combined instrument/analyzer technologist - Shell
(2020 - 2026)
- Collaborate seamlessly with multi-disciplinary maintenance teams and work autonomously to resolve urgent issues.
- Completed MOC’s and/or aided in the commissioning of MOCs completed by the projects group.
- Oversee contractors, vendors and liaison with specialists.
- Work with operations to reply and remove MOS.
- Maintain SIS equipment.
- Field repairs and maintenance.
- Working closely with teams in Project Development, Project Execution, and key Business Units.
- Diagnostics.
- Develop and document lessons learned, corrective actions, and preventative strategies.
- Ensure timely escalation of high‑risk issues complete with proposed mitigation strategies.
Analyzer technologist - NWR
(2017-06 - 2020-04)
Studon (now Stuart Olsen), 2013-2020
- Utilize Maximo software to efficiently track work progress, source required parts and materials, and generate accurate work orders.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and repair a diverse range of gas analyzers, including Siemens Maxum II GC, various Ametek units, Sola II, Sick, Global, and O2/Combustibles analyzers.
- Perform advanced maintenance and calibrations on liquid analyzers, including pH, Dissolved Oxygen, Watercut, Conductivity, Tyronics, and TOC/COD monitors.
- Successfully execute the commissioning, programming, and first-time physical setup of new analyzer infrastructure.
- Establish direct digital communication with analytical instruments using laptop diagnostics interface software.
- Safely perform intricate critical tasks inside hazardous environments requiring respirators or Self-Contained Breathing Apparatus (SCBA).
- Perform, verify, and strictly document Continuous Emissions Monitoring Systems (CEMS) preventative maintenance while carefully monitoring environmental compliance.
Instrument maintenance - Dow Chemical
(2014-10 - 2017-06)
- Provided rapid, reliable field responses to equipment crashes, minimizing plant downtime.
- Executed comprehensive preventative maintenance routines across automated plant instrumentation.
- Tracked job progress and generated work orders utilizing SAP asset management systems.
- Redlined technical engineering drawings, P&IDs, and data sheets to ensure as-built plant documentation remains highly accurate.
- Calibrated and certified a large variety of control valves, smart positioners, and process transmitters.
- Authored, thoroughly reviewed, and updated standard operating maintenance procedures to enhance site safety and workflow repeatability.
- Maintained and verified precision custody transfer metering instrumentation.
Commissioning - Cenovus / Meg Energy
(2013-01 - 2014-08)
- Performed accurate instrumentation data entry and technical asset documentation tracking.
- Executed field installation, bracket fabrication, and rigid structural assembly for modern processing units.
- Tracked large-scale plant commissioning schedules and progress benchmarks.
- Systematically documented engineering deficiencies and successfully performed punch-list clearing items.
- Conducted structural setup, function testing, and formal performance verification of brand new processing instruments.