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PLC / SCADA / HMI Automation Engineer | Siemens TIA Portal, Rockwell, Water Treatment & Greenhouse

İzmir, Turkey
Only remote
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Cumhuriyet University, 2011)
İzmir, Turkey
Only remote
B.Sc. Electrical Engineering (Cumhuriyet University, 2011)

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About me

Founder & automation engineer at KontrolA (Izmir, since 2016). I deliver PLC, HMI and SCADA solutions end-to-end, from EPLAN design and panel building to programming and commissioning, for water treatment, greenhouse and industrial plants. Remote-ready, fast response.

AutomationControl PanelsSupervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA)ModbusPROFINET StandardsSIMATIC WinCC (SCADA System)Tia PortalEplanSiemens S7Allen-BradleySps-software
Electrical engineer with 15+ years in industrial automation; founder of an automation company (KontrolA, Izmir, since 2016) delivering 50+ projects from design to commissioning.

PLC programming: Siemens S7-1200 / S7-1500 (TIA Portal), Rockwell Allen-Bradley (RSLogix 500), Delta PLC. Structured control logic, interlocks, alarm handling, PID control, sequencing.
HMI & SCADA: HMI screen design, SCADA systems, data logging, remote monitoring, alarm management.
Drives & motion: Siemens SINAMICS V20 and other VFDs, MCC panels, pump and motor control.
Industrial communication: Modbus RTU / Modbus TCP, Profinet, RS485, Ethernet/IP, RTU/telemetry.
Electrical design: EPLAN electrical drawings, control panel design and manufacturing, BOM and documentation.
Industries: water and wastewater treatment plants (RO, filtration, dosing), greenhouse and agricultural automation (irrigation, climate), organized industrial zones (OSB) electrical infrastructure, machine automation.
Services: remote PLC/HMI/SCADA programming, troubleshooting and fault finding of existing programs, retrofit/migration, commissioning support, technical documentation.
Languages: Turkish (native), English (working proficiency).

Experience

Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2016

Languages

EnglishGoodTurkishNative speaker

Project history

SCADA & IIoT Developer - Oil Tank Farm Monitoring

Oil producer (via KontrolA)

Industry & Mechanical Engineering

Monitoring system for 6 oil storage tanks.
  • Product quantity calculated in kg from density, temperature and volume using custom formulas
  • Siemens PLC with a Raspberry Pi based server for data acquisition and historical logging
  • Web-based dashboards viewable from any device (PC, tablet, phone)

Automation Engineer - Process Water Purification, Biomass Power Plant

Biomass power plant, Denizli (via KontrolA)

Energy, Water & Environment

Design and commissioning of the water purification system supplying process water to a biomass power plant in Denizli, Turkey.
  • Sand filter, carbon filter, softening, reverse osmosis and EDI stages
  • PLC/HMI software, control panel manufacturing, on-site commissioning

Automation Engineer - Hygienic Lid Machine for Beverage Cans

Beverage producer (via KontrolA)

Industry & Mechanical Engineering

First machine of its kind in Turkey: applies aluminium hygienic lids to 6 beverage cans simultaneously (cold brew coffee brand).
  • Precision servo motion control and PID-controlled sealing heaters
  • PLC and HMI software developed from scratch
  • Control panel design, manufacturing and commissioning

Automation Engineer - Ultrapure Water Treatment (RO + EDI) for Paper Mill

Paper mill (via KontrolA)

Energy, Water & Environment

Turbine feed water treatment plant for a paper mill.
  • Pre-treatment with 4 softening tanks and 2 sand filters, 4 reverse osmosis units reducing conductivity to 0-2 µS/cm
  • 10 EDI units reaching 0.05 µS/cm required by the turbines
  • Control panel manufacturing and precision PLC/HMI software, commissioning

Automation Software Engineer - Food Cooling Tunnel (export to Colombia)

Food machinery manufacturer (via KontrolA)

Industry & Mechanical Engineering

Complete control software for a confectionery cooling tunnel exported to Colombia.
  • 4 conveyor belts synchronously accelerating/decelerating via VFDs
  • Precise temperature algorithms controlling compressors and blowers
  • PLC and HMI software developed end-to-end, remote commissioning support

SCADA Engineer - Municipal Solid Waste Disposal & Landfill Gas Plant

Solid waste disposal facility (via KontrolA)

Energy, Water & Environment

SCADA monitoring for a municipal solid waste facility where waste is digested and the generated gas is converted to electricity.
  • Monitoring of leachate ponds and the wastewater treatment stages before discharge
  • PLC integration, SCADA screens, alarms and historical data logging

Lead Automation Engineer - Chocolate Storage & Transfer System

Nestlé (via KontrolA)

Goods & Retail

Turnkey automation of two large chocolate storage tanks for Nestlé.
  • Tanker filling, temperature-controlled holding and load-cell based batch transfer combined in one system
  • Siemens PLC programming and HMI screens
  • Control panel design and manufacturing, commissioning on site

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