Karl Stevens
West Grove,PA
Summary
Fastidious Instrumentation Engineer with 36 + years designing and maintaining technical products of incomparable accuracy. Specializes in conforming all instrumentation solutions to perfectly align with performance tolerances and budgetary thresholds. Satisfied only when exceeding customers' technical expectations and meeting financial needs.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Instrumentation Engineer
DuPont / Corteva Agriscience
Wilmington, DE, DE
12.1997 - Current
- Prepared cost estimates, schedules and project specifications for purchasing instrumentation.
- Participated in design specification review meetings, coordinating with inter-departmental teams to align ongoing efforts and overall business goals for instrument simplification and reliability which result in cost savings on projects.
- Participated in formal internal design reviews of proposed instrumentation guideline products and providing input on potential technical improvements savings $1000's.
- Assisted with development of instrumentation operating procedures and provided technical support.
- Provided instrument technical consulting, which included process implementation and all specifications including sizing control valves, performing PFD's calculations for SIS instrumentation.
- Revised instrumentation guidelines and standards to address exceptions and provide clarification, where needed.
- Lead FEl activities through detail design, construction, commissioning and start-up
- Saved $1000's by implementing cost-saving initiatives that addressed long-standing problems via Heat tracing.
Lead Instrumentation Designer
BE&K
Newark, DE
09.1992 - 05.1997
- Lead Instrumentation projects from Front-end-loading, through production design and construction.
- Worked on various DCS systems, ABB, Honeywell, Delta V, Siemens PCS 7 and Rockwell PLC's working in-conjunction with P&ID's.
- Prepared variety of different written communications, reports and documents to facilitate construction.
- Created plans and communicated deadlines to complete projects on time.
- Used critical thinking to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.
- Collaborated with team members to achieve target results.
- Completed paperwork, recognizing discrepancies and promptly addressing for resolution
Education
BBA - Business Administration
Wesley College
Dover, DE05.2003
Associate of Applied Science - Drafting And Design Technology
American Institute of Technology of Design
Philadelphia, PA05.1978
Skills
- Design Procedures
- Operations Conformance Verification
- Instrument Specifications Conformance
- Design Field Bus and Wireless technology for projects
- Instrumentation and Controls
- CAD Drawings (Micro Station & Auto Cad)
- System Instrumentation Design
- Heat Tracing Design
- Smart Plant In-Tools
- Leading Instrumentation projects
Affiliations
ISA - Wilmington Chapter
Certification
- Six Sigma - Green Belt certified -2006
- SIS & Functional Safety -2022
enjoy fishing, hiking and reading
I enjoy fishing in Bass tournaments and meeting other anglers. I also enjoy hiking nature trails and seeing wildlife.
In addition, to reading technical periodicals.
Timeline
Instrumentation Engineer
DuPont / Corteva Agriscience
12.1997 - Current
Lead Instrumentation Designer
BE&K
09.1992 - 05.1997
BBA - Business Administration
Wesley College
Associate of Applied Science - Drafting And Design Technology
American Institute of Technology of Design
- Six Sigma - Green Belt certified -2006
- SIS & Functional Safety -2022
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