Field Service Engineer

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KURT GROSS

Automation, Controls, Electrical & Instrumentation Specialist PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced field engineer with over 30 years of experience, specializing in troubleshooting logic control (PLC's), man-machine interface, variable frequency drives, data acquisition systems, system integration and start-up, customer training and orientation, instrument calibrations, troubleshooting, and plant maintenance in various industrial environments. EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

SENIOR SYSTEMS FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER May 2024 - Present Schneider Electric Northern Nevada/Remote

Responsible for performing annual and bi-annual PM for customer DCS (Distributed Control Systems) Schneider & Foxboro, including updates, patches, and software fixes for Servers, VM machines and Domain Controllers. Perform system definition and commit execution to upgrade these systems and to keep them in peak operational status. SENIOR CONTROLS TECHNICIAN 2023 - 2024

Cyrq Energy Hazen, NV

Responsible for all electrical controls and related equipment and Instrumentation as required to operate three geothermal power plants and a hybrid solar generation field with 48,000 solar panels and 15 inverters. • Provided engineering and project support for multiple capital projects and continuous improvement projects to ensure plant operations are operating at peak performance levels. Created a new instrument calibration program and guided management through various aspects of servicing and maintaining multiple servers, logic controllers and ancillary equipment, including over 40 miles of fiber optic network throughout plant wellfield. Updated P&ID drawings and maintained plant historian database. • Provided formal and informal training to fellow technicians in areas of VFD, PLC, and Instrumentation as applied in the geothermal industry. I&E LEAD TECHNICIAN 2022 - 2023

Safety-Kleen Fallon, NV

Instrumental with implementing projects, bi-annual instrument calibrations and unit turn arounds. • Provide troubleshooting and maintenance services for plant DCS (Delta V) and Rockwell Automation ControlLogix PLC. I&E DEPARTMENT SUPERVISOR 2021 - 2022

US Silica Lovelock, NV

Instrumental with getting capital projects engineered, funded and into fruition for plant automation, electrical and grounding upgrades, and video system. Responsible for 5.75 million dollars of capital improvements. I&E TECHNICIAN 2020 - 2021

Nevada Copper Yerington, NV

Performed instrument calibrations and finalized all plant commissioning projects to bring the plant into full production. Was instrumental in creating a standard NFPA LOTO program and NIST compliant instrument calibration program. Performed HMI and PLC programming to connect underground mining operations to surface process and production units. SENIOR FIELD SUPPORT ENGINEER 2006 - 2020

Rockwell Automation San Ramon, CA

Responsible for performing design, build, and programming of automation control systems, panels and variable frequency drive applications for onsite conversions. Provided commissioning support and onsite/remote troubleshooting. Created Bill of Materials and worked with local distributors to schedule shipment for on time delivery. • Perform onsite commissioning of factory packaged units, OEM equipment and conversion projects. • Perform commissioning and start-up on Chemical Delivery, Fan/Pump, Boiler Systems, Chillers, Extruders, Lifting/Hoisting, Kilns, Crushers, Ball Mills, Distillation Columns, Process Operations, Material Conveyors, Product Handling and Packaging Equipment, MCC’s, MV Switchgear and Relays, and other Critical Infrastructure Systems. • Environments worked at include Geothermal Power, Mining, Oil & Gas Refineries, Pipelines and other Heavy Industrial Environments. Customer base included: Blue Mountain, Nevada Geothermal, Barrick, Kinross, Nevada Gold, IAM Gold, Alcoa, Chevron, Tesoro, Shell, Aramco, PG&E, Nevada Power, Arizona Power, University of California, Tesla and others. • Provided project oversight to ensure timelines and budgets were kept on track. Provided all detailed documentation to customers as each project was being implemented at customer sites. • Perform Harmonic and Power Quality studies and provide recommendations to mitigate power quality issues. Also performed Arc Flash analysis and modeling to comply with NFPA 70. • When required I would function as a liaison between external contractors and customer management to provide technical expertise and collaboration. • Subsequently, I would further support customers by providing troubleshooting, preventative maintenance, training, and emergency call-out support. (24/7) Was required to perform duties in US and internationally. (Have traveled to 38 countries while performing these services) FIELD SERVICE ENGINEER 2002 - 2006

US Filter Corporation Milpitas, CA

Responsible for performing Field Support Engineering services (PLC, HMI and VFD programming) on Acid Waste Neutralization, Water and Wastewater Treatment, and Reverse Osmosis systems for our customer base. This included start-up, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, water chemistry diagnosis, calculate chemical dosing, instrument calibrations, and emergency call-out as required (24/7).

• Facilities Electrical Maintenance and Upgrades for the Milpitas Regeneration Plant were also my responsibility. Required collaborating with management, design engineering and plant operations. Provided supervision of plant personnel and outside vendors. • Additional duties - maintaining OSHA 300 logbook, Maintain MSDS (SDS) database and oversee all onsite contractors to ensure safety policies followed.

FIELD ELECTRICAL ENGINEER & FABRICATION MANAGER 1993 - 2002 Ionics Ultrapure Corporation San Jose, CA

Responsible to perform Field Electrical Engineering services (PLC, HMI and VFD programming) on Acid Waste Neutralization, Water and Wastewater Treatment, and Reverse Osmosis systems for our customer base. This included start-up, preventative maintenance, troubleshooting, water chemistry diagnosis, calculate chemical dosing, instrument calibrations, and emergency call-out as required (24/7). Was required to perform duties in US and internationally. • As Fabrication Manager overseeing 8 pipefitters and 3 electricians to build water treatment equipment at the San Jose, CA. facility, I conducted performance evaluations and reviewed all time sheets and material requests for my department. Also collaborated with management to ensure all projects were properly documented with any modifications.

• Additional duties - plant floor and chemical safety, overhead crane operations and all documentation required to operate a 508A UL Listed panel shop, and to perform all electrical maintenance at the San Jose, CA. facility. EDUCATION

GENERAL STUDIES (GED)

Campbell High School Campbell, CA

Graduated with GED during Navy deployment in the Pacific rim BASIC ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS SCHOOL

U.S. Navy

Over 4500 hours of Technical Seminars and 15 years of on-going Factory Training while at Rockwell Automation. Formal training courses include (VFD, PLC, HMI) Allen-Bradley, Emerson Delta V, Siemens, Fluke, and various other seminars including, First-aid, CPR, Confined space, LOTO, NFPA 70E & Arc Flash, OSHA 20, MSHA, Helicopter Escape, BATT, ROSAL, Oil Rig safety, and more.

COURSES

NATIONAL ELECTRIC CODE, AC/DC THEORY

Electrical Apprenticeship

SKILLS

PLC Programming (Expert), HMI (Expert), VFD (Expert), SCADA (Experienced), Instrumentation (Expert), Electrical Engineering

(Experienced), Troubleshooting (Expert), Project Management (Experienced), System Integration (Experienced), Industrial Networking

(Experienced), DCS (Skillful), Power Quality (Experienced), Arc Flash Analysis (Expert), Water Treatment (Expert), Geothermal Power

(Experienced), Mining (Expert), Refinery Operations (Expert), AutoCAD (Skillful), HVAC (Skillful), Safety Compliance (Expert). LANGUAGES

English (Native), Spanish (Novice), Russian (Novice). HOBBIES

I love raising livestock, Off-road driving, fishing and hunting, and spending quality time cooking gourmet meals with my wife.

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