Steve Blaine

About Steve Blaine

Steve has more than 30 years of instrumentation and controls experience, taking projects through all phases from conceptual design to final commissioning. He has designed controls for machines, facilities and systems using PLCs, PCs, operator interfaces, and SCADA systems – even pushbuttons and relays. He has served as engineer, lead engineer, and project manager for industrial facility projects worldwide with a focus on the semiconductor, water and wastewater sectors. Steve has published multiple technical articles and papers, including his most recent work as author of a chapter on controls in the “ASHRAE Design Guide for Cleanrooms”. Steve\'s skills and accomplishments include; Excellent leadership skills, analytical intelligence and business savvy Worked successfully all over the USA and throughout the world. Highly literate & well spoken with great writing and presentation skills Capable and experienced in selling, designing, building and commissioning industrial control systems.

Experience

1. Automation Technologist

   Jacobs

   Jan 1993 — Present · Overland Park, KS, US

   I lead engineers, designers and drafters in designing, specifying, purchasing, installing, programming and commissioning control systems for a variety of industries. My focus has been on the water/wastewater and semiconductor industries but I have completed projects in metals, chemicals, data centers and others.At Jacobs/CH2M Hill, I have worked on and led hundreds of projects and developed control systems for some of the most complex and critical facilities in the world. While my role has evolved to focus on project management and leadership, I have maintained my technical responsibilities and remain directly involved in the hands-on work of building these systems.My involvement typically starts at the earliest phase of proposal development but often continues until project completion. Typical design deliverables that I have created include; Master Plans and Studies P & IDs Control System Specifications Sequences of Operation Control Panel Schematic and Layout Drawings I/O Wiring Drawings System Block Diagrams Network Drawings As-built Drawings Operation and Programming Guides In addition to design skills listed above I am a successful system integrator with experience using these tools; PLC Programming – Allen Bradley, Schneider, Siemens HMI Programming – FactoryTalk, Wonderware, Citect Network configuration – Stratix, Ntron VFD configuration – ABB, Allen-Bradley, Eaton, Siemens

Education

• Portland State University

  MS, Engineering Management

  1992 — 1995

• University of Pennsylvania

  BS, Electrical Engineering

  1977 — 1981

Skills

• Plc
• Control Systems Design
• Manufacturing
• Dcs
• Engineering Management
• Technical Project Leadership
• Factory
• Modicon
• Industrial Ethernet
• Process Control
• Industrial Control
• Hmis
• Control Logic
• Programmable Logic Controller (Plc)
• Construction Management
• Automation
• Electrical Engineering
• Engineering
• Programming
• Modbus
• Plc Programming
• Scada
• Commissioning
• Allen Bradley
• Controlnet
• Hmi Programming
• Energy
• Project Engineering
• Process Automation
• Variable Frequency Drives
• Wonderware
• Power Distribution
• Control System Design
• Process Simulation
• Mes
• Webdav
• Electricians
• Instrumentation
• Devicenet
• Engineering Design