PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Electrical, Instrumentation & Control Engineer + Field Engineer | 2017–2022
Tetra Tech | Pickering, ON
Tetra Tech provides engineering services for clients focused on water, environmental and sustainable infrastructure, renewable energy, international development, and nuclear power.
PROJECTS
Elevator Upgrades (Darlington) – replacement of 12 elevators
- Assessed power supplies, co-authored technical specification for elevators.
Moly 99 (Darlington) – System upgrade to allow production of Mo-99 for usage in science and medicine.
- Engineering changes for Class III power supplies, cable tray and conduit design
Construction Engineering support (Darlington) –
Field engineering support role
- Augmented staff support role for Darlington turbine control upgrades and miscellaneous field changes
Monitoring & Diagnostics Cycle Isolation (Pickering) – New sensors project implementation
- Augmented staff role - engineering changes for wireless temperature monitoring (X-Lab transmitters)
EPG 3 (Pickering) – TMOD to PMOD conversion of Emergency Power Generator 3
- Engineering changes for lightning protection, for cabling for code compliance for permanent installations
Air compressor addition (Bruce Power) – Replacement with new Atlas Copco air compressors
- Motor starting analysis / impact of addition of new air compressors
Security buildings (Western Waste) – new waste storage facilities
- Review of engineering deliverables (grounding), engineering changes preparation - outdoor lighting
Entry Control System (ECS) Upgrades (Darlington) – at Darlington Waste Management Facility
- Engineering changes for ECS upgrades
Security camera additions (Darlington) – New cameras for piping bridge addition
- Engineering changes for power supplies for security panels, panel layout
New Water Treatment Plant (NWTP) (Darlington) – Replacement of existing water treatment plant
- Engineering changes for PA, fire, LAN, phone connections to NWTP, physical design input for cabling
SMS/ECS Upgrades (Darlington/Pickering) – Security and Entry control system upgrades
- Engineering changes for power supplies to new equipment, cable routing
DELIVERABLES / WORK
Engineering Changes
- Cable tray design / Conduit Fill / Tray Fill Calculations
- Lightning protection
- Class III power additions
- Grounding Design
- PA, LAN, fire
Review
Calculations
- ETAP - Arc Flash, Harmonics, Coordination, Load Flow, Short Circuit
- Cable sizing
- Preliminary design – Power supply assessment report
Instrumentation & Control Engineer, Layout Design + Field Engineer | 2015 – 2017
Consultec Ltd. | Toronto, ON
Consultec Ltd. supplies cutting edge engineering services to the cement and mining industries.
PROJECTS
- Argos (Newberry, FL, USA) – Conversion of Electrostatic Precipitators to Scheuch Bag Houses
- Kerneos (Norfolk, VA, USA) – Ball Mill Addition
- Lehigh (Edmonton, AB, Canada) – 4000 HP Vertical Roller Mill + Raw Materials Transfer System
- Goldcorp (Peñasquito, Mexico) – Addition of Carbon Removal Stage for Pyrite Leach Project
DELIVERABLES / WORK
- Conduit Fill / Tray Fill Calculations
- Conduit / Cable Tray Layouts
- 3-D Modelling in Solidworks
- Equipment layouts
- Below grade grounding layouts
- Above grade grounding and lightning protection layouts
- Lighting layouts
- Instrumentation specification
- Field engineering (commissioning)
Instrumentation & Control Designer + Field Engineer | 2006 – 2015
Hatch Ltd. | Mississauga, ON
Hatch Ltd. supplies engineering, project and construction management services, process and business consulting and operational services to the mining, metallurgical, energy (nuclear power) and infrastructure industries.
PROJECTS
Ontario Power Generation (Pickering/Darlington)
- Machine Shop for Refurbishment – Darlington Nuclear Generating Station
- Fire Code Compliance – Pickering Nuclear Generating Station
- Refurbishment Project Office (RPO)
Bruce Power Nuclear Generating Station (Tiverton)
- Bruce A Units 1 & 2 Restart Project & Bruce B Various Projects
Companhia Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) (Brazil)
Small projects
- Arcelor Mittal Lazaras Cardenas (AMLC), Altynamylas Gold (Kyzyl), Canexus
DELIVERABLES / WORK
- Design Team Lead
- Detailed Commissioning Specifications
- Instrumentation and Wiring, Loop Drawings (Intools)
- Instrument Lists (DataManager)
- Bills Of Materials
- Fiber Optics and Networking
- Electrical Grounding
- Panel layout and Installation Drawings
- Conduit and Cable Tray Layout Drawings
- Control Narrative
- Field Engineering
- Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (Bentley MicroStation)
Programmer | 2005
Digital Extremes | Toronto, ON
Digital Extremes is a video game development studio, described as a “Video Game Pioneer, Innovator and Leader for 25+ Years”.
PROJECTS
- Pariah – I worked as a game programmer, starting in the middle of the design cycle for this project which was an FPS written for PC and XBox.
DELIVERABLES / WORK
- User map editor (Unreal Scripting Language, C++)
- Resolving bugs
- Flying vehicle modeling (Havok Engine)
Technical Support & Sales | 2001 – 2004
Shelley Industrial Automation | Toronto, ON
Shelley Automation is a dynamic technology-driven company that provides leading edge automation solutions in the Canadian marketplace.
DELIVERABLES / WORK
- Technical Support – I began my professional career administering technical support for clients, such as troubleshooting and delivering demos.
- Inside Sales Support – I worked on motor sizing for applications for the motion control product lines. The main product line included Parker Automation products, including stepper and servo technologies for linear and rotary applications. Other products included Trilogy linear motors, Renishaw linear encoders, Red Lion displays, and Quicksilver servo motors.
- Outside Sales – I managed a territory in the Greater Toronto Area.
