Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Timeline
Generic

Darin Curry

Summary

Reliable, highly motivated self starter seeking a Control Systems Engineering position where my strong problem-solving and technical knowledge will be utilized, while being able to contribute my experience throughout a 17-year career in industrial maintenance, construction and engineering.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Control Systems Engineer

FlowChem LLC.
Waller, TX
04.2022 - Current
  • Provide instrumentation, electrical and controls systems support for plant and pipeline operations
  • Perform program and system upgrades to better suit production demands and provide guidance to site technicians
  • Also led a control system migration from Allen Bradley SLC 500 system to Allen Bradley Plant PAX 5.0 BPCS.

Control System Specialist & I/E Supervisor

Altivia Oxide Chemicals
Crosby, TX
06.2020 - 04.2022
  • Provide supervisory direction of all company and assigned contract technicians through performance and productivity management
  • Maintain all instrumentation, electrical and control systems necessary to maintain a batch processing facility operating on a 24/7/365 basis
  • Highly involved in projects that involved instrumentation, electrical and control systems expertise
  • The largest project to date was the design and implementation of a Rockwell Plant Pax 5.0 BPCS and SIS system that alone reached nearly 2 million dollars.

I/E Lead and Control Systems Technician

KMCO
Crosby, TX
02.2018 - 06.2020
  • Provide supervisory direction of all company and assigned contract technicians through performance and productivity management
  • Maintain all process instrumentation, electrical and control systems
  • Along with providing support for engineering on new projects and integrated control system upgrades.

I/E Specialist

ITI/KBR – Shell
Deer Park, TX
04.2012 - 02.2018
  • Train, manage and evaluate contract technicians
  • Make daily schedules of proper manpower utilization for 10-15 contract technicians
  • Maintain all process instrumentation and electrical systems along with working all scheduled turnarounds and commissioning/start-up of new projects and integrated control systems upgrades.

Instrumentation Instructor

Lee College
Baytown, TX
01.2012 - 05.2012
  • Instructed Principles of Automated Control and Trigonometry night courses while working full time.

I/E Technician

MEMC/SUNEDISON
Pasadena, TX
07.2008 - 04.2012
  • Maintain all process instrumentation, electrical and analytical systems plant wide
  • Assist with the training of new employees on various instruments, control schemes and safe work practices.

I/E Technician

Turner Industries
Deer Park, TX
11.2007 - 07.2008
  • Maintain all process instrumentation, electrical, and analytical systems at Hexion Chemicals.

I/E Technician

Huntsman Chemical Corp
Conroe, TX
06.2007 - 11.2007
  • Maintain all process instrumentation, electrical and analytical systems along with commissioning and start-up of the DCS integration project from GSE to Foxboro.

Instrument Technician

Jindal United Steel Corp
Baytown, TX
03.2006 - 06.2007
  • Maintain all furnace and plate mill instrumentation and CEMS analytical systems daily
  • Along with being dedicated to the commissioning and start-up of complete control systems hardware, software and all end field devices cut over for all gas-powered furnaces.

Education

BAAS - Organizational Leadership

Texas A&M University – Commerce
07.2024

Instrumentation Technology - AAS -

Lee College
05.2007

Liberty High School
05.2003

Skills

  • Microsoft Office
  • Projects
  • Excel
  • PowerPoint
  • Windows
  • IN tools
  • SAP
  • Oracle
  • Maximo
  • Chempax
  • Control System
  • Allen Bradley Plant PAX
  • RSLogix
  • Studio 5000
  • Wonder-ware
  • Intellution
  • Opto 22
  • Triconex
  • AADVANCE
  • Delta V
  • Honeywell TDC 2000
  • Honeywell TDC 3000
  • GSE
  • Foxboro systems
  • Instrumentation experience
  • Rosemount
  • Honeywell
  • Foxboro
  • ABB
  • Yokogawa
  • Endress-Hauser
  • Micro-Motion
  • GE/ Bentley-Nevada vibration hardware
  • GE/ Bentley-Nevada vibration software
  • Inducto-therm
  • Ajax induction heating systems
  • Fisher
  • Val-Tek
  • Bettis
  • Orbit valves
  • Siemens/Applied-Automation Maxum Gas Chromatographs
  • Teledyne Analytical
  • ABB CEMS
  • Mass Spectrometer
  • Rosemount Analytical
  • Thermo-Scientific
  • Ohmart Vega nuclear level devices
  • Analytical systems

Certification

  • Rockwell Automation: CCP299 Studio 5000 Logix Level 1: Control logix fundamentals and troubleshooting
  • Rockwell Automation: CCCL21 Studio 5000 Logix Designer Level 3: Basic ladder logic interpretation
  • Rockwell Automation: CCP143 Studio 5000 Logix Designer Level 3: Project Development
  • Rockwell Automation: CCP152 Studio 5000 Logix Designer Level 4: Function block programming
  • Rockwell Automation: CCP154 Studio 5000 Logix Designer Level 4: Structured text/ sequential function chart programming

Timeline

Control Systems Engineer

FlowChem LLC.
04.2022 - Current

Control System Specialist & I/E Supervisor

Altivia Oxide Chemicals
06.2020 - 04.2022

I/E Lead and Control Systems Technician

KMCO
02.2018 - 06.2020

I/E Specialist

ITI/KBR – Shell
04.2012 - 02.2018

Instrumentation Instructor

Lee College
01.2012 - 05.2012

I/E Technician

MEMC/SUNEDISON
07.2008 - 04.2012

I/E Technician

Turner Industries
11.2007 - 07.2008

I/E Technician

Huntsman Chemical Corp
06.2007 - 11.2007

Instrument Technician

Jindal United Steel Corp
03.2006 - 06.2007

BAAS - Organizational Leadership

Texas A&M University – Commerce

Instrumentation Technology - AAS -

Lee College

Liberty High School
Darin Curry