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PHIL BUSLER

Houston

Summary

Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. I have over thirty years experience in the I/E field.

Overview

34
34
years of professional experience

Work History

I/E Technician

C2C Technical Services
08.2023 - Current
  • Managed facets of instrumentation and electrical equipment and automation maintenance program to support company refinery operations.
  • Partnered with coordinators to troubleshoot and resolve instrumentation and electrical equipment and automation issues.
  • Enhanced system efficiency by calibrating and maintaining instrumentation and control devices.

I/E Technician

Rotating Equipment Specialists
09.2022 - 04.2023
  • Exercised leadership capabilities by successfully motivating and inspiring others.
  • Skilled at working independently and collaboratively in a team environment at the MPLX sites.
  • Used critical thinking and trouble shooting to break down problems, evaluate solutions and make decisions.

Senior Instrument Technician

Contech
03.2022 - 09.2022
  • Conducted preventive maintenance and troubleshooting of metering instruments.
  • Studied and interpreted equipment manuals, circuit diagrams, blueprints and schematics to determine corrective actions for repairs, calibrations and installations.
  • Performed scheduled and planned installation and maintenance duties

I/E Specialist

Sasol North America Corporation
12.2019 - 03.2022
  • Responsible for instrumentation and electrical for Houston and Winnie plants. I over saw and assisted technicians with daily work and emergency's. I'm was over projects and upgrades for both sites.
  • Unit bring down, shutdown work and startup coverage.
  • Maintained overall safe work environment with employee training programs and enforcement of safety procedures.
  • Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects

Instrument Technician

Lubrizol Specialty Products Inc.
12.2018 - 11.2019
  • Responsible for all Instrumentation maintenance, PM's, calibrations, troubleshooting and function testing for the entire plant.
  • Unit bring down, shutdown work and startup coverage.

Instrument Specialist

Praxair Inc.
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Responsible for quality control, upgrade and replacement of instrumentation for all US sites. Over seeing projects, maintenance and contract work. Update drawings and P&ID's. Function testing SIS, ESD logic and all instrumentation.
  • Demonstrated creativity and resourcefulness through the development of innovative solutions

I/E Technician

TASC/ BASF
09.2015 - 09.2017
  • Responsible for all Instrument & Electrical maintenance, PM's, calibrations, troubleshooting and function testing for the entire plant.
  • I was put in charge of several high priority jobs during plant start up.
  • Installed, adjusted and calibrated electrical equipment and instrumentation to maintain proper performance

Instrument Technician

Celanese Corp.
01.2014 - 06.2015
  • Troubleshooting and maintenance of online instrumentation, analyzer and process control issues.
  • Testing of S.I.S., and E.S.D. Logic and instrumentation.
  • Unit bring down, shutdown work and startup coverage.
  • Performed repair procedures on damaged instruments and sourced replacements from approved vendors

I/E Technician

TASC. Braskem
06.2013 - 05.2014
  • I worked in the maintenance department with the Braskem I/E technicians and I was responsible for all the Instrument & Electrical maintenance and troubleshooting for the entire plant.
  • Installed, adjusted and calibrated electrical equipment and instrumentation to maintain proper performance

Instrumentation Technician

ITI Shell Chemicals
11.2012 - 06.2013
  • I worked contract maintenance for Shell Chemicals and I was responsible for all the Instrumentation for all Troubleshooting and maintenance in the East & West side Chemicals.

Control Systems Specialist

Shell Chemicals
02.2007 - 06.2009
  • I worked in house for Shell Chemicals and I was responsible for all the Instrumentation/Analyzers for East Side Chemicals.
  • Troubleshooting and maintenance of online D.C.S, and process control issues.
  • Unit bring down, shutdown work and startup coverage.
  • Conferred with engineers and designers to investigate and solve failure issues

Instrumentation Technician

Valero Energy Corp.
03.1998 - 10.2007
  • I worked in house for Valero as a Instrument technician and was responsible for all maintenance and troubleshooting for the whole site.
  • I was set up over projects and contractors.
  • I also worked on all instrumentation and process control issues.
  • Unit bring down, shutdown work and startup coverage.
  • Modified, maintained, or repaired electronics equipment or systems to achieve proper functioning

Senior Technical Specialist

RTS
01.1996 - 02.1998
  • I was responsible for the creation, design and drafting of the P&ID's, loop and specification sheets for the Valero refinery's at the Texas City and Houston sites.
  • Developed diagrams to describe and lay out logical operational steps

I/E Foreman & Technician

Honeywell International Inc.
02.1993 - 12.1996
  • I was in charge of a crew and was responsible for the complete instillation and upgrade of all instrumentation, DCS, Triconex systems and cutover for several refineries and chemical plants.

I/E Apprentice

I.B.E.W LU 527
08.1989 - 05.1994
  • Worked in almost all Chemical plants and Refinery's in the Texas City and Galveston county area for several contract companies, gaining valuable experience in my line of work.I worked in the residential, commercial and industrial field during my apprenticeship.

Education

Instrumentation

San Jancinto College
Pasadena, TX
1998

Instrumentation & Electrical

College of The Mainland
Texas City, TX
05.1994

Clear Creek High School
League City, TX
1985

Skills

  • Process control systems Honeywell TDC & Experion, Foxboro I/A DCS, Delta V Emerson
  • Calibration of plant instrumentation Honeywell, Rosemount, Foxboro, Yokogawa,, Endress Hauser smart & analog transmitters
  • Allen Bradley PLC's 5, SLC 500, MicroLogix, ControlLogix
  • Fisher, Valve Tech, Bettis, Limitorque control valves
  • MicroMotion & Endress Hauser flow meters
  • Enraf, Omart, GSi radars & levels

Affiliations

  • Small Business Owner (2017 - present) TKJ MMA

Accomplishments

  • Supervised a three million dollar project of a revamp converting an old unit to run a different process.
  • Promoted to I/E Foreman with Honeywell after one year of working for the company.
  • NCCER Instrumentation 5317034

Timeline

I/E Technician

C2C Technical Services
08.2023 - Current

I/E Technician

Rotating Equipment Specialists
09.2022 - 04.2023

Senior Instrument Technician

Contech
03.2022 - 09.2022

I/E Specialist

Sasol North America Corporation
12.2019 - 03.2022

Instrument Technician

Lubrizol Specialty Products Inc.
12.2018 - 11.2019

Instrument Specialist

Praxair Inc.
01.2018 - 01.2019

I/E Technician

TASC/ BASF
09.2015 - 09.2017

Instrument Technician

Celanese Corp.
01.2014 - 06.2015

I/E Technician

TASC. Braskem
06.2013 - 05.2014

Instrumentation Technician

ITI Shell Chemicals
11.2012 - 06.2013

Control Systems Specialist

Shell Chemicals
02.2007 - 06.2009

Instrumentation Technician

Valero Energy Corp.
03.1998 - 10.2007

Senior Technical Specialist

RTS
01.1996 - 02.1998

I/E Foreman & Technician

Honeywell International Inc.
02.1993 - 12.1996

I/E Apprentice

I.B.E.W LU 527
08.1989 - 05.1994

Instrumentation

San Jancinto College

Instrumentation & Electrical

College of The Mainland

Clear Creek High School

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