Employment

May, 2007 -  Present
Automation Systems Engineer

Responsibility includes front end control systems engineering design FEED for delayed coker, sulfur and other revamp process units utilizing Honeywell C300 DCS, Foundation Fieldbus, Triconex Triple Modular Redundancy TMR safety systems, Foundation Fieldbus instrumentation, Dresser Rand compressor and other associated control/safety systems. FEED responsibilities include P and ID and SIL review, preparation of Cause and Effects diagrams, preparation of systems design philosophy, control narratives and project management/scheduling/cost estimating.

March, 2006 -  May, 2007
Senior Project Manager

Mr.Williams is responsible for the Station or Terminal project engineering and management for the El Paso to Phoenix multi-product pipeline with responsibilities that include design review and change control procedures, sub-contractor project management and project scheduling for all aspects of new pumps and tanks to meet Kinder Morgan expansion objectives. His additional responsibilities include overall project schedule or quality monitoring and reporting, fiscal AFE and cost control, procurement coordination, density measurement RF communications for and electric utilities coordination. Also WesPac instrumentation and control systems for LAX airport pipeline network.

October, 2005 -  February, 2006
Telecomm Systems Engineer

Mr.Williams served as the SCADA or Telecomm Systems Engineer for a detailed design engineering project for a sour gas process plant expansion with responsibilities for 3 sour gas supply pipelines, SCADA and VSAT or fiber optic communications. He was responsible for in-plant telecommunications data LAN fiber optic network expansion, internal or external telephone system expansion of existing PABX system NEC, handheld and vehicular mobile radio system expansion Ericsson, public address system expansion Spector-Lumenex and CCTV process and security monitoring Bosch. Mr.Williams responsibilities included existing Serck SCADA dual master station sites expansion at Maqta and Habshan, interface requirements to Honeywell/ABB Bailey DCS and Triconex ESD systems.

February, 2005 -  October, 2005
Telecomm Systems Engineer

Mr.Williams had Front End Engineering Design FEED responsibility for SCADA, pipeline leak detection, inline ultrasonic flow metering, telecommunications RF and instrumentation for Das Island processing plant, 220 Km, 24 dense phase sour gas pipeline with 6 onshore pipeline block valves and onshore NGL processing facilities at Habshan. He conducted a site survey to determine interface requirements to existing Serck SCADA and Honeywell or ABB Bailey DCS systems. Mr.Williams telecommunications responsibility included in-plant fiber optic network for control systems and plant-wide data processing, VSAT, Internal/external telephones Ex and IS or PABX or intercom system and CCTV and mobile radio systems at Das Island and Habshan. He established pipeline leak detection philosophy that was based on acoustic systems hardware and transient modeling software-based systems utilizing API 1155 performance criteria methodology. Mr.Williams participated in Das Island, pipeline and Habshan facilities HAZOP studies.

December, 2004 -  January, 2005
U.K. Control Systems Engineer

Mr.Williams revised P and IDs and prepared DCS I/O lists for new Yanbu petrochemical complex consisting of ethylene, polyethylene, butane and polypropylene process plants. The project was suspended.

March, 2003 -  April, 2004
U.K. Control Systems Integration Consultant

Mr.Williams was responsible for Foxboro I/A and Triconex ESD systems for Shell floating production topsides, hull and subsea facilities. His job responsibilities included review of AMEC functional safety and DCS specs, Foxboro programming design specs and test procedures, Foxboro implementation of OPC servers, safety system design, communications, interface engineering, architecture drawings and attending factory acceptance tests to verify integrated systems functionality. He was responsible for Quality Assurance audits of system supplier Invensys and was the engineering contractor AMEC for software change management and control. Mr.Williams was responsible for software change management and control procedures development and implementation, FPS applications software and serial interface factory acceptance testing.

September, 2002 -  February, 2003
U.K. SCADA Systems Consultant

Mr.Williams provided SCADA systems and telecommunications fiber optic and microwave technical proposals evaluation and attendance at presentations by ABB, Metso, Invensys, Yokogawa, Siemens, Alcatel and others. He prepared the initial bid evaluation report based on SCADA technical proposals and prepared system design recommendations regarding qualifying ESD design in accordance with IEC 61508/ISA S84 standards.

FlourDaniel, Chevron Tengiz Project Camberley, Surrey SCADA Systems Consultant : November 2002
Mr.Williams evaluated Control and Safeguarding Philosophy to ISA Standard S84.01. He reviewed SCADA Specification and Modifications to existing SCADA system specifications. Mr.Williams prepared the technical evaluation of the Honeywell proposal for existing system modifications based on Plantscape and Allen Bradley PLC/RTU.

June, 2000 -  September, 2002
SCADA Systems Consultant

Mr.Williams provided SCADA, Automation, Metering, Telecommunications RF consulting and project management services for the rehabilitation of an import crude oil network 12 stations and domestic crude oil network 20 stations. His assignment included system design review of P and ID s and detailed engineering based on ABB micro-SCADA, RTUs and Advant AC410 controllers and communicating via fibre optic and microwave network. Mr Williams provided detailed design engineering review of complete instrumentation, control, SAAB tank gauging and Bristol-Meci metering systems. The project included training of Conpet pipeline dispatchers, performance of a QA audit at ABB facilities in Germany and Romania regarding software development, detailed engineering in accordance with ISO 9001 : 1994 and ISO 9000, Part 3 and factory acceptance testing of integrated SCADA and metering systems.

July, 1999 -  December, 1999
SCADA Systems Consultant

Mr.Williams was responsible for the conceptual design and feasibility study for SCADA and Automated Meter Reading AMR systems integration for Rural Electric Cooperatives utilizing 220 MHz radio communications RF. The study included evaluation of substation and distribution automation, power metering, line management, GIS and AM/FM requirements. Mr.Williams supervised SCADA and 220 MHz radio system tests for Kansas Electric Cooperative.

July, 1994 -  July, 1999

Mr.Williams was responsible for conceptual design and contractor review of detailed design for DCS, Fire and Gas, Safety Shutdown, Telecommunications, Security and Management Information Systems on 5 major underground strategic product storage plants and associated pipelines. His experience included ABB Advant Control and Safety Shutdown system conceptual design, detailed engineering and commissioning. The program included Security System intrusion detection and CCTV monitoring and control. Mr.Williams provided Information Technology specification and interface design to Saudi Aramco MIS IBM mainframe computer system for inventory and maintenance management systems.

November, 1992 -  June, 1994
Telecommunications Engineer

Mr.Williams was responsible for instrumentation and control systems engineering on a Libya water pipeline project. He was responsible for 12 Instrument and Telecommunications engineers who reviewed conceptual and detail design by major contractors of SCADA systems, microwave/HF radio, acoustic/magnetic/insertion flow meters, etc.

April, 1992 -  November, 1992
U.K. Senior Instrument Engineer

Mr.Williams was responsible for offshore platforms Ninian Southern and Central, SCADA upgrade and ESD systems engineering.

November, 1990 -  April, 1992
U.K. Senior Control Systems Consultant

Mr.Williams was the Control systems coordinator or package manager for Occidental Piper B and Saltire offshore platforms PCS INFI-90, SCADA, ESD and Fire and Gas systems. He coordinated activities that included package engineers/designers for design/interface engineering ; PCS or SCADA or ESD or F and G systems factory acceptance testing ; acted as liaison with other disciplines and Client ; and maintained project schedules, cost reporting and management reporting. Mr.Williams performed a QA audit of ICS Bailey facilities in Telford per ISO 9001 : 1994.

January, 1990 -  October, 1990
U.A.E. Senior Applications Engineer

Mr.Williams distributed control systems applications engineering for modernization of the Das Island instrumentation, control, emergency shutdown, fire/gas and metering systems.

September, 1989 -  December, 1989
Kuwait Project Manager

Mr.Williams provided onsite review project management for a crude oil metering, SCADA and PLCs upgrading project.

August, 1983 -  August, 1989
Indonesia Staff Engineer

Mr.Williams was responsible for facilities engineering of the offshore platforms instrumentation and control systems and for implementation of multi-SCADA systems for up to 80 oil or gas offshore platforms. He distributed a control system Rosemount for an LPG storage tanker.

April, 1978 -  August, 1983
Independent Consultant

Mr.Williams engineered projects that included : Sub-sea oil automation or Instrumentation design and reliability study.
Crude oil measurement systems review.
Semi-submersible rigs ballast or winch control systems configuration.
Fuel truck terminal and pipeline automation systems engineering.
Hardware or software design for fuel truck loading automation system.
Consulting engineering on supervisory control and instrumentation systems design review for Alaskan Natural Gas Transportation.
SCADA or leak detection design for natural gas pipeline.
Design studies for semi-submersible ballast control systems.
SCADA system or leak detection specification for product pipelines.
Design or feasibility study or cost estimate Alaskan Gas Pipeline
Geo-physical instruments or data acquisition for frost heave test sites.
Project management or engineering for truck loading automation systems.
Pipeline SCADA systems engineering and implementation.

July, 1976 -  April, 1978
Advisor

Mr.Williams was the manager of a system analysts or programmer team developing Management Information Systems, oil movements programs, pipeline, metering and earthquake monitoring systems data acquisition programs, pipeline training simulator and an expanding data processing computer system. He advised management on all aspects of the supervisory control and instrumentation during the pipeline start-up. Mr.Williams was a member of the pump station reliability committee, the committee on safe operational procedures and the leak detection implementation task force. He was also a member of and investigation team for the pump station 8 fire and prepared reports for the National Transport Safety Board investigation.

July, 1975 -  July, 1976
Senior Control Systems Engineer

Mr.Williams was responsible for directing Fluor E.&C. Corp.on the trans-Alaska oil pipeline pump station, remote gate valves, pipeline and terminal supervisory control systems, instrumentation and fire protection. He prepared criteria and engineering design documentation for submittal to Government Agencies.

March, 1969 -  July, 1975
Senior Control Systems/Electrical Engineer

Mr.Williams performed project control systems or electrical or metering engineering on US, U.K and Middle East offshore and pipeline projects. He was assigned to the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, project engineering on the Trans- Alaska oil pipeline from 1972 to 1975.

September, 1966 -  March, 1969
England Contracts Engineer

Mr.Williams provided project management and engineering services on 3 North Sea Gas fields SCADA systems.

1964 -  1966
England . Electronic Development Engineer

Mr.Williams provided instrumentation development and testing for a missile telemetry system.

Supervisory Management, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, 1977

Training for Trainers, American Society for Training and Development, 1978
December PDP Computer Hardware, 1984
Management Grid Seminar, ARII, 1984

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES
California Professional Engineering Society
Institute of Electrical Engineers IEE, U.K
Instrument Systems Automation ISA
European and UK Chartered Engineer

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Williams, R.I., BP North Sea SCADA System, O and G International Journal, December 1967.

Williams, R.I., Shell North Sea SCADA System, O and G International Journal, January 1969.

Williams, R.I., Trans-Alaska P/L SCADA System, O and G International Journal, September 1978.

Williams, R.I., Alaska Pipeline Metering Systems, Measurement School, Oklahoma, April 1978.

Williams, R.I., Fundamentals of SCADA, ISA Conference, St.Louis, MO, March, 1981.

Williams, R.I., Crude Oil Losses Measurements, O and G International Journal, September 1984

Williams, R.I., Offshore SCADA, Indonesian Petroleum Association Publication, February 1985.

Williams, R.I., Offshore SCADA, Offshore Conference, Singapore, March 1986.

Williams, R.I., SCADA Systems Handbook, Elsevier Science Publishers, 1992.

Williams, R.I., SCADA Security Vulnerabilities and CCTV Integration, Utility Automation Publication, January 2003

Williams, R.I., SCADA Security and CCTV Integration for Petroleum Products Storage, Oil and Gas Journal, March 2003.

November, 2010 -  October, 2006

Education

Training

ROBERT I. WILLIAMS PE
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Miscellaneous

PhD, Engineering, K - W University Postsecondary Education, 1988, Approved by California State Dept of Education.
BS, Electronic Engineering, University of Wales, U.K., 1964
PROFESSIONAL
REGISTRATIONS/CERTIFICATIONS
Professional Engineer, California, #E8229, 1973
Chartered Professional Engineer, Member Institute of Technology, UK/Europe #. 23045551, 1968
AREAS OF
Mr.Robert I. Williams, PE, has experience in the following areas : SCADA/DCS/ESD/Fire and Gas systems integration
Instrumentation and control systems
Oil/Gas Metering, pipeline leak detection systems
Electrical engineering
Telecommunications
Project management
Quality assurance
Mr.Williams has extensive petroleum, water and electrical industries experience regarding Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition SCADA systems, Management Information Systems MIS/IT, Distributed Control Systems DCS and fire and gas or emergency shutdown systems, instrumentation, metering, telecommunications, security or CCTV. He has performed electrical engineering on such major projects as Shell Bonga FPSO, Saudi Strategic Storage Project, Libyan Water Pipeline, Trans Alaska crude oil pipeline, Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System, Occidental Piper B and Saltire offshore platforms and many other worldwide projects.
Mr.Williams experience includes all systems and project engineering aspects, conceptual design, engineering management, project or package management, economic analysis or justification, project/system specification, bid evaluation, control system and detailed engineering, factory acceptance testing, QA/QC audits ISO 9001 : 1994 field supervision and system commissioning, operations or maintenance manuals and training.
Mr.Williams is the author of the Handbook of SCADA Systems Elsevier Publishers and was a Technical Consultant to SCADA Oil and Gas and Water Conferences or Exhibitions and a presenter of a one/two-day tutorial on SCADA Systems design and applications. The First Edition was published in 1992 and re-released on CD in September 2001 and the Second Edition is under preparation.