david guimaraes

senior automation and process control engineer

About

Internationally experienced steel industry process / process control / automation engineer, specializing in Electric Arc Furnace optimization with supervisory and leadership experience. Experienced in ferrous scrap management and valuation. Increased profits through development of People, Equipment, Process and good Business decisions is the goal. Applying science and technology to solve problems in a fast paced operation dedicated to continuous improvement and customer service is how to accomplish it.

Country

united states

City

beaumont

Industry

mining & metals

Skill

process control, process engineering, steel, automation, process simulation, process improvement, process optimization, design of experiments, control systems design, energy, metallurgy, plc programming, scada, spc, allen bradley, factory, data analysis, databases, visual basic, customer service, wonderware, c#, oracle, microsoft sql server, electric arc furnace optimization, data modeling, level 1 and 2, training teammates, international exposure, asp.net, statistical data analysis, software development, php, mysql, linux, javascript, opc, siemens, modicon, tcp/ip

Experience

process engineer

ats automation

2004-4 - 2006-5 · 2 yrs 2 mos

Solar Power Process Engineer

senior automation and process control engineer

dupont

2018-11 - Present · 7 yrs 11 mos

eaf process control engineer

nucor corporation

2008-1 - 2014-6 · 6 yrs 6 mos

* Primarily Responsible for Electric Arc Furnace Performance / Optimization / Total Costs * Optimizing Process / Equipment / People * Electrode Regulation (AMI Regulator and Smart Arc) * Burner and Off gas control (EFSOP) * Train / Develop operators and work with Maintenance / Electricians on continuous improvement endeavours. * Develop / implement advanced control algorithms for energy input optimization * Use WonderWare and Allen Bradley PLCs to develop basic control to support projects that I implement. * Use programming skills (.NET, VB, C#, ASP, Oracle, MS SQL, PLC, HMI) to implement advanced custom control and integrate systems to help the team be more efficient. * Database manipulation to mine / interpret performance data to continuously evaluate the operation. * Assist in improving the high voltage equipment as it related to EAF performance. * On Shift Production Supervisory Experience

process control engineer

tenova goodfellow inc

2006-6 - 2008-1 · 1 yr 8 mos

* Installation / commissioning of EFSOP off-gas analysis and burner control systems. * Electric Arc Furnace Optimization Consulting * Working with international customers to meet promised goals