Professional Resume

Joseph M. Jones

Overview:

Over forty years of experience in process control system design, application, installation, project site management, check-out, and commissioning for the chemical, petrochemical, pulp and paper, water and wastewater treatment, food, cryogenic, steam and power generation industries. Projects have included site management, specification, application, installation, calibration, configuration, Operator training, maintenance, and start-up of pneumatic, mechanical, electronic, analog and digital instruments as well as micro-processor and computer based control systems, including various programmable logic controllers and distributed control systems.

Credentials:

Associates Degree, Power and Electrical Technology, Williamson Trade School, Media, PA

Industrial Training Courses:

PLC Controllers (Modicon, A-B) Bailey DCS Pt.2—WinCAD/Text

P. P. & L. Ind. & Comm. Power Distribution Bailey DCS Pt.1—PCU

Honeywell TDC 2000 Maintenance Bailey OIS40 Console Mgmt

Honeywell Construction Management Bailey OIS40 Config w/SLDG

Bailey Meter Measurement and Controls Bailey DCS PCU Maint.

Bailey Meter Basic Combustion Theory Bailey Power and Grounding

Fisher Provox (Envox) System Configuration Bailey ConductorNT

Foxboro Initial Training Bailey Composer

Foxboro 99UC/SC Users and Maintenance Bailey WinTools

Foxboro Videospec/Microspec Users and Maintenance Bailey WindowView

Foxboro Fox 300/Spectrum Multistation Users and Maint ABB Control IT Intro

Foxboro Spectrum/Foxnet Maintenance ABB Digital Flame Safety

Foxboro IA Configuration ABB Advant 70 Systems

Foxboro IA Integrated Control WonderWareHMI Configuration

ABB 800xA Function Designer MicroMod Mod 30 Controllers

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Micro DCI Controllers EuroTherm ASquared Systems

Joseph M. Jones

Business/Management/Safety Training:

Performance Communications Skills Marketing Management Skills

Quality Assurance Program Safety in the Workplace

Office Ergonomics Corporate Driver Safety Training

Electrical Safety Advanced Electrical Safety

MSHA/OSHA Training OHSAS 18001

U. S. Army N. C. O. Academy Microsoft Office-Excel/PPt/Word

AutoCAD/TurboCAD

General Project Experience:

Senior Application/Lead Engineer responsible for several Industrial Boiler CCS design and commissioning of systems using Foxboro A-Squared hardware.

Senior systems service specialist responsible for numerous process start-up, check-out, training and PC/DCS system commissioning.

Corporate instrument engineer/supervisor responsible for design, upgrade, purchase, training, and maintenance procedures of nine (9) operating air separation cryogenic plants in several U. S. locations.

Lead start-up engineer responsible for start-up, check-out, training and commissioning of a Fisher Provox DCS system

Construction site manager responsible for supervision and coordination of erection, installation, construction, field wiring and piping of various process systems.

Project superintendent responsible for on-site construction management of personnel, subcontractors, and trades people for various process systems.

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Joseph M. Jones

General Project Experience (Continued):

Lead start-up engineer on several boiler/utility steam turbine generators with coordinated front-end control.

Supervision of installation of controls, piping, conduit and cable tray, maintenance and operator training of a Foster Wheeler Fluidized Bed boiler unit for a D.O.E. funded project.

Supervision and coordination of “grass-roots” design, installation, training, check-out, and start-up of two (2) cryogenic “cold boxes”.

Project Lead field instrument engineer for two (2) major specialty glass manufacturing plants.

Project staff electrical engineer for a major automotive engine manufacturing plant.

Project staff instrument engineer for a major process chemical manufacturer.

Senior Instrumentation Specialist for a major A & E firm responsible for both hardware and software application design, specifications, and implementation of process instrumentation control systems and energy management historical database generation.

Instrument Supervisor responsible for the calibration, maintenance, and repair of all instruments, valves, and controls on all of the in-plant equipment, and on-site remote plants in several field locations. Assistant to Plant Superintendent during initial plant construction, start-up and operation.

Draftsman III, Industrial Pipe Div. Responsible for locating and piping instruments, panel design and layout, tubing and wiring of instruments, computer tabulation of instruments supplied on job, specification of instrumentation, drafting of details, sections, plan views and instrument arrangement drawings.

Start-up Field Engineer responsible for interpretation of specifications and contracts, field and office engineering, expediting, start-up, testing, troubleshooting system problems and combustion efficiency tests.

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Joseph M. Jones

Specific Field Experience:

Tuned and characterized four (4) gas/oil fired steam generators for plant process steam and power generation. (500MW)

Investigated Combustion excursion of Gas/Oil fired steam plant unit and provided Incident report on possible cause of excursion.

Provided tuning of Single/Three element drum level. Tuning of Water chemical treatment control of boiler feed water system and tuning of ID/FD balanced draft controls. (350MW)

Provided tuning of three element level control on a Nuclear Reactor Pressure vessel.

Provided tuning for Auxiliary steam boiler controls for Nuclear Power station. Also, worked with engineering staff on several scaling issues for the Reactor controls.

Provided startup of two (2) coal fired 350MW units. Unit #3 was Foster Wheeler and unit #2 was Alstrom. w/Bailey Infi90.

Provided 1500MW unit required tuning of Boiler Feed pump controls for B&W "once-thru" unit during load ramps. w/Bailey Infi90.

Upgraded combustion control and superheat/reheat designs to latest standards. Re-design pulverizer/feeder controls. Commissioned Fuel, Air, SuprHt/ReHt and Water on both units for automatic load control from turbine. Trained operations and engineering on new control strategy (4 Classes—On site). C.E. Coal Fired (2-Mills/Raymond Ball-Type)—110MW C.E. Coal/Oil Fired (3-Mills/Raymond--#6 Bunker “C” Oil)—150MW

Provided tuning of two (2) Feed water Heater level controllers. Reviewed and implemented fuel scaling control logic and addition of Landfill Gas fuel logic addition. Reviewed tuning of Super Heat and Reheat/Burner Tilt logic. (Two (2) CE Gas/Oil/Coal fired—300MW/300MW

Provided startup loop tuning of Fuel (Gas, #2, #6 oil), Air, SuprHt/ReHt and Water for automatic control. Also provided additional tuning for load dispatch on turbine in coordinate mode. B&W Gas/Oil fired—110 MW

Provided tuning of Combustion controls for load change response and stability. B&W Coal Fired—600MW

Assisted with startup of 650MW Combined Cycle power station. Bailey Infi90 control system

Provided tuning of Super Heat and Reheat/Burner Tilts to optimize steam temp control of temperature excursions during load changes. (Two (2) C.E. Coal Fired—150MW/225MW

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Provided startup of Bailey UM/UB Flamon Detectors on Two (2) Oil Fired Units.

Joseph M. Jones

Specific Field Experience (continued):

Provided tuning of ABB system for Auxiliary steam boiler controls for Duke Power Nuclear—Oconee Station. Also worked with Engineering on several scaling issues for the reactor controls.

Provided tuning of ABB Three element level control on a Nuclear Reactor Pressure vessel at Dresden Station—Unit 2.

Provided supervision installation and startup of sixteen (16) Bailey Infi90 cabinets. Power and ground checkout and P.C.U. downloads.

Provided supervision of installation of field instrumentation, control panels, burner management panel, related piping, cable, conduit and tray for Nichols Incinerator.

Provided supervision of installation of all field instruments, control panels, burner mgmt panels, related piping, conduit, cable trays for heat treating furnace; unit startup included.

Provided supervision, calibration, and instruction of operation to plant personnel for revamp of instruments and controls on 5 package boilers for heating and air conditioning plant.

Provided field supervision for construction, test, and startup of wastewater treatment and waste incinerator unit.

Provided supervision of installation of instruments and controls, related piping, conduit, cable and tray. Instruction to plant personnel on maintenance and operation of control for Foster Wheeler fluidized bed boiler. Unit startup included.

Provided calibration of instruments and controls, field wiring and tubing of 2 Foster Wheeler 90,000 #/hr boilers for heating.

Provided calibration of instruments and controls, field wiring, tubing, startup and test efficiency of C.E.A. - Combustion Thermal Oxidation system with heat recovery.

Provided supervision of calibration and startup of field instruments and controls on several “grass-roots” installations.

Provided startup and loop tuning of Spec 200 three-element feed water control system. Provided characterization of several wood-fired Spec 200 combustion control systems.

Provided characterization of several Oil-fired pneumatic combustion control systems.

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Provided engineering services consisting of valve sizing for new and existing operations. Sizing of primary elements to determine delta-P, beta ratio, and correct application of orifice and flow nozzle elements, straight pipe requirements, and location of vena contracta taps.

Professional Resume

Provided engineering services consisting of valve sizing for new and existing operations. Sizing of primary elements to determine delta-P, beta ratio, and correct application of orifice and flow nozzle elements, straight pipe requirements, and location of vena contracta taps.