Contractor Profiles

Systems Integrator/Process Controls DCS Systems Engineering

Description:

Terry Kinstley

Process Controls Systems Engineering Specialist & Project Management Consultant

terry@kinstleycontrols.com

Description: I am an independent Process Controls DCS Systems Engineering Specialist & Project Management Consultant seeking contract or possibly direct opportunities in the field of industrial automation & construction. My background ranges through engineering, construction, maintenance, project development and startup assistance in the oil & gas, pharmaceutical, petro-chemical, water & waste water treatment, conveying, barcode scanning & vision systems, and oil & gas production and custody xfer metering fields. My roles in these fields have included managing DCS continuous process and batch development & implementation, Basic Process Controls and Safety Instrumented Systems development consistent with (IEC61508 & IEC61511) and national (ANSI/ISAS84) Safety Standards, plantwide PLC process controls architectural design (A-B RSLogix & ControlLogix, & Modicon) SCADA system development, LAN, & RTU network development.

History: System Controls & Instrumentation, Converse, TX (05/09 to present) I & C Departmant Manager. Responsibilities include; understand the Scope of Work, plans and specs. Create I&C project estimate, BOM, project schedule, I/O List. Submit requests for information (RFIs) where clarity is lacking, request peer submittal review, review corrections, create tag database for DCS, PLC and HMI. Monitor control panel construction, and set achievement milestones using schedule, time line for purchasing materials for control panels. Maintain schedule & budget compliance, Identify & invoice client requested change order activities, outside the original scope,

Jacobs Engineering Group, Houston, TX: (04/08 to 4/27/09) Contract Senior Control Systems Engineer, Saudi Aramco/Shell Oil joint venture, Motiva Crude Expansion Project for refinery in Port Arthur, TX. Responsibilities include coordinating with Honeywell DCS Systems, to develop their code by establishing control philosophies clearly expressed in Complex Loop (CLN) Narratives, Triconex shutdown system safety systems, Cause & Effect Matrices, Instrument Protected Function (IPF) Narratives, and Honeywell Spherion Distributed Control System (DCS) interlocks and startup permissives. Joint venture project is a $7 billion dollar project that will double the existing Port Arthur Refinery’s crude oil capacity to 600k barrels per day.

Kinstley Controls (June 2000): In June of 2000, I began contracting independently as a Senior Process Controls Engineering Specialist and Project Manager. As such, I: Developed Honeywell Smart Distributed Systems (SDS), Profibus, Modbus, Fieldbus, and DeviceNet bus networks on a major Texas computer manufacturer’s conveyor production lines, interfacing I/O (photo eyes, bar code scanners, RFID systems, solenoid valves, timers, etc.) to controls system. Managed a PSM project for Kinder Morgan’s CO2 recovery project in Snyder, TX. I conducted an assessment of their existing ESD System, coordinated SIL calculations on their process controls trip functions, to develop Protection Layers of Risk Reductions, resulting in a true Safety Instrumented System compliant with ANSI/ISA, & IEC standards. Configured & troubleshot process controls Servers network (TCPIP). Wrote procedures and train clients on setup, maintenance, documentation, and trouble shooting of fixed head barcode scanners & conveyor control system. Have successfully completed over 100 projects of controls integration and construction. Developed engineering design architecture, graphics, & controls I/O for DeltaV ver. 8.4 continuous process controls system. Developed Water & Waste Water Dept.’s Process Controls & SCADA systems. Specified field instruments, Emergency Shutdown, & relief valves for Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, Anchorage, AK generating data sheets & requisitions. Analyzed safety Process Hazard Analysis (PHA) & hazardous operations (HAZOP) to delineate between Basic Process Controls System (BPCS) loops and Safety Instrumented Functions (SIFs) and how to integrate those loops into a Safety Instrumented System (SIS), based on their Safety Integrity Levels (SILs), through the PHA process. Coordinated controls issues with other project disciplines including electrical & mechanical design & engineering personnel, BP Milne Point Cold Heavy Oil Production w/Sand (CHOPS) Project, S-Pad, Prudhoe Bay, AK

Celanese (direct); Bishop & Corpus Christi, TX, May 1989 – May 2000: Instrument Dept. Maintenance Specialist @ the Celanese Corpus Christi Technical Center (chemicals, plastics, & pharmaceuticals R&D site);

Education: AS Degree, Industrial Instrumentation, Del Mar College, Corpus Christi, TX. 113 sem hrs University Of Texas @ Austin. Secondary Language: Spanish

Senior Member, ISA

Categories:
Batch Manufacturing
Data Processing and Management
Instruments
Maintenance & Operations
Manufacturing Automation
Measurement
Motion Systems and Control
Networks
Process Automation and Control
Safety
Systems Integration

Job Type:
Full-Time
Temporary/Contract/Project

Rate (US dollars/hour):
Negotiable

Date Available:
allow for notice