Power & Controls
Controls, Automation & DCS Systems
Senior industrial controls and automation capability for DCS and PLC systems, instrumentation, control logic, interlocks, sequence control, alarms and trips, system integration and commissioning. Particularly valuable where control behavior may have contributed to a plant trip, equipment event or operating instability.
30+ years in industrial controls and automation
- UEI
- ZR3PJZEA7A21
- CAGE
- 174X8
- Independence
- Findings challenged before release
- Deployment
- Remote response within 24 hours
What This Discipline Covers
Scope of the technical capability.
Senior industrial controls and automation capability for DCS and PLC systems, instrumentation, control logic, interlocks, sequence control, alarms and trips, system integration and commissioning. Particularly valuable where control behavior may have contributed to a plant trip, equipment event or operating instability.
- DCS
- PLC
- Instrumentation
- Process controls
- Control logic
- Interlocks
- Sequence control
- Alarm and trip logic
- Control philosophy
- System integration
- Commissioning
- Startup
- Control system troubleshooting
Problems The Technical Lead Solves
The questions this discipline is engaged to answer.
- 01
Plant trips
- 02
Control system failures
- 03
Logic review
- 04
Interlock and trip investigation
- 05
Instrumentation problems
- 06
DCS upgrades
- 07
Commissioning problems
- 08
Mechanical and control interaction investigations
Equipment And Systems
Assets this Technical Lead has worked on directly.
- DCS platforms
- PLC systems
- Field instrumentation
- Control valves
- Motor and equipment control interfaces
- Process control loops
- Trip and interlock systems
Industries And Environments
Operating environments where this experience was built.
- Chemical and process
- Oil and gas
- Power and utilities
- Industrial operating facilities
Diagnostic And Investigation Methods
How the technical work is actually performed.
- Sequence of events and relay target reconstruction
- Waveform and power quality analysis
- Protection coordination and settings verification
- Insulation, winding, and dielectric condition assessment
- Control logic, alarm, and interlock review
- Arc flash and incident energy evaluation
Codes And Standards
Frameworks applied to the analysis.
- NFPA 70 and NFPA 70E
- IEEE 242, 399, 1584 and C57 series
- NETA acceptance and maintenance testing specifications
- IEC 61508 and IEC 61511 for safety instrumented systems
Credentials And Qualification
The professional basis for this discipline.
- 01
Electrical engineering background with utility or industrial power system experience
- 02
Protection, controls, and automation platform experience across major vendors
- 03
Testing and commissioning experience on medium and high voltage apparatus
- 04
Mission critical facility operations exposure
Scale And Breadth
Reported scale of professional exposure.
- 01
30+ years in industrial controls and automation
- 02
Major DCS and control projects delivered under BlackOut Power leadership
Representative Professional Experience
Assignment types this discipline supports.
- 01
Origin determination for a medium voltage switchgear arcing event including protection performance review
- 02
Reconstruction of a mission critical outage from electrical monitoring, UPS, and generator records
- 03
Assessment of transformer failure cause and resulting damage scope for a claim
- 04
Control system logic review establishing why an automated protective action did not occur
Assignment descriptions are generalized to protect client confidentiality. Specific references can be discussed during scoping where permissions allow.
Multidisciplinary Interfaces
Disciplines this work commonly coordinates with.
- Process
- Electrical
- Machinery
- Mechanical & RCA
- Reliability
- Vibration
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