Robert Nyhuis has over 40 years of experience in electrical and electronic maintenance and installation roles across various industries including offshore oil drilling, manufacturing, and aviation. His resume lists extensive experience working with programmable logic controllers, motor controls, switchgear, automation systems, and other electrical equipment. He has worked for drilling and service contractors both onshore and offshore and is capable of troubleshooting, maintaining, and installing a wide range of rig electrical systems and equipment.

1. RESUME
Robert Nyhuis
7119 FM418
Silsbee, Tx. 77656
e-mail - maximus07@gotsky.com
409-790-5055
EXPERIENCE:
08/11 Rig ET Petroserv SA: Brazil
04/12
Worked on the new build, 6th
Gen rig Catarina in the DSME shipyard in Korea, doing commissioning and
equipment startups.
12/10 Rig ET Grupo R; Exploración Marina, S.A. de C.V, Mexico
To 05-11
Responsible for maintaining all the electronic and computer controlled equipment on the company’s deepwater
6th
Gen rig Centenario in the GOM.
06/06 to SURVEYOR / INSPECTOR & SERVICE TECHNICIAN West Engineering; Houston, Tx.
07/09
Conduct surveys and inspections of drilling equipment, power generation & distribution equipment, and
automated drilling control systems. Conduct repairs, maintenance, and upgrades to Electrical and Subsea BOP
multiplex control systems.
06/97 to FIELD SERVICE Varco Drilling Systems; Houston, Tx.
06/2003
Installation, Service & Repair of BOP Multiplexer Systems, and other motion compensation equipment
electrical/electronic controls, on offshore oil drilling rigs. Used Direct Logic, GE Fanuc & Siemens PLC’s.
Used Acad 2000 to generate prints.
07/94 to FIELD SERVICE Casper Electric; Houston, Tx.
12/96
Installation, Service & Repair of Oil Field Equipment-Same as OMC Services, plus equipment wiring and other
electrical work on air compressors, Generators, Etc. Used Acad rel 12 to generate prints.
01/93 to SYSTEMS CO-ORDINATOR Triple C Consulting; Cinti., Oh.
06/94
Worked in the document control center for the G.E. Aviation Component Service Center. Loaded all Company
Computer Software; Microsoft Word-Excel-Access, Novell Lan Workplace for Dos, Etc. Used Sun
Microsystems Sparc 10 running Unix with Formtek Cad System to manipulate rasterized drawings.
10/91 to FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER OMC Services; Houston, Tx.
10/92
Installation, Service & Repair on Company’s & G.E., I.P.S., & Ross Hill equipment. Manufacturer and
refurbisher of Large SCR D.C. motor controls, MCC's, Switchgear, and PLC controlled top drives for the
oil field industry. Used Acad Rel 10 and Plotter to generate prints.

2. ROBERT NYHUIS
06/89 to FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER Ross Hill Controls; Houston, Tx.
10/91
Installation, Start-up, Service, & repair to component level & field modifications. Manufacturer of large SCR
DC & AC motor controls, Switchgear, Diesel Engine & AC Generator Power Generation controls.
03/87 to MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN Louisiana Pacific Corp; New Waverly, Tx.
06/89
Involved in the initial installation and start-up of a fully automated WAFERWOOD Manufacturing Plant. Used
Allen-Bradley PLC-3 and PLC-2/20 which interfaced to Honeywell Process controllers, Fossil Fuel and 20/30
M-BTU Gas Burners, plus many other systems, and also controlled variable speed A.C./ D.C. motors
for precision flow control. Reduced plant maintenance repair hours by preventing equipment Over-usage.
02/86 to MAINTENANCE ENGINEER Oak Forest Cleaners; Little Rock, Ark.
01/87
Designed & programmed the conveyor logic control circuits for an automated, interacting, three (3) conveyor
system, using a Square D ‘Symax’ 500 PLC processor. Provided for load tracking plus load I.D. using only two
(2) photo eyes for each system. Interfaced the PLC to D.C. drive controllers and provided for two (2) speed
operation of all the conveyors.
12/83 to RIG ELECTRICIAN Sedco-Forex; Dallas, Tx.
12/85
Worked on an offshore Semi-Submersible drilling barge. In charge of routine maintenance and p.m.’s on all
vessel electro-mechanical equipment and systems; A.C. motor-generator controls, large D.C drive SCR controls,
and instrumentation. Did the installation, wiring, and checkout of a German Secondary Deballast system and
upgrading of various other systems for improved reliability and performance Ensured all safety switches and
devices were functioning properly.
04/72 to INSTALLATION ENGINEER Clark Equipment Co.; Battle Creek, Mich.
09/83 In charge of the electrical and mechanical startup, debug, and completion of fully automated, computerized,
major warehousing and distribution center AS/RS systems using Digital Equipment computers and Allen
Bradley PLC’s.
02/70 to FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER RCA Computer Div.; Lansing, Mich.
02/72
Installation, checkout, and service of Computer Mainframe Systems and all their associated peripheral
equipment. Setup P.M. programs on Reel to Reel tape drives to ensure reliability.
03/66 to AVIONICS INSTRUMENTATION SPECIALIST U.S. Air Force
11/69
Maintained aircraft attitude systems, engine instruments, pitot-static systems, Fuel quantity systems,
Etc. Organized and set-up an in-shop repair station at Cam Rahn Bay, Vietnam. Responsible for repair
of all aircraft instrument components. Designed and built a tester for the checkout of integrated relay
circuitry controlling the bombing system of a F-4C Fighter Bomber.
EDUCATION: Novell Network System Manager Course
Many company specialized schools
Correspondence - Cleveland Institute of Electronics
RCA Computer Division - Computer Hardware and Software
U.S.A.F. - Electronics and Instrumentation
Western Michigan University - Electrical Engineering
US Patent # 4,097,696
Cover Letter

3. ROBERT NYHUIS
7119 FM418 Silsbee, Tx. 77656
e-mail maximus07@gotsky.com
409-790-5055
I have many years experience in both the onshore and offshore oilfield industry working directly for both Drilling
and Service Contractors and am familiar with the majority of a Vessel/Rigs’ Electrical‐Electronic equipment:
Generator Control Systems, A/C ‐DC Drive Controls, Switchgear, Instrumentation, PLC automation controls, etc.
Read and understand electrical schematics.
While at Varco I worked on many turn‐key installation projects, once 3 at the same time in the Mobile Alabama
shipyards area. Most of the time I had to make up the installation wiring drawings, using Acad, as the project
progressed, and submit them to Engineering as: As‐Built drawings. I also did PLC software modifications, while
overseas, to get the equipment working properly. One instance was to provide for a BOP Koomey unit ‘stuck
switch’ indication. I also assisted the rig ET’s and electricians in resolving other equipment problems they weren’t
familiar with.
While at West Engineering I also worked, on a temporary assignment for Global SantaFe, Operations Support, in
Houston Texas. While there I resolved persistent remote communications problems, on Hydralift Equipment, drew
up easy to follow logic diagrams and also setup Commissioning and Ready to Drill procedures for Jack‐up rigs,
that could be readily customized for different equipment and configurations.
During some of the industry downturns, I had to find other work with friends or relatives.
I am considered a System Controls Expert and a proven problem solver, and can readily learn new systems and
equipment with minimal formal training. I am a very motivated self starter and believe my many years of
experience could be very beneficial your company.