Engineer Project
Resume:
Jon Best Email: *********@*****.***
Calgary
Alberta
Please see attached my resume, I have over 30 years experience, in heavy oil and oil and Gas Petro-Chemical including refining from North America to Asia including Europe and the North American continent.
I also have fifteen years experience in large project management, with over ten years project engineering in SAGD including the worlds first commercial SAGD plant at Foster Creek.
I have always been involved with large projects and for the past 12 years all the projects I have worked on, my area of responsibility has always exceeded a hundred million plus.
If you have any further questions please contact me on email or calling me anytime on 403-***-****.
Resume
Technical Degree UK (1974)
Employment History:
Experience Summary
2006 – 2009
Senior Project Engineer / Mechanical
As the client; North American Oil Sands / Statoil Hydro Leismer Project (SAGD)
2003 – 2006
Senior Project Engineer
APEC Engineering – ConocoPhillips Surmont (SAGD)
2002 – 2003
Senior Rotating / Project Engineer
Apex Engineering – Frame 5 Gas Turbines
2000 – 2002
Senior Project Engineer
Veco Canada Ltd
Cogeneration Facilities Design
1998 – 2000
Senior Project Engineer / Mechanical
Nordic Engineering Ltd. (SAGD)
Foster Creek
1996 – 1998
Senior Rotating / Project Engineer
Tri Ocean Engineering Ltd
1996
Senior Rotating / Project Engineer
M.E.G. MacDonald Engineering Ltd
1994 – 1995
Lead Mechanical / Project Engineer
Westcoast Energy, Colt Engineering
1992 – 1993
Senior Rotating / Commissioning Engineer
Saskferco Products Inc.
1988 – 1992
Senior Rotating / Mechanical Engineering Specialist
Colt Engineering Corporation
1987
Chief Purchasing Coordinator
Chiyoda – London, England
1985 1986
Senior Mechanical Engineer
Stearns Catalytic Ltd.
1984 – 1985
Technical Sales Engineer
Fieldco (Mfg) Ltd. Edmonton
1980 – 1983
Senior Mechanical / Commodity Engineer
Fluor Canada Ltd.
1978 – 1980
Project Engineer
Western Co-op Fertilizer Ltd.
1975 – 1977
Mechanical Field Engineer
Canadian Kellogg
1974 – 1975
Piping Engineer
Fraser Brace Ltd., St. John
Experience Detail
North American Oil Sands / Statoil Hydro
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Project / Mechanical Specialist on the Leismer SAGD commercial project. This is a 10,000 bpd (expandable to 20,000 bpd) grassroots facility, located in Northern Alberta. Later was assigned as Field Project Engineer and involved with all aspects of field construction, including module designs and installation of all the mechanical equipment – steam generators and supporting process equipment.
Responsibilities included:
Main CPF facility, steam generators, oil treating, utilities, tankage, all mechanical equipment to support the project.
Development of project cost estimate
Development of DBM
PFD and P&ID development
Review of all data sheets and technical information
Bid clarification meetings
Site kick-off meetings
Coordination of all engineering disciplines, including daily contact with all lead engineers.
Processing engineering drawings and other technical information.
Interface at project management level daily (with NAOS / Statoil team)
Controlling cost and schedule milestones, with weekly meetings and reports
Field engineer for modules and site work
APEC Engineering
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Project Engineer on ConocoPhillips’ Surmont SAGD commercial project. This is a 22,000 bpd grassroots facility located in Northern Alberta. Later was assigned as Field Project Engineer and involved with all aspects of field construction, including module designs and installation of all the mechanical equipment – steam generators and supporting process equipment.
Responsibilities included:
Main CPF facility, steam generators, oil treating, utilities, tankage, all mechanical equipment to support the project.
Development of project cost estimate
Development of DBM
PFD and P&ID development
Review of all data sheets and technical information
Bid clarification meetings
Site kick-of meetings
Coordination of all engineering disciplines, including daily contact with all lead engineers.
Processing engineering drawings and other technical information.
Interface at project management level daily (with ConocoPhillips team)
Controlling cost and schedule milestones, with weekly meetings and reports
Field engineer for modules and site work
Apex Engineering
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Rotating / Project Engineer responsible for inspecting, decommissioning, and disassembling 3XGE frame 5 gas turbine generator sets in the former East Germany. These units had been previously used for peaking load units, and were in reasonable shape, but did require detailed inspection and subsequent repairs before being purchased. These units were eventually shipped to Kazakhstan, there to be used for primary power. I was then responsible for field installation and commissioning of those units.
Veco Canada Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Project Engineer for two Trans Canada Energy (T.C.E.) Cogeneration Projects at Redwater and Carselend, Alberta. These Cogen facilities comprise of a dual train 2X40 MW GE LM 6000 PD unit for Carseland, and 1X40 MW GE IM 6000PD Units for Redwater. Each train consists of a natural gas fired combustion gas turbine generator; by pass stack, and a heat recovery system. These are tum key fast track projects to meet the high demand for energy in Alberta.
Responsibilities Included:
Development of Project Control Estimate
Development of DBM
P&ID/FD
Coordination of all engineering disciplines including lead engineer
Review all data sheets
Acceptance of RFQ’s / PO
Bid Clarification Meetings
Processing engineering drawings and other technical information.
Maintain cost schedules & all reporting requirements
Field support
Nordic Engineering Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Project Engineer on the AEC Foster Creek SAGD commercial plant. This is a 25,000 bpd grassroots facility, located in the North East of Alberta.
Responsibilities included:
The main central facility, Steam Generators, Treating, Utilities, Electrical Power, Tankage, communication, and Office Buildings.
Coordination of all engineering disciplines, including all lead engineers.
Development of Project Cost Estimate.
Development of DBM.
P&ID/PFD Development.
Review of all data sheets.
Acceptance of all RFQ’s / PO.
Bid Clarification Meetings.
Processing engineering drawings and other technical information.
Interface at Project management level with AEC management team daily.
Maintain cost and schedule milestones, and weekly reports to AEC.
Tri Ocean Engineering Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Rotating/Project Engineer on the ARCO Alaska Alpine Project. This is a grass roots 90,000 bbl/day crude oil dehydration and gas reinjection facility located in the Colville river delta on the North Slope of Alaska, and the first of its kind to be designed with no redundancy on its compressor trains and power generation packages. The goal was to optimize the rotating equipment design with minimum costs to the project. Total cost of compressors and 105,000 HP gas turbine drivers, plus 55,0000 HP worth of power generation was US $27 million.
I was solely responsible for the following:
Preparation of detailed specification for gas turbines, large compressor pumps, power generators and all auxiliaries.
Preparation of data sheets for equipment listed above.
Preparation of RFQ packages.
Detailed bid clarification meetings.
Technical and commercial bid analyses.
Vendor coordination meetings.
Processing Engineering drawings and technical information.
Coordinating other engineering disciplines.
Inspection and witness testing.
Field support.
M.E.G. MacDonald Engineering Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Project Engineer responsible for fixed price, large engineering project study for Shell in the Netherlands. The project was to be located in Syria. Worked on all aspects of the gas processing facility, including large rotating equipment, a variety of pumps, large FIN/FAN exchanger, and vessels. This work involved detailed engineering and selection requirements.
Westcoast Energy
Vancouver, B.C.
Fort St. John, B.C., Gas Gathering Expansions
Lead mechanical Project Engineer for the Fort St. John, B.C. gas gathering compressor station expansions. Responsible for the design, purchasing, and testing of two large gas engine-driven reciprocating (separable) type compressors. Project duties included interlace with the engineering contrator (Colt Engineering) and West Coast home office, and the field personnel, to design the best possible compressor facilities while remaining in control of Westcoast budget costs.
Senior Rotating/Project Specialist on the Fort. Nelson, B.C. gas gathering station expansions. Responsible for the design and purchase of a 6,000 HP gas turbine package for the Ft. Nelson gathering station.
Saskferco Products Inc.
Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex
Senior Rotating/Project Engineer at the Saskferco Nitrogen Fertilizer Complex in Belle Plaine, Saskatchewan, which includes the largest single train urea plant in the world (2,000 MTPD), as well as 1,500 tonne per day Ammonia Plant. The equipment ranged in size from 22, 000 KW steam turbines and large centrigugal compressor trains, to 300,000 m3 / hour axial fans, plus all types of centrifugal and positive displacement pumps and their drivers, etc. I was solely responsible for diagnosing problem equipment. During plant startup and commissioning, I developed action plans and interfaced with vendors, contractors, and Saskferco operating and maintenance personnel, including the development of Saskferco company engineering standards.
Mobil Oil Canada Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Rainbow Lake Butane Recovery Project
Responsible for the relocation of an existing Cooper MW-64 engine drive compressor including engineering optimization of this used machine to meet Mobil’s requirements for butane recovery at its new location.
Zuetina Oil
Libya
103 Design Engineering Optimization Study
Involved in a large detailed optimization engineering study involving 13 large Pratt/Whitney FT4 gas turbines for mechanical drive of large compressor trains with a total HP of over half a million. Part of the study was to supply a new fuel management system for the gas turbines, plus state-of-the-art on the line and off line condition monitoring of the complete compressor train(s), including gearboxes and power turbines, etc.
Union Gas Limited
Calgary, Alberta
Lobo Plan “B” Addition Project
Responsible for assisting in the development of a quality control program which included witness and hold points for inspection on the gas turbine packages. Project involved the addition of a Rolls Royce RB211 gas generator driving a Coberra 6462 power turbine and Cooper Rolls RF BB-42 38,000 HP centrifugal compressor. The new unit was designed to carry the base load of the station with the existing compressors carrying the intermittent loads.
Esso Canada Resources Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Judy Creek Gas Plant Expansion
Senior Rotating Equipment Specialist for the Judy Creek Gas Plant Expansions. Was involved in all aspects of engineering, testing and inspection working with the field personnel to design the best possible compressor systems. These included three 3500HP Dresser Rand and two 1150 HP Cooper electric driven reciprocating compressors, and two 5,000 HP York centrifugal compressors for a total of 7 compressors, increasing HP at site by 22,500. total price of equipment was $8 million.
AEC Oil & Gas Company
Calgary, Alberta
Primrose North Gas Plant
Rotating Equipment Specialist for a 35 MMSCFD 6600 HP (3 x 2200 HP three-stage gas driven) compressor stations and dehydration facility located in a remote area of northern Alberta.
Anderson Exploration
Calgary, Alberta
Dunvegan Gas Plant
Senior Mechanical Engineer responsible for purchasing two 5,000 HP reciprocating (separable) type compressors from Cooper Energy Ltd. These are the largest skid packaged Cooper units in Alberta to date.
Czar Resources Ltd.
Alberta
Fenn West and Drumheller Compressor
Project Engineer responsible for the selection, purchasing and testing of compressor packages for Wimborne, Fenn West and Drumheller compressor stations. AU units were reciprocating with a total of 2200 HP for the three stations.
Esso Resources Canada Ltd.
Calgary, Alberta
Senior Mechanical Engineer responsible for rotating equipment on the project. This included a 2,000 HP reciprocating (separable) type from Cooper Energy Ltd. Using TEWAC motors and water-cooled compressor and process gas coolers. This was a first application of this type of system for Esso Canada.
Home Oil
Calgary, Alberta
Swan Hills Gas Plant
Worked on a major engineering study for a gas processing facility. The study involved over $10 million worth of compression including many large reciprocating units plus large oil flooded rotary screw compressors. This was a first application of this type of equipment to be used for natural gas in Alberta.
Suncor / Syncrude
Oil Sands Project
Worked on two major engineering studies of which included a large variety of equipment. I.e. 40-50 MW steam turbine generator sets, centrifugal and slow speed reciprocating compressors, electric motor and gas turbine applications. This work involved detailed engineering and selection of equipment.
Chiyoda
London, England
Chief Purchasing Coordinator responsible for purchasing all items including rotating equipment for projects worldwide; vendor selection, quality control, and witness testing equipment. This company’s main engineering office is in Japan. Duties included purchasing department’s requirements, and because of rotating background, was involved with engineering, testing, inspection, etc. for Europe.
Chevron Canada Resources
Calgary, Alberta
Senior mechanical engineer specializing in rotating equipment. Responsible for the 12,500 HP (CBF type) centrifugal compressor from Ingersol Rand using gas seals and single piece diaphragms. This was the first application of this type for Chevron in North America.
Methanol Plant Experience
Senior Mechanical/Commodity Engineer responsible for four major compressor trains and their steam turbine drivers for use in two large methanol plants (total value of compressors and their drivers - $15 million).
1. The first being located in Medicine Hat, Alberta, for Alberta Gas Chemicals Ltd. After successful plant startup, was involved in mechanical/performance tests to ensure they met specifications and customer requirements.
2. The second compressor trains are located in Waitars, New Zealand, for Petralgas Chemical Ltd. Duties were to follow the project from the first mechanical data sheet to plant startup. A brief description of responsibilities as Mechanical/Commodity Engineer are as follows:
Preparation of specification and data sheets.
Preparation of request for quotation packages.
Vendor bid conditioning meetings.
A detailed technical and commercial bid analysis.
Vendor coordination meetings.
Processing engineering drawings and technical information.
Coordinating other engineering disciplines.
Inspection and expediting of equipment.
Mechanical and performance string testing of compressors and their drivers including full PTC 10 (aerodynamic performance) testing, also A.P.I. mechanical tests.
Field assistance coordinating lube and seal systems integrating with vendor’s equipment.
Pre-commissioning and startup of compressor trains.
Field performance testing.
Also responsible for a large emergency generator set ( gas turbine driven).
Canadian Kellogg
Mehanical Field Engineer
Constructing fertilizer complex building, foundation layout, underground and above-ground piping. Equipment installation, i.e. Delaval and Siemen turbines, Clark compressors, and a variety of pumps. Inspection of vessels and equipment leading to plant startup.
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