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James Bullen CV
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James Bullen
Electrical Engineer (IT/Telecommunications)
Current Role
Field Service Engineer / Control Systems Engineer
Honeywell Process Solutions (Life Cycle and Solutions)
Brisbane, Australia
Areas of Expertise
As a team member of Honeywell Process Solutions - Life Cycle and Solutions, responsibilities include all
aspects of DCS and SIS Engineering, support and troubleshooting with attention to detail and safety
focus. Major functions include:
• Experion control systems configuration, planning and implementation
• Virtualization systems configuration, planning and implementation
• Honeywell DCS and PLC hardware: C300, C200, HC900, MasterLogix, Safety Manager, LCS620
• Experion on and off process migrations
• Simulation environments
• Vendor system configuration and integration (ABB, Allen-Bradley, Bentley Nevada, Bristol Babcock,
Cogent, Emmerson, GE, HIMA, Krohne, Rockwell, Schneider, Siemens, Triconnex, various 3rd party
OPC Servers and PLCs, etc.)
• Protocols: Modbus, Profibus/Profinet, OPC, CEE, CIP, Cisco, ControlNet, etc.
• HMI Graphics design with ASM compliance.
• Advanced troubleshooting of all mentioned systems
• Project conception through to lifecycle support
• Detailed design specification (DDS), Factory acceptance testing (FAT), site acceptance testing (SAT)
and on-site commissioning
• Risk mitigation, assessment and CHAZOPS
• Liaison with clients, project managers, vendors, subcontractors, operators, technicians and other
engineering disciplines.
• Sales support, procurement and engineering estimation
• High standard of drawings and documentation generation
• Electronics/electrical design and troubleshooting (10 years + experience)
Experience Highlights
Honeywell 2011 – 2016
Incitec – Urea Plant C300 Upgrade Project (Port of Brisbane – Queensland) 2016
Lead Engineer
This project involves converting HPM to C300 Logic for all urea plant drives and online cutover strategy.
• Responsible for template generation
• Responsible for all logic generation
• Responsible for developing cutover strategy
• Responsible for FSC safety system logic alterations
• Documentation
APLNG – HIMA Integration Project (Curtis Island – Queensland) 2016
Lead Design Engineer
This project involves aggregating various 3rd party OPC A&E Servers into one redundant OPC Server pair
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and designing filtering profiles to control alarm bursts during a compressor trip. Custom redundancy
management has been developed for integration into Experion Server Alarm Summary.
• Responsible for all Virtual hardware configuration
• Client Liaison with GE Process Personnel
• Documentation
APLNG – Migration and Tech Refresh Upgrade (Curtis Island – Queensland) 2016
Lead Experion Migration Engineer
This project involves migration of an existing R410.8 system to a R432.1 in a virtual environment and
includes software and hardware tech refresh on Dell FX2 Virtual Platform.
• Responsible for generating and executing all Experion software and 3rd Party work packs.
• Responsible for generating IOM CHAZOP Analysis to determine points of plant failure during
shutdown.
• Responsible for all Virtual hardware configuration
• Client Liaison with Process Personnel
• Documentation
Oil Search – CPF Export Pump Station Upgrade (PNG) 2016
Lead Design Engineer
This project involved migration of an existing LCS620 PLC system to a C300 DCS, including software and
hardware configuration.
• Responsible for all Logic creation
• Responsible for all HMI graphics generation
• Responsible for all IO Testing and configuration
• Client Liaison with Process Personnel
• Documentation
Oil Search – CPF Operator Training and Simulation System (PNG) 2015
This project involved setting up and configuring an OTS system for the Central Processing Facility at Oil
Search.
• Assisted Advanced Solutions in configuration and troubleshooting
• Responsible for Remote Access
• Liaison with GES (India)
APLNG – Liquefaction Plant (Curtis Island – Queensland) 2015
Lead Engineer for 3rd Party SCADA design and package integration
Performed on-site design and commissioning of Honeywell DCS and heavily involved with 3rd party
SCADA design and commissioning team.
• Troubleshooting package integration
• Hardware and software auditing
• Systems engineering and administration
• Experion quality checks and DCS logic validation
• 3rd
party PLC code alteration
• Metering system design and commissioning
• NGERS Compliance
• Safety system logic changes
• Loop testing
• Point configuration
• SAT and commissioning
TAE – AGT1500 Turbine Test Cell (Amberley Airforce Base) 2015
Lead Engineer
Design and development of Honeywell AGT1500 Turbine test cell for TAE.
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• Responsible for all Logic generation
• Responsible for all HMI graphics generation
• Responsible for all IO testing and configuration
• Client Liaison with process personnel
• Documentation
Caltex – Area North Experion Upgrade Project (Caltex Oil Refinery – Lytton) 2014
Large project involved upgrading the existing LCN based system to Experion R410.
• System wide and server configuration
• SafeView configuration
• HMIWeb display generation and shape design
• Performed internal and external FAT and SAT
• System Installations, patches, software and security updates
• Point Building and configuration
• Client Liaison with process personnel
• Site Commissioning and ongoing support
• Documentation
Ma’aden Mine and Refinery (Saudi Arabia – Riyadh) 2014
Large global project including an alumina mine, refinery, smelter and train load out system in Saudi
Arabia.
• Responsible for System wide and Server Configuration (6 sets of servers)
• Built Virtual Dev system (200+ nodes)
• Performed internal and external FAT and SAT
• System Installations, patches, software and security updates
• Point Building and configuration
• Client Liaison with process personnel
• Documentation
Xstrata R200.1 to R430.1 Migration (Xstrata Copper Refinery – Townsville) 2013
Lead Engineer
On Process Migration of Copper Refinery in Townsville.
• Responsible for complete system migration, configuration and testing
• Responsible for All C200 module and Rail IO firmware upgrades
• Client Liaison with process personnel
• Alteration of HMI displays and shapes
• Alteration of logic to fit specification
• Performed FAT and SAT
• Documentation
John Dee R200 to R410.2 Migration (John Dee Abattoir – Warwick) 2013
Lead Engineer
On Process Migration of John Dee Abattoir.
• Responsible for complete system migration, configuration and testing
• Responsible for all C200 module and Rail IO firmware upgrades
• Client Liaison with process personnel
• Alteration of CM’s to fit specification
• Performed FAT and SAT
Caltex – C300 Blending Pump Migration (Caltex Oil Refinery – Lytton) 2013
Design and development of Lubricants and Oil Blending system.
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B.Eng (Elec)
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• Assisted with logic generation
• Built test system
• Client liaison with process personnel
• Alteration of HMI displays and shapes
• Performed FAT and SAT
APA Group – Unit 2 Compressor Station (Dalby) 2012
Design and development of Brisbane to Roma pipeline compressor.
• Responsible for HMI graphics generation
• Responsible for point building
• Triconex safety logic implementation
• Client Liaison with process personnel
• Performed FAT and SAT
• Site commissioning and ongoing support
Caltex – Alkylation HF Acid Mitigation System (Caltex Oil Refinery – Lytton) 2012
Lead Engineer
Design and development of the Alkylation HF Gas Safety System.
• Responsible for HMI graphics generation
• Responsible for point building and testing
• Client Liaison with process personnel
• Performed FAT
• Site commissioning
Oil Search – Kumul Offshore Marine Terminal (PNG) 2012
Lead Engineer –
Design and development of Triconex based Fire and Gas Safety System.
• Triconex safety logic implementation
• Responsible for HMI graphics generation
• Responsible for point building and testing
• Performed SAT and FAT
• Generated C&E diagrams
SEQWATER – North Pine ABU (Brisbane)
Primary contract contact
• Various small projects and upgrades
• Contract support and troubleshooting
Origin Energy – ABU Pipeline (Brisbane)
Primary contract contact
• Various small projects and upgrades
• Contract support and troubleshooting
Caltex Lubricants Plant (Lytton)
Primary contract contact
• Various small projects and upgrades
• Contract support and troubleshooting
Incitec – Fertiliser Plant (Lytton)
Primary contract contact
• Various small projects and upgrades
• Contract support and troubleshooting
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Wesfarmers – Curragh Coal Plant (Blackwater)
• Various small projects and upgrades
• Contract support and troubleshooting
Caltex Oil Refinery – (Lytton)
Primary contract contact
• Various small projects and upgrades
• Contract Support and trouble shooting
Qualifications and Training
Education
• Bachelor of Electrical Engineering with Major in IT, Minor in Telecommunications 2005 – 2010
Queensland University of Technology. Final year GPA of 6.5.
Previous Experience
• Royal Brisbane Hospital (QLD Health) - assisting with infrastructure and asset management, HVAC
power design, maintaining and upgrading all control systems, power factor correction systems, power
usage audits, NGERS compliance.
• JLM Audio as electronic design engineer for digital and analogue systems. This role involved ground
up electronics design using Altium Design Explorer, OEM quality control, prototyping and manufacture.
• 10 years of electrical design and consulting in all aspects of professional audio and
troubleshooting/repair.
Courses Attended
• Experion PKS Course: Server Engineering and Configuration Implementation 2012
• Experion PKS Course: Graphics Design and Building Implementation 2013
• Experion PKS Course: Experion Platform Virtualisation 2015
Recent Achievements
• Generating over 500k of collected sales leads revenue in 2016.
• Generating over 330k of collected sales leads revenue in 2015.