This resume summarizes the professional experience of Alex Druk, an Australian electrical engineer specializing in instrumentation and control systems. He has over 35 years of experience working on projects around the world, holding roles such as senior control systems engineer, principal control systems engineer, and lead DCS engineer. His experience includes designing and implementing automation solutions for various industries using DCS platforms from manufacturers like Yokogawa, Honeywell, and Emerson.
1. PROFESSIONAL RESUME
NAME: ALEX DRUK
DATE OF BIRTH: 22 SEPTEMBER 1952
NATIONALITY: AUSTRALIAN
MARITAL STATUS: SINGLE, TWO CHILDREN (21 AND 28)
Telephone/fax:
Mobile: +31 628447019
Email axd020@yahoo.com
Address Verlengde J.A. Feithstraat 9725 AV
Groningen The Netherlands
PROFESSION: INSTRUMENT/ELECTRICAL ENGINEER
LANGUAGES ENGLISH
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
1978 Obtained degree in Electrical Engineering at
the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
EXPERIENCE:
January 2012-Present Jacobs Engineering Groningen The
Netherlands
Process Control Engineer GLT+ Project. Groningen Gas Field Automation Project. Design and
implementation of control strategies, Factory Acceptance Testing. The project included design of
new automation scheme for MANTURBO/Siemens Injection Gas Compressors. The scope
included Anti-Surge and capacity control as well as compressor utilities. CCC was
decommissioned and its functionality was transferred to DCS. Automatic startup and shutdown
sequences were configured in the DCS and compressor trip functions were configured in the plant
IPS.
January 2010-January 2012 UGL resources
DCS Engineer on the Advanced Materials Plant Project. Kuantan Malaysia
November 2009-December 2010 Fluor Australia
Newcrest Cadia East Underground Mine Project
Senior Control Systems Engineer
Responsible for design of the Centum VP DCS, PLC systems and the Backbone Fibre Optic
Communication Networks
February 2008- November 2009 Worley Parsons
Position:
Senior Control System/Instrument Engineer.
Takreer Green Diesel Project PMC role
2. Position:
Principal Control System/Instrument Engineer.
Worsley Alumina Expansion and Growth Project.
Materials handling/Infrastructure Instrumentation/Control System design, and functional
specifications.
December 2006- March 2008 Shedden Uhde
Position:
Principal Control System/Instrument Engineer.
Queensland Nitrates Debottlenecking Project.
Specifications for expansion of the DCS and Plant Shutdown Systems, Field Equipment, Control
Narratives.
Caltex Lytton Refinery DHTU2 Project (Diesel Desulphurisation)
Design Philosophy and Specifications for Analytical Equipment including Distillation, Flash Point,
Cloud Point, Density, SG analysers.
June 2006- December 2006 Aker Kvaerner
Position:
Principal Control System/Instrument Engineer.
120 MMSCMD Gas Plant for Reliance (India)
Control System Architecture.
Specifications for DCS, ESD and Fire and Gas Systems.
Specifications for HIPPS, Severe Service Control Valves.
Bids evaluation and preparation of Requisitions.
September 2001-June 2006 Shedden Uhde
Position:
Principal Control Systems Engineer
Orica Sodium Cyanide Plant 80 ktpa expansion project
Cape Energy Gas Plant FEED
CSBP Kwinana Prilling Plant
Alcan Engineering
Gove Expansion Project
Functional Specification for Power Station Control System. Emerson Delta V DCS
BassGas Project.
FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning.
Resposible for Plant Control System specifications, Basis of Design, Control and Safety Shutdown
Narratives, configuration/programming of Yokogawa Centum CS DCS, ProSafe Safety Shutdown
and Fire/Gas systems, Factory Acceptance test, Site Acceptance test. The project included control
of a turbo expander and a centrifugal gas compressor.
EXXON/Mobil Refinery Desulfurization and Benzene Reduction Project.
FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning;
3. Control Narrative, Specifications for field equipment, Burner Management System, Detail design
and construction package.
Shell Australia Clean Fuels Project (Hydro-desulphurisation) Project (Shell Geelong Refinery).
FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning;
Control Narrative, Specifications for field equipment, Burner Management System, Detail design
and construction package.
BP/Petrovietnam Nam Con Son Gas Project. SIL study and SIL report
March 2001-September 2001 Gas Services International, Singapore
Position:
Control Systems Engineer
Design and construction of HP Compression Package for Shell Sabah.
Design of the Instrument and control systems for a Bluewater FPSO
June 2000-February 2001 ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL (Dammam,Saudi
Arabia)
Position:
Lead DCS Engineer
Abu Safah Control System Replacement Project for Saudi Aramco.
Project Proposal and Front End Design package.
Specifications for DCS (Honeywell TDC3000), Safeguarding System PLC(Triconex), Fire
Protection System, Control Room module. Front End design drawings and specifications.
Universal Modular Platform (UMPs) design packages for the SaudiAramco Northern Area fields
such as Safaniya, Marjan, Zuluf, Berri and Abu Safah.
Safaniya Trunk Line TL-4 Scraping Facilities and Chemical Injection System (included design on
the GOSP4 and GOSP1 production facilities).
July 1996-June 2000 Thyssen Krupp Uhde
Position: Senior Instrumentation Engineer.
Queensland Ammonium Nitrate Project.
FEED, Detail Design, Construction, Commissioning of the plant.
Configuration and programming of DCS Controller, Safeguarding System PLC and HMI screens.
(System: Moore Products APACS/Quadlog, Wonderware HMI package) .
Specification of the field equipment.
Design of a new burner control system at Mobil Altona Refinery.
Seconded to TOYO Engineering Corporation. New Cracker for Mobil Altona Refinery.
Modifications to the Offsites. Configuration of DCS, design, supervision of installation,
commissioning.
Plasma plant (Poland) FEED
LNG plant control system based on Fanuc Genius PLC and CITECT SCADA control system (Gas
Transmission Corporation. Victoria. Australia.) Equipment specification, control software design,
supervision of installation and commissioning of the plant.
4. Solar Turbine Compressor control system modifications (West Tuna platform, ESSO Australia).
Design, supervision of installation, commissioning.
November 1995-July 1996 North West Shelf LNG Plant. Karratha, W.A.
Position: Instrument/Electrical Engineer.
Minor plant modifications.
February 1995 – November 1995 Thames Water Asia/Pacific
Position: Senior Instrumentation Engineer.
Siu Ho Wan Water Treatment Plant. Hong Kong.
Control Philosophy, design, equipment specification and procurement. The control system
(SCADA) included 11 Local Processing Units based on dual Allen Bradly PLC5 processors, a
telemetry system with 3 outstations and Johnson-Yokogawa ICS supervisory control/operator
interface package.
Preparation of the field installation and commissioning package for the installation
contractor. Commissioning of the plant.
January 1994 - January 1995 Fluor Daniel/PWT
Position: Senior Instrumentation Design Engineer.
Rayong Oil Refinery Project, Thailand.
Waste Water Treatment Plant Control Narrative, Control System design in accordance with
Shell Design Engineering Practices (DEP's). Specification of the
DCS configuration details. Design of the Control and Safeguarding systems for
the sludge incinerator.
October 1993 - January 1994 Fluor Daniel Australia.
Position: Instrumentation Engineer.
Employed on detail design of instrument system for Water Handling and Gas Lift
facilities on Flounder Platform in Bass Straight (ESSO Australia).
April 1993 - October 1993 BHP Petroleum
Employed by the Subsea Department.
Engaged in detail design of hydraulic control system for operation and emergency
shut down of subsea trees for FPSO for the Dai Hung Oil Field (Vietnam). Engineering
Specifications and contract management for umbilicals.
1990 - March 1993 EB GLOBAL ENGINEERING
Seconded to Qatar General Petroleum Corporation (QGPC).
Position: Project Engineer (Electrical/Instrumentation).
Responsible for modifications and upgrade of the equipment on the three offshore
platforms operated by QGPC - PS/1, PS/2 and PS3.
Duties included project specifications, design criteria, design supervision,equipment
procurement, commissioning.
Projects: replacement of the Main Oil Line pump gas turbine drivers with electric motors,
installation of the Bentley Nevada vibration monitoring system for all major
5. rotating equipment on the platforms, installation of the new chlorine production units.
Employed by EB Global Engineerig (New Zealand).
Position: Lead Instrumentation Engineer.
Project: Waihapa Production Station (Taranaki).
Duties: Design Criteria, specifications for DCS, Plant Shut Down System, Fire Pro-
tection System, field equipment. Checking and approval of the detail design documents: P&I
diagrams, Cause and Effect diagrams, loop diagrams, control
logic, etc. Participation in the Hazop study.
1988 - 1990 DAVY MCKEE PACIFIC
Position: Lead Instrumentation Engineer.
Project: New Cracker and the Refinery Control Building for Geelong Shell refinery.
The project included replacement of the refinery outdated area control rooms
with the new Central Control Building containing the CENTUM XL Yokogawa
Distributed Control System and the Pepperl and Fuchs Plant Shutdown System.
Duties: Hardware and Software specifications, configuration and programming of the DCS and
Safeguarding system PLC, supervision of a team of engineers
and draftsman carrying out system configuration, programming, testing and
preparation of the system documents.
Training courses: Yokogawa system course in Tokyo and UNIX course at the
Monash University in Melbourne.
ESSO Longford Plant.
New Area Control Room and Bailey Network 90 system for the crude stabilisation area.
Altona Petrochemical Company.
New Plant Shutdown System.
Australian Newsprint Mills.
TMP plant No2 and Paper Machine No3 projects for the Boyer Paper Mill (Hobart, Australia).
Equipment: Modicon 984 PLC, MOD300 DCS.
1987 I.C.I. ENGINEERING AUSTRALIA.
Position: Lead Instrumentation Engineer.
Projects: Design specifications for the new control building and the Foxboro IA
DCS for the Soda Ash Plant (South Australia).
Glaxo Australia vaccines production facility (Rosemount RS3 DCS)
Formaldehyde Plant (Victoria,Australia).
6. 1985-1987 FLUOR DANIEL (AUSTRALIA).
Position: Senior Instrument Engineer.
Progects: Control Modernisation for BP Kwinana (Perth, Western Australia)
consisting of three control buildings with the TDC3000 Distributed Control
System. Water Handling and Gas Lift projects and conversion to the Bailey
Network 90 DCS on the Cobia and Fortescque offshore platforms operated
by ESSO Australia. The project included control of the gas lift compressor. Anti-surge and
capacity control were configured in DCS.
1983-1985 GLOBAL ENGINEERING (AUSTRALIA).
Position: Senior Instrumentation/Electrical Engineer.
Projects: Jackson Field Oil Production Station (Queensland, Australia). Naccowlah South
Production Facility (South Australia).
Design of the control system based on the Allen - Bradley PLC-20 and the Fisher
PROVOX DCS. LACT metering system design.
Modifications to the Strzelecki, Dullingary and Merrimelia oil production stations.
Design of the water injection facilitiy at Dullingary. Telemetery system study.
1979-1983 LURGI (AUSTRALIA).
Position: Instrumentation Engineer.
Projects: Alumina filtration and calcination facilities (Worsley Alumina, Western Australia).
Equipment: Modicon 584 PLC, TDC2000 DCS.
Water treatment plant for the State Electricity Commission (Victoria, Australia).
Phosphoric acid plant (Phosphate Cooperation, Victoria, Australia).
SO3 plant for Gladstone Power Station.
Duties: Design, Commissioning.
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