Instrumentation Engineering

INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIST

A dedicated and reliable Certified Professional Instrumentation Engineering Technologist with more than 22 years of experience working with I&C processes and coordinating teams in meeting major project deliverables. A proven track record of success in working within client specifications and identifying how solutions can benefit their processes. Carries extensive, well-rounded knowledge of project lifecycles and design requirements, and was the first in Canada to achieve full ISA84 SIS Expert accreditation. Eager to apply skillsets to a new, challenging role with your organization.

CORE SKILLS & COMPETENCIES

Instrumentation Engineering

Technical Sales

Project Commissioning

Leadership Skills

I&E Data Management Software

Client Relations

Risk Assessment

Health & Safety Policies

Presentation Skills

Employee Engagement

Team Leadership & Coordination

Product Demonstration

AREAS OF PROVEN PERFORMANCE

INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING

Design & Documentation Drafting: Produced detailed and accurate engineering design deliverables, such as P&IDs, meeting project scopes and specifications. Ensured all proper documentation was completed and signed-off on before moving ahead, and ensured documentation was kept up-to-date as projects progressed. Identified areas to improve designs or workflow processes while agreeing on project deliverables.

Instrumentation & Controls: Responsible for all aspects of instrumentation design and installation within larger construction projects, including sizing, selection, and identifying proper vendors to achieve the best performance and reliability. Provided expert opinions on control philosophies, strategies, and communications with client to ensure they were kept current on technology trends.

Specifications & Standards: Carries a deep knowledge of industry standards and requirements. Regularly works to maintain strict compliance with federal codes and other certifications. Experienced with ISA and standard I&C specifications, HAZOP / FMEA analysis, CSA Documentation and leading MOC processes to improve overall compliance.

Team Coordination: Routinely leads, coordinates, and trains teams of engineers and sub-contractors throughout all aspects of project development. Acts as a go-to technical resource, checker, and consultant for others. Ensured staff were on task, compliant with health & safety standards, and meeting project deliverables on-time. Led regular coordination meetings and performed on-site reviews of team work to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Change Management: Pro-actively participated in the testing and evaluation of technology, identified opportunities to enhance work processes and improve systems based on business requirements. Validated new designs or specifications with appropriate stakeholders.

Commissioning & Start-ups: Respond for reviewing the installation of all equipment and checking and recording all start-up procedures before handing equipment off to regular staff. Interfaced with external sub-contractors to ensure their work was successfully integrated, and worked closely with teams to resolve any issues as they occurred. Toured sites with client as part of final reviews and oversaw initial start-ups to completion.

Selected Accomplishments

Fully onboarded AVEVA Suite of tools for Vista Projects in Calgary, bringing in total cost of the FEED project 40% under client’s targeted budget.

Gave presentations at the North American Heavy Oil Conference and wrote an article on Fire & Gas Detection Engineering for Alberta Oil & Gas Magazine on behalf of MicroWatt LifeSafety Solutions.

Provided analysis of Fire and Gas system for Suncor Fort Hills project, U&O. Proved original contractor over-instrumented the facility by 55%, and cost savings proved to be $2.5MM for construction, $30MM over 25 years due to less maintenance and repairs.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AVEVA Solutions LTD. – Calgary, AB 10/15 – 03/17

Senior Technical Sales Engineer (Staff Position)

Working for a global engineering software solutions company as a Pre-sales Technical Consultant/Sales Engineer. Mainly responsible for the Instrumentation and Electrical portion of the AVEVA portfolio, Canada wide. As well, perform support duties for other AVEVA offerings, such as Engineering, P&ID, and 3D products.

Duties include:

oCommunicate the value proposition of the AVEVA software solutions to prospects at presentations, workshops, industry events and seminars.

oAssist with new business development, strategic planning and partnership engagements.

oContribute to the planning, creation, development and delivery of demonstrations that prove the value of the AVEVA solutions.

oEngage with prospects to understand specific needs/problems and contribute to the development of appropriate technical solutions.

oCreation of project proposals, assisting with contract negotiations, pricing schemes, and finance planning when it came to new prospective customers. Focusing on consistent customer focus when dealing with potential new customers.

oTake responsibility for the preparation and presentation of technical proposals to solve specific prospect needs/problems.

oContribute to the planning, creation, organizing and execution of Proof of Capability presentations and demonstrations to prospects, so that they “prove and confirm” the value of the AVEVA technical solution to their specific needs/problems.

oProvide Technical Support (including training, implementation and consultancy), on occasion, as required by line management.

MicroWatt LifeSafety Solutions – Calgary, AB 06/14 – 07/15

FGS Safety and Risk Specialist (Staff Position)

Passionate leader, providing the vision in building and developing the Fire and Gas engineering division within Microwatt.

Led the business development opportunities to promote and recruit worldwide projects in the Fire and Gas engineering division.

Ensure the FGS division met its financial goals, and resource allocation was managed (both human resources and technical tool resources) to have projects completed on time and on budget

Performed sales calls with the sales team members, to meet financial targets and help sales personnel meet the performance metrics required.

Subject matter expert and interpretive authority on fire and gas systems

Expert use of advanced fire and gas mapping software, including CFD and 3D modeling.

Instrumental in the testing and development of new and updated fire and gas software solutions.

Assist with the development of ISA Fire and Gas recommendations. (ISA TR84.00.07), and promote usage across North America.

Support functional safety assessments and audits

Perform verifications and modeling in the preparation of Fire and Gas lifecycle solutions documentation

Develop documentation and procedures for proof testing, operation,. Maintenance and validation

Provide support and technical assistance in the pursuit of lifecycle business opportunities.

Provide analysis services similar to SIS verification and validation to ensure fire and gas system availability matches acceptable limits. (done with a SIS software package)

Provide extensive reports and documents backing up the analysis of the project Fire and Gas system performance.

Provide Risk Analysis services when required.

Fortress Engineering – Calgary, AB 02/14 – 06/14

Functional Safety Professional (Contract Position)

Working on all aspects of Functional Safety, including leading HAZOP’s, LOPA’s, SIL reviews

Provided support and input into the project HAZOPS and constructability reviews

Completing all relevant documentation for the Safety Lifecycle, with the use of ExSILentia, and PHA-Pro

Interfaced with internal automation programmers to complete safety system programming effectively, and ensured the successful integration of their work was completed for each project.

Site visits for each project to make sure new design is as per safety design needs, and make sure final project deliverables are as expected.

Provided commissioning support, with on-site presence occasionally during start-up.

Providing automation support when safety deliverables are completed. This included assisting programming of AB Guardlogix Safety PLC’s

Caber Engineering – Calgary, AB 04/13 – 02/14

Instrumentation Engineering Specialist/Team Leader (Staff Position)

Led a small team of I&C technologists/designers working on multiple projects

Acting as an instrumentation and controls technical resource, checker and consultant for the company.

In addition to mentoring and checking less experienced members work, I was responsible for the entire deliverable list on a project directly.

Ensured that I&C workload is being distributed properly, to keep project schedules in line.

The ability to produce accurate engineering design deliverables to meet project scope and schedule, Worked closely with project managers to determine project needs and deliverables to ensure Client/Caber relationship is successful.

Used industry standard database tools and sizing software to produce acceptable deliverables within the project time/cost schedule.

Provided knowledge of P&ID’s, ISA specifications and standards, control system design and logic description documentation.

Designed / created Caber I&C Specifications and Standards, Worked with all disciplines to ensure company compliance

Provided support and input into the project HAZOPS and constructability reviews

Reviewed client needs, seek clarification on the I & C scope of work and provide detailed I & C man-hour estimates for proposals.

Successfully interfaced with external sub-contractors such as automation programmers and functional safety experts, and ensured the successful integration of their work was completed for each project.

Was required to do site visits for each project to make sure new design is as per client needs, and make sure final project deliverables are as expected.

Provided commissioning support, with on-site presence occasionally during start-up.

Worked closely with the Electrical team to resolve technical issues as required.

Triumph Engineering – Calgary, AB 04/11 – 04/13

Instrumentation Engineering Specialist/Team Leader (Staff Position)

Key player in the start-up of the Instrumentation Division of the company. This includes developing processes and procedures for instrumentation project development, determining the needs to achieve industry standard instrument and control philosophies, and solutions to achieve the best deliverables that fit with a diverse variety of clientele.

Responsible for all instrumentation items for a wide variety of clients. This includes: sizing, selection and specifying proper vendors to achieve the best performance and reliability.

Provide expert opinion on control philosophies, strategies and communication with clients to ensure that they are kept current on technology and trends.

Instrumental in the implementation/installation of the Smartplant Instrumentation program, for data management and document control.

Performed P&ID development and review. Ensure project compliance with industry standards and regulations.

SAGD experience includes doing ground up construction and maintaining running operation for over three years.

Accredited ISA84 SIS (process safety) expert, first in Canada to achieve this.

NovaChemicals Petro-chemical Facility– Jofree, AB 10/08 – 04/11

Instrumentation Engineering Specialist (Staff Position)

Have carried out varied assignments requiring a broad application of engineering

knowledge and relevant laws, codes, regulations and engineering standards.

Worked on broad assignments with others to achieve common goals/deliverables.

Provided coaching and guidance to help junior engineers apply engineering standards,

assess problems and generate alternative solutions.

Ensure that required engineering documents/ databases are kept up-to-date.

Applied and helped others to apply relevant responsible care policies and procedures.

Participated in Incident Investigations.

Participated and lead MOC processes for facility or operational changes in my areas of work.

Participated in technical interactions with customers, suppliers or joint venture partners to address problems.

Considered multiple aspects in problem solving (e.g. economic, operating, maintenance, technical) in areas of responsibility.

Identified opportunities to enhance work processes across disciplines.

Participated in testing and evaluation of new technology.

Identified opportunities to improve processes and systems based on business requirements.

Applied appropriate methods, tools, processes and software to execute routine design work.

Validated the design with appropriate stakeholders as required.

Reviewed basic design work conducted by internal engineering resources for completeness, accuracy and conformance with established procedures.

Ensured that required engineering documents/databases were kept up-to-date.

Participated in numerous HAZOP/FMEA sessions, both in smaller and larger scale projects. Led personally a few smaller HAZOPS, utilizing PHA-Pro 8 Risk Assessment software.

Participated as a team member on various LOPA sessions in conjunction with the HAZOP’s

Operations/Engineering/Plant Support Duties

Monitored and analyzed process data in order to identify and recommend changes for improvement.

Exchanged dialogue with others to determine upstream and downstream impacts of proposed changes and proposed actions to address them.

Applied appropriate engineering methods, tools, processes and software.

Provided Input into the development of unit operating strategy.

Project Management/Support Duties

Applied project management processes and techniques throughout the entire project life cycle (engineering, procurement and construction).

Engineered and managed smaller projects, as well as provided input into business case analysis.

Managed change processes throughout the project life cycle.

Human resource allocation to projects and coordinated their contribution.

Meet financial targets and meeting deadlines for all new projects, and ensure financial objectives and adhered to.

Petro-Canada, Refinery Conversion Project– Edmonton, AB 08/05 – 10/08

Instrumentation Engineering Specialist (Contract position)

Interpretation of the P-C Downstream Standards and Specifications as applied to the Oil Sands managed projects and provided clarification of these as required i.e. RFI's, TDN's and NCR's

Supported the project team in the review of the EPC and vendor designs to ensure conformance to standards and specifications, consistency with good design practices and equipment accessibility, operability, reliability and ease of maintenance. Consulted with EPC’s on Safety Integrity Level (SIL) analysis and examination of systems.

Verified equipment performance by attending critical equipment witnessed inspection events.

Support Start-up operations, Ready For Operation (RFO) support, identified potential problems and worked with closely with refinery team leaders on workable ideas to achieve a timely and cost effective solution.

Identified opportunities for the upgrade and improvement of P-C standards, specifications, standard drawings, and designs and assisting the corporate organization in enacting these improvements.

Assisted in establishing the document standards required for future project work and supported the implementation of the standards.

Participated in many HAZOP/LOPA sessions (some as long as 6 weeks) as a technical resource and team member. Reviewed and analyzed session results and provided feedback to the contracting company on proper next steps.

Performing verification and validation on devices and systems before going into operation. Factory Acceptance Testing and Site Acceptance Testing performed, witnessed and documented. Ensured all certification documentation was true and accurate, and in alignment with PC specifications and standards.

Audit I&C engineering firm work as it pertains to PC standards, and ensure compliance to CSA standards.

Syncrude Canada, UE-1 Project – Ft. Mcmurray, AB 7/02 – 08/05

Instrumentation Specialist (Contract Position)

Provided technical support for UE-1 expansion of Oil Sands extraction facility.

Clarified project goals and technical questions via RFI's, TDN's and NCR's.

Stack Emission (CEMS) specialist, Start-up and RFO Support.

Dealt with all PSV issues for the UE-1 expansion, Liaison between upgrade project and running facility.

Verification and QA/QC of instrument database (INtools)

Generation of P.O.'s, on-site verification of new installations and constant contact with construction personnel.

Weekly progress reports, semi-weekly meetings and overseeing new employee work tasks.

Kenonic Controls, Mazilla block expansion – Republic of Yemen 8/01 - 7/02

Instrument Technician

Assisted with the construction, start-up and commissioning in support of petroleum expansion projects. Built control systems, performed QA/QC checks, verified loops, and setup and calibrated instruments.

Analyzed existing drawings/prints and updated related information.

Managed assigned staff at an oil refinery and power generation facility, and implemented technical changes throughout the project at the request of the client. Supervised up to 25 foreign nationals.

Cahill Instrumentation, Terra-Nova Project – Clarenville, Newfoundland 1/01 - 8/01

Instrument Technician Foreman

Key player in the commissioning of the Petro-Canada TerraNova Floating Production Shipping and Offloading Vessel project. Commissioned the complex turret assembly enabling the ship to rotate and disconnect in emergency situations. Managed up to eight union employees.

Produced CAD drawings, setup and calibrate instruments and devices, and participated in offshore sea-trials. Conducted loop and logic checks on the Hima/Silla programmable logic control (PLC) systems, and QA/QC engineering re-checks.

Nova Chemicals, 2000 Expansion Project – Jofree, AB 7/99 - 12/00

Instrument Technician Foreman

Worked closely with Fluor/Daniel, Comstock and Kenonic in the construction and start-up/commissioning of the Joffre 2000 expansion. Managed 10 staff and implemented client changes.

Built control systems, performed QA/QC functions, handled commissioning, conducted loop checking and setup equipment in support of the multibillion dollar project.

Pyramid Electric Corporation – Ponoka, AB 6/98 - 7/99

Instrument Technician Foreman

Senior technician providing 24/7 on-call maintenance for various clients including Canadian Natural Resources, Caber Exploration and Petro-Canada. Extensive collaboration with customers.

Repaired and replaced faulty equipment, and performed preventive maintenance on compressors, safety equipment, transmitters and controllers. Troubleshot PLC problems and rebuilt parts.

Supervised two apprentices, and traveled from site to site to perform emergency repairs and call-out work on instruments and electrical equipment. Worked on outdated and archaic equipment.

Coordinated ordering, time management, customer relations, manufacturing contacts and related functions.

Titan Electric and Controls – Red Deer, AB 10/97 - 6/98

Instrument Technician

Completed various building and maintenance projects. Troubleshot and resolved technical issues in an on-call capacity. Performed construction, calibration, tubing, electrical and drawing analysis functions.

ESSO Corporation – Cold Lake, AB 4/94 - 9/97

Instrument Technician

Performed retrofitting and new well site and plant construction projects for an ESSO heavy oil facility.

Handled various responsibilities including labor, instrument calibration, commissioning and start-up operations, repair of damaged equipment and various tubing runs.

FORMAL EDUCATION & TRAINING

Northern Alberta Institute of Technology – Edmonton, AB

ACM HAZOP Leadership Training - 2014

Fire and Gas Risk Engineering and Design - 2014

Professional Technologist (Engineering) – 2013

ISA Process Safety Program Expert Designation – 2011

Instrumentation Journeyman Certificate – 1996

Technical Proficiencies and Relevant Skillset

Professionalism – Highly motivated – Quality workmanship – Excellent written communication skills – Safety culture focus – Diplomatic engagement style – Budget development activities – Marketing – Operations Management – Honeywell HMI – Experion PKS – Various PLC interfaces – AB Contrologix / Guardlogix PLCs – DCS Systems – SmartPlant Tools Package – PHA-Pro 8 – ExSILentia – AVEVA Tools Package – CFD & 3D Modeling

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