JEROME Q. BANAL
Block 9, Lot 13, Apo Sandawa 3, Kidapawan City, Cotabato
+639465755692/+639339345586
SUMMARY
Twenty-Five years’ experience in geothermal industry in the field of operations of turbine/generator, contract management, maintenance of electrical & instrumentation equipment, construction of mechanical pipelines and vessels, and drilling operations. Experience electrical engineer delivering the best practices in power industry to yield the required annual energy revenue. Proven track record with a zero incidence of health, safety, and environmental aspects as well as 100% compliance on management of equipment failure. A skilled technical professional passionate about data gathering analysis, troubleshooting and repair of electrical and instrumentation equipment to achieve the root cause of industrial problems.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Energy Development Corporation June 2009 – July 30, 2019
Plant Shift Head
Ensured the management and best practices in plant operations are being followed to meet the required annual energy/revenue target.
Selected Key Accomplishment
Lead the team on achieving zero lost time of incident and zero equipment damage while supervising the schedule start-up and shutdown of the plant.
Recognize as member of the team to established Environmental Management Systems Procedures prior to recognize as ISO 9001 compliant company
Achieve the passing rate on the workshop for NFPA 70E standards – Electrical Safety in Workplace.
Lead the team to comply the Basic Occupational Safety and Health Standards – BOSCH and NFPA standards.
Responsible for the implementation of ISO 9001 – Environmental Management System.
Zero backlogs on the implementation of CMMS maintenance activities.
100% compliance on following the immediate response procedures during the events of fire alarms and equipment upsets.
Lead the team on crafting the outage reports and root cause analysis and investigation.
Delivered the execution of gathering the operational data and daily safe work permits.
Lead the team for the coordination with third party customers on the daily nominated plant load.
Classroom instructor for the in-house training of plant engineers.
Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation May 2004 – June, 2009
Plant Monitoring Engineer
Ensured the management of contracts on converting steam into electricity are being followed by Marubeni Energy Services (MESC). Ensured the required annual energy contracts between the governments entity – National Power Corporation (NPC) and Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation are met.
Selected Key Accomplishment
Coordination with Build Operate Transfer (BOT) contractor and our customer in terms of contractual agreements and obligations.
100% compliance on the execution of outage report, daily/monthly operations and maintenance reports.
Reviewed the design of the Process and Instrumentation Diagram – P and I D.
Reviewed the design of electrical relay protection and coordination.
Monitoring the amount of revenue and steam savings, and monitoring of plant performance and efficiency.
100% compliance check on the activities of operations and maintenance personnel on mechanical, electrical and instrumentation equipment.
Lead the project to transfer revenue meter from National Grid Corporation (NGCP) Switchyard to switchgear room at power plant.
Head the team to resolve some contractual issues of Marubeni Energy Services Corporation, National Grid Corporation (NGCP), and National Power Corporation (NPC)
Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation July 1996 – May 2004
Electrical and Instrumentation Engineer
Responsible for the Management on maintaining of electrical and instrumentation equipment as well as distributed control systems (DCS). Evaluated the process and instrumentation diagrams as well as logic diagrams.
Selected Key Accomplishment
100% completed the commissioning of electrical and instrumentation equipment on M1GP and M2GP steam-field systems.
Achieved the ability to interpret the ladder programs and functional block program on industrial automation.
Ability to analyze and troubleshoot complex electrical and instrumentation diagrams.
Lead the team to design and commission brine pump system disposal to sumps
Achieve the zero record of loss time incident and zero loss of equipment damage while working and maintaining on electrical and instrumentation system.
Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation February 1995 – July 1996
Mechanical Piping Engineer
Responsible for the construction of mechanical pipelines and separator vessels.
Selected Key Accomplishment
100% completed on leading the construction and installation of mechanical piping at M1GP steam field.
Lead the construction team – compose of industrial pipefitters, welders and foreman on the problems encountered that needed a solution during construction of pipelines.
Lead the team to comply the required material take-off.
Lead the team on continuous supply of heavy equipment, electrical/mechanical machinery and consumable materials.
Lead the team on manpower distribution.
South East Asia Sugar Mill Corporation August 1994 – January 1995
Plant Electrician
Supported and adhered the safe rehabilitation of Sugar plant from its old design.
Selected Key Accomplishment
Lead the team on the rehabilitation and commissioning of heavy-duty cane yard cranes and cane knives
Inspect and assemble electrical panelboards and protections.
Lead the team on the safe execution of daily activities.
Electrical Private Practitioner March 1994 – August 1994
Responsible for the installation of new electrical equipment and commercial building establishment.
Selected Key Accomplishment
Lead the team of electrician to install electrical system on commercial and household dwellings.
Lead the team to prepare electrical plants and material takeoff.
Lead the team for the safe execution of equipment and manpower.
Philippine National Oil Company – Energy Development Corporation August 1993 – March 1994
Mud (Drilling Fluid) Technician
Performed daily checks of drilling fluid, inventory, and customer needs at multiple well sites.
Selected Key Accomplishment
Member of the team who completed the spud in, drilling and completion of 10 production wells and reinjection wells of M1GP steam field.
100% compliance on monitoring the quality of mud properties during drilling operations.
A person responsible for the chemical inventory and reporting of daily mud properties.
EDUCATION
Bachelor Science in Electrical Engineering, University of San Carlos – Technological Centre, Cebu City, Philippines
MEMBERSHIP
Integrated Institute of Electrical Engineers in the Philippines – IIEE
SELECTED TRAININGS
Seminar on 4 Disciplines of Execution (4D) – Franklin Covey, 2015
Seminar on National Fire Protection and Administration: Hazardous (Classified) Location – NFPA, 2014.
Seminar on Incident Investigation and Prevention Workshop – Knowledge International, 2014.
Training on Mindanao Wide Table Top Black-out Simulation Drill – National Grid Corporation (NGCP), 2014
Seminar on National Fire Protection and Administration (NFPA 70E): Electrical Safety in the Workplace – NFPA, 2012.
Seminar on National Fire Protection and Administration (NFPA 1600): Standard on Disaster/Emergency Management and Business Continuity Programs – NFPA, 2012.
Seminar on Basic Occupational Safety and Health – JCR Engineering, 2012
Training on Power Systems Design and Analysis, and Protective Relaying Course – Asian Power Systems Training Center, 2012
Seminar on Industrial Substation and Protection System: Design Practices in Industrial Electrical System – Centre of Studies in Electrical Engineering Practices & Standards (CESEEPS), 2007
Seminar on Basic Use of Electronic Presentation Graphics (MS Power Point) – EDC IT Group, 2007
Seminar on Basic Computer Aided and Drafting Design 2 Dimensional Drawings – CADD Training Center, 2006
Seminar on 8 Disciplines Team Oriented – Problem Solving Methodology – Neville Clarke, 2006
Seminar on Volunteer Speaker – Community Career Guidelines, 2006
Seminar on Advance Defensive Driving – EDC HR Division, 2005
Seminar on Programmable Logic Controller (Basic & Advance Level) – Festo Didactic, 2002
Seminar on Problem, Causes, and Fixes) – EDC HR Division,
Seminar on Management Safety Training – PNOC EDC, 2000
Seminar on Mod-Cell Multi Loop Configurations – ABB Instrumentation, 1998
Seminar on CITECT Version 5 Configuration Training Course – ABB International, 1998
Seminar on Interaction Management – PNOC EDC, 1997
Seminar on Analytic Troubleshooting – Kepner Tregoe, 1997
Seminar on First Aid Training with Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitations – Philippine National Red Cross, 1997
Seminar on PC Based Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition – University of the Philippines, 1996
Training on Commissioning of Electrical and Instrumentation System – PNOC-EDC, 1996
Training on Control Room Engineer at FCRS System – PNOC-EDC, 1998