Marios Nikiforakis
Electrical Control And Instrument (EC&I) Engineering Officer
Thessaloniki
Summary
Skilled automation engineer with 17 years of professional experience in all phases of industrial automation systems, from design to construction. Extensive expertise in SCADA, DCS, PLCs, and HMI systems, as well as pilot plant design and construction. Proficient in information systems such as iHistorian and PIMS, and experienced in working with industrial networks including Profibus, Modbus, Profinet, EtherCAT, CANbus, and CANopen. Strong background in developing remote monitoring applications and industrial-grade software/middleware, with a focus on IIoT and OPC technologies.
Experienced Supervisor leads team members to complete jobs on-time. Assigns tasks, trains employees, and implements company procedures. Excellent communication and listening skills. Provides leadership and vision, driving teams to meet goals.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
15
15
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
Team Supervisor
CE.R.T.H
Thessaloniki
01.2016 - Current
- Company Overview: Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H), Chemical Process Engineering and Research Institute (C.P.E.R.I), Process Systems Design and Implementation Laboratory, Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Manage project team activities, communicate changes and progress
- Coordinate to complete projects within scope, on time and on budget with safety and quality requirements met
- Track progress of project deliverables to ensure contract requirements are met per schedule
- Provide technical guidance, training, mentoring and development of control/automation engineers
- Direct and perform fieldwork (data collection, start-up, testing and commissioning of control systems, design and maintenance of electrical equipment)
- Design & development of new, cutting edge automation concepts
- Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H), Chemical Process Engineering and Research Institute (C.P.E.R.I), Process Systems Design and Implementation Laboratory, Thessaloniki (Greece)
Electrical Control and Instrument (EC&I) Engineer
CE.R.T.H
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
01.2007 - 12.2015
- Company Overview: Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H), Chemical Process Engineering and Research Institute (C.P.E.R.I), Process Systems Design and Implementation Laboratory, Thessaloniki (Greece)
- Development of automation systems (analysis, design, construction and process integration) using a modular assembly approach - Control Systems: SCADA (GE iFIX), DCS (Emersson DeltaV), PLC (Beckhoff, GE Fanuc, Siemens) (~30systems)
- Embedded Systems: NI Embedded (NI cRIO)
- Design and implementation of industrial network infrastructures - Network / Industrial Protocols: CANBus, CanOpen, Profibus, ModBus, EtherCAT, Profinet TCP/IP, RS485, RS232 (>30 systems)
- Industrial Data Interconnection: Device drivers and OPC-based Servers (Matrikon, NI Labview) (>50 devices)
- IoT/Services
- Design and elaboration of electrical drawings (AutoCAD), mechanical drawings (Inventor - Solidworks) and Process and Instrumentation Diagram (Autocad - Microsoft Visio)
- Construction of electrical panels & maintenance in case of electrical malfunction
- Generate revision-controlled design and user documentation
- Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (CE.R.T.H), Chemical Process Engineering and Research Institute (C.P.E.R.I), Process Systems Design and Implementation Laboratory, Thessaloniki (Greece)
Process Control and Automation Engineer
A.TEITHE
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Company Overview: Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (ATEI) Department of Automation
- Design and support of the iFix SCADA system based on a Beckhoff I/O
- Fuel cell unit experiments
- Experiments results analysis
- Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki (ATEI) Department of Automation
SCADA Engineer
C Solutions
Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki
11.2013 - 12.2013
- Company Overview: Revamp project
- Upgrade of an iFix SCADA System based on a Siemens PLC Automation System
- Revamp project
Education
MSc. - Theoretical Informatics & Systems and Control Theory
Aristotle University
Thessaloniki 10.2009 - 11.2012
BSc - Automation Engineer
A.T.E.I
Thessaloniki 10.2000 - 10.2007
Skills
Staff management
Project management
Automation design
Industrial automation
Electrical troubleshooting
Control systems design
SCADA development
Field support
Instrumentation calibration
Process control
Programmable logic controllers
Decision-making
Project scheduling
Websites
Certification
2021, Bronkhorst Online Calibration Training
Skills - Automation Computer Skills
- Ge iFix SCADA
- Ge iHistorian
- Ge Proficy Portal
- OSI Soft PI
- DeltaV DCS
- NI Labview
- Siemens PLC
- Beckhoff PLC, I/O
- Siemens TIA Portal
- Microsoft office
- Matlab
- TWINCAT
- AutoCAD
- Autodesk Inventor
- Siemens WinCC SCADA
- Solidworks
- EPLAN
- C
- C++
- MQTT
- Node-red
- SQlite
Timeline
Team Supervisor
CE.R.T.H
01.2016 - Current
Process Control and Automation Engineer
A.TEITHE
01.2014 - 12.2014
SCADA Engineer
C Solutions
11.2013 - 12.2013
MSc. - Theoretical Informatics & Systems and Control Theory
Aristotle University
10.2009 - 11.2012
Electrical Control and Instrument (EC&I) Engineer
CE.R.T.H
01.2007 - 12.2015
BSc - Automation Engineer
A.T.E.I
10.2000 - 10.2007
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