George Islas

Highly skilled Instrument and Controls technician in precision installation, maintenance of industrial instrumentation and calibration of critical instrumentation to ensure compliance with industry standards. Proven ability to support system commissioning and maintain optimal performance of automated systems in a GMP-regulated settings. Developed and populated Critical Risk Assessment sheets to evaluate and classify devices based on criticality. Defined instrument tolerances, operational ranges, and key test points to support safety and reliability assessments. Expert troubleshooter with a strong commitment to safety and process optimization. Renowned for enhancing system reliability and collaborating effectively with diverse teams to achieve exceptional results.

i. Motor Speed Control: Assisted in working on and troubleshooting various types of motor speed controllers. Supported the commissioning of motors with direct drive eddy clutches and voltage source inverters to space vector pulse width modulators. Helped program and start multiple VFDs.

ii. Documentation: Skilled in generating and maintaining calibration and commissioning records. Strong understanding of GMP practices and documentation requirements. Perform detailed system walkdowns and as-built verifications on instrumentation and control panels, ensuring compliance with wiring diagrams, P&ID's and industry standards.

iii. FTP (Function Testing Procedures): Assisted in the creation of function testing procedures for various types of equipment. Helped outline testing and commissioning steps, including actions to be taken, responsible parties, affected equipment and processes, safety concerns, and external procedures that need to be followed. 

iv. Functional Safety: Assisted control engineering in calculating and expressing process behavior for PID control functions. Supported the conversion of instrument data to correctly express values in HMIs. Helped specify, update, and red-line P&IDs, datasheets, wiring diagrams, installation drawings, ladder diagrams, DCS functions, and other design forms. Recommended improvements to system equipment reliability, interlock functions, precision measurements, and accuracy.

V. Instrumentation: Perform calibrations, loop checks, test certifications, and function testing on various instruments (pressure, flow, temperature, pH, Load cells, etc. Supported the design of measurement systems with different transmitters, including open channel Parshall flume flow measurement using an ultrasonic level transmitter and standalone single-loop controllers with multiple in-series alarms for remote applications. 

vi. Electrical & Protection: Assisted in designing and supervising the installation of conduit, cable tray, lighting, motors, transformers, junction boxes, etc. Supported the termination of communication equipment.

vii. Commissioning: Assisted in commissioning in GMP and non-GMP systems in the Pharmaceutical industry. Chiiled Water Systems, Steam, Potable Water, Heating Systems, Cooling Towers, CIP/SIP systems, Bio reactors, HVAC systems, Clean Utilities systems, Chromatography systems. Boilers, compressors, generators, water treatment, polyethylene units, polypropylene units, chlor-alkali units, nitrogen units, power plants, and various analytical systems. Supported the testing of numerous loops: DCS, analytical, or SIS.

viii. Programs, Software, Hardware, and Protocols: Experience with Shared Files, Allen Bradley, Excel, Word, VDS, CS-300, Delta-V Diagnostics, Delta-V Control Station, FieldBus,  BMS (Building Management System), CMMS (Computer Maintenance Management Systems), HART Protocol, Modbus, and others.

Inst Tech NCCER # 9858734

T.W.I.C

T.D.L.R - Electrical License

U.S.A Passport

OSHA 30