SANDY SILVESTER THOMAS
Position applied: - Instrumentation and Control Engineer
 Mobile: +91-9746008260, +91-471-2441117 (India)  E-Mail: sandysilvester@hotmail.com, sandysilvester@yahoo.com
Assignments in Project Coordination / Automation / Instrumentation with an organisation of high repute
PROFESSIONAL SYNOPSIS
 Dynamic professional with 9 years of experience in Project Coordination, Instrumentation, Installation &
Commissioning and Process Enhancement.
 Exposure in handling site operations and accountable for quality service & timely completion of projects.
 Experience in carrying out various tests & inspection for various processes and checking the quality.
 Well versed with the concepts of selecting control schemes, identifying appropriate control system, handling
enquiry specification preparation and selecting instruments based on type of application.
 An effective communicator with excellent relationship management skills and strong analytical, leadership,
decision-making, problem solving & organizational abilities.
KNOWLEDGE PURVIEW
 Experience in:
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Logic Development, Simulation & Testing .RS LOGIX 500 / 5000 and CODESYS _WAGO.
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Installation and commissioning of SIMENS MICROMASTER VFD, ABB ACS800 & AB Power Flex 700H.
 Well versed with:
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Human Machine Interface Programming such as C-more & Cimrex, Panel View.
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SCADA (GUI) such as Factory Talk View Studio, Citect Ver.7.0, ONSPEC, RS View 32.
 Worked on Oil and Gas (ESD), Water Treatment & Pumping Station Project, Power Plant, Bath Removal (BCP) and Ando
Roding Plant (ARP) in Aluminum Smelter Installation Commissioning.
CAREER CONTOUR
Since Jun’10: KEMPE Engineering Services, Australia (UAE) as Senior Engineer Electrical & Automation
Aug’08 – Jun’10: Binghalib LLC. (SYSCOM Division) as Sr. Engineer Automation
Jun’05 – Aug’08: Microverse Automation Pvt. Ltd., Pune as Project Engineer
Apr’03– May’05: Godrej & Boyce Ltd, Mumbai as Instrument Engineer as (Hydroclave Operation VSSC) under contract
Highlights
Tested and replaced instruments before every curing support operation team during Hydroclave operation
The Accountabilities:
Project Coordination
 Overseeing the activities involving working out various requirements & monitoring overall project operations for ensuring
timely completion.
 Executing cost saving techniques / measures and modifications to achieve substantial reduction in O&M expenditures and
work within the budget.
 Carrying out discussion with consultant and main contractors.
Instrumentation
 Managing the process measurement, control instrumentation and services to monitor the critical operations.
 Overseeing the instrumentation & automation system comprising PLC, DCS & SCADA Systems to control critical process
parameters to achieve consistency in yield and quality.
 Performing the Factory Acceptance Test before panel dispatch and total installation of Control System
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Operations & Maintenance
 Overseeing execution of preventive maintenance of equipment, including schedules / shutdown maintenance to ensure
trouble-free and seamless operations.
 Handling breakdown shutdown maintenance work for all instruments and automation system.
 Preparing various project reports for identifying areas of obstruction / defects, conducting troubleshooting, service and repair
to rectify the equipment.
Team Management
 Leading, mentoring & monitoring the performance of team members to ensure efficiency in process operations and meeting
of project targets.
 Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance
amongst team members.
Significant Highlights:
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KEMPE Engineering Services, Australia
Diligently involved in project engineering & software support for Control System and Instrumentation.
Effectively carried out Control Logic Development in line with the process.
Anchored final installation & commissioning of the project.
Improved Stub-Straightening and dust reclaim plant cycle Time in QATALUM.
Obtained 90% reduction in breakdowns / downtime through effective maintenance.
Major Projects Executed:
DCS & Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Based Projects:
Title
PLC System, Aluminum Smelter (KSA)
Client
Ma'aden Aluminum Company
Logic Development Software
Rockwell Automation
GUI
Factory Talkview Studio SE
Title
PLC System, Aluminum Smelter (UAE)
Client
Dubal (Dubai)
Logic Development Software
Rockwell Automation
GUI
SCADA; Factory Talkview Studio ME
Title
Client
Logic Development Software
GUI
PLC System, Aluminum Smelter (UAE)
EMAL (Abu Dhabi)
Rockwell Automation
SCADA; Factory Talkview Studio SE & ME
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Client
Logic Development Software
GUI
PLC System, Aluminum Smelter (Qatar)
Qatar Aluminum (Qatalum)
Rockwell Automation
SCADA; Factory Talkview Studio ME
Binghalib LLC. (SYSCOM Division)
 Handled hardware detail design, created control philosophy, carried out From-To listing and I/O allocation for controller
modules.
 Successfully executed SCADA Application Development and Approval.
Major Projects Executed:
DCS & Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) Based Projects:
Title
HIMA PLC System, Oil extraction Plant, Iran
Client
ENI B.V
Title
Client
Rockwell PLC System, Power Control for Navigation System, Abu Dhabi
General Civil Aviation
Title
Client
Rockwell PLC System, Water Treatment Plant, 1500 I/O), Sharjah
Sharjah Sewage Treatment Plant
Title
Client
PLC System, Fire Hydrant System. 700 Control Panel with 20 I/O channels
Dubai Civil Aviation Jabel Ali Airport
Title
Client
Wago PLC System, Pumping Station, Sharjah
Sharjah Municipality
Title
Client
Rockwell PLC System, HVAC, 336 I/O Channels, Qatar
Qatar, Qatalum, (KEMPE)
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Client
Rockwell PLC System, HVAC, 400 Digital Channels, Qatar
Qatar, Qatar Petroleum
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Client
Rockwell PLC System, HVAC, 248 I/O Channels, Qatar
Qatar, Qatalum, (KEMPE)
Title
Client
RTU System, Pumping Station, Sharjah
Sharjah Municipality, Waste Water Treatment Plant (STP)
Microverse Automation Pvt. Ltd., Pune
 Developed concepts such as:
 The re-design and development of Utility Board for Honeywell Automation.
 Designing of Digital Input, Digital Output, Analog Input and Analog Output.
 Relay Terminal Panel Circuits for Clients In-house & Siemens, Honeywell.
Project Executed: DCS based Projects:
Title
Client
DCS System, Consisting of 30 MW Power Plant (TG, Boiler & WHRB)
Shyam SEL (PD) Ltd., Mangalpur, (A Division of Shyam Group of Companies, West Bengal
Title
Client
DCS System, Consisting of 30 MW Power Plant (TG, Boiler & WHRB)
Shyam DRI Power Ltd. Sambalpur, a division of Shyam Group of Companies Orissa
Title
Client
DCS System, Consisting of 15 MW Power Plant (TG, Boiler & WHRB)
Shyam Century Ferrous Ltd. Barnegat, Meghalaya
Title
Client
940 I/O’s System, Consisting of 8 MW Power Plant (TG, Boiler & WHRB)
Shyam SEL Ferrous Ltd., Burdwan, West Bengal, A division of Shyam Group of Companies
Title
Client:
DCS System, Consisting of 53.2TPH WHRB
Raipur Alloys & Chhattisgarh Electrical Company Ltd. at Raipur (C.G.)
Title
Client
DCS System, Boron Plant.
Heavy water Board, Manuguru (A.P.)
Title
Client
110 I/O’s System, for Weighing Filling and Batching
Roham and Hass, Taloja, Mumbai
SCHOLASTICS
Bachelor of Engineering (Electronics and Communication) from the University of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University,
Tirunelveli, India in 2005.
Diploma in Electronics and Communication Engineering from the Board of Technical Education, Tamil Nadu, India in 2001.
TECHNICAL PURVIEW
 PLC
o PLC (Allen-Bradley), Siemens and Micro SYS
o WAGO, Modbus communication Protocol, TBOX
 PLC Programming Software
o RS LOGIX 500 / 5000, Simatic Siemens and Sysdev (FBD logics)
o CODESYS_2.3Vr Wago
 HMI / SCADA
o Panel View Standard and Panel View plus Terminals
o Panel Builder, RSView Studio and RSView32
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o Factory Talk View Studio (SE & ME)
o AXEDA, Citect Vijeo Ver. 7.0, C-More (automation Direct)
o LS-XGA
Modeling Software
o AutoCAD
o Circuit Design Software – MultiSim 2000 and ORCAD
Operating Systems / Computer Applications
o Windows (9x / ME / 2000 / XP / Vista)
o Microsoft Office
o Virtual Machine 6.5 ver. & 7.0 Ver. Configuration
o Virtual Fusion for MAC Configuration
Troubleshooting of System Hardware and Operating system and Networking
Programming Software: SYSDEV
Programming Languages: Functional Block Diagram
SCADA Packages: ONSPEC 6.3 / 6.2
Operating System: MS DOS, Windows XP, Windows 2003 Server, MAC
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26th November, 1980
Tessy Dale, Kumarapuram, Medical College P.O, Trivandrum 695011
English, Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam
F3658457
Trivandrum
21/06/2005
20/06/2015
Valid upto 29 /12/2015
05 /02/2021
Indian
Married
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Middle East, Singapore and India