Matthew Hopkins

#**** **** ******* **.

Burnaby, B.C.

V3J 0A5

604-***-****

acd60p@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE

To secure a full time position that will utilize my technical and mechanical abilities.

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

2009- Present Central Heat Distribution

Service Line (Distribution Department)

• troubleshoot and service over 200 buildings in Downtown Vancouver

• Install, Program and service Flow meters at customer sites

• Maintenance on Valves, Pumps, Traps, PRV’s as required

• Testing and Preventative maintenance on Building Systems

Operations Department

• Start and stop boilers, pumps, air compressors, generators and other

equipment as required

• Annual overhaul and inspection of boilers and other plant equipment

• Maintenance and preventative maintenance duties

• Competent with turbine operations

2008 Lilydale

Maintenance Department (Summer Job)

• Plant start-up as well as typical plant maintenance such as swapping

motors, testing equipment for proper operation, basic wiring, welding and

troubleshooting malfunctioning equipment

• Experience with ammonia refrigeration

2005-2007 Catalyst Paper

Operations Department

• Checked daily operation of various operating systems throughout the plant

• Startup and shutdown of the plant as well as panel operation

• Member of the safety committee

• Experience with Effluent Treatment Plant Operations

2004 North West Rubber Mats

Maintenance Department (Summer Job)

• Worked on various projects and assisted maintenance staff with daily

operational problems

CERTIFICATIONS

Third Class Interprovincial Power Engineering certificate of competency

Power and Process Engineering Diploma

Instrumentation Controls and Service Diploma

Electronics Certificate and FSR LO electrical ticket

WHMIS Training

Confined Space and Confined Space Rescue Training

Level 1 First Aid Certificate

Various Specialty Training From Emerson (Spartan Controls)

EDUCATION

Industrial Instrumentation Controls and Service Program

2008-2009

British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T)

• Exposure to both new and old instrumentation technologies

• PLC’s, ladder logic, loop wiring

• Delta V, Fox I/A and Quantum DCS experience

• Calibration and installation of transmitters, controllers, I/P’s, control valves

• Experience with pneumatic, analog, digital and smart control elements

• SCADA exposure

• Familiar with MODBUS, MODBUS plus and Foundation Fieldbus

Electronics Common- Core Program

2007-2008

British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T)

• Experience with building, designing, and troubleshooting electronic circuits

• Learned the theory behind how components of electronic circuits operate;

transistors, IC’s, gates, etc.

• Experience in building circuits from concept drawings

• Experience with reading and interpreting concept drawings

• Familiar with both AC and DC power

2003-2005 Power and Process Engineering Course

British Columbia Institute of Technology (B.C.I.T)

• Familiar with boiler codes and regulations

• Experience with boilers and control strategies

• Education in refrigeration systems

• Basic shop training including, wiring, welding, piping and tubing

• HVAC training

• AutoCAD and Solidworks exposure

2002 Graduated High School

Yale Secondary School

Abbotsford, B.C.

References Available Upon Request

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