Sylvain Pagnon

Saipem — Vessel Software Lead, 03/2023 - 05/2026.

JSD6000 Derrick Pipelay Vessel — Shanghai, China and Offshore Brazil

Vessel Software Lead for all vessel production equipment software through shipyard completion, sea trials, handover from ZPMC and offshore J-Lay projects (Buzios 7, LAPA).

1. Executed I/O tests and cold and hot loop tests on 10,000+ I/O (J-Lay 4,000 I/O, S-Lay 6,000 I/O), walk-downs, punch lists and mechanical completion.
2. Designed, specified and programmed OFE to OFE interfaces (Profibus, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, MQTT) and OFE to vessel interfaces (Kongsberg K-Chief, K-Pos, Profibus DP, Modbus RTU) using gateway modules and ControlLogix PLCs.
3. Commissioned Kongsberg K-Chief, Rockwell ESD and Consilium F&G systems with the shipyard during marine sea trials; tested main production equipment with the DP system during operational sea trials.
4. Tested SIS / ESD cause and effect matrices and performed production equipment functional tests.
5. Integrated new equipment into the electrical and control system: ILUC, weld logger, A&R wire rope monitoring, motion monitoring, Goriziane welding equipment and Remacut S-Lay traffic light system.
6. Provided onboard support for J-Lay system operations with production teams and operators; performed fault finding on PLC, HMI, SCADA and network equipment and managed corrective actions with vendor service engineers.
7. Optimized production sequences and trained the onboard software engineering team (3 off) during the first two J-Lay projects.
8. Designed and implemented a vessel-wide OT network connecting all production equipment (VLAN segmentation, NAT, IP addressing plan) for centralized maintenance and troubleshooting.
9. Merged all OFE SCADA systems into a single redundant vessel-wide FactoryTalk View SE system.
10. Deployed from the ground up a Proxmox virtualization cluster hosting VMs and containers for PLC, HMI and SCADA development.
11. Deployed from the ground up an ibaPDA / ibaHD data acquisition platform collecting 90,000 tags via OPC UA, OPC DA, MQTT and Siemens drivers, plus a Kongsberg KIMS OPC UA server.

Petrofac International Ltd — Automation Engineer (Consultant), 08/2018 - 12/2022.

JSD6000 Vessel Construction at ZPMC — China

Represented Petrofac within the ZPMC shipyard team during construction of the JSD6000 vessel.

1. Reviewed shipyard drawings, specifications and technical notes; supported OFE package design.
2. Participated in vessel I/O list development, I/O checks on 8,000 I/O, loop tests and punch lists.
3. Coordinated technical communication between ZPMC and European vendors and provided operational feedback on production equipment design.

Petrofac International Ltd — Commissioning Engineer, 09/2017 - 07/2018.

J-Lay Tower Commissioning — Newcastle, United Kingdom

Commissioned the J-Lay Tower with the manufacturer IHC-EB, including barge acceptance test (BAT), I/O tests, functional tests and sequence tests.

Petrofac International Ltd — ICSS Commissioning Engineer, 05/2017 - 08/2017.

Galloper Offshore Wind Farm — United Kingdom

Commissioned the PAGA and Fire and Gas (F&G) systems, including loop checks and cause and effect matrix testing.

Petrofac International Ltd — Principal Automation Engineer, 03/2014 - 04/2017.

JSD6000 DP3 Derrick Pipelay Vessel Design — United Arab Emirates

1. Defined control system architecture, specifications and PLC / HMI / SCADA coding standards for a new DP3 multi-purpose pipelay vessel; specified the vessel-wide OT network and CCTV.
2. Engineered J-Lay Tower automation with vendor IHC in the UK; participated in J-Lay FMEA, HAZID and HAZOP workshops.
3. Managed subcontractor control systems (IHC-EB, Righini, NOV, Remacut, Remazel) for the pipe assembly plant, A&R winches, active heave compensator, 5,000-tonne main crane, S-Lay tensioners and stinger handling; attended most FATs at vendor facilities.
4. Reviewed vendor drawings, source code and specifications.
5. Issued technical notes and technical queries.

Saipem SA — Control Process Engineer, 07/2009 - 02/2014.

FDS1 and FDS2 DP Pipelay Vessels — Offshore Rotation and Dry-docks (Cape Town, Marseille)

Worked offshore on rotation as onboard controls specialist for the J-Lay Tower and Firing Line during pipelay campaigns in Brazil, Angola, Egypt and China.

1. Performed fault finding, diagnostics, preventive and corrective maintenance on PLC, HMI, network, electrical and vessel systems (Kongsberg DCS and DP) to keep production equipment running.
2. Maintained and upgraded J-Lay Tower and Firing Line PLC and HMI software based on production and operator requirements.
3. Migrated SCADA from RSView32 to redundant FactoryTalk View SE and virtualized FactoryTalk View SE, FactoryTalk AssetCentre and FactoryTalk Historian servers on VMware.
4. Migrated the Firing Line PLC from SLC 500 DH+ / Remote I/O to Ethernet and upgraded redundant tower ControlLogix PLCs to firmware 20.51.
5. Replaced 15 PanelView Standard HMIs with PanelView Plus and extended the ControlNet and Ethernet PLC networks.
6. Interfaced the J-Lay system with Kongsberg K-Chief via Modbus RTU.
7. Delivered the J-Lay stinger revamp, friction clamp replacement, LDA clamp modification, blasting and coating equipment integration and electrical drawing updates.

Fabemi Technologies — Automation Engineer, 01/2000 - 06/2009.

9 Concrete Production Plants — France

Renewed the complete automation systems of 9 concrete block factories, paver and beam plants as one of a two-person automation team.

1. Designed low-voltage electrical drawings, control system architecture and DeviceNet / Ethernet networks.
2. Programmed PLC, HMI and SCADA applications and Visual Basic production batching and monitoring tools.
3. Integrated Rockwell PowerFlex VFDs, soft starters and KUKA robots; reduced machine cycle times.
4. Prepared technical bids, ran FAT and led commissioning, diagnostics and troubleshooting; managed material requests, billing and subcontractors (panel building, cable pulling).