Fernando Spisto, Instrumentation Specialist

Fernando Spisto

Instrumentation Specialist

Faithful & Gould

Location
United Kingdom
Education
Higher diploma, Electrical Engineer
Experience
45 years, 3 Months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :45 years, 3 Months

Instrumentation Specialist at Faithful & Gould
  • Saudi Arabia - Khobar
  • My current job since October 2016
Area Manager at Bechtel Corporation
  • Angola
  • February 2014 to September 2015

Outage supervision for the installation of a gas superheater.
Supervision of work package preparation.
Safety management for cold end area.
Technical coordination and construction supervision for the cold end units, implementation of technical bulletins TB-4, TB-5 and TB-6, modifications to ethylene and propane systems.
Modifications to debutanizer unit, addition of pumps P-1805 A/B and minimum flow recirculation control.
Solution of problems related to implementation of complex control loops.

Power & Automation Lead Engineer at Bechtel Corporation
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • February 2011 to December 2013

Maaden, Aluminum Smelter, 760 kT/y capacity, located in Ras Al Khair mineral city.
Technical coordination and supervision of electrical construction work, 380 kV SF6 gas insulated switchgear, 230 kV SF6 gas insulated switchgear, (11) 34.5 kV SF6 bus insulated substations, 2 sections of 9 Km electrical transmission lines, 380 kV. Commissioning and startup of EHV, HV and LV switchgear and substations. Resolution of technically complex construction problems.

Senior Instrumentation Engineer at Bechtel Corporation
  • United Arab Emirates - Abu Dhabi
  • January 2010 to January 2011

PMC for an international bidding of a new XLPE plant to be built in Abu Dhabi. Technical evaluation of bids, preparation of final report.

Instrumentation Field Engineering Lead at Bechtel Corporation
  • Saudi Arabia - Jubail
  • January 2007 to January 2010

Coordination of field engineering activities including, revision of existing drawings, new design, procurement of additional material and equipment, coordination with other disciplines, as built drawings, calculations, instrument selection, etc.
Khursaniyah Gas Plant is a 2, 000 Million SCFD Sweetening/NGL gas plant located in Saudi Arabia, 4.5bn US$.

Engineering group supervisor at Bechtel Corporation
  • India - Mumbai
  • January 2006 to January 2007

Supervision of instrumentation engineering activities for the design of a new oil refinery of 450, 000 BPD refining capacity, 3bn US$.

Interface Manager at PDVSA
  • Venezuela
  • January 2005 to January 2006

Management and coordination of several refinery projects, such as: El Palito refinery expansion, integration of new deep conversion unit, process simulators.

Engineering specialist at INTECA N.V
  • January 1996 to January 2005

conceptual, basic, detailed engineering, commissioning and start up of a combined cycle generation plant (105 MW) using Foxboro I/A DCS, fiber optic fieldbus, system version 6.3, BOO project, Curacao.
- Technical advisor, Evaluation and selection of Independent power producer for a large utilities project, RdK (Refineria di Korsou), Curacao.

Senior technical consultant at Refineria Isla(Curazao) S.A (PDVSA afíliate)
  • January 1986 to January 1996

new control system (deltaV) for IRUP project, 1200 loops with foundation fieldbus technology.

Project Coordinator at GPI-DAVID MCKEE
  • Venezuela
  • January 1985 to January 1986

of several projects for the Venezuelan Oil Industry.
S.A. Meneven, Pequiven S.A.

Engineering Supervisor at VEPICA S.A
  • Venezuela
  • January 1983 to January 1985

responsible for proper execution of projects for the Venezuelan Oil Industry, Lagoven S.A., Maraven S.A., Corpoven S.A., Intevep.
Among others:
- New Cryogenic Gas Complex, Jose, Corpoven S.A.
- Automated Closed Feed System for Suspension Reactors, PVC Plants, El Tablazo, Pequiven S.A.
- New LPG Plant, Refineria El Palito, Corpoven S.A.

Engineering Supervisor at JANTESA
  • Venezuela
  • January 1978 to January 1983

Project coordinator of several projects for the Oil Industry, among others:
- Electrical studies and planning of the Electrical Power System of Lagoven S.A at the Heavy Oil Orinoco Belt, this included Load Flow and Short circuit Analysis, Basic engineering.
- Study to allocate Dehydration facilities for the extra heavy oil of Hamaca Norte, S.A. Meneven, a model was developed for this study.
- Electrical and Instrumentation design of seven Flow Stations at Lake of Maracaibo, Urdaneta Oeste, Lagoven S.A.
- Electrical protection coordination studies, 115 KV system, Lagoven S.A.
- Instrumentation and Electrical design, Pilot Flow Stations J-20, O-16, DSMA Project, Lagoven S.A.

Education

Higher diploma, Electrical Engineer
  • at Universidad Simon
  • September 1978

-System Engineering Studies (Magister Scientarum) 1981, thesis pending.

Specialties & Skills

Power Systems
Electrical
Instrumentation
Project Management
Power Analysis
PROGRMMING LANGUAGES
ENGINEERING
NETWORKING
PRODUCTION
SUPERVISION TECHNIQUES
UPGRADES
UTILITIES
ESD DESIGN
DCS ARCHITECTURE
EXPLOSION PROOF DESIGN
POWER SYSTEM ELECTRICAL ANALYSIS

Languages

Dutch
Beginner
English
Expert
German
Beginner
Italian
Beginner
Spanish
Native Speaker