АAnton's CV
АAnton Zakharchenko
Senior Instrument & Commissioning Engineer
Profile summary
Experienced senior instrument and commissioning engineer with 19 years shaping industrial facility outcomes. Trilingual in English, Russian, and Hebrew, applying expertise across commissioning and start up, troubleshooting on live facilities, fire and gas systems, and control systems and PLCs. Advanced through 3 roles within instrument and commissioning engineering, executing the installation and commissioning of new equipment and critical fire and gas detection systems. Committed to maintaining high standards of technical compliance and equipment reliability across complex operations.
Career highlights
Engineering Progression: Advanced through 3 roles within instrument and commissioning engineering, moving from foundational technical execution to team leadership and vendor coordination.
Commissioning Operations: Executed the installation and commissioning of new equipment including critical Fire and Gas detection systems while supervising field installations for facility upgrades.
Technical Maintenance: Performed maintenance and calibration of field instrumentation while independently troubleshooting technical failures and executing complex on-site repairs on equipment.
Professional Certification: Obtained certification in the operation, mounting, and maintenance of electrical equipment in explosive atmospheres from Gubkin Russian State University of Oil and Gas.
Key skills
Professional experience
Reported to project leadership while steering cross-functional engineering and technical staff across an international oil and gas installation. Defined instrumentation maintenance strategy, directing facility upgrades, equipment commissioning, and vendor coordination.
- Supervised field installations and conducted inspections to verify compliance with flow diagrams, P&IDs, and isometrics during facility upgrades.
- Executed the installation and commissioning of new equipment, including critical Fire and Gas detection systems.
- Coordinated with major equipment manufacturers including Rosemount, ABB, Wika, Yokogawa, and Rotork while managing subcontractors.
- Devised work plans and closed out work orders in SAP PM while selecting cost-effective alternatives for expensive equipment during replacements.
Shaped field instrumentation maintenance strategy, steering on-site calibration, tuning, and repair operations to support equipment reliability without vendor dependence.
- Executed complex on-site repairs on expensive equipment, avoiding manufacturer shipments and reducing downtime.
- Performed maintenance and calibration of field instrumentation while independently troubleshooting technical failures.
Directed process instrumentation operations spanning diagnostics, maintenance, and state certifications of lease automatic custody transfer units. Maintained and programmed computer-aided control systems based on Allen Bradley programmable logic controllers.
- Executed independent hardware configuration and system startup procedures in the absence of vendor representatives.
- Developed program comments for PLC-5 systems using technical documentation to accelerate troubleshooting and fault resolution.
Education
Electric Power and Electrical Engineering
Management in Production & Technical Systems
Certifications
Languages
English · Professional
Russian · Native
Hebrew · Basic