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Ontario, Canada

I am a Certified Energy Manager with the AEE (Association of Energy Engineers) in this position I manage all energy sources for the mine site. I also lead the activities relating to the TSM (Towards Sustainable Mining) Energy and Green House Gas protocols. TSM is one of the initiatives created by the Mining Association of Canada. In addition to DeBeers I have also been the Chair of the Ontario Mining Association Energy committee since 2015.

London, England, Gb

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Reporting to the Plant Manager, manage all aspects of mill projects and assist the maintenance department with electrical troubleshooting as needed. Responsibilities:Design, purchase, install and commission new equipment PLC, Wonderware HMI and Insql Server programming.Utilizing statistical tools (Six Sigma) determine new mill projects based on the best return on investment.Optimize mill process utilizing years of experience in instrumentation and process control activities.Training of mill personnel for all new equipment instillations or process control changes.

Reporting to the General Manager, I managed all aspects of Production team of 70 employees with an annual operating budget of $3 Million.

Co-ordinated all plant design activities for all projects.Continuously worked at optimizing the processDefined and maintained electrical, instrumentation and software specifications.Developed methods and procedures to ensure the recoverability of all system software and applications.Enhanced and maintained software on 15 Allen Bradley PLC5s with associated Wonderware workstations.Reviewed and recommended new technologies as they developed

Management and supervision of the Mechanical and Electrical departments.Management of preventative and predictive maintenance programsAnalyzing and recommending solutions for production or quality related problemsInstillation and maintenance of a Novell PC Network with 30 workstations.Design and implementation of a computerized maintenance management system, using a Novel networked PC based system running with MP2.Preparation of project budgets, schedules, manpower estimates, and technical specifications

Design and implementation of the overall plant control system, based on a networked series of Allen Bradley programmable controllers with Allen Bradley Control View HMIs.Led commissioning activities for the new production line.Energy conservation projects, utilizing Ontario Hydro incentive programs.

Mumbai, Maharashtra, In

Project leader for a $130 million dollar Round CasterManage Electrical Specifications for Algoma Steel.Technical design reviews for all major projects.Preparation of equipment instillation and commissioning plans, and system Performance evaluations.Supervision and training of System Designers.

Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Ca

Complete electrical automation design and implementation using Allen Bradley and Modicon PLC’s for the Finishing End of Algoma’s 340 million dollar Tube Mill.Control system design reviews for the remainder of the Tube Mill.Preparation of cost estimates, requirement specifications, design specifications, software specifications and bid packages.System design including medium voltage substations, communication networks and programmable controllers.PLC and Man Machine Interface (HMI) software design.Preparation of commissioning plans.

Honors, Electronic Engineering Technologist

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