Contact Information: * Email: hg9072e0@westpost.net * Phone: 610-940-4026 * Cell: 610-613-6054 * Address: 4029 MacNiff Drive Lafayette Hill, PA 19444 Education: * Bachelor of Electrical Engineering, Villanova University Affiliations: * International Society of Automation (ISA), Senior Member * Institute of Electrical & Electronic Engineers (IEEE) Registration: * Professional Engineer, State of Pennsylvania Experience Summary: Over twenty (20) years of experience in Instrumentation and Controls in the Chem ical, Pharmaceutical, and Power Industries working for Sargent & Lundy (2009 - 2 010), Jacobs Engineering (1995 - 2009), APD (1995) and Raytheon Engineers (1980 - 1995). This includes: * Instrumentation conceptual and detail design effort. The conceptual design ef fort includes definition of control philosophy, preliminary DCS/PLC system archi tectural drawings, selection of instrumentation, generation of budget and schedu le. The detail design effort includes development of loop diagrams, logic drawi ngs, installation drawings, instrument specifications using INtools and other fo rmats, panel layout drawings, instrument location drawings, instrument index, DC S/PLC I/O lists, bid evaluation, procurement support, and adherence to budget an d schedule. * INtools experience includes the specification of instruments and the generatio n of Instrument Indexes and I/O Lists. * Considerable field work which includes support and leadership of field based d esign and installation efforts. * Knowledge of the following DCS/PLC equipment: Moore Products APACS, Taylor Mod 300, Emerson Delta-V (Software Version 10.3 with MX Controllers), Fischer & Por ter DCI-4000 and Allen-Bradley PLC-5, SLC-500 & ControlLogix 5000. Trained to us e the SLC-500 Programming Instruction Set. * Considerable Fieldbus work which includes the following: DeviceNet, Foundation Fieldbus, ASi and Profibus DP. This Fieldbus experience includes both design an d field support. * BAS experience. * Industrial Ethernet Specific Experience - Chemical Industry: * Jacobs Engineering - 2008 - Firmenich, Durarome Project. Instrumentation and C ontrols Engineer for this new facility to manufacture Durarome. This included th e generation of Instrument Data Sheets for a wide variety of instruments such as : Radar Level Transmitters, Ultrasonic Level Transmitters, RF Admittance Type Le vel Transmitters and Annuciators. Deliverables also included the generation of t he Instrument Index and I/O List. * Jacobs Engineering - 2003 - BI Chemicals, Bay 33 Project. Instrumentation and Controls Engineer for this plant modification to the Client's Petersburg, VA. m anufacturing facility. Generated the Instrument Data Sheets for the On/Off Ball Valves and for the Modulating Control Valves. * Jacobs Engineering - 2000 - Confidential Client, Petrolatum/Wax Project. Lead Instrumentation and Controls Engineer for this plant modification that provided for a Petrolatum/Wax Unload, Mix and Fill capability at Client's manufacturing f acility. This included the generation of Instrument Data Sheets for a wide varie ty of instruments such as: On/Off Valves, Pressure Relief Valves, Modulating Con trol Valves and Single Loop Controllers. Deliverables also included the generati on of the Instrument Index, Loop Diagrams, Instrument Location Plans and Instrum ent Installation Details. * Jacobs Engineering - 1996 - FMC Corporation, Agricultural Chemical Plant Expan sion, Baltimore, Maryland. Senior Instrumentation and Controls Engineer on this plant expansion. Responsible for providing Instrumentation and Controls for the TMOA portion of this plant expansion. This included generation of Instrument Da ta Sheets for 22 types of instruments, preparation of loop diagrams and instrume ntation installation details. * Jacobs Engineering - 1996 - CVC Specialty Chemicals, Inc., Epoxy Resins Manufa cturing Facility, Lafayette, Louisiana. Lead Instrumentation and Controls Engin eer for the conceptual design of this new manufacturing Facility. Provided the conceptual design and cost estimate for all plant Instrumentation and Controls. The conceptual design was based on a Moore Products Advanced Process Automation and Control System (APACS). This included 550 discrete instruments, a process co ntrol system (APACS) of 800 I/O, miscellaneous equipment racks, P&ID generation and establishment of a Process Control Philosophy. * APD - 1995 - Pilot Chemical, Surfactant Plant Expansion, Middletown, Ohio. In strument Engineer for this expansion project. Provided the detailed design for the PLC based control system. This included the design of five PLC cabinets to p rovide for 1100 I/O points, instrument installation drawings, and instrument ele mentary diagrams. The PLC system used Allen-Bradley 5/30 processors with Allen-B radley Flex I/O. * APD - 1995 - BASF Corporation, Ink Manufacturing Plant, Louisville, Kentucky. As Instrument Engineer provided instrument specifications for plant improvement s. This included specifications for pressure transmitters, flow switches, press ure gauges, a weigh station, pressure switches, and level switches. * Raytheon Engineers - 1994 - Merck & Co., Inc., Losartan Phase II Conversion Pr oject, Flint River Plant, Albany, Georgia. Supervising Electrical and Instrumen tation Engineer for this Bulk Chemical conversion project. Supervised the detail design of the electrical and instrumentation effort and provided installation s upport. The expansion included 400 new instruments, 150 loop diagrams, and DCS e xpansion for an additional 600 I/O points. Daily contact was made with other dis ciplines and client personnel in order to assure technical, budget and schedule compliance. The detailed design for this effort was performed primarily at the s ite location. Specific Experience - Pharmaceutical Industry: * Jacobs Engineering - 2009 - GSK, B40 Syncria Manufacturing Facility, Upper Mer ion, PA. Controls Engineer assigned the task of specifying and procuring 183 Con trol Panels. This included the generation of the Technical Procurement Package, evaluation of Bids and Contract award. Also included was the review of Fabricati on Documents, Heat Load Calculations and Short Circuit Current Rating Calculatio ns. Control Panels included; Power Panels, Controller Panels, Remote IO Panels, Solenoid Valve Panels and Operator Consoles. Also assigned the task of defining the Utilities I&C Installation Package for the Utilities Installation Contractor . This included the generation of the Package, evaluation of Bids and Contract a ward. Additional tasks were the generation of instrument Specifications using IN tools and the generation of an instrument installation package. * Jacobs Engineering - 2008 - Eli Lilly & Co., IE42 Biotech Manufacturing Facili ty, Kinsale, Co. Cork, Ireland. Instrumentation and Control Engineer responsible for the specification of Rupture Discs, Safety Relief Valves and various Analyz ers using INtools. Also responsible for the Factory Acceptance Tests of the foll owing equipment: Autoclaves, Parts Washers and Bag Holders. This Project include d Validation work. * Jacobs Engineering - 2007 - Genentech, ECP-1 Manufacturing Facility, Singapore . Lead Automation Engineer for the conceptual design of the Automation System fo r this new Pharmaceutical Facility. This included: the development of the Automa tion System Architecture, the writing of the ECP-1 Automation Strategy Document, the generation of Master Specifications for DeviceNet and Foundation Fieldbus D esign and generation of the preliminary Instrument Index. This further included being the Lead I & C Fieldbus Engineer for the Detailed Design of the DeviceNet and Foundation Fieldbus segments. This detailed design provided for: the initial conceptual layout of the various segments, the detailed layout of the segments showing all segment drops and segment routing, and calculations for each segment that provided the segment voltage drops, currents and lengths. * Jacobs Engineering - 2006 - GSK, MA01 and MA03 Manufacturing Facility Marietta , PA. Automation Engineer for this Pharmaceutical Plant Modification. Responsib le for the preparation of procurement specifications (Process Controls, Network Equipment, Instrument Data Sheets), analysis of Bids, vendor submittal review an d client interface. * Jacobs Engineering - 2004 - Eli Lilly & Co., Powder Fill Facility Project, Lil ly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN. Vendor Package Equipment Automation Engin eer for this new multimillion dollar facility. Responsible for the Automation ma nagement of the Powder Fill Line and the CIP System of the Powder Fill Facility. From an Automation perspective, this included: preparation of procurement speci fications, analysis of Bids, vendor training, vendor submittal review, validatio n, and client interface. Both the Powder Fill Line and the CIP System were contr olled by a fully integrated control system that was based on the Allen-Bradley's ControlLogix PLC platform. HMIs were PC based client machines running Rockwell' s RSView SE on Windows 2000. This facility used a Pharmadule modular design. * Jacobs Engineering - 2002 - Confidential Pharmaceutical Client. Senior Contro l Systems Engineer for this new vaccine facility project. Provided Automation st art-up support for On Site Fieldbus Instrument Calibration, Process Skid Factory Acceptance Testing, Process Skid Site Acceptance Testing and On Site IQ validat ion. This included the writing and execution of: Fieldbus Instrument Calibration Procedures, Factory Acceptance Test Procedures and Site Acceptance Test Procedu res. Also included was the writing of the loop check IQ procedure. Specific inst rumentation support included Foundation Fieldbus Instruments, ASi Fieldbus valve s and Profibus DP Fieldbus Instruments. This project included a new Emerson Delt a-V process control system, several dozen Fieldbus trunks and approximately 1000 Fieldbus instruments. Several Process skids contained Delta-V controllers and a ccordingly, the skids were integrated into the Delta-V process control system. * Jacobs Engineering - 2001 - Confidential Pharmaceutical Client., Lead Control Systems Engineer for the expansion of the MK-663 product. Directed the detailed design of the MK-663 Process Control System and of the MK-663 Building Automated System (BAS). The detailed design included the specification of approximately 7 5 instruments/control valves, generation of the Instrument Index, design of the DeviceNet network, Instrument Location Plans, Instrument Installation Details, d esign of PLC Cabinets, Performance Specifications, Sequence of Operation for the BAS and Wiring Diagrams. The front end of the control system consisted of 10 tr unks of DeviceNet supporting approximately 200 DeviceNet nodes. The number of De viceNet IO was approximately 500 - approximately, sixty-five (65) percent are di gital and thirty-five (35) percent analog I/O signals. DeviceNet calculations we re performed to assure that the DeviceNet trunks were not overloaded or overexte nded. * Jacobs Engineering - 2001 - Confidential Pharmaceutical Client. Lead Control S ystems Engineer for the new Sample Repository Utilities Project Chiller Building . Directed the design of the Process Control System and of the Building Automati on System. The design included the specification of approximately 200 instrument s/control valves, generation of the Instrument Index, Instrument Location Plans, Instrument Installation Details, Sequence of Operation, Performance Specificati ons and Wiring Diagrams. * Jacobs Engineering - 2001 - Biopure, LVP Manufacturing Facility, Sumter, SC. Lead Building Automation System (BAS) Engineer for the conceptual design of the BAS for a new Biopure Hemopure production Facility. This included the BAS System Description, Conceptual BAS System Architecture (for both GMP and non GMP BAS), Conceptual BAS I/O List and a Conceptual Automated Particle Monitoring System. * Jacobs Engineering - 2000 - Eli Lilly & Co., Parental Launch Facility Project, Lilly Corporate Center, Indianapolis, IN. Lead Control Systems Engineer for th is new facility. Directed the detailed design of the front end of the Parental L aunch Facility Process Control System. The detailed design included the specific ation of approximately 500 instruments/control valves using INtools, generation of the Instrument Index (INtools), design of the DeviceNet network, Instrument L ocation Plans, Instrument Installation Details, design of PLC Cabinets, Performa nce Specifications and Wiring Diagrams. The front end of the control system cons isted of twelve trunks of DeviceNet supporting approximately 400 DeviceNet nodes . The number of DeviceNet IO was approximately 1000 - approximately, sixty-five (65) percent were digital and thirty-five (35) percent analog I/O signals. Devic eNet calculations were performed to assure that the DeviceNet trunks were not ov erloaded or overextended. This facility used a Pharmadule modular design. * Jacobs Engineering - 1999 - Confidential Pharmaceutical Client. Senior Control Systems Engineer for this Project. Provided Process Control support for the inv entory, assessment, remediation, and compliance testing of various process contr ol systems. Inventory and assessment included field instruments, PLCs, PCs, VFDs , SCADA software and batch software. Remediation included replacement of equipme nt, upgrade of software and functional testing of replaced/upgraded equipment an d software. Specific hardware remediation included the replacement of Compaq Des kpro workstations and the BIOS upgrade of Compaq ProLiant servers. Specific soft ware remediation included the upgrade of Wonderware Intouch version 5.1b to vers ion 7.0 and PID Open Batch version 2.1 to 3.0. Compliance testing included gener ation of cGMP type Y2000 compliance test procedures. This Project included Valid ation Work. * Jacobs Engineering - 1997 - Confidential Pharmaceutical Client. Senior Control Systems Engineer for this Biotech project. Provided start-up support for softwa re testing, site acceptance testing, and IQ/OQ validation. This included: the wr iting and execution of software test procedures and site acceptance test procedu res, the execution of IQ and OQ protocol, and SOP generation and review. Specifi c instrumentation support included implementation of Van Dusen constants to impr ove temperature loop accuracy. This project included 9 fully automated skids, ea ch controlled by an Allen-Bradley SLC 5/04 PLC. Five skids were interconnected b y an Allen-Bradley DH+ data highway. The operator interface to the skids were Al len-Bradley Panel Views PV550/PV900/PV1400.
Specific Experience - Power Industry:
* Sargent & Lundy - 2010 - Salem Generating Station, PSE&G, Lead I&C Engineer re sponsible for providing I&C plant modification packages for the Salem Generating Station Security System. This included: Microwave Links, CCTV Cameras, IR Senso rs and Fiber Optic infrastructure. Construction support was provided during pack age installation. * Raytheon Engineers - 1995 - Prunerov II Generating Station, CEZ, Czech Republi c, I&C Engineer responsible for Instrument Engineering for the general upgrade o f Instrumentation at the Prunerov II Generating Station. This included the speci fication and procurement of a Vibration Monitoring System, the generation of SAM A Functional Diagrams and the generation of Binary and Sequential Logic Drawings for the various plant systems. * Raytheon Engineers - 1993 - Limerick Generating Station, PECO, I&C Engineer re sponsible for providing engineering support for the upgrade of auxiliary boiler instrumentation. This instrumentation upgrade included: four new control panels - one master control panel and three DCS/PLC based local control panels, new ele ctronic transmitters, new pressure switches, new opacity meters and new oxygen m eters. Engineering support included preparation of modification packages and ven dor interface. * Raytheon Engineers - 1991 - Susquehanna Steam Electric Station, PP&L, I&C Lead Engineer responsible for all instrumentation required for the installation of t wo new reactor water cleanup pumps. This included: temperature, pressure, flow, pump shaft speed and displacement monitoring, annunciation, and a new local cont rol panel. * Raytheon Engineers - 1989 to 1990 - Salem Generating Station, PSE&G, Seconded Assistant Project Manager responsible to the Project Manager for implementation of several major plant modifications. Some examples are: a) Upgrade of the Control Room Control Console to correct Human Engineering Disc repancies. b) Upgrade of the Control Room Overhead Annunciator to correct Human Engineering Discrepancies. * Raytheon Engineers - 1987 to 1988 - Salem Generating Station, PSE&G, Seconded E&I Group Leader responsible for a wide variety of engineering tasks in support of Salem Plant modifications. Some examples are: a) Installation of an Anticipated Transient without SCRAM Mitigation System. b) Modification of the Solid State Reactor Protection System. Received Certificate of Recognition from PSE&G for the performance of the above work. * Raytheon Engineers - 1984 to 1986 - Salem Generating Station, PSE&G, Seconded Sponsor Engineer responsible for a wide variety of engineering tasks in support of Salem Plant modifications. Some examples are: a) Engineering, procurement, and installation of a NUREG-0696 Safety Parameter D isplay System. Co-authored Paper "The Salem SPDS - Two Years after Startup". b) Installation of eight new auxiliary building Residual Heat Removal sump pumps . Received Certificate of Recognition from PSE&G for the performance of the above work. Harry W. Gross, P.E. Page 6 of 6
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