Professional Summary
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Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
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Rodolfo Adame

Turner Industries
Lake Jackson,TX
1
Certification
13
years of professional experience

I want to ensure the best quality work and craftsmanship to further enhance my career and future success. Instrument & Control Technician with proven expertise in industrial plant maintenance, including LNG, petrochemical facilities. Experienced in troubleshooting, calibration, loop checking, and ensuring safe operations. ABB 800XA Control System operations and functions, Siemens PCS 7 control system operations and troubleshooting

Work History

I&C Technican/DCS Operator

1 Year 1 Month
Bluewater Energy Solutions | 09.2025 - Current

Broad knowledge of industry and regulatory standards and criteria pertinent to startup, maintenance, operations, or testing. Experience in installation, maintenance and/or repair of instrumentation, control equipment, controls and monitoring equipment or relevant experience. Effective communications skills crucial to motivating team members and presenting plans in a clear and concise manner. Understands project workflows from design, estimation, construction, administration, coordination, and fabrication. Diagnose network, hardware, and software issues to minimize plant downtime, Program control software using function blocks or structured text and tune PID loops, Execute Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT) during plant startups. Understands project workflows from design, estimation, construction, administration, coordination, and fabrication. Am capable of performing cause and effects functions for SIS devices, extensive troubleshooting of instruments from DCS and field operations.

Instrumentation Technician

2 Years 5 Months
Turner Industries | 05.2024 - Current
  • Client Representative for Commissioning
  • Assisted plant personnel, vendors, and third-party employees with any instrumentation that is currently running and in use or needs to be replaced right away. Assisted with critical instrumentation, equipment removal, and maintenance to ensure proper operation.
  • Executed loop shooting and troubleshooting to identify and resolve instrument errors.
  • Executed termination and troubleshooting of programmable logic controllers, relays, battery backup systems, variable frequency drives, modbus connections and UPS systems.
  • Set up and calibrated E&H contactless radar level (FMR62), temperature, tuning fork level switches, tubeless electronic pressure, and differential pressure transmitters.
  • Configured and serviced Samson valve limit switches, positioners, and actuators. Ensuring valves functioned in the proper fail-safe position, and optimal performance.
  • Set up and troubleshoot E&H pH, turbidity, conductivity, and O2 analyzers.
  • Adjusted electronics and flow readings for various flow meters, such as T-Mass 300, Promag P, Prowirl 200, and Promass 300.
  • Calibrated level controllers for both empty and full states to ensure accurate readings.
  • Maintaining accurate documentation of instrumentation systems and repair history.
  • Adjusted the blocking distance to align vessel/tank levels with the DCS display in the control room.
  • Recorded detailed information for each instrument sold and repaired. Ensured equipment functionality before selling off.
  • Performing routine maintenance, troubleshooting issues, and repairing or replacing faulty components
  • Monitoring equipment performance, identifying potential problems, and using diagnostic tools to determine the root cause of malfunctions
  • Experience in installation, maintenance and/or repair of instrumentation, control equipment or monitoring equipment or relevant experience. Previous experience with ICSS, SIS systems. Understands project workflows from design, estimation, construction, administration, coordination, and fabrication

Instrumentation Technician

1 Year 3 Months
CONTECH CONTROL SERVICES | 02.2023 - 05.2024
  • Completed instrument installation and termination, junction box hookups for permanent power, and ensured power and function of equipment.
  • Handled equipment necessary for fabricating and installing various types of equipment.
  • Implementing and maintaining preventive maintenance schedules according to manufacturer specifications.
  • Assist with commissioning tasks, including loop checks and verifying all equipment and instruments are reading are ready to be put in service for live units
  • Maintaining accurate documentation of instrumentation systems and repair history.
  • Terminate instrument cables, verifying readings to AI and DI cards in RIO and SIS RIO cabinets, ensuring communication is maintained field and DCS
  • Executed point to point checks using communicators and meters such as 789, PiCal, Trex, and various others to communicate with instruments.
  • Calibrate and adjust transducers to determine true zero and span for instruments, ensuring maintenance and performance with hand tools and communicators.
  • Perform bump testing on motors, and terminate connections inside buckets, motors, and MOVs.
  • Terminate and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, relays, battery backup systems, variable frequency drives, modbus connections, and UPS systems.
  • Ensured equipment functionality before selling off
  • Monitoring equipment performance, identifying potential problems, and using diagnostic tools to determine the root cause of malfunctions
  • Performing routine maintenance, troubleshooting issues, and repairing or replacing faulty components

Instrumentation Technician

9 Months
ISC Constructors | 04.2022 - 01.2023
  • Completed instrument installation and termination, junction box hookups for permanent power, and ensured power and function of equipment.
  • Handled equipment necessary for fabricating and installing various types of equipment.
  • Implementing and maintaining preventive maintenance schedules according to manufacturer specifications.
  • Assist with commissioning tasks, including loop checks and verifying all equipment and instruments are reading are ready to be put in service for live units
  • Maintaining accurate documentation of instrumentation systems and repair history.
  • Terminate instrument cables, verifying readings to AI, AO,DI and DO cards in RIO and SIS RIO cabinets, ensuring communication is maintained field and DCS
  • Executed point to point checks using communicators and meters such as 789, PiCal, Trex, and various others to communicate with instruments.
  • Calibrate and adjust transducers to determine true zero and span for instruments, ensuring maintenance and performance with hand tools and communicators.
  • Perform bump testing on motors, and terminate connections inside buckets, motors, and MOVs.
  • Terminate and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, relays, battery backup systems, variable frequency drives, modbus connections, and UPS systems.
  • Ensured equipment functionality before selling off
  • Monitoring equipment performance, identifying potential problems, and using diagnostic tools to determine the root cause of malfunctions
  • Performing routine maintenance, troubleshooting issues, and repairing or replacing faulty components
  • Assisted with pre-commissioning start-up and start-up of plant operations for live operations

Instrumentation Technician

2 Years 7 Months
Wood Group | 09.2018 - 04.2021
  • Installed and terminated instruments, supporting technicians and electricians with commissioning tasks.
  • Troubleshot voltage issues in instrument cabinets, panels, and junction boxes.
  • Calibrated instruments using 4-20 mA signals and 3-15 psi.
  • Utilized hand pumps and necessary equipment for instrument calibration.
  • Use of the Emerson Trex (HART) communicator, able to calculate flow and level using formulas and correct equipment. Shooting loops to instruments, and performing troubleshooting to check for any errors.
  • Supported plant personnel, clients, and owner representatives with equipment and instrument installation tasks.
  • Coordinated with the team to ensure efficient calibration and deployment of instruments for operational readiness.
  • Facilitated bench calibration and field troubleshooting of new equipment and instruments for plant use.
  • Monitoring equipment performance, identifying potential problems, and using diagnostic tools to determine the root cause of malfunctions
  • Performing routine maintenance, troubleshooting issues, and repairing or replacing faulty components
  • Recorded detailed information for each instrument sold and repaired. Ensured equipment functionality before selling off.

Electrician

3 Years 8 Months
Zachry Construction Corporation | 01.2015 - 09.2018
  • Installed temporary power/permanent power to connexes and buildings, troubleshot and tested to ensure proper operation.
  • Assisting technicians and other electricians with commission work, such as performing loop checks to cabinets, panels, and junction boxes, and checking cables and connections to instruments to ensure there are no faults in the field.
  • Diagnosed voltage issues in instrument cabinets, panels, and junction boxes.
  • Use of multimeters and megohmmeters to measure the resistance of cables before pulling and connecting in the field and to equipment.
  • Ensuring all PPE and tools are insulated to standard before the operation of equipment. Proper use of lockout/tagout when working on live equipment and cables.
  • Ensured work was completed in accordance with OSHA safety standards.

Electrician Apprentice

3 Months
S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd. | 01.2015 - 04.2015
  • Connected wires to circuit breakers and transformers Directed by electricians on installation, maintenance and repair on electrical wiring and equipment.
  • Installed 480-120/208volt transformers and terminated primary and secondary.
  • Installed and terminated instruments for efficient operation.
  • Checking cables and connections to instruments to ensure there are no faulty wiring issues, troubleshooting voltage to instrument cabinets, panels, and junction
  • Constructed, wired electrical panels for material handling production machinery, debugged PLC logic, and troubleshot electrical/electronic controls and circuits.
  • Read and interpreted drawings, blueprints, schematics and electrical code specifications to determined layout of industrial electrical equipment installations.
  • Performed preventive maintenance on electrical components of all plant machinery
  • Installing temporary and permanent lighting, knowledge of driving JLG aerial lifts and scissor lifts, and able to CAD weld grounds using molds and blocks to perform tasks.
  • Collaborated with professionals to ensure successful installation and operation of electrical components.

Electrician Apprentice

1 Year 8 Months
Fluor Corp. | 05.2013 - 01.2015
  • Completed instrument installation and termination, junction box hookups for permanent power, and ensured power and function of equipment.
  • Handled equipment necessary for fabricating and installing various types of equipment.
  • Implementing and maintaining preventive maintenance schedules according to manufacturer specifications.
  • Assist with commissioning tasks, including loop checks and verifying all equipment and instruments are reading are ready to be put in service for live units
  • Maintaining accurate documentation of instrumentation systems and repair history.
  • Terminate instrument cables, verifying readings to AI and DI cards in DRIO and SRIO cabinets, ensuring communication is maintained field and DCS
  • Executed point to point checks using communicators and meters such as 789, PiCal, Trex, and Endress+Hauser Tablet to communicate with instruments.
  • Calibrate and adjust transducers to determine true zero and span for instruments, ensuring maintenance and performance with hand tools and communicators.
  • Perform bump testing on motors, and terminate connections inside buckets, motors, and MOVs.
  • Terminate and troubleshoot programmable logic controllers, relays, battery backup systems, variable frequency drives, modbus connections, and UPS systems.
  • Ensured equipment functionality before selling off
  • Monitoring equipment performance, identifying potential problems, and using diagnostic tools to determine the root cause of malfunctions
  • Performing routine maintenance, troubleshooting issues, and repairing or replacing faulty components

Education

A

Columbia High School

Skills

Troubleshooting
Electrical wiring
High-voltage electrical experience
Equipment repair
Communication skills
Dcs Operations
Able to get into function blocks and am able to perform Cause and Effect functions
E and I
Low-voltage electrical experience
Microsoft Word
Leadership
NEC
Organizational skills
Field service
Industrial maintenance
Heavy lifting
Maintenance and upkeep of equipment and tools needed for job tasks
Blueprint reading
P&IDs and location drawings
Schematics of equipment or instruments that need to be worked on

Certification

  • Electrician Apprentice
  • NCCER Certification Electrician
  • NCCER Instrument Technician
  • NCCER Plus Instrument Technician

Timeline

I&C Technican/DCS Operator

Bluewater Energy Solutions
09.2025 - CurrentRead More

Instrumentation Technician

Turner Industries
05.2024 - CurrentRead More

Instrumentation Technician

CONTECH CONTROL SERVICES
02.2023 - 05.2024Read More

Instrumentation Technician

ISC Constructors
04.2022 - 01.2023Read More

Instrumentation Technician

Wood Group
09.2018 - 04.2021Read More

Electrician

Zachry Construction Corporation
01.2015 - 09.2018Read More

Electrician Apprentice

S&B Engineers and Constructors, Ltd.
01.2015 - 04.2015Read More

Electrician Apprentice

Fluor Corp.
05.2013 - 01.2015Read More

Columbia High School

A
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Rodolfo Adame