Mechanical Engineering Department Manager at WorleyParsons
March 2010 - May 2012
Mechanical Engineering Department Manager for group of 160+ engineers and technicians, including supervisors who themselves lead teams through various projects for multiple clients. Typical department operations include recruitment, performance management, retention, project staffing, budgeting, training, technical stewardship and business development.
Key facet of role is to provide guidance and direction to all members of Mechanical Engineering Department, from co-op students and new graduates through senior engineers and recognized technical specialists. Agility to handle a variety of topics, such as from technical consultation to conflict resolution, or from career planning to corporate vision.
Accountable for nearly 300,000 hours of work per year, with an equivalent payroll of over $17 million.
Adept at recognizing employee strengths in either technical skill or behaviour characteristics, and then leveraging those strengths in challenging roles within the organization. Equally, potential deficiencies are also addressed by regular performance coaching and - as required -- formulating personal improvement plans and working one-on-one with the individuals to quickly gain success in the targeted area.
Member, Economic Development and Tourism Advisory Committee at Strathcona County
January 2011 - December 2011
Volunteer on the Economic Development and Tourism Advisory Committee, to assist Administration and Council with the implementation of the strategic objectives of the Economic and Tourism Strategy. Provide strategic advice on business collaboration; product development; marketing and promotion; investment attraction, and development opportunities. Identify opportunities within Strathcona County's target sectors that ultimately increase total wealth within the community through export development and import substitution.
Mentor, Bigs in Schools Program at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Edmonton
September 2010 - June 2011
Mentorship of pre-teen students in weekly sessions to heighten morale, improve self-esteem and promote overall education and social development.
Member, CSA Z662 Technical Subcommittee, Design, 2009 - 2010 at Canadian Standards Association
January 2009 - March 2010
Volunteer member on the technical subcommittee of design for CSA Z662, Oil and Gas Pipeline Systems. Committee members met twice per year in different regions of Canada to develop updates to the code and respond to public queries. Members also undertook several development initiatives between committee meetings.
Project Engineering Manager at WorleyParsons
September 2008 - February 2010
TransCanada PipeLines Limited, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Project. Project Engineering Manager for the Detailed Engineering and Design phase of the facilities portion of the $7.0 B Keystone XL Oil Pipeline Project. The project involved 41 pump stations, two terminals, a delivery site and intermediate mainline block valve sites. The pipeline runs approximately 3200 km. Direct reports included seven Overall Discipline Leads, who were supported by fifteen Area Discipline Leads, who were further supported by teams of engineering and design personnel. Other direct reports included Document Control, Engineering Design Systems and Project Information Management. Experience in pipeline systems design (CSA Z662 and ASME B31.4). Member of the CSA Z662 Technical Subcommittee on Design. Responsible for technical stewardship and continuous improvement programs.
Mechanical Lead at WorleyParsons
July 2003 - August 2008
Enbridge Pipelines, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Gateway Project. Mechanical Lead for Front End Engineering and Design (FEED) of the facilities portion of the $4.0 B Gateway Project.
Enbridge Pipelines, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Hardisty Connectivity Projects ($161.0 M). Mechanical Lead for the front-end and detailed engineering phases.
Enbridge Pipelines, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Southern Access Line 4 Expansion Project ($330.0 M). Mechanical Lead for the detailed engineering phase of the project.
Shell Canada, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada - Scotford Upgrader. Rotating Equipment Engineer providing client support to compressor upgrade project.
Shell Canada, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada - Scotford Refinery. Rotating Equipment Engineer providing technical expertise for rail loading expansion project.
Shell Canada, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada - Scotford Refinery. Rotating Equipment Engineer providing technical support for compressor retrofit project.
BP Energy, Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada - Brine Pond Expansion Pumping Facilities. Rotating Equipment Engineer responsible for scope study and basic engineering.
Suncor Energy, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada - Extraction Debottleneck. Rotating Equipment Engineer providing technical support for various debottleneck projects.
Syncrude Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Aqueous Ammonia Injection Project. Rotating Equipment Engineer for injection skid package systems.
Syncrude Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Conveyor Expansion Project. Rotating Equipment Engineer providing load and stress analysis of upgraded 6250 HP compound-drive system for conveyor head station.
Syncrude Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada - Aqueous Ammonia Injection Facilities. Rotating Equipment Engineer for magnetic drive sealless unloading pump and skid packages.
Lead Reliability Engineer at Suncor Energy
September 2001 - June 2003
Project Engineer responsible for developing a detailed project scope to increase asset reliability through improved maintenance strategies and orderly arrangement of equipment hierarchies in SAP. Contributions included project stewardship and facilitation of FMEA and RCM studies. Also responsible for developing a new standard to link equipment risk ranking to guidelines for maintenance strategy and materials management (spares optimization).
Mechanical Engineer responsible for the development of design changes and scopes of work for improved equipment availability and capacity. Also responsible for providing support of operations initiatives and maintenance work.
Lead Reliability Engineer responsible for supervising reliability engineering personnel. Other duties included identification and implementation of over $500K in reliability and asset management improvements with ROI near 150%. Designed pressure-controlled gland-water system for GIW pumps in Final Tails Pump House. Also improved reliability of gland-water pumps by reconfiguring suction piping and selecting fast-acting discharge check valves.
Mechanical / Project / Maintenance Engineer at Agrium
May 1993 - August 2001
Development and implementation of a Performance Monitoring and Reliability Program for critical rotating equipment. Resolution of dynamic stress problems of reciprocating 1000 HP ammonia pumps. Installation and commissioning of new high-pressure ammonia pump (2,500 HP, 21,000 RPM, 3,300 PSIG). Improved reliability and performance of steam compressors (2,000 HP, 13,000 RPM, 20 PSIG), determined root cause of blade failures and completed redesign project. Assessed carbonic acid corrosion on inlet diffuser of low-pressure case of CO2 gas compressor (condensate carry-over) and sub-harmonic vibration of low-solidity diffuser wheel in medium-pressure case. Engineered design changes to shaft and support structure of ammonia furnace ID fans to reduce vibration levels by 300%. Base design and development of $1.0M upgrade project for vibration monitoring systems, for integration of advanced hardware and software systems into the plant DCS and Business LAN. Design and analysis knowledge of rotating equipment, pressure vessels and piping with experience in induction and synchronous motors, steam and gas turbines, axial and centrifugal compressors, centrifugal and rotary pumps. Specification, sizing, selection, application, troubleshooting, repair and commissioning of centrifugal pumps (API, ANSI, Slurry) to 6,000 HP, reciprocating pumps to 1,000 HP, induced-draft and forced-draft fans to 1,000 HP, centrifugal compressors to 20,000 HP, axial compressors to 8,000 HP, turbo-expanders to 8,000 HP, reciprocating compressors to 1,000 HP, conveyor drives to 6,250 HP, steam turbines to 20,000 HP, and gas turbines to 30,000 HP. Planning and execution of capital and expense projects, including: Acid Filtration Belt and Air Slide Installation, Shop Ventilation Upgrade, Granulator Replacement, Reactor Duct Replacement, Reactor Scrubber Replacement, Dryer Internal Metallizing, Granulator Ventilation Upgrade, 30# Steam Line Expansion, Turbine Steam Supply Upgrade.
Engineering Manager, Pipeline Systems at WorleyParsons
June 2012
Engineering Manager for Pipeline Systems Business Unit, with over 400 staff. Accountable for engineering and design quality of delivered pipeline systems to our Clients. Office currently executes over 700,000 hours of billable work per year for major clients including Enbridge, Imperial Oil, Inter Pipeline Fund, Kinder Morgan, and TransCanada.
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