167 Rainbow Drive #6755, Livingston TX 77399-1067  work@ericelliott.us
http://ericelliott.us  Cellular 832.340.0216 or 800.827.5038


ERIC LEE ELLIOTT


Instrument & Control Technician


OBJECTIVE

• Seeking a fast paced challenging Instrument Technician position, using my skills and experience to add maximum value to the client’s equipment.

SKILLS OVERVIEW

• GE training & experience in theory, operation and maintenance of turbine power generation systems including steam, lubrication, feed water, electro-hydraulics & electric.
• Skilled in performance and documentation of maintenance, calibration, installation, fault location, and repair of electric, electronic, mechanical and pneumatic instruments and controls.
• Experience in writing procedures for plant commissioning, routine maintenance, standards laboratory operation & NIST traceable standards.
• Experienced with GE, ABB, Siemens and Westinghouse control systems on  steam electric generators, gas turbine generators, compressors and mechanical drive systems.
• Experienced with ABB, Bentley-Nevada, CE, GE, Fisher, Foxboro, Honeywell, Moore, Rosemount, Westinghouse and  Yokogawa instruments, controls & actuators.  Also with DCS, SCADA & PLCs of various brands & generations.
• Experienced with motor control centers, switchgear and VFDs to 4160 VAC & 6000 horse power.
• Experience ranging from pneumatic recorders & computers to latest digital controls.
• Skilled in interpretation of Loop Sheets, Panel Drawings, Piping and Instrument Diagrams, Signal Flow Diagrams, Wiring Diagrams, and Wire Lists.


PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

11-15-10 to 1-20-11  I&C Technician for TASC at Dow Deer Park TX Plant.  System reliability surveys.  Examine loops for failure causes.

9-10 to 11-10  I&E Technician for TASC at Kinder Morgan and Rhodia in Houston, TX

8-09 to 9-09  I&E Technician for Contech Control at Albemarle Pasadena TX Plant.
Start up of Exxon pilot plant for synthetic oil production.  Mostly work on Honeywell TDC3000, Micro Motion flow meters and VF motor drives.

2-10 to 4-10  I&C Technician for Westgate at Dow Plaquemine LA.
Maintenance & outage work on gas & steam turbines, large piston gas compressors & fuel controls.

11-08 to 1-09  I & C Technician for ISC at BMCP ExxonMobile Beaumont TX.
Repair and restart after flood.  Mostly Foxboro and Micro Motion equipment looped to new Foxboro iA DCS.  Troubleshooting & startup.

7-08 to 9-08  I & E Technician for NAES at Geneva Energy, Ford Heights, IL.
General repairs & upgrades after lightning damages to many systems.  Woodward 505 governor  testing.  Repair GE, AB, Siemens, Fanuc & other PLC systems.

2-08 to 6-08  I & E Technician for Contech Controls at BP Texas City Plant.
Test, calibrate, upgrade & repair petroleum plant not run in several years.  Configure, rewire & start new Panalarm annunciators.  Red line plant modification packages.  Test & repair safety systems & emergency shutdown systems.  Verify & test switchgear trips.  Configure, install & test new transmitters & positioners.

10-07 to 10-07  I & E Tech for NAES at Granite Ridge Energy, Londonderry NH
Fisher DVC5000 & 6000 positioner work using Fisher AMS software. Westinghouse 501G gas turbine & Siemens HRSG systems.

9-07 to 10-07  I & C Technician for Atlantic Group at Harris Plant, Progress Energy.
Westinghouse 7300 card calibrations.  Wet & dry flow transmitter calibrations, Bentley vibration instrumentation for feed water pumps.

7-07 to 8-07  I & E Technician for Emerson at BP Sunray Gas Plant, Sunray TX
Test, repair & calibrate I & C equipment.  Walk down, document equipment.  Run Foxboro DCS console supporting 2 loop test teams.  Record As Found equipment conditions & name plate data.  Document & red line errors in plant drawings.

02-07 to 3-07  I & C Technician for Atlantic Group at Brunswick Plant, Progress Energy. Surveillance tests.  Verify performance of nuclear safety systems.

11-06 to 12-06  I & C Technician for Florida Power & Light at Turkey Point.
Control Rod Drive PMs.  Feed water controller calibrations.  Loop response time testing.

9-06 to 11-06  I & C Technician for Sun at STPNOC.
Maintenance Operations Support Team member.  Immediate repair of plant systems.  Fourth consecutive  STP outage worked.

2-06 to 3-06  I & C Security Technician for Atlantic Group at Brunswick Plant, Progress Energy.
Security systems maintenance during outage. Printed circuit board repairs. Repaired pan & tilt mounts, metal detectors, N2 generators, E fields, explosive detectors & radar intrusion detectors. Did PMs on explosive detectors & Xray machines.

11-05 to 1-06  I & E Technician for Zachry Construction at Du Pont De Lisle Plant, De Lisle, MS.
Post Hurricane Katrina repair of DCS, 24 volt to 4160 volt systems. Test motors, gearboxes, variable motor drives up to 500 HP. Move & modify existing loops to new Honeywell TDC3000. Repair controls, power distribution, instrumentation. Test cables & motors for salt water damage.

9-05 to 11-05  I & C Technician for Sun at STPNOC.
Support main turbine, steam feed pump & generator outage. Modify 480 volt load center instrumentation. BOP systems maintenance.

4-05 to 5-05 I & C Technician on FIN Team for RCM at Waterford Entergy plant, LA. Servicing nuclear instrumentation, radiation monitors (ARM) & loose parts monitor.

2-05 to 4-05 I & C Technician for Sun at South Texas Project (STPNOC).
Re-tube 27 feed water heater level transmitters from root valves to transmitters. Install turbine instruments & digital Woodward instruments.

1-1-05 to 2-15-05 I & C Technician for Atlantic Group at Cooper Nuclear Station.  Surveillances, PMs, modifications. Westinghouse turbine instruments.

11-04 to 12-04 Technician for Chapdelaine at Eddystone power plant.
Startup Metso DCS. Interface 1960 equipment to 2004 DCS. Wire & loop check,  Test feed water, feed pump & main steam systems.

10-04 to 11-04 I & C Technician for Atlantic Group at Shearon Harris.
Westinghouse 7300 calibrations. Metal Impacts Monitoring System (MIMS) repairs & test.

3-04 to 4-04  Valve Technician for Crane Nuclear at STPNOC.
Service AOV controls & actuators during plant outage. Assemble & bench set valves. Positioner repairs & calibrations for main steam to small drains.

06-03 to 03-04  I & E Technician for TMP at Newport Chemical Depot on Parsons Chemical Demilitarization Project.
Systemization of war chemical neutralization plant. Startup HVAC systems, Siemens DCS, Quad Logic, Fisher Delta-V, Ebtron flow meters & Square D motor drives. Ionex filter efficiency testing. 480 VAC power systems install, test & PM. Automated calibration with Transmation 196, Fluke 744 & Cornerstone program.

10-02 to 04-03  I & E Technician for TMP at Pine Bluff Arsenal on Washington Chemical Demilitarization Project.
Systemization phases 1 & 2. Startup  Allen-Bradley PLC5 & PLC4, HVAC systems, boilers, conveyors, motor drives, 4160 VAC power systems, fire detection systems, decontamination systems.

9-2 to 10-2  LLRT Technician for Atlantic Group at Dresden Excelon Plant.
Valve & penetration leakage testing using digital leak rate test equipment.

12-01 to 5-02  I & C TECHNICIAN for Onsite at We Energies Pleasant Prairie Power Plant, Kenosha, WI.
Coal fired unit 1 maintenance outage. Unit 2 outage & startup after upgrade to Ovation DCS. Install Rosemount smart transmitters.

10-01 to 11-01  AOV TECHNICIAN for AMES at Fermi Plant, Newport, MI.
Rebuild valve actuators & positioners. Perform automated valve tests. Fisher Flow Scanner training before outage.

9-01 to 10-01 & 11-87 to 1-88  I & C TECHNICIAN for Atlantic Group & Quantum Resources at Crystal River 3, Florida Power.
Emergency Feedwater Initiation & Control (EFIC) system tests. Pressurizer level system calibrations. Modify feedwater and pressurizer controls. Modify EFIC system. Modify control room I & C. Install incore instruments.

6-01 to 7-01  I & C FOREMAN for Foster Wheeler at JEA Northside Plant, Jacksonville, FL.
Fluidized bed boiler re-power project startup. Calibrate Rosemount smart transmitters for boiler drafts.

4-01  Valve Actuator TECHNICIAN for Floserve at AES Hawaii, Oahu HI.
Repair positioners and piston actuators for Masoneilan valves. Re-tube actuators & positioners. Couple, bench set & calibrate valve actuators.

1-01 to 4-01  I&C TECHNICIAN for Penpower at Aries Power Plant, Pleasant Hill, MO.
Seimens-Westinghouse 501F combustion turbine generator startup. Startup TXP, Ovation, Allen-Bradley PLC5, Rexa valves, Pneumafill turbine air filter, plant transformer and 480 switchgear.

10-00 to 11-00  I&C TECHNICIAN for Atlantic Group at Seabrook Station, Seabrook, NH
Feed water & FW pump instrumentation calibrations. Meteorology station calibrations. Program digital feed pump controllers.

4-00 to 5-00  I & C TECHNICIAN for Atlantic Group at Shearon Harris Plant, Fuqua, NC.
Turbine vibration, expansion & temperature calibrations. Feed water flow transmitter calibrations.

1-00 to 2-00  MOV ENGINEER for Altran at DC Cook Plant, Stevensville, MI.
Test package preparation. Test data verification.

8-99 to 10-99  I & C TECHNICIAN for Cal Test at Indian Point 3, Buchanan NY.
Repair and calibrate Copes-Vulcan, Moore and Magnetrol valves and controls. Replace primary and BOP instruments. Repair & calibrate Magnetrol level transmitters & switches.

5-98 to 7-99  Y2k ENGINEER for Aerotek at Raytheon C & SI on Kraft Foods Y2k Project.
AREA LEAD responsible for five Co-Manufacture plants from plant equipment inventories thru QA tests. Tested Y2K compliance of food plant equipment & computers. Researched vendor compliance information.
TEAM LEAD directed six writers in eighty remediation plans.
PRIORITY PROJECT QUALITY ANALYST developing QA testing criteria. Audited remediation plans and compliance tests methods.
PLANT LEAD modified or replaced equipment. Tested compliance and functions of remediated systems. Monitored Vendor services. Audited Vendor compliance tests.

11-97  I & E TECHNICIAN at Praxair, Memphis TN.
Start-up air separation plant. Start-up Allen-Bradley PLC5’, Ethernet LAN, data highways, 6000 HP synchronous motor with 4160 volt switch gear. Program Rosemount smart transmitters. Correct ladder logic, change scaling & alarms.

4-97 to 9-97  Valve TECHNICIAN for Spec Group at Pickering Nuclear Station, Ontario Hydro, ON, CA.
Fisher Flow Scanner training plus extensive use. Valve, actuator & positioner rebuilding for Fisher, Copes-Vulcan, Masoneilan & other valves. Trained & Certified VOTES Technician 2.3.

10-96 to 01-97  INSTRUMENT MECHANIC for Cal Test at Dresden Plant, ComEd.
Modify & startup Atlas-Copco screw compressor. Program Cal Controls 9900 indicating controllers. Test controls and document programs.

9-96 to 10-96 and 3-22-93 to 9-28-93  INSTRUMENT MECHANIC for Canus at Watts Bar, TVA.
PM & repair explosive detection systems. Do 50.49 verifications and modifications. Start-up tests. P2500 computer, Ronan system, Eagle 21, computer DC supplies, multiplexers.

1998 2R8, 1996 1R7, 1995 2R7  I & C TECHNICIAN for PG & E at Diablo Canyon, CA.
Calibrate Westinghouse BOP systems: main feed pumps, turbine generator (TG) shell expansion, TG & MS valves, TG controls. Repair & calibrate MS dumps valves & controls. Calibrate turbine-generator vibration & expansion monitor systems.

2-96 to 3-96  I & C TECHNICIAN for Sun at Comanche Peak.
Modify Westinghouse 7300 RPS system for ATE & trip logic; did wire wrapping, board configuration, calibration, system tests.

1-95 to 5-95 and 10-93 to 11-93  I & C TECHNICIAN for NACES & Givoo at Nine Mile Point units 1 & 2, Niagara Mohawk Power, NY.
Calibrate GE BOP, EHC and turbine systems. Power Upgrade modifications for turbine-generator auxiliary and control systems. MSIV LLRTs. Refueling bridge repairs. Fanuc computer repairs. Replace & test reactor SRM, IRM, PIP instruments and cables.

9-94 to 11-94  INSTRUMENT & CONTROL TECHNICIAN for PDS at Browns Ferry Unit 2, TVA, Athens AL.
Calibrate Acoustic monitor, jet and recirculation pump instruments, reactor protection system (RPS).

6-94 to 7-94  INSTRUMENT & CONTROL TECHNICIAN at Conoco research facility, Ponca City, OK.
Wire & test Honeywell TDC-3000 and TDC-2000 for petrochemical distillation. Install and calibrate Rosemount and Micro Motion smart transmitters for mass flow & pressure.

3-94 to 4-94  INSTRUMENT & CONTROL TECHNICIAN for Cataract at Arkansas Nuclear One Unit 2, Entergy Corp., Russellville AR.
AOV tests using Fisher 3302 Flow Scanner. Local leak rate tests (LLRT). Actuator rebuilds for 54 inch Bettis AOV’. Turbine trip modifications, logic tests, emergency feed water (EFW) calibrations.

1-94 to 3-94  INSTRUMENT & CONTROL TECHNICIAN for Omni at Surrey Plant, VA Power.
Plan & work pressurizer spray valve job for ALARA and Aircet automated test system. Achieved 75% dose reduction. Rebuilt Copes Vulcan 24 inch actuators.  Calibrated Feed water loops, valves & controllers.

7-92 to 10-92  METROLOGY TECHNICIAN for Integrated Management Services at Seabrook Station, Seabrook, NH.
Calibrate standards and M & TE for time, temperature, voltage, resistance, current and torque.

3-92 to 5-92  HEALTH PHYSICS INSTRUMENT TECH for Enercon at Sequoyah Fuels, Gore OK.
Revise procedures, set scaling and specify new lab standards. Write safe sequences for use of standard gamma source. Repair and calibrate SAIC air samplers, Ludlum survey meters, Tennelec LB5100 proportional counters and Eberline PCM-1B.

7-91 to 3-92  PROCEDURE SPECIALIST for Lehigh Design at Separations Engineering, Westinghouse Savannah River Site.
Write procedures per INPO guidelines, for maintenance of I & C, electrical, mechanical and HP equipment. Research thru desk-top-publishing using Word, Canvas and Excel on Mac II computer.

4-90 to 4-91  PROCEDURE WRITER for Brooks Consulting Service, Cataract, and Nuclear Energy Consultants at Arkansas Nuclear One, Entergy.
Revise I & C procedures per procedure purpose, incorporate QA findings and INPO guidelines. Corrected test methods, M&TE specifications and scaling. Received $5000 bonus for quality & early completion.

1-90 to 4-90  PROJECT CALIBRATOR for Johnson Yokogawa at IBM, Orange and Rock-land Utilities and Formosa Plastics.
Configure, install and calibrate PLC’IC production. Control valve repairs. Troubleshoot systems. Interface new control room computer to existing loops.

4-89 to 1-90  INSTRUMENT & CONTROL TECH, METROLOGY TECH for United Energy Service at Arkansas Nuclear One.
Review, revise and perform procedures for M & TE and lab standards. Maintain I & C for steam generator, feed water, feed pump turbine. Calibrate standards and M&TE for torque, electric, vacuum and pressure.

2-89 to 4-89  INSTRUMENT & CONTROL SPECIALIST for Westinghouse at Turkey Point, Florida Power & Light.
Rewrite procedure for pressurizer relief valve flow I & C’. Calibrate Hagan reactor pressurizer I & C. Calibrate and start-up new MSIV emergency actuation system.

9-88 to 1-89  WALKDOWN TECH for GDS Associates for Impell Corporation at Quad Cities plant, Cordova, IL.
Collect drawing data. Walkdown instruments and controls. Manage computer database. Identify and resolve database and drawing deficiencies.

6-87 to 10-87  INSTRUMENT & CONTROL SPECIALIST, CALIBRATION LAB TECH for NES at Connecticut Yankee Atomic Power, East Haddam CT.
Program & calibrate Foxboro PLC’. Calibrate feed water control loops, feed water valves and water chemistry monitors. Troubleshoot water chemistry monitoring system. Calibrate measuring & Test Equipment (M&TE) for voltage, current, frequency, pressure, vacuum and resistance.

4-83 to 4-87  METROLOGIST for Volt at Palo Verde, AZ.
Designed & fabricated test fixtures & electronic test units. Wrote 30 calibration procedures for lab standards & M & TE. Certified inaccuracy of standards and M & TE. Calibrated mass, torque, dimension, time, current, voltage, resistance, vacuum & pressure.

4-81 to 4-83  JOURNEYMAN INSTRUMENT & CONTROL TECH for Entergy, at Independence Station, Newark AR.
Start-up 850 MW coal fired electric plant. Start-up Westinghouse 7300 controls, Combustion Engineering FSSS, de-ionized (DI) water plant, water chemistry systems, stack gas monitors.

EDUCATION

• NCCER Instrumentation Technician Certified Plus #1279703
• OSHA 10 Hour Construction Safety
• Instrument & Controls Technician, level 2 per ANSI 3.1, 1978 and ANSI N18.1, 1971
• Instrument & Controls Technician, 30 week course. Arkansas Power & Light
• Electronics Engineering Technician, 48 hours. Lake Land College, Mattoon IL
• Certified Associate Electronics Engineering Technician, Institute for the Certification of Engineering Technicians
• Large Steam Turbine Generator & Electro-hydraulic Control course. General Electric
• USAF Radio Relay Repairman, AFSC 30450.
• Second Class Commercial Radio Telephone License, P2-8-23584
• Technician Class Amateur Radio License, KB5VRV