As a Project Engineer, my duties vary from supporting and advising the Project Manager in the planning, coordinating and controlling high-risk construction/maintenance projects for the Energy Operations and Maintenance portfolio, to supporting Quality Management in updating processes and manuals to expand the service footprint.

Worked under the direct supervision of the Operations and Maintenance Program Director and as part of the AECOM O&G management and leadership program, provided full-cycle project support to a variety of high-risk construction/maintenance projects with a building trades union labour strategy under the Energy Operations and Maintenance portfolio. Some of the clients include Suncor Energy, Shell, CNRL and Imperial Oil.

As part of AECOM's Management Trainee Program, I worked under the direct supervision of the Maintenance Turnarounds Program Director and provided full-cycle project support to a variety of high-risk construction/maintenance projects with multiple labour strategies under the AECOM Construction Services portfolio.

Wind Power - Research AssistantAs a research assistant for the University of Alberta, I conducted a wind study focused on evaluating the potential to harvest energy in urban environments based on research that suggested an increase in wind speed at the edge of buildings. As part of the study, I analyzed the turbulent intensity around the edge area to determine recirculation and wind regimes that are detrimental to power production. Part of the data acquisition was used to validate CFD models developed by the research group to create a wind map around campus.During this experience, I designed and built a customized meteorological data acquisition system that saved approximately 23% in equipment cost for a 2-year project budget, and co-authored an article in Springer Publishing titled “A Review of Wind Energy Resource Assessment in the Urban Environment”.Engineering - Teaching Assistant (TA)Engineering Physics (EN PH 131) / Internal Combustion Engines (MECE 541)As a teaching assistant, I instructed and led full seminar classes for 120 undergrad students, improving public speaking while sharing technical knowledge and basic engineering principles with students. I also evaluated course assignments for 55+ students where I enhanced my knowledge of combustion engines while providing feedback and answering questions related to the course material.

Member of the 2014 upgrader maintenance shutdown team composed of 100+ multidisciplinary staff.Developed maintenance plans for valves, pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and furnaces.Assisted corrosion engineers in the development of inspection plans based on RBI modules for a maintenance shutdownConducted visual inspections (VT) on pipelines, heat exchangers, furnaces, valves and boilers at PDVSA-PETROPIAR Upgrader (capacity 250,000 bbl/d)

Designed and developed a calculation methodology, based on the API 530 and API 579 standards, to determine the accumulated creep damage on furnace tubes from the delayed coking unit.Gathered and analyzed temperature data from the delayed coking unit.Programmed the API 530 and 579 calculation methodology using Excel VBA, and coached coworkers on how to implement it.