Rick Lafleur
SME-Senior Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems Engineer at Exyte
- Role
- Sme-senior Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems Engineer at Exyte
- Location
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rick Lafleur
Over 25 years of experience as an Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems Engineer in the pharmaceutical, biotech, environmental, chemical, and pulp and paper industries. Demonstrated experience building strong relationships with external and internal stake holders. Client-focused with the flexability to serve as an engineering project lead or subject matter expert (SME). Very efficient and organized with a passion for providing world-class engineering services, and owning the end-to-end design process.Core Competencies:CIP, SIP, WFI, fill-finish manufacturing systemsValve and flow meter sizingInstrument calibrationP & ID process control strategies and instrumentation specificationsFunctional specification developmentEngineering design in GMP regulated environmentsControl cabinet, remote I/O cabinet, IT cabinet designs and FAT executionSafety interlock and emergency shutdown (ESD) circuit designSpecification of DCS/PLC system controllers, power supplies, I/O modules, media cards and Ethernet switches
Experience
Sme-senior Instrumentation, Automation and Control Systems Engineer
Jun 2022 — Present · Durham, NC, US
Education
UNC Chapel Hill and UC Berkeley
Postdoctoral Fellow, Applied Science and Engineering
1997 — 1999
Queen's University
Doctor of Philosophy - Ph.D., Chemical Physics
1991 — 1997
Trent University
Bachelor of Science - BSc, Chemistry/Math
1988 — 1991
Skills
- E-Commerce
- Control Systems Design
- Manufacturing
- Marketing
- Devicenet
- Autocad
- Automation
- Marketing Strategy
- Control Valves
- Engineering
- Product Management
- Project Management
- Plc Cabinet Layout
- Hart
- P&Id Development
- Commissioning
- Process Automation
- Music
- Fieldbus
- Process Instrumentation
- Pac
- Safety Instrumented Systems
- Instrumentation
- Programmable Logic Controller (Plc)
- Product Marketing
- Plc
- Dcs
- Loop Diagrams
- Remote I/O
- Distributed Control System (Dcs)
- Plc Architecture
- Process Control
- Safety Plc Systems
- Piping and Instrumentation Drawing (P&Id)
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