Full time grain farming.

Primary client: TransMountain Projects, working at Edmonton Terminal in the role of Electrical/Instrumentation Quality Inspector for facility modification and expansion projects.Electrical/Instrumentation Construction Quality Inspector-Provide electrical and instrumentation quality assurance and safety inspection and oversite on new construction scope, to ensure adherence to related industry and safety codes, customer standards and specifications.-Manage communications and… Show more Primary client: TransMountain Projects, working at Edmonton Terminal in the role of Electrical/Instrumentation Quality Inspector for facility modification and expansion projects.Electrical/Instrumentation Construction Quality Inspector-Provide electrical and instrumentation quality assurance and safety inspection and oversite on new construction scope, to ensure adherence to related industry and safety codes, customer standards and specifications.-Manage communications and coordination of E/I related work scopes between construction contractors, terminal operations, maintenance, engineering, and commissioning teams.-Coordination of high voltage construction work with electric utilities, construction contractors, operations, maintenance and construction and operations engineering departments.-Assist terminal maintenance staff and contractors in obtaining training and orientation of new facilities, prior to final turnover.-Timely support construction and engineering teams to find technical solutions to issues that arise during construction.-Continuously oversee construction outage work, anticipate problems, and provide timely input or guidance to promote successful scope completion.-Occasionally support electrical maintenance contractors or staff with technical problems when expertise/experience when required.-Advance operational technical issues to Operations Maintenance and Engineering Teams, for further investigation and resolution to improve facility performance. Show less

-Initial development and ongoing administration of the corporate Electrical Safety Program, including audits, updates and supporting policies and procedures. Resulted in industry leading electrical safety program and improved worker safety.-Manage all arc flash studies with third party vendors, including protection coordination, field data collection and arc flash, supporting the electrical safety program and worker safety.-Support all projects from inception including HAZOP’s… Show more -Initial development and ongoing administration of the corporate Electrical Safety Program, including audits, updates and supporting policies and procedures. Resulted in industry leading electrical safety program and improved worker safety.-Manage all arc flash studies with third party vendors, including protection coordination, field data collection and arc flash, supporting the electrical safety program and worker safety.-Support all projects from inception including HAZOP’s, technical review to final start up, creating value added project savings and compliance to owner standards and specifications.-Assist pipeline operations maintenance department to develop electrical equipment preventative maintenance programs, resulting in improved reliability and insurance premium savings.-Participate in incident investigations and development of safe work procedures, applying learning’s to improve worker safety and facility reliability over 97%.-Use experience and knowledge to support pipelines operations and maintenance in technical in troubleshooting, repair and resolution of maintenance and reliability problems, resulting in reduced equipment downtime and improved worker knowledge.-Develop and upgrade corporate and technical standards, resulting in project cost savings, equipment standardization and reduced facility turnover delays.-Manage all electrical power related functions including management of the power budget, new service connections, unplanned outage and disturbance investigations, resulting in better power Show less

-Electrical and instrumentation subject matter expert, supporting all operating and project areas of the Suncor Pipeline assets in Alberta.-Provided Electrical/Instrument technical expertise related to the design, construction, commissioning, start-up and operation of liquid pipeline facilities.-Supported multiple consecutive projects from inception to final start up, creating value added project savings and compliance to owner standards and specifications.-Participated and… Show more -Electrical and instrumentation subject matter expert, supporting all operating and project areas of the Suncor Pipeline assets in Alberta.-Provided Electrical/Instrument technical expertise related to the design, construction, commissioning, start-up and operation of liquid pipeline facilities.-Supported multiple consecutive projects from inception to final start up, creating value added project savings and compliance to owner standards and specifications.-Participated and supported corporate and technical standards development across all business units, resulting in project cost savings, and corporate equipment standardization. Show less

Supervised up to 40 refinery electricians and full time maintenance electrical contractors, supporting ongoing refinery maintenance, turnaround, all major and operating project activities.

Built a technical field services department including, staff, tools and equipment supporting utility, industrial, automation and electronic industries with up to eight full time staff, generating over 2 million in annual revenue.

Worked in individual and group environments to support all phases of industrial and utility electrical equipment installation, commissioning and repair and maintenance.

Started electrical career working as a construction and maintenance technologist, advanced to Substation Field Coordinator, independently running turnkey substation construction projects including estimating, detailed design, construction, commissioning contractor management, outage coordination and site safety.