Kathy Sailer

Background

Kathy has worked over 43 years in manufacturing in the Pulp & Paper Industry. This includes 5.5 years in production and 38 years in maintenance as a Journeyman Instrumentation Technician.  

Specialization

At Pillar Engineering, Kathy specializes in, but is not limited to, the following pillars:

Senior Maintenance Consultant

Maintenance

  • Assist with troubleshooting of process control loops, QCS and DCS systems

  • Developing Preventive Maintenance practices on electrical and pneumatic process control equipment

  • Managing contractors on machine/equipment rebuilds and outages

  • Writing procedures to perform permit required equipment maintenance

  • Training apprentices in Instrumentation control systems

Process Control Engineering

  • Developing process control systems including software, graphics and wiring

  • Obsolete Equipment Upgrades including wiring and software

  • Updating and maintaining process control and electrical prints


Education

Kathy holds an associate degree in Instrumentation Technology from Mid-State Technical College and a Bachelor degree in Computer Science from Lakeland College.  She is also a state-indentured Journeyman Instrumentation Technician.