Yasen Chaprazov

Industry: Food and Beverage Position held: Senior Automation and Control System Engineer Main activities and responsibilities: Within CIP Services, I was the system owner for all automation control systems and IT infrastructure. I was contracted with a clear target to develop innovative solutions to complex technical or design issues that existed and recommend new system or equipment upgrades. For each integrated system currently in use or the design stage, I was producing technical procedures, documentation, manuals, updating P&IDs, Electrical Drawings, and control software. I develop new control system frameworks based on B&R PLC and AVEVA SCADA applications using different programming languages such as Ladder, Structured Text, Statement List, Embedded C, and VB. Also, I create universal OS, PLC, and SCADA backups that can be deployed any time anywhere if a failure occurs from centralizing office secured storage. In CIP services, I was responsible for customer support in the UK and overseas-based New Zealand.

Industry: Pharmaceutical Manufacture Position held: Senior Automation Engineer Main activities and responsibilities: Within AVARA Pharmaceutical as Senior Automation Engineer, I was responsible for maintaining, monitoring, and upgrading the Automation equipment, with defined targets and the maintenance assistance of regulatory compliance in the `Top Tier` COMAH classified API site. My duties were to develop innovative solutions to complex technical or design issues that may arise and recommend new systems or equipment upgrades that will meet the production needs and compliance standards, maintain technical procedures, documentation, and manuals. My day-to-day activities were as follows

•Owner and System Manager for a designated number of Automation systems such as DCS, PLC, SCADA, Batch and Historian platforms.

•Software and hardware functional changes to systems, change control management, design, coding, testing and final deployment to the production system.

•Creation of new or modification of existing systems documentation such as functional and design specifications, test scripts, test specifications and systems operational procedures.

•Carry out computer validation on GMP critical systems to ensure the validated and compliance status is maintained.

•Management of Automation system projects, ranging from functional changes to existing production processes or larger more complex upgrade projects and accommodation of new products implementation.

Industry: System Integrator Position held: Automation Software Engineer Main activities and responsibilities: Within the GPS Group, I was contacted and involved in the project-based design of Industrial Automated Control Systems, based on PLC and SCADA applications using different programming languages such as Ladder, Structured Text, Statement List, Embedded C, and VB. I was responsible for taking a project from its inception through to the final commissioning. Primarily I was responsible for:

•HW and SW specification and configuration of Automation Systems.

•Software development of PLC, PAC, DCS and SCADA systems.

•Configuration of Fieldbus & Industrial Ethernet networks.

•Creating URS, FDS, SDS, SDMS, DS, and RDS.

•Preparation and execution of software testing such as SFAT, SAT, and PreFAT.