Contract work with industry-leading companies to take advantage of my personal and technical skills as described below. I give preference to jobs with a project management component. I greatly enjoy traveling - the more exotic the destination the better. I am open to short or long term placements just about anywhere in the world. Please contact me (link on right) for details.
Experience:
DCS Engineer: 3/2009 - Present
- DCS Engineer working on system designs for some of the leading oil, gas and offshore petrochemical automation projects. Project experience in configuring ABB 800xA DCS as well as exposure to ABB Advant and AMPL programming. Responsible for producing design specs, URS, FDS and system configuration and programming.
Control Systems Designer: 6/2005 - 3/2009
- Quoted, designed, tested and commissioned PLC and SCADA systems for industrial control and automation applications for power generation, food & beverage, pharma and manufacturing industries
- Senior technical lead for ABB 800xA and Cimplicity PE technologies as well as main customer contact for three major clients
- Also familiar with industry standard software including Cimplicity ME, Wonderware, KepWare and Concept
- Thousands of hours of experience commissioning automation projects in Canada, USA and abroad
- Experience with IO testing, electrical troubleshooting, dealing directly with client management and operators
- Mentored juniors, scheduled, tracked and reported on hours to maintain high degree of utilization and customer satisfaction
- Always strive to write code that is neat, concise and well documented in order to facilitate work by future developers
- Led an initiative to have all employees present lunch and learn sessions on a biweekly basis to improve recognition of reuse opportunities
- Investigated ongoing technical issues and recommended cost-effective automation solutions
- Established and maintained strong customer relations with contacts throughout Ontario and abroad
Steelmaking Co-Op EIT: 9/2004 - 12/2004
- Designed, tested and commissioned Human Machine Interface screens for Electric Arc Furnace product stream
- Implemented PLC code to calculate Torch Cutting Machine velocity for display on HMI screen
- Interacted with operators and electricians to determine useful features for HMI screens
Field Test Co-Op EIT: 9/2003 - 12/2003
- Performed dielectric, acoustic emission, MPI and mechanical inspections on aerials and fire trucks
- Interacted with customers on a daily basis and created repair reports based on field test results
- Became familiar with applicable EUSA and CSA standards
Hardware Team Co-Op EIT: 1/2003 - 4/2003
- Documented hardware functionality of the Boeing 777 Environmental Control system
- Tested and debugged development hardware for the Boeing 777 Cabin Air Supply program
- Created test scripts in the VisionCLICK software package for use by technicians
Hardware Team Co-Op EIT: 5/2002 - 8/2002
- Tested hardware and software functionality for the Boeing 777 ASCPC program
- Updated and verified circuit board schematics in Mentor Graphics
- Designed and administered a system to track all project PCB hardware modifications
Quality Assurance Co-Op EIT: 9/2001 - 12/2001
- Did Engineering analysis of manufacturing systems & presented results to management
- Participated in quality issue screening at multiple plants and was exposed to Six Sigma
- Maintained a database of warranty claims and created spreadsheets of process flows
Powerhouse Co-Op EIT: 1/2001 - 4/2001
Wrote reports for plant management justifying allocation of capital and resourcesSpherical Creations - Founder: 4/1998 - 6/2000
Directly supervised workers and dealt with large sums of money & confidential data
- Designed web sites and graphics for local companies
- Gained skills in management of capital, advertising & business negotiation
- Improved time management skills by balancing business & schoolwork
- Created an intranet site facilitating the sharing of plant metrics
- Tested computers for potential Y2K problems & helped clarify Y2K-related issues
Skills:
- Excellent interpersonal, written & oral communication skills
- Committed to producing exceptional results
- Trilingual - fluent in English & Spanish, working level of French
- Efficient & well-organized
- Excellent time management skills
- Experience justifying allocation of resources and capital
- Hundreds of hours of exposure to manufacturing plant floor environments
- Ability to perform in high-pressure environments
- Experience working with virtually all levels of personnel
- WHMIS, confined space, high-voltage safety and PPE training
- Experience configuring and commissioning vision systems for automation applications
- High speed analog/digital/power circuit design & analysis
- Experience with hardware testing equipment (scopes, logic analyzers & multimeters)
- Simulation (PSpice), design (Mentor, ORCAD), testing (VisionCLICK), FPGA programming (Xilinx)
- Knowledge of high-tech PCB fabrication & surface mount technology
- Over 3 years of experience with Cimplicity Plant Edition HMI
- Familiar with ABB IIT, Cimplicity ME, Concept & Wonderware
- Experience with JAVA, C++, VB, Assembly (M68K), HTML, CSS, Perl
- Competent in the use of Windows 9X/NT/2000/XP & MS Office
- Working knowledge of Matlab & FileMaker Pro
Education:
University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario
9/2000 - 4/2005
BASc in Honours Electrical Engineering, Co-Op Education program
Awards, Interests and Accomplishments:
T L Hay Scholarship - Granted to one Engineering student per year & involved a panel interview
English Language Proficiency Exam - Scored within the top 15 of over 900 Engineering students
1st Overall Academic Proficiency - Highest high school average in grade 12 & OAC
UW French Contest District Winner - Student with highest score in Thames Valley District
C. H. Kitching Scholarship - Highest mark in OAC Chemistry & Physics in one year
Enjoy swimming, tennis and weight lifting as well as competitive cycling and running
Enjoy camping and hiking and rock climbing
Designed a power consumption monitor as part of a team of four students
4A Electrical Engineering class representative
Volunteered for the Woodstock division of the Canadian Cancer Society
Tutored a number of high school peers, especially with math courses
Have had two articles published in the London Free Press
Thames Valley District Winner in the Marion Drysdale poetry competition
Student member of PEO since 2002
Member of high school quiz team Reach For The Top