Meredith Stranges, P. Eng Email & Phone Number

Peterborough, Ontario, Canada

- Project Technical Leader for OPG’s CANDU fuelling machine head refurbishment program.- Qualified developer and instructor of SAT-based training programs for installation of critical hardware for Bruce Power’s CANDU nuclear reactors. - Project Technical Leader on the conceptual design of a proposed CANDU fuel bundle manufacturing facility for recycling of stockpiled plutonium.https://www.bwxt.com/

Nominated by Standards Council of Canada (SCC) to IEC Technical Committee (TC) 2 on Rotating Machines; wrote test standards on insulation systems, including: qualification & acceptance of form-wound motor insulation systems for inverter waveforms; thermo-mechanical ageing; electrical endurance; dielectric loss; partial discharge analysis

Promoted to Senior Membership for significant technical leadership & contributionsWon awards from Industry Applications Society (IAS) Petroleum & Chemical Industry Committee (PCIC) conference: Outstanding Technical Contribution Award (2013), Best Paper Award (2014), Third Prize Paper (2001), Honourable Mention Paper (2015)Developed industry test standards for the Standards Association, Materials Subcommittee; authored papers for Dielectrics & Insulation Society (DEIS)

Developed technical programs from >150 proposals & reviewed facilities for annual petrochemical industry conference (1500 attendees); selected & reviewed >20 subcommittee papers & presentations; communicated & managed submission timelineChaired subcommittee meetings; moderated technical sessions, issued prize nominations; voted on paper selection; recruited executive; tracked subcommittee membership; issued agendas & minutes

Peterborough, On, Canada

Managed design quality, cost & schedule of custom synchronous machines for $1.5-$10MM industrial projects; reviewed technical specifications; identified project risks & mitigation actions; compiled & submitted design documents per contract; controlled design costs; prepared & presented reports to senior managementCommunicated daily with Project Managers & Customers; clarified requirements & maintained issues log; defined costs for >$500K in customer-requested Change Notices; facilitated manufacturing & quality issues reviews during project execution; supported customer-witnessed factory acceptance testingDeveloped project plans with resource managers & master scheduler; reviewed design efforts, milestones & roadblocks for Electrical, Mechanical & Control designs with Engineers & CADPlanned, facilitated & documented cross-functional design reviews with Senior Consulting Engineers throughout outline, detailed design, manufacturing & post-shipment validation phases for high-risk projects.

Peterborough, On, Canada

Developed plans & funding requests for innovations worth >$1MM for custom-built rotating machines, including a synchronous gearless mill drive (GMD) mine motor & next-generation high-reliability insulation system convergence for GE Motors plants in Canada, Brazil, UK, France & Mexico; participated in development strategy sessions with R&D Managers & Product Line Leaders; presented project updates to Senior ManagersProvided regular technical support for production, design quality & root-cause analysis to GE motors plants via in-person visits & regular teleconferences; presented results of investigations & acceptance test results to key customers; created a Colab virtual workspace & facilitated teleconferences for remote knowledge-sharing by GEPC Insulation Centre of ExcellenceControlled >$1MM base cost operating budget, personnel resources & managed daily operations for product development lab; scheduled lab technical support for manufactruing & testing; grew lab revenue from zero to $500K in under two years by selling & performing sample testing & on-site stator winding diagnostics services Established & maintained excellent EHS record; coordinated regular lab housekeeping audits; engaged lab staff to identify & implement improvementsDefined career development paths, salary planning & performance evaluations for team of professional engineers & unionized lab technicians; participated in weekly executive meetings on plant staffing, production strategy & site performance reports

Peterborough, On, Canada

Managed insulation systems & materials lab; supervised skilled unionized lab technicians, used agile scrum to communicate daily work priorities to balance development testing with production support, developed training plans & evaluated technician performance; recruited & mentored engineering student interns; quickly reviewed & resolved EHS incident reportsReviewed & approved test results; wrote material specifications, sample preparation- & testing procedures; identified requirements for equipment & building repairs, maintenance & improved safetyInitiated & led >$1MM project to relocate development lab; collaborated with interior designer to upgrade facility; helped Plant Engineer define requirements for moving, installing & maintaining equipment, drafted appropriation requests for relocation capital purchaseSpecified purchase & installation of lab equipment: sample preparation (wet saw, ageing ovens), materials characterization (Epstein tester, differential scanning calorimeter, gel time meter, dynamic mechanical analysis, digital microscope), high-voltage insulation systems diagnostics (lightning impulse tester, partial discharge analysis, dissipation factor & tip-up testing)

Peterborough, On, Canada

Supported coil manufacturing, stator winding & vacuum-pressure impregnation (VPI) operations; trained shop employees on key quality metrics; supported supplier qualification; developed incoming inspection sampling & test instructions, analyzed test data & dispositioned non-conforming product; identified corrective actions & continuous improvement Employed industry standards & consulted with materials experts on qualification test protocols for new stator & rotor insulation system designs; used reliability software to analyze thermal & electrical ageing test results; wrote & reviewed technical reports, material purchasing specifications & manufacturing instructions; performed root-cause failure analyses; presented results to customers, senior engineers & upper managementWon GE External Focus Award (2004) for publishing & presenting at customer conferences, & GE Invention Disclosure Contest Certificate of Recognition (2001) for patent application (with colleague) on novel structural materials for rotating machine insulation

Peterborough, On, Canada

Negotiated pricing & managed supplier quality for >$5MM ferrous castings & forgings portfolio for several GE motors factories in Canada & the US; issued purchase orders for engineered products; resolved invoice discrepancies; drafted & reviewed supplier technical qualification documents & quality systems; conducted on-site observations of manufacturing process, capacity & testing Sourced cast steel traction motor enclosures & alloy steel shaft forgings to support production increase with 10% deflation; conducted on-site technical audits at suppliers in Canada, USA, Europe, India, Korea & China

Hamilton, On, Canada

Prepared & inspected steel wire samples; audited quality of drawing-, heat-treating & hot-dip galvanizing processes; compiled data from tensile- & creep testing; analyzed wire failure root causes; issued reports for customer warranty claims; visited customer plants to support quality

Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Audited supplier quality of flat-rolled magnetic lamination steel; inspected & dispositioned non-conforming product; drafted metal stamping & heat-treating process instructions & quality documents

Bachelor Of Engineering, Metallurgy

Sampled & tested aluminum metal-matrix composites for research project; wrote senior thesis on microstructure of hot rolled.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemistry

Activities and Societies: RowingSampled & tested silicon carbide & aluminum oxide abrasives; issued daily quality reports; collected core.