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Calgary, Ab, Ca

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Performed advanced PSV relief scenario analysis and sizing calculations on Aspen HYSYS.• Identified and quantified light hydrocarbon losses in diluent flash calculations using HYSYS, leading to process adjustments that reduced product losses. • Redlined surface piping P&IDs for well redrills and flowmeter additions, ensuring accurate and updated plant documentation.• Led daily plant coordination meetings, facilitating discussions between operations and engineering on key process parameters.

Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada

• Oversaw the Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) unit ensuring safe, reliable, and profitable refinery operations.• Developed and implemented a heat exchanger dashboard on PI ProcessBook, using Aspen HYSYS, to monitor heat transfer efficiency and facilitate early detection of equipment issues. • Innovated a PSV overpressure monitoring tool within PI Asset Framework, enabling real-time detection and notification of overpressure events across 164 PSVs.• Created new process monitoring dashboards with JavaScript as part of a pilot for a new refinery process monitoring system using IOTA VUE, enhancing monitoring capabilities through innovative and user-friendly interfaces.• Provided technical support to Operations, HSE, Maintenance, and Supply functions.• Performed daily monitoring activities, including analyzing process trends, and troubleshooting plant issues.• Supported planned turnarounds and unplanned outages by inspecting equipment and providing nightshift operational support.

• Executed critical daily operations, including fluid management, jetting and desanding tanks, and oil sample analysis, ensuring equipment integrity and maintaining smooth facility operations.• Assisted with monthly inspections, lockouts, and Work Safety Observations, enhancing operational safety.• Gained hands-on knowledge of equipment design and functionality within heavy oil cleaning facilities.• Proactively identified and communicated operational issues delivering solutions that improved plant reliability.

Bachelor Of Applied Science - Basc, Chemical Engineering

High School Diploma