EDUCATION
****–**** "Politehnica" University of Bucharest
Power Engineering – Process Control Section
average mark: 8.08 on a 1 to 10 scale.
Diploma Project: Intelligent Electronic Devices in Power System Automation (2009)
Main Areas of Interest during study period:
• Automation in Thermal Power Plants – year project for sizing the main equipments in a Coal Burning Power Plant
• Reliability –Petri Net-based application for modelling systems reliability
• Electrical Grid Management/ Optimizing
• Turbomachinery Modeling and Control
• Electric Protection Devices
• Electrical/ Non-electrical Parameters Measurement
• Electromagnetic Compatibility
• Industrial Data Communication
CAPABILITIES
• Languages: English (Fluent), French, Italian (Conversational)
• OPC based SCADA/HMI application configuration (Genesis32 by Iconics)
• CAD: AutoCAD (2D only), CAE: IN-Tools/ SmartPlant Instrumentation
• Foundation Fieldbus networks field deployments
• DCS: ABB (Bailey) Infi 90, Invensys I/A
• SIS Control Systems (ESD, F&G): Tricon and Trident by Triconex
• Document management and CMMS applications
• Basic programming skills in C/ C++ and Java
• Other PC competences: MS Office Suite
• Clean driving license
• No legal, military or other obligations
• Good communication skills - both written and verbal; adaptable to multicultural work environment
EXPERIENCE & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
04/2010 - present
Instrumentation Design Engineer (project-based)
NWKC/ Tecnomare Kazakhstan/ Agip KCO
Atyrau, Kazakhstan
Company Profile: Kashagan offshore development phase 1 project - Main Engineering contractor
Instrumentation Detail Design and Construction Follow-on
• In charge with documentation issued to ICSS (Integrated Control & Safety System) vendor (Invensys/ Triconex).
• Preparing the ICSS tags database, Loop Diagrams, Cable Block Diagrams, Wiring Diagrams, Cable Lists, Instruments Data Sheets, Bulk materials MTOs.
• Extensive use of INtools 6.0 software application.
• Providing solutions to Site/ Technical Queries both from site and from ICSS vendor.
01/2010 - 04/2010
Control Valves Engineer (permanent)
Novotrol s.r.l.
Constanta, Romania
Company Profile: Romanian representative of Dresser Masoneilan control valve manufacturer
Control Valves Sales, Services & Engineering Assistance
• Engineering Support for Control Valves and Pressure Relief Valves Specification
• Specializing in severe conditions control valves: turbine by-pass, compressor anti-surge, underground stored gas extraction applications.
• Application of mutistage trim valves as choke valves in an underground gas storage application with hydrates formation condition.
• Pressure Relief Valves for nuclear application.
05/2008 - 04/2009
Electric, Control & Instrumentation Engineer (project-based)
Comart SpA, Tozzi Sud Group
Mezzano (RA), Italy & Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Company Profile: EPCC contractor for Offshore Gas Processing Modules (Fuel Gas Treatment Packages, Gas Dehydration Units, etc.)
Detail Design Engineering
• Engineering Calculations: Orifice Plates, Control and Relief Valves sizing, Cable Sizing, Electrical Heat Tracing.
• Detail Design for instruments, control and electrical equipment installation, including Lighting, Earthing and Heat Tracing.
• Material Specification and requisitions; Technical assessment of vendor quotations.
• Safety Instrumentation Control Panels Design Review (HIMA components).
Fabrication Supervising at sub-contractor site in Sharjah, U.A.E.
Cost estimation for EPC projects, E,C&I part
Main projects:
• Gas Conditioning package for Maersk Oil Quatar Al Shaheen 5 project – responsible for Detail Design, Fabrication and System hand-over
• Fuel Gas Treatment + Gas Dehydration Units for MEPI OAG (Technip) Das Island project – responsible for Detail Design documentation review and as-built revision
05/2007 - 05/2008
Instrumentation Engineer (permanent)
SnamProgetti, SAIPEM-ENI Group
Bucharest, Romania
Company Profile: Big EPCC projects for worldwide Oil & Gas and Petrochemical industries
Cost estimation, Basic Design, Detail Design for C&I part
• ICSS (Integrated Control & Safety Systems) architecture design including DCS, ESD, F&G and various modules like Condition Monitoring Systems, Burning Management System, Compressor Control Systems, Tank Management System
• Managing the interfaces to other contracts or disciplines; Defining the Work Breakdown Structures; Integration of Package Vendors documentation ensuring compliance to project specifications
• Design Options Evaluation – TCO (Total Cost of Ownership) estimation for alternative solutions
• Contribution to P&ID development; developing typical control schematics
• Plantwide Cable (and Fiber Optic) Routing
• Fieldbus Foundation networking and device specification
• Loop diagrams development using InTools/ SmartPlant Instrumentation
Main Projects:
• LNG Terminal, Gassi Touill, Algeria for Repsol – Basic Design, preliminary P&IDs, Long Lead Equipment Specification
• Ras Tanura Refinery Extension, Saudi Arabia for Aramco – Existing Control System Extension, Cable Routes, Foundation Fieldbus devices specification, cost estimation
• Manifa Crude Processing Unit, Aramco, Saudi Arabia – Design Options Evaluation (e.g. introducing microwave watercut detectors), prelininary P&IDs, cost estimation
06/2003 - 05/2007
C&I BoP/ Support Engineer (project-based)
AECL-ANSALDO Nucleare Consortium
Cernavoda NPP, Unit 2 Project Management Team
Project: Cernavoda Nuclear Power Plant - unit2 – CANDU6 PHWR
(before Dec. 2004) C&I Detail Design at CITON, Technological Engineering Center for Nuclear Objectives, main engineering contractor for Cernavoda NPP – Unit 2 Project.
• Managing the Engineering Work Packages related to Pump House: Water Intake, Trashracks and Travelling Screens, Condenser Cooling Water Pumps, Raw Service Water Pumps and Drainage Systems
• Check-up and testing of control logic diagrams implementation into DCS
• CC-Link network, physical layer – DCS nodes inter-connection details
• Relay Logic Panels design for Reactor End Shield Cooling System Control.
• Detailed Design of the interface between DCS and Power Center/ MCCs
(after Dec. 2004) Engineering Site Support for Construction & Commissioning, Cernavoda, Romania.
• Corrective action during Construction and Commissioning by SDs (Site Dispositions) and EFIs (Engineering Field Instructions)
• Advising/ Approving technical solutions to NCRs (Non Conformity Reports)
• Engineering Work Packages under direct responsibility: BoP Field Instruments Installation Detail (both process and pneumatic connection), Pump House Systems, Inactive Drainage, Instrument Air Production and Distribution
• Special environmental qualification for instrumentation in areas subject to hazard due to MSLB events (Main Steam Line Break).
• Assistance to Instruments Calibration and Control Valves Performance Tests and taking corrective action where necessary
• Instrument Air Distribution System - design and field modifications management
• Emergency Purchase Requisitions
• As-Built revision to project documentation
08/2000 - 06/2003
Sales & Field Application Engineer (permanent)
SIS International SA
Bucharest, Romania
Company Profile: Industrial Automation Equipment Sales, Installation & Post-Sales Services, mainly for Refineries and Power Plants
• Bidding documentation; continuously overseeing instrumentation market, searching for best fitted solutions for Romanian end users
• Specializing in custody transfer metering systems for water or oil products; pipeline leak detection using ultrasonic measurement
• Installing and commissioning ultrasonic flow metering systems (in-line, clamp-on, open-channel – transit-time and Doppler type), weir flow-metering, electromagnetic, vortex (including hot-tap insertion-type) flowmeters, ultrasonic level measurement, other “classical” instrumentation
• Demonstrative measurements at customer’s location with ultrasonic portable flow meter
• Training for client-s operating personnel
• Promoting Intrinsic Safety Devices and Fieldbus Foundation technologies
• Direct liaison with Romanian Metrology Authority for Systems Certification
• Site visits to potential clients’ facilities (refineries, power plants, utility companies)
• Organizing product presentation events, fairs & exhibits participation and representing the company in relationship to both suppliers and customers
Main Project: Rovinari (Romania) Coal Fired Power Plant Raw Water Management System – first system based on open channel ultrasonic flow measurement under Romanian Bureau for Metrology approval for billing purposes – also my first Project to manage directly starting from tender book acquisition to system handover to client.
10/1997–05/2000
City Manager/ Local Project Coordinator (part time)
Mercury Promotions, Bucharest, Romania
Begun as working while studying, followed all steps to local projects manager - recruiting, training and leading people involved in promotional campaigns within two medium-size towns - coordinating up to 60 temporary employees involved in those projects.