Experience

Upside Engineering Ltd.

• Canada
• Oil and Gas
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Electrical and Controls Engineer

  • Feb 2019 - Present

  Electrical engineer/designer for medium- and low-voltage projects, serving clients in the Oil & Gas/Petrochemical industry. • Lighting studies, as per API Recommended Practice 540, using Dialux; developing lighting design with 3D model and in collaboration with vendors and client • Cable schedules, cable sizing/ampacity calculations • Class II estimates • Electrical heat tracing (EHT) design • Datasheets for LV and MV VFD, MCC • Technical bid evaluation (TBE), for LV and MV motors, MCC, SWGR, and VFD • VFD addition: single-line diagrams (overall, 4160V), building equipment layouts, I/O schematics, PLC drawings, MRQ package for MV VFD, MV SWGR/MCC line-up, and MV pump motors, including datasheets, inspection and testing requirements, vendor data requirements, scope of supply, spare parts list, technical documents attachment list Show less



Catch Engineering

• Canada
• Engineering Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intermediate Electrical Engineer

  • Jan 2012 - Nov 2014

  Power systems engineer/designer for medium- and low-voltage projects, serving the oil & gas/petrochemical industry. • Power systems engineering: load flow, short-circuit, arc-flash, protective device/relay coordination, and static/dynamic motor starting studies, using ETAP design and analysis tool; adhering to the CEC, API standards/recommendations, and company/client standards • ETAP modelling of very large facilities electrical systems (over 1,000 bus) • Relay settings/parameters and logic programming for Schweitzer relays (with SEL QuickSet software) and GE Multilin relays • Programming for other types of devices including soft starters, harmonic filters, ground fault relays, etc. • Support for preparation of electrical and instrumentation drawing packages including, for example, single line diagrams (SLD’s), conduit and cable schedules, instrumentation loop diagrams (ILD’s), DCS or PLC termination schedules (PLC/control panel I/O schematics) • Experience with maintaining very large instrument databases (over 1,500 individual instruments) • Develop Area Classifications and Fugitive Emissions Studies (including re/de-classification for existing buildings) • Material specification, datasheets, requisition (RFQ), and bid evaluation for major electrical equipment such motor control center, switchgear, medium voltage cable, fiberoptic cable, cable bus, uninterruptible power supply, power factor correction capacitors, VFD, motors, and transformers in medium and low-voltage systems • Cable sizing, ampacity, and voltage drop calculations • Experience in fire alarm systems design and implementation (compressor building), according to Alberta Building Code, Standata Variances, Fire Alarm Code, and CEC standards • High resistance grounding, harmonic filters, and other engineering problem-solving • Factory acceptance testing (FAT) of transformers (NWL Transformers, Bordentown, NJ) • Mentored junior (new-grad) engineers • Site experience for design and verification Show less



SNC-Lavalin

• Canada
• Civil Engineering
• 700 & Above Employee

• Estimator

  • Oct 2009 - Jan 2012

  Prepared cost estimates and project proposals for substation and transmission line projects, for major Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario utilities, 25 – 500 kV (HV) • Development of technical/engineering scope of work (SOW), including preliminary engineering drawings/sketches (e.g. substation layout, single line diagrams, grounding layouts), (major) equipment specification • Lead and coordinate development of technical SOW’s from protection & control (P&C), civil, and telecom/SCADA engineering • Lead and coordinate, with construction management, to develop construction sequencing and outage plans • Lead and coordinate, with procurement department, construction subcontractors, and suppliers, to obtain most accurate and current equipment and subcontractor costs, tenders, and participate in bid evaluations • Coordinating with project controls department to develop accurate and realistic project schedules in MS Project and Primavera • Coordinate with project management to assure all project proposal aspects are thoroughly developed, in coordination with clients • Develop detailed project risk assessments in coordination with all departments, and client • Perform site visits to develop , evaluate, and validate technical SOW’s; met with clients to best develop our estimates and project proposals according to their needs and expectations • Complete project cost estimates, at accuracies of +100/-50% (OOM) and +20/-10% (PPS), including material take-off, man-hour, and expense estimates for all aspects of the project • Prepare complete project execution plans (PEP’s) • Presentations of complete project proposals and execution plans to peers, management team, and clients • Monitor and compare costs and experiences from past projects and apply them to new proposals • Development of estimating templates and algorithms • Mentor and train new estimators and engineers • Guide and assist new project managers and project/cost controllers Show less



Nortel Networks

• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Radio Digital Algorithms (DSP) Designer

  • Feb 2007 - Nov 2008

  Member of Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Algorithms Department, in a development and support role for Nortel’s cellular base station radios. Interacted and worked closely with Radio Frequency (RF) Systems and Hardware departments for solving field issues and pioneering new designs for radio features and testing. • Spearheaded research which formed the basis for next-generation performance-enhanced and cost-reduced radio signal processing algorithms • Optimized radio operation parameters to maximize transmission and power efficiency • Achieved significant cost savings by troubleshooting radio production problem in the factory related to signal processing. Received award for well-recognized contribution to this project • Pioneered new design, procedure, and specification for radio signal processing feature verification testing using automated system. New method is 1 dB more accurate, more reliable, and saves time both in verifying performance and in addressing customer issues Show less



Bitville Oy

• Finland
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Technical Writer

  • Sep 2006 - Feb 2007

  Developed technical documentation for Nokia hardware, as well as manuscripts for eLearning courses on telecommunications networks and next-generation hardware, architecture, and standards. Developed technical documentation for Nokia hardware, as well as manuscripts for eLearning courses on telecommunications networks and next-generation hardware, architecture, and standards.



Teknillinen korkeakoulu-Tekniska högskolan

• Finland
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• • Sep 2005 - Dec 2006

  M.Sc Thesis: “Optimal Partitioning of Piecewise-Linear Functions for Modelling Power Amplifier Nonlinearities in Wideband Communications.” Pioneered novel algorithm for pre-distortion systems in wireless communications. Achieved increased transmitter power efficiency through significant reduction in unwanted emissions, or conversely through reduction in computational complexity. Received grade 4/5.

• • Sep 2005 - Dec 2006

  Implemented and taught tutorials for courses ‘Signal Processing in Telecommunications 1’ and ‘2,’ developed new problems and solutions, planned and prepared classes from classroom booking and teaching to reporting of course grades. Received recognition and monetary award from university for excellence in teaching.