Senior Process Engineer with focus on in-situ solvent technologies with specialization in pilot design and commercialization of new technologies at new and existing assets. - Process Development Engineer for Solvent+ Project – designed green field surface facility for new solvent dominated technology.- Process Engineer Lead for ES-SAGD commercialization project at Firebag from pre-Gate 1 to Gate 4 for pilot design and commercialization of technology. - Process Engineer for EBRT JV project to determine feasibility of pilot and commercial application impacts at Firebag and new assets.- Identified opportunities and impacts for new technology pilots and commercialization opportunities in existing Suncor assets.- Led impact analysis of new solvent technologies on existing Suncor assets such as Firebag and MacKay River.- Collaborated as Process Lead on multiple projects with internal resources, subject matter experts, external contractors and technology stakeholders for debottlenecking and expansion of assets.- Developed and designed commercial scale In-Situ facilities’ central processing, gathering pipelines, and pads.- Defined scope of work for technology pilot and commercialization from Gate 1 to DBM phases supporting in-house and third-party contractor process engineering activities.- Assessed and quantified operational impacts to existing facilities and operations from new in-situ technologies and recommended optimization and debottlenecking solutions.- Developed two patents (currently pending) on surface and subsurface technologies for in-situ processes.

- Identified risks from new in-situ technologies and developed mitigation strategies for minimizing hazards to assets.- Assessed and quantified impact to existing facilities and operations from new in-situ technologies.- Developed new Central Processing Facilities (CPF) and Pad design and simulations for emerging technologies.- Debottlenecked existing CPF and Pad for brownfield project to reduce impact on existing equipment and optimize overall project cost.

Lead process engineer on seven concurrent SAGD, CSS and solvent assisted projects ranging from 100 to 10,000 hours with budgets between $50,000 and $200 million.- Streamlined designs to deliver over $36 million savings in 2015 by troubleshooting and debottlenecking existing facilities and pipelines.- Implemented continuous improvement program for Imperial Oil Cold Lake facilities with over $2 million in savings.- Spearheaded design manual and standardization of SAGD/CSS pads and pipelines covering all design phases, deliverables, calculation templates, datasheets and guides. - Oversaw performance testing and startup of new equipment and instrumentation.- Led four junior to senior engineers including coordination, training and checking.- Represented department in interdisciplinary, operability, constructability, HAZOP, LOPA, PRPR, and procurement bid reviews.- Performed process calculations and simulations including sweet and sour pipeline hydraulics for two phase steam and production fluids, control valve and PSV sizing, heat exchangers, pumps, vessels and tanks.- Executed all process deliverables from scope development through facility startup including P&IDs, PFDs, heat and material balances, HYSYS simulations, plot plans, design basis memorandums (DBMs), engineering design specifications, control philosophies and narratives, shutdown keys, line lists, and vendor proposal evaluations and procurement.- Conducted over 20 site visits to Cold Lake and Fort McMurray for troubleshooting, as-building, performance testing, and operations training and support.- Implemented and monitored management of change (MOC).- Delivered support for project management, operations, maintenance, construction and facilities.- Developed and managed schedules and budgets for process scope.

Contractor Lead process engineer on seven concurrent SAGD, CSS and solvent assisted projects ranging from 100 to 10,000 hours with budgets between $50,000 and $200 million.- Streamlined designs to deliver over $36 million savings in 2015 by troubleshooting and debottlenecking existing facilities and pipelines.- Implemented continuous improvement program for Imperial Oil Cold Lake facilities with over $2 million in savings.- Spearheaded design manual and standardization of SAGD/CSS pads and pipelines covering all design phases, deliverables, calculation templates, datasheets and guides. - Oversaw performance testing and startup of new equipment and instrumentation.- Led four junior to senior engineers including coordination, training and checking.- Represented department in interdisciplinary, operability, constructability, HAZOP, LOPA, PRPR, and procurement bid reviews.- Performed process calculations and simulations including sweet and sour pipeline hydraulics for two phase steam and production fluids, control valve and PSV sizing, heat exchangers, pumps, vessels and tanks.- Executed all process deliverables from scope development through facility startup including P&IDs, PFDs, heat and material balances, HYSYS simulations, plot plans, design basis memorandums (DBMs), engineering design specifications, control philosophies and narratives, shutdown keys, line lists, and vendor proposal evaluations and procurement.- Conducted over 20 site visits to Cold Lake and Fort McMurray for troubleshooting, as-building, performance testing, and operations training and support.- Implemented and monitored management of change (MOC).- Delivered support for project management, operations, maintenance, construction and facilities.- Developed and managed schedules and budgets for process scope.

Designed all equipment and instruments for two refineries in utility silos of fire water, nitrogen, fuel gas, dispatching, and instrument/plant air.- Produced scope definition, process description, sizing and design basis, and preliminary calculations.- Developed template for storage tank inert gas blanketing based on latest API 2000 standards for use by process department.

Generated calculations and deliverables for four projects from DBM to detailed design including upgrader, refineries, SAGD plant, and debottleneck.- Produced and edited over 400 P&IDs and PFDs for projects.- Developed heat and material balances, pump seal plans, battery limit interface tables, utilities summaries, and equipment datasheets.- Built and optimized four HYSYS simulations for SAGD plant, refineries and upgrader.- Modeled hydraulic studies for pipes, major equipment and instruments.- Participated in internal and client P&ID reviews and incorporated markups from review action items.- Coordinated process updates and revisions of Distillate Hydrotreating P&IDs.

- Active member of the Sipchem Project Process team- Performed process calculations for chemical dosing packages- Identified and corrected inconsistencies in process specifications- Generated battery limit interface tables- Edited design pressure and temperature diagrams- Checked and produced P&IDs for interconnecting piping and battery limits