CV (Curriculum Vitae) / Résumé

Having received a full apprenticeship from Metal Box in Liverpool, I accepted their offer to stay on, becoming a leading hand at the age of 24. I was responsible for four electricians, also all breakdown cover and maintenance of high speed can manufacturing and printing machinery.

I left Metal Box for a more technical role at Ogdens, being responsible for the installation and commissioning of a 1-million pound tobacco conditioning and flavoring plant, which used Square D PLC, TCS Process Control and SCADA.

My interest in computers began at Ogdens, and I took the opportunity when offered, of taking voluntary redundancy and going to college full-time to gain a qualification in programming and systems analysis.

My first job in software proper was at Tate Controls in Warrington, where I was responsible for the design, programming and commissioning of the DCS system for a new Chlorination plant at Elf Atochem in Widnes, using the Eurotherm TCS Intelligent I/O system and Paragon Tactician SCADA System.

I then moved on to Deeside Automation in Connahs Quay, where I gained extensive experience in working in high pressure environments such as car production plants, notably Ford Portugal (FactoryLink SCADA / Allen Bradley PLC5/40) and Ford Halewood. I also was solely responsible for a large Intouch SCADA / Mitsubishi PLC package for a new car plant in TianJin, China, which I commissioned on site. This package used the Mitsubishi MELSECNET Network.

In October 1996, I formed my Limited Company, Innovate Systems Ltd., and accepted a contract to work at Mott Macdonald in Altrincham, designing and commissioning a SCADA system for the Inactive Tank Farm at BNFL in Sellafield, using Intouch 6.0b under Windows NT4.0 and 19 Allen Bradley SLC504 PLC's.

I then moved on to Sweden and took part in the installation of a new Pharmaceutical production facility in Uppsala, where I learned SQL, SQL Plus and the large SETCIM database package.

My next project was for Littlewoods Home Shopping Group in Shaw Mill, Oldham, where I SCADA System, this time communicating with Littlewoods's own ORACLE warehouse management system using the SQL Skills which I had learned in Sweden.

I then moved on to Wormald Control Systems in Manchester, where I designed and programmed a large RSView32 project for control and monitoring a radial friction welding machine and associated equipment on a pipe laying ship. Another job which I was involved with at Wormald (Now Tyco Control Systems) was a DCS Control system for a chemical plant run by Hodgson Chemicals in Selby, Yorkshire. This uses the Mitsubishi Q4AR DCS system.

I then returned to Mott Macdonald in Manchester where I developed and commissioned a PLC5/40 system on site at the Copenhagen Metro Railway.

In April 2002 I began work on another Intouch 7.11 SCADA system at Bae in Broughton, site of the Airbus wing construction process. The system monitors the anodizing of the wing components and consists of two SCADA machines communicating via SQL with a Microsoft SQL2000 database, which is the site database.

In February 2003 I accpted a position in Celle, Germany for Cameron Controls. This involved development of a Wonderware Intouch 7.11 "view layer" for the system.

Major Projects
Ø Feb 2003: Cameron Controls, Celle, Germany.

I was involved in the development of a sub-sea control system for Exxon Oil Company in West Africa (offshore).

The system is a sub-sea control suite for oil production. It consists of a C++ Communications module which gathers the sub-sea information via serial modems, a control layer in Visual Basic which handles commands to valves, pumps etc, and an Intouch front end which allows control and monitoring. This is then installed in the Master control room of the ship or platform moored above the drill site.

Ø April 2002: Ducost/Bae, Chester.

I developed and commissioned a SCADA control system for British Aerospace in Broughton, Cheshire. This system controls the process for anodizing the wing components for the Airbus project. The equipment is Allen Bradley PLC5/80E processors (6 locations) using Ethernet to communicate with the InTouch 7.11 SCADA, which receives and sends information to the site wide S.A.P. database, using SQL and ODBC.

Ø July 2001: Mott MacDonald, Manchester

I developed and commissioned a PLC control system for IntABB in Copenhagen Denmark. This system controls the tunnel ventilation and drainage for the tunnels in the Copenhagen Metro project. The equipment is Allen Bradley PLC5/40E processors (26 locations) using Ethernet through Phenix Optical Connection Modules.

Ø July 2000: Tyco Control Systems, Manchester

I was involved in developing and testing a Mitsubishi Q4A dual redundant DCS System for Ventron. This involved use of the DCS Programming package Melsec Medoc Plus. I was also involved in developing the Mitsubishi MX32 SCADA system.

Ø February 1999: Wormald Control Systems, Manchester

I Developed an RSView SCADA for a Pipe Laying ship belonging to Stolt Offshore Ltd. The system monitors and controls the whole mid ship system which comprises a revolutionary new Radial Friction Welder and its associated handling equipment and drives. There are 20 Allen Bradley PLC's linked via Ethernet, and the RSView runs on an Endurance dual redundant server, using Rockwell's Remote Active Display software to supply four workstations.

Ø August 1998: Littlewoods Home Shopping Group, Shaw Mill Oldham

I developed an Intouch 7.0 SCADA system for the new sortation building at Shaw mill. The system comprised four InTouch SCADA terminals, all networked to an Oracle Database using ODBC and SQLNET.

I was responsible for communications between SCADA And ORACLE, also all mimics and functionality of the SCADA system.




Ø April 1998: Pharmacia & Upjohn, Sweden

I was part of the team which developed the SCADA and MES system at a large new pharmaceutical production facility in Uppsala Sweden. I used the SETCIM SCADA Package, SQL and SQL Plus, for which I received training and gained a qualification.

I also gained experience with UNIX and X-Windows.

Ø December 1997: BNFL Sellafield

I was responsible for the design and implementation of an InTouch SCADA system for the new tank farm at Sellafield.

The system incorporates 19 Allen Bradley SLC504 PLC's communicating over Data Highway + (Copper AND Optical Cables) with a Network of four PC's running the Microsoft Windows NT4.0 operating system (with NetDDE Extensions), and InTouch version 6.0b, in a NAD Hierarchy.

I was responsible for compliance with BNFL's stringent requirements for safety, and hence the SCADA systems give quadruple redundant capability in case of PC or Data Highway failure.

Several weeks were spent on site at Sellafield during the production of this system.

Ø October 1996: Paint Storage and Pigging System, Seoul, Korea

I designed and implemented a SCADA/PLC system using FIX DMAX and a Mitsubishi PLC to control the pigging and solvent cleaning system for a paint storage depot in Korea.

This involved use of an Event Driven Interface, used for sophisticated step control.

Ø July 1996: Dubal Aluminium, Dubai

I designed and implemented a SCADA System for an aluminium anode smelting plant in Dubai, using the Rockwell RSVIEW SCADA Package.

The SCADA communicated via Data Highway+ with three Allen Bradley PLC's, which controlled the heavy-duty conveying system used to transport the anodes from the kilns to storage.

Ø March 1996: TianJin Motor Co., TianJin China

I was again responsible for the design, implementation and commissioning of a whole system, including 15 Mitsubishi A series PLC's communicating on MELSECNET II to a data concentrator, and via TCPIP Ethernet to a network of four PC's running the InTouch SCADA Package using NetDDE.

This was used to control and monitor the operation of the ovens, conveyors and paint booths of a new car plant for production of a licensed version of the Daihatsu Charade, specially produced for the use of the Chinese people.

Complete control of the plant was possible from the control room, including starting and stopping of conveyors and lifts, as well as tuning of the various PID Loops in use in the plant, which were controlled locally by Eurotherm controllers hard-wired to the SCADA machines on an RS422 network using Modbus Protocol.

I also coded the Mitsubishi PLC's controlling the ovens and paint booths, and was responsible for design and implementation of the software structure of the MELSECNET dual BNC network.




Ø December 1994: Ford Palmella, Portugal

I implemented and commissioned a Factorylink SCADA system in the Trim Assembly plant. The system monitored and reported on the final production phase of the Ford Galaxy/Volkswagen Sharan.

This involved the use of a Pyramid Integrator to collate information from the 20 Allen-Bradley PLC5/40 PLC's, which controlled the actual machines, lifts and conveyors. The PLC's all communicated on Data Highway +, sending their information through the Pyramid Integrator to the SCADA which was running on a VAX machine under the VMS Operating System.

Ø June 1994: Elf Atochem Widnes

I was responsible for the design, implementation and commissioning of a distributed control system for a new Chlorination plant. The system incorporated thirteen TCS T100 intelligent I/O modules controlling the levels, temperatures, pressures and gas densities of the plant via proportional control (PID) of valves and pumps. This was all monitored and controlled by a supervisory package called Eurotherm Tactician, which is a licensed version of the PARAGON SCADA package.

I developed all of the SCADA system, including mimic creation and strategy design, as well as coding some of the intelligent I/O units using the Lintools programming package.

I was present in a hands-on role throughout commissioning, and the plant was fully operational by the time I left Tate Controls in June 1994.




My main areas of expertise are:

SCADA/MES:-

Intouch under Windows 95/98

Intouch under Windows NT4.0

Intouch under Windows 2000

Intouch under Windows XP

FactoryLink under VMS (Multi-platform)

RSView32

Paragon

Fix 32/ Mitsubishi MX32

SETCIM Under UNIX

WinCC

Networked applications:-

DDE, NetDDE servers.

NetBEUI, TC/PIP, etc.

Modbus Plus

Data Highway+

MELSECNET

SQLNET

ODBC

PLC:-

Allen Bradley

Mitsubishi A series

Mitsubishi Q4A series

Square D

OPERATING SYSTEMS:

Windows 3.11

Windows 95/98/Me

Windows NT 4.0

Windows 2000

PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES:

SQL/SQL Plus

Borland 'C'

COBOL

BASIC

VISUAL BASIC

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