Keith Hoffmann

Experience

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  Pilkington ACI Operations Pty Ltd

  Apr 1980 - Dec 1983

  Electrical Projects Engineer

  Projects and experience including:• Installation of 1.5MVA emergency diesel generator and tie-in to existing generation plant• HV Operations (planning, switching and supervision) for maintenance activities• Upgrades to glass finishing lines• Supervision of electrical/instrumentation trades in maintenance and project activities

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  CSR Wood Panels

  Mar 1984 - Sept 1996

  Electrical Engineer

  This plant manufactured the Masonite range of products on a 24 hour 7 day week continuous basis, employing 200 staff.ResponsibilitiesDirect supervision of a team of eight electricians including one apprentice in all aspects of maintaining and improving the reliability of the fibreboard manufacturing facility. Attendance to statutory obligations of electrical work, and active involvement in a team-based environment to realize company objectives and optimise the organisation’s engineering maintenance functions.AchievementsProposing and leading the purchase and upgrade of the 22KV electrical substation, and leading the ongoing maintenance and support program provided by site electricians and High Voltage contractors.Re-wired and converted complete electrical control system of the Gabbani Saws complex to PLC over a 5 year period to improve reliability and build bridge to continuous improvement.Led Building In Quality (BIQ) Project Team to reduce variation in press cycle times, saving $40,000 P.A. This team was victorious at the CSR Timber Products Quality Team Awards in Melbourne and Sydney 1995 and subsequently competed in the CSR International Team Awards in Sydney.Conceived, designed and built conveyor synchronizing system to reduce wetlap placement variation on plates. Designed and installed 45kW DC drives on press plate pusher and extractor. Proposed and co-coordinated purchase of the CSR HV 22KV 4.5MVA substation from SECV and negotiated electricity supply tariff change, and project managed the upgrade of a 22KV substation. Show less

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  Hoffmann Engineering Services Pty Ltd

  Oct 1996 - Jul 1999

  Director

  Project Electrical design, drafting, commissioning and supervision work for various clients.Achievements• Conception, design, programming, supervision of installation and commissioning of a safety guarding system for a processing line, utilising Omron Devicenet Distributed safety PLC system at Laminex Veneers plant, Cheltenham.• E/I Hardware and Software engineering design, drafting, supervision of installation and commissioning of water disinfection plant for Melbourne Water at Tyabb; Allen-Bradley SLC5/04 PLC’s, Nematron operator interface, telemetry. E/I Hardware and Software commissioning of water disinfection plants for Melbourne Water at Mornington, Westernport, Yan Yean and Mt. Martha.• E/I Hardware and Software engineering design, drafting, supervision of installation and commissioning of Resins mixing batch plant for laminated substrate forming plant utilising Allen-Bradley/Rockwell Control-Logix Programmable Automation Controller and GE Intellution iFIX SCADA interface and incorporating Access Database for recipe control and production recording over plant intranet LAN. • Design, supervision of installation and commissioning of safety systems, robot interface, conveyor system electrics and automated visual system for checking product orientation for palletizing system at Monsanto Australia Roundup bottling plant. Completion of Allen-Bradley PLC software and PanelView operator interface to incorporate above changes and being system to specification requirements after collapse of the systems integrator.• Design, supervision of installation and commissioning of electrical control systems hardware for $18 million cement sheet processing lines at James Hardie and Co. Pty. Ltd. – Sites: Rose Hill (N.S.W.), Carole Park (Qld) and Welshpoole (WA)• Design, construct and pre-commissioning of hardware and software for doorskin bookmaker to be installed at CSR Oberon MDF Mill Show less

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  Australian Vinyls Corporation

  Jul 1999 - Sept 2010

  Senior Electrical/Instrumentation Engineer

  PVC manufacturing plant in Laverton Victoria employs 130 staff on a 24 hour round the clock basis and is a Major Hazard Facility (MHF) due to the explosive nature of the raw material (Vinyl Chloride Monomer), a flammable liquefied gas. Role: Senior Electrical/Instrumentation Engineer, LavertonFunction: Responsible Electrical/Instrumentation EngineerKey Achievements: • Planned, co-ordinated, design and programmed $6M 325Megalitre/annum water recycling plant control system including PAC control and SCADA system and Historian based on Rockwell ControlLogix and FactoryTalk platform at Australian Vinyls.• Project managed the implementation of Australian Vinyls $650K Ambient and EPA Stack Air Monitoring System Project (“SNOOP”) from conception to completion in 2000/2001. • Provided site commissioning and operational support of Triconex Trident Emergency Shutdown System for plant critical safety instrumentation and integration of this system with plant DCS interface at Australian Vinyls. • Represented the electrical/instrumentation contribution to MHF Safety Case 5 year review and regular WorkSafe auditing programs• Show less

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  ICD Asia Pacific Pty Ltd

  Nov 2010 - now

  Lead Electrical/Instrumentation Engineer

  ICD Asia-Pacific Pty Ltd provide project engineering services into Shell Refining, Lyondellbasell Polypropylene plant and other industrial sites around the Geelong area. ICD are a subsidiary of Transfield.Role: Senior/Lead Electrical/Instrumentation EngineerVarious instrumentation project tasks, from design through to preparation of construction specifications and commissioning scopes.Major projects include electrical/instrumentation design and project engineering for: • Shell RCCU major turnaround instrumentation projects• Installation of NIR analyser for control of gasoline blending• Remote controlled fire monitors and CCTV systems around HF Alkylation plant• Design of Secondary level instrumentation on HF Alkylation vessels.• Select and Define stage development of HDT (hydrotreater plant) bypass systems• Engineering design, specification and tendering of gas chromatograph analyser and sample conditioning systems for propane and hydrogen in propylene streams at Lyondellbasell polypropylene plant• Co-ordination of electrical/instrumentation of a team of 7 E/I engineers prior to appointment of a full-time E/I team leader Show less

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  QMI Engineer at Viva Energy Refining, Geelong Victoria

  Jun 2014 - now

  QMI Engineer

  Responsible for ensuring reliability and integrity of the analytical instrumentation at the refinery (Quality Measuring Instruments)

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  Viva Energy Refining

  Mar 2017 - now

  QMI Technical Lead for Process and CEMS analyser Systems Maintenance Department

  QMI Technical Lead for Process and CEMS analyser Systems Maintenance Department at Viva Energy Refining