CURRICULUM
VITAE
ALAN
WHITFIELD
13th January 2000 Control Engineer
Last Contract : The Pyropress Engineering Co. Ltd, Plymouth,
Complete hardware and software design of
control system for twin diesel generator standby power installation for Royal
Victoria Hospital, Belfast. Two off SLC 5/04 in hot standby and Panelview
touchscreen. Commissioned into service on site
Other Contracting work during 1997/1999
Procter & Gamble, Havant, Hants Commissioning of special purpose manufacturing/ wrapping machine for female sanitary products. Allen Bradley PLC5/40
AVX Paignton. Commissioning of automated manufacturing cell for Tantalum capacitors. Multiple Mitsubishi A series and Interact Scada.
Wessex Water Commissioning of sewage sludge drying plant. Multiple Allen Bradley PLC5/40 and In Touch Scada. Debugging of software and plant hardware, wiring and instrumentation. June to November 1998.
Ginsters Ltd, Cornwall Complete design of control system and PLC program for a new machine to dispense filling mixture for pasties and similar products. Mitsubishi A series and MMI panel.
CE King Ltd, Chertsey, Surrey.
Complete design of the control system for a bespoke pharmaceutical dispensing and packaging line: CAD drawings of electrical circuits, cabinet layouts and wiring schedule. Pneumatic system design using SMC equipment. Specification of electrical and pneumatic equipment. Program for Allen Bradley SLC500 PLC and Panelview operator panel. EMC documentation. Commissioned machine into service
WT Integrated Systems, Elstead, Surrey. Part of an international group of companies providing a wide range of services to the Pharmaceutical industry.
Software Design Specifications and PLC program for part of a major Biotechnology project. Siemens S7 series 400 PLC and Step 7 software
Previous experience
Employed as a Controls design engineer by a major manufacturer of machinery for the tissue converting industry from 1989 until redundancy in July 1993.
Previously employed in special purpose machinery design and manufacture and sales.
Extensive experience of Control Engineering, covering power supply and distribution, AC and DC drives, stepper and servo motors, safety circuits, control circuits, instrumentation, sensing devices.
PLC experience:- Siemens S5 and S7; Texas (Simatic TI) 5TI, 525, 530 and 545; Allen Bradley PLC5, SLC500 and Panelview. Mitsubishi FX and A series; MAC50 and
FX DUE operator panels.
Interact, Fix 32 and In Touch Scada systems in conjunction with PLC.
Excellent knowledge of industrial pneumatics and hydraulics.
Autocad experienced.
Good knowledge of industrial lubricants and lubrication systems resulting from previous employment in the lubrication industry.
Design, development, programming and commissioning experience with:-
Paper industry machinery for manufacture of rolled and folded tissue products
Automatic assembly machinery for a wide range of applications.
Food and Pharmaceutical industry manufacturing and packaging machinery
Water industry- Sewage sludge drying plant - Allen Bradley PLC5/40
Part time lecturing in industrial pneumatics at Plymouth College of Further Education. Approximately 90 hours classroom time plus assessment.
Preparation and presentation of a one week training course in Mitsubishi PLC programming for line maintenance personnel in food industry.
Experience in EMC testing of large scale production line machinery, and preparation of Technical Construction Files for EMC approval by Competent body.
Previously worked as a Civil Aviation Licensed Aircraft engineer, qualified in electrical, instrument, engine and airframe systems. Qualified to certify passenger carrying aircraft as fit to fly. My training and work in military and civil aviation engineering have provided an excellent all round background in electrical and mechanical engineering.
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Equipment and software available:
Laptop - Pentium 233Mhz 64Mb ram., 15" TFT screen, Windows 98
Laptop – Toshiba T2130CS – Windows 95
Pentium 200 MHz PC ,64Mb, CD rom, network card, 17" monitor, Windows 98
Rockwell RS Logix 5
Rockwell RS Logix 500
Rockwell APS for SLC500
Rockwell Panelbuilder
Rockwell Devicenet Manager
MS Office 95 and 97
Autosketch
Mitsubishi Medoc
Mitsubishi Dusoft
Mcafee antivirus
Extensive electrical and mechanical toolkit for commissioning .
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Available for contract work in design, PLC and SCADA software and commissioning.
Preferred locations are near M5, M4 or A303 up to 200 miles from Plymouth.
Training and qualifications
Royal Navy apprenticeship training - 5 years.
Service as electrical artificer in Fleet Air Arm in aircraft electrical, instrumentation and weapon systems.
ONC Electrical Engineering
Open University degree in maths, science and technology subjects; including control engineering, instrumentation. and telecommunications.
Documentation available for the above if required.
Personal details:
Date of Birth: 7th February 1942
Nationality: British
General health: Excellent - Non smoker
Trading status:
Full time professional Contractor, Limited Co. Status.
Murley Controls Ltd.
Registered No: 3363484
VAT No 699 3188 67
Previously self employed July 1993-May 1997. Direct contract and priced jobs in local South West area.
Full past employment history available if required.
Address
Murley House
30 Rollis Park Rd
Oreston
Plymouth
PL9 7LY
Tel / Fax 01752 407980 Mobile 07970 980933
email alan@murleycon.freeserve.co.uk
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