Pirouz Lotfi

Senior Electrical Engineer at Capstone Infrastructure Corporation
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Canada, CA
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  • English Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Persian Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • Canada
    • Wind Electric Power Generation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Senior Electrical Engineer
      • May 2022 - Present
    • Senior Electrical Engineer
      • Mar 2017 - Apr 2022
    • President
      • Oct 2011 - Dec 2018

      In 2011, I started my own Electrical Engineering company through which, I provided Electrical design, engineering, and consulting as well as project engineering and management services to various clients such as Catch Engineering, CNGL Inc (and Suncor), Vepica Canada, and Great Plains Engineering. In 2011, I started my own Electrical Engineering company through which, I provided Electrical design, engineering, and consulting as well as project engineering and management services to various clients such as Catch Engineering, CNGL Inc (and Suncor), Vepica Canada, and Great Plains Engineering.

    • India
    • Solar Electric Power Generation
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electrical Engineer – Integrated Reliability Program
      • Jan 2016 - Mar 2017

      • Provide technical input in support of the reliability processes • Facilitate Equipment Strategy Datasheet (ESDS) Development in the Meridium software • Participate in and support of criticality assessment, equipment strategy development, risk mitigation, and Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) workshops • Identify spare parts for Supply Chain Management, and provide consultancy for spare parts recommendations on obsolete parts • Review and verify the plant ETAP model and check system redundancy • Review protective device settings and coordination and identify any high risk areas • Identify all maintenance-significant assets, locate and cross reference Single Line Diagrams, P&IDs, and datasheets, and retrieve all required information from these documents • Build Functional Location (FLOC) structures for uploading into SAP, along with all the required technical information for all assets Project: • Poplar Creek Cogeneration Facility, consisting of two 150MW gas turbine generators and two 70MW steam turbine generators – Integration of the facility into the Suncor Integrated Reliability Program (IRP) Show less

    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Electrical Designer/ Engineer
      • Nov 2014 - Mar 2017

      • Client consultation and various Electrical design and engineering tasks including Electrical Distribution System design, development of Single Line Diagrams, Area Classification drawings, Cable Schedule, Grounding methodology, Voltage Drop and Cable Sizing Calculations • Equipment Design, Specification, and Technical Bid Evaluation for transformers and Motor Control Centers • Project Engineering: Man-hour Estimating, Scheduling, Progress Reporting, Client Interfacing Major Projects: • Tiger-Sul Pelletized Sulphur Pilot Plant – Irricana, Alberta Show less

    • Lead Electrical Engineer
      • Oct 2011 - Mar 2017

      • Developing, Reviewing and stamping of Electrical Drawing Packages • Power system analyses including Load Flow, Short Circuit, Motor Starting, Protective Device Coordination, and Arc Flash using ETAP Major Projects: • Various compressor stations, oil batteries, and wellsites • Developing, Reviewing and stamping of Electrical Drawing Packages • Power system analyses including Load Flow, Short Circuit, Motor Starting, Protective Device Coordination, and Arc Flash using ETAP Major Projects: • Various compressor stations, oil batteries, and wellsites

    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Electrical Engineer
      • Jan 2015 - Jan 2016

      • Leading a team of five engineers, designers, and drafters • Man-hour estimating, earned-value progress tracking and reporting • Interfacing with other disciplines, construction management team, and the client team • Design, specification, and procurement of major electrical equipment • Power distribution system design, equipment layout, cable tray routing, cable sizing, lighting design, and area classification • Review of vendor drawings and documents for Mechanical and Electrical packages • Power system studies (ETAP), protection and relaying • Estimating and scheduling for various projects • Writing DBM, Scope of Work, and Engineering/Construction Work Package documents Major Projects: • Vitasul Pelletized Sulphur Fertilizer Facility – Strachan, Alberta • Preliminary Engineering - Davis Refinery, North Dakota • Quality Management System Development: Creating standards, specifications, and datasheets for engineered electrical equipment to be used by Vepica during design and procurement activities • Various compressor stations and pumphouses, including onsite generation (islanded and parallel with utility) Show less

    • Electrical Engineer
      • Feb 2009 - Jan 2015

      • Project lead: Managing project teams and mentoring Junior and Intermediate Engineers and Designers • Substation and Power distribution system design, including complex Secondary Selective systems • Power System Analyses using ETAP, SKM, and Easy Power • Power System Protection for feeders, motors, generators, and transformers • Programming of Protective Relays: Multilin and Schweitzer • System Harmonic calculations • Equipment Design and Specification, Material Requisition, Technical Bid Evaluation for protective relays, transformers, VFDs, UPS systems, outdoor Breakers, Switchgears, Motor Control Centers, Cable Bus systems, Harmonic Filters, Power Factor Correction Capacitors, Automatic Transfer Switches, etc. • Design, Review and Stamping of Electrical drawings and documents including Single Line Diagrams, Area Classification drawings, Layouts, Schedules, Schematics, Electrical plot plans, and load lists • Design of Electrical Distribution Systems (Medium and Low Voltage), including Grounding Design • Project Engineering and Management: Man-hour and Capital Project Estimating, Scheduling, Developing DBMs, Progress Reporting, Client Interfacing • Onsite and Offsite Construction Support: Interfacing with client PEs & PMs, vendors, and field contractors • Assisting clients with utility connection applications Major Projects: • Warwick Gas Storage Facility, Vegreville, Alberta - Greenfield engineering and design, construction, and commissioning • Wild Rose Gas Storage Facility, Brazeau River, Alberta - Greenfield design and construction • Nexen Kinosis K1A - Power System Analyses, arc flash studies, Protective Device Coordination and configuration • CNRL - Power distribution system implementation in SmartPlant Electrical • Capital Power: Genesee Coal Power Generation Plant - Power system studies, Protective Device Coordination, arc flash studies and recommendations for protection system upgrades • Suncor: Siting Study for a Desalting Plant Show less

    • Canada
    • Engineering Services
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Electrical Engineer
      • Oct 2006 - Feb 2009

      • Preparing Material Requisitions and Bid Tabulations for modular MCC buildings and 35 kV cables • Power system studies (using SKM) • Programming GE Multilin relays Project: Shell Scotsford Upgrader Expansion 1 - Utilities and Offsites • Preparing Material Requisitions and Bid Tabulations for modular MCC buildings and 35 kV cables • Power system studies (using SKM) • Programming GE Multilin relays Project: Shell Scotsford Upgrader Expansion 1 - Utilities and Offsites

    • United States
    • Oil and Gas
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Wireline Engineer
      • Apr 2006 - Aug 2006

      • Operated Schlumberger’s proprietary logging software and tools • Performed a total of 4 logging operations as a part of my training • Carried out basic Log Interpretation • Gained valuable knowledge about the upstream portion of the industry: exploration, drilling and measurement, reservoir evaluation, well services, and completions • Operated Schlumberger’s proprietary logging software and tools • Performed a total of 4 logging operations as a part of my training • Carried out basic Log Interpretation • Gained valuable knowledge about the upstream portion of the industry: exploration, drilling and measurement, reservoir evaluation, well services, and completions

    • Canada
    • Oil and Gas
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Electrical Engineer, EIT
      • Apr 2005 - Apr 2006

      • Checking single line diagrams and motor schematics against vendor drawings • Assisting with voltage drop calculations, cable sizing, and cable schedules • Assisting with DCS Block Diagrams, Control Narratives, Cause & Effect Matrices, and Emergency Shutdown key Project: Gas Plant Project, Ilam- Iran • Checking single line diagrams and motor schematics against vendor drawings • Assisting with voltage drop calculations, cable sizing, and cable schedules • Assisting with DCS Block Diagrams, Control Narratives, Cause & Effect Matrices, and Emergency Shutdown key Project: Gas Plant Project, Ilam- Iran

    • Semiconductor Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Electrical / Marketing Intern
      • May 2003 - Aug 2004

      Electrical Intern • Collaborated with the ASIC Design group to implement two blocks of Gennum’s next generation Image Processing ICs on FPGA platforms • Synthesized these blocks on Altera and Xilinx devices, and compared area utilization and speed of operation Marketing Intern • Designed and built a portable demo suitcase, for the marketing team to showcase Gennum’s latest image processor to potential clients • Created customized DVDs for demo purposes • Worked on the menu structure and design for the image processors • Assisted in writing a white paper on 10-bit versus 8-bit image processing • Assisted in monitoring man-hours, earned value progress measurement, and cost control for various projects Show less

Education

  • The University of Calgary
    MSc, Electrical Engineering - Power Systems
    2006 - 2012
  • The University of Calgary
    BSc, Electrical Engineering
    2000 - 2005

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