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Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

Burnaby, Bc

I managed maintenance projects on various equipment and facilities, supporting operational excellence at the refinery. I troubleshooted process and equipment upsets in order to bring the operation back to normal conditions. I provided code calculations, fitness for service evaluations, and other engineering insights, in assessing piping and equipment’s current extent of damage, and their remaining service life.Highlights include: • I managed a civil project involving tunneling work under live equipment in order to uncover and repair source of underground water leak. Formulated designs of foundation upgrade, piles, and tunnel, in tandem with geotechnical and structural engineers. I lead and coordinated the civil work with the construction team consisting of over 10 different parties. The excavation was completed below the original budget, and the source of leak was discovered and repaired with TLR pipe sleeves. • I analyzed structural integrities of several supporting steel structures in equipment and piping, and formulated repair plans with cross-functional team members. • I implemented Caesar II, and evaluated responses of thermal expansions, vibration, and other secondary loads of concerned piping systems that contain inspection test points.

Squamish, Bc

I designed and registered process piping systems, burner management systems, line heaters, pressure vessels to comply with relevant design standards, and client specifications. I also designed mechanical and structural systems, ranging from structural skids, platforms, and spring loaded supports, industrial plate racks, to stack damper actuators.Examples of tasks and projects include: • I fully engineered and registered multiple burner management system skid packages to comply with CSA B149, and client specifications. I managed projects from concept, font end engineering, detailed design (2D & 3D modelling, & drafting), construction, commissioning, and start-up. Guided procurement team, and fabrication shop for early deliveries of projects. • I developed an industrial plate rack, sized 20’ long by 10’ wide and 10’ tall, with 12 retractable drawers each with capacity of 6 metric ton of steel plates. I sized and arranged the beams to comply with CSA S16, and evaluated resultant stresses in mechanical components and welds, using finite element methods, and hand calculations. • I lead the continuous improvement, and streamlining of the production of line heaters by implementing SolidWorks PDM such that each 3D construct in the model is assigned with an identifier and description, which can be exported as BoM (Bill of Materials) and RFQ's, and tracked through procurement, receiving and kitting processes in the fabrication shop.

Vaughan, Ontario

I developed the hydraulic contamination test stand with objectives in means of generating a life model to predict expected system life of instruments. I was heavily involved from initial designs to procurement, installation, fabrication, testing, troubleshooting, and commissioning. I also researched several field of hydraulics, such as, pump sizing, hydraulic circuits, instrumentation, modes of contamination, and optical particle counters.

Gatineau, Qc

Primarily, I developed a realistic 3D rendering of a prospective Canadian navy vessel, using Rhino 3D & Corel. I documented a formal paper reporting compliance between vessel’s test capabilities, and respective international naval standards. I also cooperated with military experts to finalize the project requirements document for a marine control system.

Toronto, On

I led the revision of waste water treatment system, by procuring the required equipments, and planning accommodation of new equipments within the factory floor. I developed a 3D representation of existing wash coat line, highlighting planned revisions. I produced a 3D illustration of the plant’s existing wastewater treatment system, covering great details on the pipe work and workings of each component. I created, revised, and managed over 200 equipment blueprints from concept to finish. I coordinated the renovation and rearrangements of tool room and machine shop.

Brockville, On

I developed and updated over 100 Process Flow Diagrams (PFD's) and Piping and Instrumentation diagram (P&ID) drawings to correspond with new changes in the plant. I field measured and produced several layouts of the plant, highlighting locations of critical equipment, racks, balers, etc. I also designed an non-code Uniquat tank by performing simple volume and pressure calculations.

Chuncheon, Korea

I submitted a formal report summarizing compliance between refueling appliance’s test data and Korean safety standards, to the Korean Gas Safety Corporation for certification. I led an investigation on the conversion processes of regular automobiles to natural gas vehicles, through repetitive time studies, & reported major steps for continuous improvement process. Overall, I was exposed to natural gas vehicle technologies, such as utilization, conversion processes, engine configurations, manufacturing processes of storage tanks, and refueling appliances.