EDILBERTO TINOSA

SUMMARY
More than 30 years of progressive experience as an Automation Engineer,
Lead Instrument/Automation Technician, Instrument Lead Technician,
Senior Instrument Technician, and Instrument Technician on
Onshore/Offshore Oil and Gas Production Platforms, FPSO, Gas and
Chemical plants. Experienced in Industrial Automation, ABB Symphony
CONTACT DCS, Allen Bradley PLC, Process and Control, Fire and Gas, PAGA System,
Pulilan, Bulacan, Philippines 3004 Surveillance CCTV, Instrumentation preventive maintenance, diagnostics
and troubleshooting, overhaul and repairs, loop checks, installation,
+639428400199 calibration, commissioning, plant shutdown, and general oil and gas
instrumentation.
edil_tinosa@yahoo.com

EXPERIENCE
SKILLS
Instrument/Automation Lead, 10/2018 - 11/2023
• Crew Supervision Wood PLC assigned to Trident Energy- FPSO Project - Bata,
• Commissioning Equatorial Guinea
• Industrial Automation • Provides daily support to FPSO Integrated Control and Safety System,
Turbine Control PLC for Power Generation, Gas Lift Compressor and
• ABB Symphony DCS System
Water Injection Turbine, Cameron Topside Subsea Control (Master
• Allen Bradley PLC Control Station MCU, Electrical Power Unit EPU and Hydraulic Power
• GE and Solar Gas Turbine Control Unit HPU), Fire and Gas System, Federal Signal PAGA System, SCW
• Process Control Surveillance CCTV
• Fire and Gas • Provides support to the Electrical Dept on Framo Multi-Phase Pump
Variable Speed Drive Control
• PAGA System
• Carry out scheduled preventive maintenance routines, inspection and
• Surveillance CCTV
troubleshooting of Operator Consoles, System servers, Network switches
• Instrumentation Fault Finding and and automation system input/output modules.
Diagnostics
• Provides support to Instrument Techs on breakdowns.
• Overhaul and calibration of control
• Promoted safe working environment by implementing regulatory
valves, transmitters (Flow, Pressure,
standards, policies and guidelines.
Level and Temperature)
• Operated equipment to exceed production targets.
• Knowledge of computer-assisted
engineering application software and • Identified issues, analyzed information and provided solutions to
program problems.
• Experience in industrial networks such
as Fieldbus, Profibus, Ethernet Gap Year, 05/2015 - 09/2018
Self Employed - Pulilan, Bulacan, Philippines
• Knowledge in Computerized
• Taking time off to look after my 3 young children.
Maintenance Management System
SAP and Maximo 7.0
Automation Engineer, 07/2004 - 04/2015
Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd. - Doha, Qatar
• Trained and experienced on the following systems: ABB-Symphony
LANGUAGES Harmony Infi-90 DCS System, Freelance/Operate IT Process Portal-B HMI
Tagalog: First Language Tag Database and Graphics, Real-Time Data Servers, Historians, Client
Servers (HMI PC), Configuration Server, Process Control modules down to
English: B2
I/O cards, Network switches using fiber optics, radio and remote
Upper Intermediate interface links, ABB AC800F Fieldbus system.
• GE MKIV and MKVIe Gas Turbine Control and field devices, Siemens MK-
IV turbine control on TB-5000 machines and field devices
• Triconex (Schneider Electric) and Hima-Germany ESD and Fire and Gas
System PLC's, Rockwell Automation-Allen Bradley PLC's (MicroLogix
 1200, PLC-5, SLC-500, and ControlLogix Controller 1756 Processor),
Bentley Nevada Vibration Monitoring system and general oil and gas
instrumentation
• Provides continuous hands-on maintenance and engineering support to
offshore DCS systems, ESD and Fire and Gas Systems PLC's, Turbine
control, data communications between DCS and unmanned remote
platforms.
• Configure DCS program on new control logic, tag database, graphics and
bitmaps for serial communications issued by specialist engineers.
• Provides daily support to Remotes Wellhead Maintenance and Platform
Operations group.
• Responsible for day-to-day support, troubleshooting and
implementation of modifications as well as undertaking planned
maintenance routines.
• Tuned process controller as required by Operations to stabilize
production.
• Managed, troubleshot and improved automation programs.
• Recorded work undertaken, audited and ordered spare parts to avoid
shortages and keep work flowing.
• Experienced in CMMS Maximo 7.0, SAP, and Electronic Permit to Work
ISSOW.

Lead Instrument Technician, 06/2000 - 06/2004

Occidental Petroleum of Qatar Ltd. - Doha, Qatar
• Supervise instrument technicians on daily instrument maintenance
activities, calibration, repair works, preventive maintenance routines,
and breakdowns on general instrumentation including ESD and Fire and
Gas systems, generator and compressor controls.
• Plan weekly preventive maintenance routines and breakdown jobs.
• Conduct weekly safety meetings and daily toolbox talks.
• Coach junior instrument techs troubleshoot minor and major
breakdowns on safety systems and other platform controls.
• Create work orders and work requests on CMMS-Maximo 7.0, ordering
materials and completing work orders.
• Mentor Qatari nationals on their training and development programs.
• Generate daily maintenance reports.
• Resolved range of problems by developing creative technical solutions.
• Recorded work undertaken, audited and ordered spare parts to avoid
shortages and keep work flowing.

Senior Instrument Technician, 07/1988 - 05/2000

Qatar Petroleum - Doha, Qatar
• Responsible for the installation, periodic preventive maintenance
routines, troubleshooting and repair, overhaul of all electrical,
electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic, and microprocessor-based control and
recording instrumentation, distributed control system hardware and
I/O's, programmable logic controllers PLC, gas turbine control,
emergency shutdown systems, fire and gas systems and wellhead flow
choke control.
• Repair and adjust system components, removing and replacing defective
parts to reestablish function.
• Calibrated various process equipment and control elements to deliver
correct, reliable outcomes.
• Inspected equipment and systems to identify issues and report problems
for repair.
• Performed diagnostics and troubleshooting to evaluate equipment
performance and increase reliability.
• Trained and coached junior team members to maximize knowledge and
competencies and increase performance.
• Generate daily reports for jobs accomplished of the day.
• Mentor Qatari nationals on their training and development programs.
 Instrument Technician II, 01/1982 - 12/1987
Saudi Aramco - Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
• Responsible for investigating and troubleshooting faulty instrument
operation and other associated electronic, electrical, pneumatic, and
hydraulic controls.
• Repair, calibrate, and adjust defective electrical and electronic circuitry
online.
• Worked on instrument commissioning and startup of Yanbu's NGL plant.
• Good experience with DCS-controlled instrumentation.
• Daily report to Instrument Supervisor.

Instrument Technician, 10/1979 - 01/1982

Mabuhay Vinyl Corp - Iligan, , Philippines
• Commissioned new Vinyl Chloride Monomer Plant electronic and
pneumatic controllers
• Perform overhaul, re-calibration and preventive maintenance on
pneumatic transmitters, controllers and control valves.
• Calibrated various process equipment and control elements to deliver
correct, reliable outcomes.
• Inspected equipment and systems to identify issues and report problems
for repair.

TRAINING
• Distributed Control Systems:
• ABB AC800F System Management and Diagnostics AC800F Advanced
Engineering
• ABB AC800F Basic Engineering
• ABB Process Portal-B 2.0 HMI System, Engineering Course
• ABB Composer Automation Architect (M202)
• ABB Module Tool Configuration (M103)
• ABB Console Tool Configuration (IM2)
• ABB Symphony Overview (M200)
• ABB Infi-90 M101 Process Control Unit
• ABB Infi-90 M101 Wintools/CAD
• Bailey Automation Infi-90 Open Maintenance Foundation Course
• Gas Turbine Control Training:
• GE Speedtronic Mark VIe (TMR) Operation and Maintenance
• GE Simplex Mark IV Speedtronic Control Course
• GE Simplex Mark IV Speedtronic Maintenance Course
• European Gas Turbine MK2 Control System
• Operation and Maintenance of Axial and Centrifugal Compressor Control
Systems
• Datum Centrifugal Comp and Ditronics Control System
• M-Demag Compressor Training
• ESD and Fire and Gas System:
• Hima ELOP II Engineer
• Tricon/TriStation TS113 Comprehensive Course
• Hima H51-HS Automation System and Elop Programming
• ESD panel and Fire and Gas Shutdown panel course
• Silvertech Fire and Gas System Maintenance
• Maintenance and Calibration Single gas monitor T80
• Pepperl and Fuchs PLC Failsafe system
• Allen Bradley RSLogix/Studio5000 Ladder Logic
• Safety Related Courses Attended:
• Aircraft Water Escape-Expired
• TBOSIET-Expired
 • Coxswain Course-Expired
• Hazardous Materials
• Permit to Work
• STCW-Valid until 08/28/28
• OPITO IMIST-Valid until 02/08/27

EDUCATION
Electronics Engineering Technology, 1979
Mindanao State University-Iligan Institute of Technology - Iligan
City