Engineer Project

WENZHONG (WILLIAM) ZHAO P.Eng, M.A.Sc.

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OBJECTIVE:

. Seeking a position in the Civil Engineering field.

PROFILE:

. Twenty-four years continued career progression and extensive

expertise in the field of civil engineering, including ten years of

oil sands and mining experiences.

o Project Engineer - conceptual, preliminary, and detailed designs

o Project Construction Management - planning, organizing,

controlling and monitoring, project close-out and as-built

drawings, audit and review

o Project Planning - preparation and revision of project

proposals, bid documents, and feasibility studies, as well as

tendering

o Project site layout, geology, surveying, construction

supervision and inspection

o Project design management and contract management

. Strong experience in hydrologic and hydraulic analysis,

infrastructures safety analysis and budget control. Also

experienced in the fields of geology and surveying

. Involved in preparation of applications to regulatory agencies and

liaising and consulting with clients

. Solid knowledge of oil sands and mining heavy industry projects,

public works, infrastructure projects, related to water supply,

sewers, roads, site servicing and waste management in civil and

structural foundation functional and detailed designs.

. Site construction support to respond and resolve RFI-SDRs.

. Proven team-worker and team-builder

COMPUTER EXPERTISE:

. AutoCAD ( Flow Master . Microsoft Office . Micro Station . Civil

3D

SELECTED ACOMPLISHMENTS:

. Saved client, Shell Canada Ltd., about $ 1 million by removing the

drainage layer for the well pads and roads located at muskeg area

design.

. Saved client, Imperial Oil Resource (IOR), $ 8 million by

optimizing the casing design.

. Supported site construction for Kearl Oil Sands Project (KOSP) to

respond & resolve Required For Information (RFI) - Specification

Deviation Requests (SDRs).

. Created casing design method which is applied to all IOR oil sands

projects.

. Created segmental retaining wall project design for Genivar

(Terrain Group).

. Saved the client $ 2 million by raising the foundation elevation at

the entrance and exit of a water supply river inverted siphon

project through hydraulic analysis.

. Saved the client $ 200,000 by completing a pumping station

foundation excavation slope design through analysis of the ground

water level and geological conditions.

. Received outstanding contribution to KOSP Awards from AMEC & IOR.

. Received the Excellent Young Engineer Award from the Research

Institute of China.

WORKING EXPERIENCE:

12/2012 ~ 12/2014 Jacobs Engineering Canada, Calgary, AB. Canada

Senior Civil Engineer

Selected Projects:

. Shell Carmon Creek Oil Sands Project, Alberta, Canada.

Well pads which were located at muskeg & upland areas feed study

and detailed design of drilling grade and finished grade, including

earth work, pavement, drainage and well pads at muskeg area staged

construction sequence detailed design. Gathering lines corridors

which were built on muskeg & upland areas feed study and detailed

design, including earth work, pavement, drainage and gathering lines

corridors at muskeg area staged construction sequence detailed design.

Road crossings detailed design. Engineering Wok Packages (EWPs) of

earthworks and pile foundations for Distribution and Gathering

pipelines and well pads preparation.

. Suncor Mackey River Expansion (MR2) Oil Sands Project, AB,

Canada.

Three Once through Heat Recovery Steam Generators (OTSGs)

foundations (concrete and piles) which include Fuel Gas Recirculation

Building, Stack, Radiant, Blower, Burner, Preheater ASSY, Glycol,

ANNEX Building, Main building, Floor Drainage and Waste Water Tank

Design Basis Memorandum and Materials take off.

06/2009 ~ AMEC Americas Limited, Calgary, AB. Canada

11/2012 Senior Civil Engineer

Selected Projects:

. Kearl Oil Sands Project, Alberta, Canada.

Kearl tailings distribution extension project (KTDEP) detailed

design: coarse tailings corridor, gland water corridor, tailings pump

stations, pond, 72 KV cable haul road crossing. Casings, culverts,

underground pipe insulation and erosion control. Prepared, reviewed

all the calculation documents. Materials take off for overall KTDEP

area. Worked as civil discipline engineer to support site

construction for overall KTDEP area; responded and resolved RFI-SDRs.

Kearl initial development (KID) detailed design: Main plant fire

water system; Utilities area, ponds and sub drain system; Ore

Preparation Plant (OPP) area, hydro transport pipeline corridor,

coarse tailings and tailings solvent recovery unit (TSRU) tailings

corridor, reclaim water, basal water pipeline corridor; access road,

service road and haul road; tank foundation; casings, culverts,

underground pipe insulation and erosion control. Prepared, reviewed

all the calculation documents. Worked as civil discipline engineer to

support site construction for overall KID area; responded and resolved

about 100 RFI-SDRs. Saved about $8 million for IOR by optimizing

carbon steel pipe casings design.

11/2008 ~ Wardrop, A Tetra Tech Company, Vancouver, B.C. Canada

04/2009 Civil Engineer

Selected Projects:

. Mt. Milligan Copper-Gold Project, BC, Canada.

Work scopes included site grading, haul roads design and site

services design which include storm water drainage, sanitary system,

and fresh water and fire water distribution systems. Prepared civil

design criteria and standard engineering documents as well.

02/2006 ~ Genivar (Terrain Group Inc.) Dartmouth, N.S. Canada

09/2008 Civil Engineer

Selected Projects:

. Documents preparation- Prepared and reviewed proposals, reports

and tender documents. Reviewed more than 60 municipal

infrastructure projects detailed design.

. Several Pumping Station Projects, NS, NB, Canada: Lead Civil

Engineer.

. Several Parking Lot and Road Projects, NS, Canada: Lead Civil

Engineer.

. Wastewater Treatment Plant Project, NS, Canada: Lead civil

engineer.

10/2005 ~ Transportation and Public Works. Halifax Regional

01/2006 Municipality, N.S. Canada

Civil Engineer

Selected Projects:

. Sidewalk Design Guideline Research Project, NS, Canada.

. One Highway Upgrade Project, NS, Canada: Lead Civil Engineer.

09/2003 ~ 09/2005 Faculty of Engineering, Dalhousie University:

Research assistant

07 /1988 ~ Hebei Design and Research Institute of Water Conservancy

12/2002 Ministry of China

Principal Engineer/Civil Engineer

Selected Projects:

. Water Supply Hub Project: Project Design Manager and Civil

Engineer for this $ 5 million project detailed design. It

includes dam (Length: 385 m, Height: 20 m), scouring sluice,

tunnel, bridge and administration building. Scope of the work

included the system lay out, the design management, design

quality control as well as cost control and final report

writing.

. Beijing Capital Steel Iron Company Limestone Crushing Station:

Project Manager and Project Engineer. Scope of work includes

site grading, roads, conveyers, surface water and ponds

preliminary and detailed design.

. Huaihe Inverted Siphon Culvert Crossing Project: Project

Manager and Lead Civil Engineer of this $ 40 million (Length:

1000 m, 3- 4.2 X 4.2 m square culverts, Design Flow: 160,000

L/s) project preliminary and detailed design. Duties included

hydraulic and infrastructures stability analysis, as well as

culvert layout, detailed design and final report preparation.

. Huiyuan Community Storm Water and Sewer System Project: Project

Manager and Lead Civil Engineer of the project (Area: 50 Ha.).

Responsibilities included the infrastructures layout and design,

as well as storm hydrologic and hydraulic analysis, wastewater

collection and delivery calculation, infrastructure stability

analysis, and completion of the final report. Included

communication with clients and contract management.

. Storage Sluice Project: Project Design Manager and Civil

Engineer for the detailed design of this project (Height: 5 m,

Total Width: 40 m with 5 Gates). Work scope included the

project Layout, hydrology and hydraulic calculation, safety

analysis, foundation design, and final report writing.

EDUCATION:

03/2007 Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada

Master of Applied Science (M.A.Sc) in Civil &

Resources Engineering Department

07/1988 Hebei Agricultural University, China

Bachelor of Applied Science (B.A.Sc) in Civil

Engineering Department

REFERENCES: Available upon request

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