NARCISO V. RICARDO

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KENTUCKY U.S.A. 40299

HOME PHONE: 502-***-**** )

E-mail: pm8q3i@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

SUMMARY: More than 20 years’experience in the field of instrumentation and control maintenance operation exposure in the large power plant,petrochemical plant,oil and gas refinery and desalination plant.

RELEVANT EXPERIENCE

July/2007 to October/2010 : YANBU NATIONAL PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY/SABIC

YANBU INDUSTRIAL CITY, SAUDI ARABIA

Lead Instrument Technician

• Identify and provide the manpower and material requirements and plan commissioning and start-up activity.

• Erect commission and conduct quality checks and ensure perfect operation of all instruments ensure safety and technical requirements are satisfied prior to the start-up (CSU) activities.

• Managing all engineering work and resources on the project.

• Identifying and defining the project work scope and quality requirements.

• Confirmed, filed, secured and transmitted all project engineering documentation and drawings.

• Support to the preparation and execution of unit turnarounds.

• Undertake engineering walkthrough for systems and equipments.

• Establish effective system, procedures and emergency action plans as per industrial Health, safety and environment (HSE) programme (ISO-14001).

• Ensure HSE standards are complied at all times.

• Responsible for Punch walk of various systems during turnover phase of the project and also involved with all types of activities related to serial link database and engineering for subsystems like SABB ATG, Rotork and Limit torque motor operated valves

Utilities & Off-site: Carries out day to day routine preventive, corrective and break down maintenance activities, Trouble Shooting, Breakdown & Shutdown Jobs on instrumentation & control systems in assigned field. Actively involved in field instrument installation & calibration, Hook-Up as per P&ID, Hook-Up drawings & company’s Specification & Standards. Coordinate with team for Loop checking, Function Testing, Calibration, Commissioning & Start-Up activities.

Worked with the instruments for the equipments of VHP Boilers – Maachi Division (Italy), De-aerators Kansas City Make, Boiler Feed water Pumps – Flowserve make, Air Compressors - F. S Eliott co., Air Dryer – SPX pneumatic Products, Demineralise Water Package – Christ-Kennicot water Tech.

Incinerator Flare – Tsukishima Kankyo, Waste Water Treatment – (Packages: Benzene Stripper, PH control, Evaporator, IGF Unit, Polymer Dosing, CPI Separator, Hypochlorite) Oily& Non-Oily water Sumps, Waste Water Retention Basin,

July/2006 to November/2006 : ZUEITINA OIL COMPANY /OIL PRODUCTION

SABAH TRIPOLI, LIBYA

Instrument Technician

• Responsible in maintenance of Reverse Osmosis Water treatment plant (berkefeld Filter) and Solar International gas turbine/ generator.

• Carry out the repair and maintenance of fire water system , water well , fire water storage tank,fire water jockey pump, fire water pump diesel and foam pump skid.

• Asssign work to instrument maintenance in different location such: well head,manifolds,oil and gas separator,de-gassing boots and flow tank,booster pump,oil meter and oil meter prover, oil flow control,gas compressor and flare gas.

• Calibration and trouble shooting of electronic and pneumatic instrument such as; controller,recorder,flow analyzer,turbine type flowmeter(Halliburton)and transmitter.

March/2004 to July/ 2004 : AL DHARIS EST. OIL AND GAS FIELD SERVICES

Assigned Project: ABU DHABI MARINE OPERATING COMPANY

DAS ISLAND ,ABU DHABI U.A.E.

Instrument/ Fire and Gas Technician

• Maintenanc e and calibration of flowmeter type such as: floboss S600 Daniel, Spectra tech sentinel 500 and parametric ultra sonic flowmeterGF868.

• Daily routine maintenance of fire and gas system such as: toxic gas ,flammable gas ,smoke,UVdetector,halon bottle,deluge,sprinkler system foam pump skid and building fire alarm system.

• Overhauling and repair of deluge valve,functional test of cause and effect fire system.

July/1999 to July/2003 : SAUDI YANBU PETROCHEMICAL COMPANY/SABIC

YANBU, SAUDI ARABIA

Instrument Technician

• Team leader for loop Checking and Function testing team in SABIC utility plant. Involved almost 10,800 various types of signals at all plant level such as Boiler, Air Compressor, Instrument Air Dryer and Incinerator, Cooling water Pumps, Sea water Pump system, Flare Area, Deaerator, Boiler Feed water Pumps, Tank Farms and Spheres.

• Testing and Trouble shooting of logic involved in all above systems during Functional check of the equipment and Systems.

• Preparation of Punch list items which are deviating from the company or international standards and reviewing the rectification of punch listed items by Engineering and Procurement contractors or by concern vendors.

• Developed Standard Maintenance Procedure and Task Lists for all type of Field instruments.

• Active Instrument member in PSSR team for all subsystems in the project

• Fully aware with all type of Permit systems and Safety systems related to Oil & Gas, Petrochemical complex.

• Commissioning of Alderly Custody Transfer metering station using OMNI Flow computers, Daniel Ultrasonic flow meters and Allen Bradly PLC system.

• Receives work orders and coordinate the operation for repair and replacement of instruments.

• Routine visit to site location and plant jobs as to schedule of manpower equipment and materials.

• Ensure proper working and check integrity, for effectiveness of the alarm system.

• Resolve problems and defects in the process machinery in consultation with the operations staff.

• Maintain records of the operating parameters, vibration signatures and instrument history

• Planned and implemented Preventive & Predictive maintenance schedules ((routine, corrective, preventive & predictive and turnaround) of various mechanical equipment and enhanced machine up time and equipment reliability.

• Regularly upgraded and implemented best maintenance practices for improved reliability.

March/1998 to September/1998 : QATAR GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION/QGPC

NFA/OFFSHORE/ DOHA QATAR, ARABIAN GULF

Field Instrument Technician

• Maintenance of instruments and control in Q.G.P.C. North Field Alpha(Offshore), Gas and Condensate production complex, responsible for field instrument and Industrial control services –PLC based instrument in fire and gas .

• Preventive maintenance and trouble shooting of oil rig wellhead,Riser/Treatment,Utilities and Living Quarters.

• Overhauling,calibration, preventive/breakdown maintenance of all fire and gas system such as: toxic gas ,flammable gas,smoke,ultra violet,heat detectors ,halon 1301 fire suppression,FM200,Deluge and Sprinkler system.

• Have worked in calibration and repair of various Instrument such as: Foxboro,Masoneilan,Yokogawa,Taylor , Rosemount,Vega and many others.

July/1996 to September/1996 : LAVALAND SAUDI ARABIA LTD.

AL KHOBAR ,SAUDI ARABIA

Assigned Project:SAUDI ARABIAN TEXACO INC.

Instrument Technician

• Responsible for installation ,calibration,loop checking of field instruments such as: press gauges,D/P pressure transmitter,pressure switches,flow element,temperature element/transmitters,thermowell,relief discharge valve ,MOV actuator,annunciator system,internal indicators and flow transmitter.

• Performed checking and functional test of Bently Nevada ,six channel RTD,Temperature monitor and Dual channel vibration monitor.

• Loop checking and Function test of Limitorque DDC-100B motor operated valve supervisory

• Controller with DDC distributed digital control(PLC master station).

October/1994 to September 1995 : ASAHI INSTRUMENT INDUSTRIES CO., LTD

Assigned Project: JGC CORPORATION

ISLAND/ JURONG TOWN ,SINGAPORE

Package/ Instrument Technician

• Responsible for function test of Instrumentation and Control of package equipment unit.

• Issue site instruction and coordinate with construction group for proper installation/Hook-ups and modification of package instrumentation and control.

• Worked with various vendors like Samsung Heavy Industries (Boiler), Impianti Sistema Gel (Air Dryer), Ingersoll Rand Company (Centrifugal Air Compressor),Nippon Rensui Company (Demineralization Unit), Linde AG(PSA Hydrogen Purification ),Born International (Reformer/Main air Blower), Simon Calves ( Sulphuric Acid Generation ), Foster Wheeler Energy Ltd.(C.O. Incinerator/Flue Gas Cooler),FBM Hudson (RCC vapour treatment /Surface condensing system), Fuller Kovako (Fresh /Equilibrium Catalyst Loader),SEA Cool AB (Guard Filter), Petrolite( Bilectric Desalter) , UBE Industries Ltd.(sea water intake screen set), MEA /Kubota Corporation (Regeneration catalyst /Electro Hydraulic slide/plug valves).

• Assist and coordinate with Vendors specialist prior to mechanical run of gas compressor ,Turbine

driven and Steam boiler.

January/1988 to October 1993 : SAUDI ELECTRIC COMPANY/SEC

JEDDAH, SAUDI ARABIA

Instrument Technician

• Maintenance of all Instrument and control in 250 MW Steam Turbine Generator with 6 units, Diesel Engine generator with 3 unit, Gas Turbine with 8 unit 50MW, Combined Cycle Generator 150MW with two unit.

• Maintennace in the common facilities such as: Sea Water Intake Screen,Service/Instrument air compressor,Air dryer,Boiler chemical feed system, water supply/treatment system, Desalination plant, fire protection system, Circulating water system ,Fuel oil heating /treatment ,Lubrication oil system,Chlorination unit, ammonia injection, Fuel oil loading/unloading system,Potable water, fuel oil additive injection system.

• Repair, servicing and calibration of instruments that measure ,indicate,record, transmit ,sense and such as: flow, level, temperature and pressure.

March/1986 to December1987 : RESOURCE SCIENCES ARABIA LIMITED

Assigned Project: RABIGH STEAM POWER PLANT/SCECO

AL KHOBAR , SAUDI ARABIA

Instrument Technician

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• Responsible of function test of instrument and control of Steam Turbine Generator and Boiler.

• Performed and executed loop checking and trouble shooting of critical instruments.

• Calibration check and servicing of magnetic flowmeter and area meter.

• Overhauling and calibration of Masoneilan,Fisher ,Valtek control valves including positioner and transducer.

July/1978 to February/1986 : FILIPINAS SYNTHETIC FIBER CORPORATION/FILSYN

MANILA,PHILIPPINES

Instrument and Control Technician

• Maintenance and repair and trouble shooting of instrument and control in the dowtherm boiler .

• Production maintenance of Instruments and Control in Polymerization ,Textile plant.

EDUCATION : FEATI UNIVERSITY

SANTA CRUZ,MANILA PHILIPPINES

1980 –ELECTRONIC TECHNICIAN (2 years course)

Personal Information: Date of Birth: 29 October 1959

Languages known: English and Tagalog.

Married, Two daughter.

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