging of Graphics, Control and Trend Panel, Alarm and Event monitoring for boiler process equipments under Yokogawa Centum CS DCS systems.

• Designed, implemented and administered Windows NT and HP UNIX network system.

• Developed UNIX scripts and programs for I/O searching and I/O tag replacement to convert Unit I Centum CS database into Unit II Centum CS database.

AMKOR ANAM (Plant 3 Sta. Rosa, Laguna)

Philippines

Inclusive Dates: July 26, 1999 to August 1999

Job Specification:

Integration between remote computer running Window NT 4.0 with Yokogawa Single Loop Controllers (UP Series) using Visual Basic 6.0 ActiveX control. Design GUI’s and Trend Panel for monitoring and process control of the controllers. Develop reusable objects like Dynamic Link Library and Application Programming Interface or API.

ALCATEL PHILIPPINES, Incorporated

A European Company specializes in telephony, is one of the main contractor of Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company in the Philippines. Engaged in design, implementation and installation of land line telephony.

Position: Site Inspector

Pasig City, Philippines

Inclusive Dates : June 1995 to April 1997

Job Specification:

Implement single line diagram and geographical plan for landline telephony. Conduct site survey. Verifies and check certifications to make sure that all materials installed and certified are within PLDT (Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company) standards. Supervise other Engineers, Site Inspectors and Area Managers in preparation of Bill of Quantities.

Additional Technical Qualifications:

• Systems Windows (9x, NT, 2000, XP, 2003, Vista), Mac, Suse 9.0 Linux, UNIX (HP-UX 10.2)

• Database Microsoft Access, SQL, MS Office 2000/2003/2007

• Web D/HTML, JavaScript, VBScript, ASP, Flash Macromedia

• Networking TCP/IP, DNS, WINS, DHCP, FTP

• Languages Basic Scripting, Visual Basic 6, VB.Net, C, Unix Korne Shell Scripting

• Other Remedy Software, Active Directory, Routers, Switches and network securities.

Educational Background:

Adamson University

San Marcelino Street Malate, Manila

Philippines

Course/Degree: Bachelor of Science Degree in Computer Engineering

SY: 1990 - 1995

Seminar/Trainings:

Seminar in Oracle 8i /iDevelop 2000 (Shangri La Makati, Philippines) Oct 24, 2000

Client/Server Database Programmer & Web Application Developer

Supporting Windows NT 4.0 Core Technologies (Yokogawa Philippines)

Windows NT Workstation/Server Operation and Administration

Networking Essentials (Yokogawa Philippines)

Fundamentals of Industrial Instrumentation

Micro Computer Hardware Servicing

Cobol Programming Efficiency Program, Systems Technology Institute (STI -1992)

Yokogawa CS3000 Egineering Training (June 2007)

Yokogawa CS300 Batch Training (July 2007)

Yokogawa Exaquantum Training (March 2009)

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