Power Plant Engineer

Objective

To obtain a fulltime, entry level job that utilizes my experience in water industry, power plant and manufacturing company.

Bio data

Birth place: Born in India in 1947.

Education all from India –

• High School in Science, Math and Biology.

• B.Sc. in Science, Math and Statistics - 1968

• Professional Engineering in Computer and Communication Engineering, Instrument and Electrical control as an optional subject.

Status: Migrated to USA in 1997, now a CITIZEN.

Experience in the USA

(A) Elgin city water softening plant – 2002 to 2012

“Position as a maintenance technician”

Trouble shooting and maintenance of the following systems –

(a) Security gates and doors controls.

(b) Flow, level, pressure, pH transmitters and controls from major suppliers such as FOXBORO, ROSEMOUNT, BRISTAL BABCOCK, HONEYWELL etc.

(c) 200-300 HP, 2-6 MGD water distribution GE pumps control.

(d) Chemical dosing of FL, NaOH, NH3, Cl2, CO2, Carbon pumps and Lime Slakers, through Siemens (Wallace & Tiernan) control loop.

(e) Modicon/Schneider PLCs, local and remote (Overhead Water Towers) through fiber optics and radio controls.

(f) Trouble shooting of the plant process through iFIX SCADA.

(g) Cl2, NH3 and CO2/O2 rooms hazard monitoring system.

Got 10 years recognition certification in April 2012

(B) Dynapace Corp, Arlington height – 1997-2001

Worked in various positions in the same conveyor manufacturing company -

• 2 years as an assembler for the conveyors.

• 1 year as a QA inspector.

• 1 year as a Manufacturing Engineer for making the conveyor drawing using AutoCAD and maintaining the parts for the same.

Certifications in USA

• GE Fanuc Automation- FIX 104, GE-30/90 controller.

• XLReporter Fudamentals.

• Electrical Troubleshooting part I & II from AT {American Trainco}.

• OSHA/HAZMAT TRAINING for Chlorine.

• Chlorine Emergency response.

• AWWA Educational seminar.

• FEMA course IS-00100/ICS 100.

EXPERIENCE IN KUWAIT PETROCHEMICAL AND POWER PLANT 1984-1997

Maintenance Supervisor for the Instrument and Control maintenance in the Germen Siemens/ USA CF brown 750 MWe power generation plant using sea water, oil/gas mixed firing boilers steam generation, 10 MG per day water desalters and H2, Co2 and Cl2 generation plants.

EXPERIENCE IN INDIA 1968-1983 – 535 MWe NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

• Instrument and control senior technician.

• Nuclear safety supervisor

• Nuclear research scientist.

• Nuclear fuel fabrication QA inspector.

Skills:

• Interpretation of all plant electrical/instrument control prints.

• Interpretation of Industrial control devices functions.

• Buying and substituting the various devices of the plant process.

• Trained to work in gas, chemical and nuclear environment.

• Excellent team work in the industrial environment.

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