Gus Tijerina has over 20 years of experience in industrial automation, electrical, and instrumentation work. He has extensive experience troubleshooting, installing, and programming industrial motors, variable frequency drives, PLCs, HMIs, and process control loops. He is proficient in ladder logic programming, instrumentation, electrical construction, and commissioning capital projects. He currently works as a senior automation technician where he performs corrective maintenance, instrumentation calibration, and HMI/SCADA programming.

1. GUS TIJERINA
424 E 46th St Odessa, Tx 79762 | H: 661-390-0843 | gustijerina@hotmail.com
Summary
Qualifications:
 Industrial Motor troubleshooting, installation and wiring. Industrial Machine
troubleshooting and repair, experience across a wide variety of industrial and
manufacturing process.
 Fmiliar with most types of variable frequency drives, able to troubleshoot, install,
replacement and program, also in translating and transposing control strategies, source,
sink, ttl logic, etc.. experience with the following and as well as others:Toshiba, Allen
Bradley, Hitachi, Siemens.
 Experience in PLC hardware troubleshooting I/O point failure, installation and
replacement. Skilled in ladder logic programming, experience with Idec, Koyo, Siemens,
GE Fanuc 90-30 and 90-70 and some Allen Bradley.
 Experience across a variety of communication protocols.
 Experience in instrumentation sizing, troubleshooting, calibration and installation.
 Proficient at reading P&ID's, correcting and redlining for as builts. Analog control loop
experience in troubleshooting, commissioning and installation: 0-10VDC, 4-20ma, RTD and
thermocouple, inputs and outputs, as well as PID loop wiring and programming and
tightening to maintain set point with minimal overshoot or undershoot
 Experience in creating HMI's and programming SCADA processes, integrating HMI's with
PLC's by writing to registers and reading from them to generate real time graphical
display with virtual control panels including virtual HOA's, and virtual pots as well as real
feedback. Also proficient in relay logic in designing and building panels and control
strategies.
 Experienced in commissioning, drawing prints, and capital project management on small
short term industrial projects which included hiring skilled labor, material take off lists,
input with engineering in drawing up prints., load calculations, and NEC code related
issues.
 Also a licensed California General Journeyman Electrician capable of general industrial
electrical construction, reading and executing prints, installing conduit, cable trays, wire
pulls, and terminating mcc, cabinets and panels and providing oversight and corrections
where applicable.
Highlights
 Excellent communication skills
 Excellent written and verbal skills
 Familiarity with review/design of instrumentation
 Problem-solving and analysis skills
 Demonstrated organizational/planning skills
 Building commissioning experience
 Adaptability
 Ability to translate technical specifications

2. Experience
Senior I & E Technician/ Automation Technician Oct 2014 to Present
G & P Automation
1.)Contracted to Targa Resources Eunice,NM but provide services for four different
facilities/ gas plants.
2.)Corrective action for daily work orders related to I & E Department
3.)Involves calibration of process instrumentation including level, pressure and
temperature transmitters, and control valves and devices.
4).Most of the work because it is an older facility requires correction or editing of control
Logic using GE Proficy development software, tuning of ladder based function block PID
controllers and verifying and correcting scaling from end devices all the way through
Wonderware and function testing.
5.)On a daily basis perform editing changes, and create new panels for Wonderware
Intouch applications. Adding topic names for new plcs, editing/ adding tagnames, creating
trends, etc. using Windowmaker development software and deploying through Window
viewer on various client nodes.
6.)Adding tag names to Wonderware Historian and configuring for various trends and
reporting for emissions controls required for a PSM facility.
Senior I & E Technician
Advanced Combustion and Process Controls- Bakersfield, CA Aug 2014 to Oct 2014
 Assigned/Subbed out to Aera Gas Plant 32 at Belridge production field.
 Responsibilities involved correcting P&ID's for as builts for gas plant instrumentation.
 Locating PLC I/O data points for instruments to force circuits in order to facilitate
instrument calibration without generating shutdowns or alarms.
 Verifying instruments and loop checking shutdown/ESD device.
I&E Technician
ESI Bakersfield, CA June 2014 to Aug2014
 Assigned/Permanently subbed out to Chevron I & E department at McKittrick/Temblor Thermal
Area near McKittrick, CA
 Responsibilities were answering break calls and Pm's on AWT's and associated guage settings.
 Pm's involved creating a AWT schedule for all wells at a particular guage setting schedule through
Intellution iFix to check leakby and functionality on steam and flowback valves, and through AWT
and main pipeline manifolds.
 Calibration of AWT instrumentation including interface probes, pressure transmitters, micromotion
flowmeters, level transmitters and rebuilding AWT valves.
Jan 2014 to June 2014

3. ESI - Bakersfield, CA
Instrumentation and Electrical Technician for ESI at Vintage Lost Hills WaterSoftening/Heavy
Oil treatment facility.
 Instrumentation and Electrical Tech for ESI at Vintage Lost Hills Water
Softening/Heavy Oil treatment facility construction project.
 Responsibilities include all instrumentation installation, wiring, terminations,
programming, calibrations, loop checks and commissioning.
 Work usually also involves coordinating with programmer, operators and CTR for
shutdowns and turnovers.
 Also help with conduit runs, wire pulls and cabinet, mcc, panel terminations.
Aug 2007 to Jun 2013
TRIDENT SEAFOODS - SAND POINT, AK
 Returned to Trident Seafoods SandPoint but concentrated on electrical maintenance, troubleshooting
and repair, work as a process engineerfor production lines, streamlined ladder programs,
instrumentation,and automation,installed HMI's and touch screen computers and performed additional
SCADA programming to integrate into existing systems in an effort to transform controls in a more
operatorfriendly and add transparency.
 Also oversawand helped periodically on capital projects over the years where my commercial and
industrial construction experience was utilized.
 Projects ranged from bunkhouse and warehouse buildings to factory modifications that I was also
involved in from beginning design phases as process engineerthrough to construction and
programming and final operation and continual improvement to increase overall uptime and product
recovery.
 Troubleshooting and maintaining of the same 5MW diesel fire power plant for site electrical needs as
stated below, involved installing a SCR on one of the 3512's which I performed the install and s etup
myself, including the urea concentration and mixing and dosing parameters which resulting in a clean,
effective and non fouling operation.
 Also maintained our fleet or local fishing vessels and tenders by providing any electrical maintenance
and troubleshooting needs including but not limited to shipboard generators,rswsystems,sonar,radar,
gps,autopilots and all associated instrumentation and hardware and software..
Sep 2006 to Feb 2007
SONCO ELECTRIC - Odessa,TX
 Worked as a industrial journeyman construction electrician.Completed the electrical subcontracting
duties in constructing fourcrude oil pumping stations for Plains Marketing, formerly Enron Oil
Transportation, of Midland, TX.
 In most cases stations consisted ofthree or four 150 HP soft-start controlled GASO
triplex pumps and all associated instrumentation.
 Duties as lead man were to measure, count and estimate to order material for all jobs,
and regular duties of an industrial electrician, such as running rigid conduit,pulling
wire, meggering out and wiring motors, installing instrumentation and terminating
MCC' s, PLC cabinets all according to customer prints and schematics.
Jun 2005 to Feb 2006

4. MANPOWER UNISYS - Rancho Bernardo, CA
 Position as plant electrician, performing new construction build outs and moves to
accommodate ever changing factory operations.
 Performed any task associated with the electrical trade or discipline, daily work was
mostly preventative maintenance
Journeyman Electrician
Mar 2005 to Jun 2005
Rowan ELECTRIC - San Diego, CA
 Ran a service van and performed residential and commercial construction,remodels
and service calls.
Journeyman Electrician
Oct 2004 to Mar 2005
FLEET ELECTRICAL SERVICES - San Diego, CA
 Perform residential, commercial and industrial service calls and new construction.
 Run own service truck and serve as Foreman on mid sized construction jobs.
Assistant Chief Engineer
Jan 2002 to Jul 2004
Trident Seafoods Inc - AK
 Oversee the operation of a Seafood Processing Plant in Sand Point, Alaska, for second
shift.
 Responsibilities include: Operate and maintain the plants'own 5 MW diesel fired power
plant.
 Troubleshoot and correct generatorand engine malfunctions on (3) CAT 3512A's with
SR4 generators both PM and SE excited, (1) CAT D399 with KATO generator, and (2)
3412's with SR4's both PM and SE also. Test and adjust droop and load gain and actuatorcontrol
through 2301A controlmodules for synching generator operation.
 Operate and maintain the plants'own 1500 ton ammonia refrigeration plant.
Including trouble shooting and repairing compressorcontrol circuits and mechanical
devices such as pilot and non pilot actuated solenoid valves back pressure regulators
and TXV's.
 Operate and maintain the process/production deckofthe plant capable of processing
up to 1.5 million pounds of fish a day.
 Daily activates include electrical and mechanical troubleshooting,repairing, testing,
adjusting, and otherwise streamlining all of the plants' equipment for maximum
efficiency and recovery in terms of operating cost.
 Other engineering activates include federal and state environmental and non-environmental
compliance programs.

5.  Also responsible for the electrical maintenance of the largest privately owned commercial
fishing fleet in the state of Alaska, from radar electronics to auto pilot and GPS
controls to generator and main engine malfunctions.
 Accomplishments: Installed and programmed a SCADA system,included running conduit and pulling
wire; testing,installing, fitting and calibrating all instrumentation; writing and programming plc
ladder logic and windows based SCADA logic using National Instruments Lookout 5.0
HVAC technician/ electrician
Jun 2001 to Jan 2002
Loving Heating Air Conditioning and Electrical - Odessa,TX
 Service and install Rheem air conditioners and heaters.
 Plan, modify structural elements of homes and businesses to accommodate new split
systemor roof mounted package units.
 Complete installation of units including ducting, gas,and electrical and almost always
having to modify electrical service to compensate for added electrical load.
 Also performed electrical service calls and new construction in residential,commercial
and sometimes industrialsettings.
Journeyman Electrician Jan 2001 to Mar 2001
Saulsbury Industries - Odessa, TX
 Run conduit,pull wire and terminate circuits for the renovation ofa multi-polymer
plastics manufacturing plant, to change from analog to digital controls.
TIC Inc - Steamboat Springs, CO Feb 1999 to Jun 2000
Journeyman electrician.
 Performed new industrial construction as a journeyman electrician on a cement
mine/manufacturing plant in Midlothian, Texas.
 Planning and executing conduit runs,wire pulls, and terminations according to
engineering prints and schematics.
T&E Services - Giddings, TX Jun 1998 to Feb 1999
 Journeyman electrician.
Ran conduit,pulled wire, and made terminations according to prints and schematics to
automate a natural gas substation.
 Completed all field terminations for instrumentation and plcs.

6.  Completed job by performing loop checks between field instrumentation and plc, with
a signal generator.
Maintenance/ Carpenter
Dec 1997 to Feb 1999
Bobby Cox Companies - ODESSA, TX
Built customcabinets,performed new construction and remodeling on contract basis
for restaurants and othertypes ofbusiness establishments.
Electro-mechanical Technician
May 1997 to Dec 1997
Cooper Bessemer - Odessa, TX
 Performed overhauls on skid mounted engines for natural gas compression both in shop
and in field.
 Work included service of mechanical and electrical components.
Assistant Shop Manager
May 1996 to May 1997
Shaneda Machine - Odessa,TX
 Wrote companies first ISO 9001 quality control program for mechanical seal division.
 Performed job control for everything that entered shop including, inspecting item,
ordering parts,technical writing and invoicing.
US Navy Nuclear propulsion pipeline in Orlando, Fl Jun 1995 to Mar 1996
 Performed preventative and scheduled maintenance on mechanical equipment
associated with a nuclear propulsion plant aboard a naval vessel.
Education
High School Diploma
5/1995
Odessa High School
Algebra, Chemistry, Physics,Calculus
Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering
2018
Arizona State University - AZ, US
Currently enrolled in Arizona State University's Ira A Fulton Schoolof Engineering and working
towards a B.S. in Electrical Engineering

7. Orlando Certification Defense classified confidential coursework material in courses
including: chemistry, nuclear physics, heat transfer and fluid flow, mechanical
equipment and calculus., Nuclear Power/Propulsion
Nuclear Field A School/Power School
Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Thermodynamics, Physics,Nuclear Physics,Mechanical
Equipment
Additional Information
LICENSED CALIFORNIA STATE GENERAL JOURNEYMAN ELECTRICIAN LICENSE#122590
HOBBIES Reading, studying and deciphering old alchemy and philosophicalworks and
books and practicing laboratory alchemy and experiments to create quintessences,
transmutations and panaceas to cure disease and extend life.
Gold refining using organic chemistry and reverse electro-stripping and gold
prospecting. Studying and playing classical violin
ProfessionalAffiliations
1/2002 - Present Institute ofFood Technologists member
SKILLS: Electrical and mechanical troubleshooting,Ladderlogic and SCADA programming ,
Drawing and reading complex electrical schematics
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Three letters of commendation- US Navy Hazmat technician- 3 day
course