Freelance Instrument Design Engineer Wigan
Instrument Designer
| Rating: | Unrated (New) |
| Hourly Rate / Cost: | £35.29 per hour (ex. VAT) |
| Daily Rate / Cost: | £282.35 per day (ex. VAT) |
| Available From: | Now |
| Candidate ID: | 283965 |
CV
Nationality : British
Education and Qualifications
1986 - 1988 : Central Manchester College, Openshaw.
HNC Industrial Measurement & Control.
1980 - 1985 : Salford College of Technology.
ONC & HNC Engineering.
Recent Miscellaneous Training
Technical: Electrical Power (HNC Unit).
Comp'Ex' National Certificate of Core Competence - Maintenance & Inspection.
Gity & Guilds IEE Regulations 16 th Edition (including AMD14905).
ABB MOD300, S800 hardware & OPERATE IT software training.
AutoCad 2000i.
ATEX directive.
Industrial Legislation: Electricity At Work Regulations, CDM Regulations, COSHH Regulations.
Dangerous Substances and Explosive Atmospheres Regulations 2002 (DSEAR).
Health and Safety: Risk Assessment, Chemical Awareness, Fire Awareness, Legionella, Display Screen Equipment, Breathing Apparatus, Permit to Work Issuer, Excavation Permit Issuer, PPE.
Career History
March 2000 - Present : Kodak U.K. Limited, Chemical Manufacturing Division, Kirkby, Merseyside.
Site-based E&I Design Engineer. Plant development projects for Synthetic Chemicals (K82) and Silver Nitrate (K47)
process plants. Reporting to the technical manager and responsible for the design and commissioning of electrical,
control and instrumentation systems (predominantly within a zone 1 hazardous area) to satisfy process requirements.
Typical duties include production of scheme & estimate; control loop design; specification and procurement of equipment
(ATEX compliant to 94/9/EC); HAZOP & risk assessments; method statements; supervision of installation, testing &
commissioning teams; preparation of handover documentation; operator and craft technician training.
Use of Microsoft Office and AutoCAD software packages.
June '97 - March 2000 : Montell Chemicals UK Limited, Carrington, Manchester. (formerly Shell Chemicals)
Site-based Senior Instrument Designer. Plant development projects for Carilon TM (polypropylene) process plant.
Responsibilities include liaison with Plant Senior Instrument Engineer for project definitions; carrying out site-surveys; production of detailed design & installation packages; procurement of equipment to Shell DEPs; liaison with installation contractor during installation; pre-commissioning; post-installation inspection and punchlisting.
In addition, I am responsible for the introduction & development of a Q.A.-based document control system for the Carilon plant. Use of AutoCAD release 13, Microsoft Excel '97, Microsoft Word '97.
Jan. '97 - June '97 : Fluor Daniel Limited, Sharston, Manchester.
Senior Instrument Designer. Assigned to Union Carbide Jupiter Project on Ethylene Oxide/Ethylene Glycol process plants. Responsible for the comprehensive check of, and subsequent modifications to existing design: instrument loop diagrams; junction box termination schedules; termination and I/O schedules (Honeywell DCS and Triconex Shutdown System). Use of ILG (Union Carbide instrument loop generation database) and Intergraph v5.0 CAD system.
April '96 - Jan. '97 : Merseyside Engineering Design Office Services, ICI Castner-Kellner, Runcorn.
Senior Instrument Designer, based at ICI Castner-Kellner MEDOS office. Undertaking design projects for the various Plants of the ICI Castner-Kellner and Rocksavage Sites. Responsibilities include Contract review; compilation of schemes and estimates, specifying and ordering of instruments, production of detailed design packages.
Use of AutoCAD release 12, Lotus AmiPro v3.1, Lotus Approach v3.0.
Career History(continued)
Jan. '94 - April '96: Foster-Wheeler Energy Limited, Widnes.
Foster-Wheeler Energy Limited Site Office, ICI Castner-Kellner, Runcorn.
Senior C & I Designer. Assigned to FWEL/ICI MOPS Environmental Improvement Project. Responsible for the development of all Project C & I design documents based on Client definitions and from information obtained by conducting site surveys of installations at ICI Castner-Kellner & Rocksavage facilities. Use of Intergraph v4.0 CAD system and dBASE III.
Instrument Field Engineer, based at ICI Castner-Kellner site office. Providing Instrumentation design support for the FWEL/ICI MOPS Environmental Improvement Project construction team. Liaison with installation contractors providing technical support/supervision, co-ordination of pre-commissioning activities through to handover of systems to Client.
April '93 - Jan. '94 : AMEC Design & Management, Sale, Manchester.
Instrument Designer on chemical plant for CGW Meadow II project. Responsible for the production of control loop diagrams, block cabling diagrams and termination diagrams using AutoCAD v10, 11 & 12. Familiarity gained in the implementation of the Fisher PROVOXplus DCS.
During 1992 : PJ Design Consultants Ltd, Hindley, Wigan.
(Additional Freelance Work)
Instrumentation Engineer on the following projects:
Hoechst UK Ltd., Halifax, Yorkshire. Site survey of electrical & instrumentation installations related to Ruston, Wanson & Lanemark Steam Generators for as built P & I.D.s and instrument schedules.
Courtaulds Acetate, Spondon, Derbyshire. Site survey of electrical & instrumentation installations related to 'Croftshaw' and '139 Plant' Solvent Recovery Facilities for as built P & I.D.s.
During 1990: Cooper Energy Services, Bootle, Merseyside.
(Additional Freelance Work)
Assistant Instrument Engineer on RB-211 driven Compressor and AC Generator packages for BP Bruce Area Development. Duties include the development of P & IDs in line with Client specifications, compiling enquiries for instruments and electrical equipment.
April '89 - April '93: Dresser-Rand UK Ltd, Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Instrument Designer on skid mounted Centrifugal Compressor packages for the BP Forties Field Artificial Gas Lift project. Responsible for the production of Unit Wiring Diagrams; Cable Schedules; Block Cabling Diagrams; Interconnect Schedules; Instrument Location & Cable Routing Diagrams; Instrument Hook-Ups and all related Bills of Materials. Use of IBM Cadam, MicroCadam & Conventional Drawing Board.
Senior Instrument Designer on the following projects: 512KVR Gas Engine driven Compressor packages for British Gas Morecambe Bay. Skid mounted Reciprocating Compressor packages for British Gas Hornsea & Glenmavis. RB-211 driven AC Generator Sets for Shell Gannet Platform. Duties include the preparation of all C & I documentation working to BS5345, BS5501, BS5750 & Client specifications. Use of IBM MicroCadam & Conventional Drawing Board.
Nov. '88 - April '89 : Costain Engineering Ltd, Sharston, Manchester.
Instrument Designer on BNFL Thorp HECSP project. Involved with Block Cabling Diagrams; Cable Schedules; Termination Schedules; Instrument Loops; Trunking Build-Up System (TBUS). Use of ICE, Pafec DOGS & Conventional Drawing Board.
Sept. '80 - Nov. '88 : Ingersoll-Rand UK Ltd, Swan Lane, Hindley Green, Wigan.
Ingersoll-Rand (Dresser-Rand) UK Ltd, Wythenshawe, Manchester.
Apprenticeship. First year off-the-job training followed by experience of Production techniques gained via placements in all areas of the batch production facility. Completed EITB modules H2 & H11. Received an Apprentice Of The Year Award 1981.
Trainee Instrument Designer on skid mounted Reciprocating & Centrifugal Compressor packages for various Clients within the Petrochemical Industry. Experience includes Unit Wiring Diagrams; Cable Schedules; Block Cabling Diagrams; Interconnect Schedules; Panel Logic Algorithms; Ladder Logic Diagrams; Front of Panel Layouts; Instrument Location & Cable Routing Diagrams; Instrument Hook-Ups; Electrical Loop Diagrams; Ancillary Equipment Design. Use of IBM Cadam & Conventional Drawing Board.
Categories & Freelance Skills
Engineering & Technical
Categories
- Building & Construction (Construction)
- Construction
- Energy
- Engineering
- Oil & Gas (Energy)
- Scientific & Technical
Skills
- AutoCAD (Energy - Oil & Gas - Software Skills)
- CDM Regulations (Engineering - Experience)
- Chemical (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Commissioning (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- COSHH (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Design Engineer (Scientific & Technical - Job Role)
- Design Engineer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Engineering Design (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Excel (Energy - Oil & Gas - Software Skills - Microsoft)
- Field Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Health & Safety (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Installation (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Instrument Designer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Instrument Designer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Instrument Engineer (Engineering - Job Role)
- Instrumentation Systems (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Method Statements (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Method Statements (Engineering - Experience)
- Microsoft (Energy - Oil & Gas - Software Skills)
- Plant (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience - Process)
- Process (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Project Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Risk Assessments (Construction - Building & Construction - Experience)
- Risk Assessments (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Risk Assessments (Scientific & Technical - Experience)
- Senior Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Site Engineer (Energy - Oil & Gas - Job Role)
- Site Surveys (Energy - Oil & Gas - Experience)
- Site Surveys (Engineering - Experience)
- Software Skills (Energy - Oil & Gas)
- Word (Energy - Oil & Gas - Software Skills - Microsoft)

