About Me

If you have an issue you need to resolve and it involves electrical, instrumentation or controls engineering, coordination with other engineering disciplines, project, portfolio, or program management, or engineering management, please let me help you.

My Experience

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY

Diverse experience in management of engineering teams, plant, retail and direct sale operations, process and equipment controls, instrumentation, electrical and electronic engineering, management (i.e. planning, control and execution) of a variety of large and small engineering and construction projects, portfolios of projects, and programs.

Responsibilities included:

Department Management, Team Leadership, and small retail and direct sale company operation;

Capital Budget Co-ordination;

Design and Contract Administration;

Program, Portfolio of Projects and Multiple Project Management, Construction Supervision, Project and Field Engineering;

Client Relation, Business Development, and Contract Negotiations;

Technology Management Process Development;

Proposals, Design Basis, Operating, Maintenance, and Commissioning Manuals, Standards, Methodologies, Contingency Plans, Design Requirements, Technical Specifications, and Other Documents Development;

Process and Instrumentation (P & I) Diagrams, Electrical Single Line Diagrams, Logic, Loop and Wiring Diagrams, and Other Engineering Drawings Development, Interrupting Capacity Calculations, Sequencing Schedules Development;

Technical Problem Resolution;

Claims Estimating;

Controls Architecture Development;

Bid Package Preparation and Bid Evaluation;

Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) and Other Programmable Instruments Configuration and Programming;

Human Machine Interface (HMI) Development;

New Product Evaluation;

Field Inspection Including Walk Downs, Quality Control, etc.;

Commissioning;

Applied Physics Research and Instruments Development;

Quality Control;

Technological Processes Development

Y2K investigation and remediation

EXPERIENCE:

2007 2009AECOM Canada Ltd. (Formerly Earth Tech Canada, Ltd.), Markham, Ontario

Senior Project Manager

Developed Business by reviewing requests for proposals (RFP) and selecting promising RFPs based on the clients background and reputation, company capability, and resources availability. Actively participated in the Toronto Business development monthly meetings.

Developed proposals including specifics of the proposed project, scheduling, and costing

Managed several multimillion multidiscipline projects including Wastewater Plants Electrical Assessment for the City of Toronto. I have successfully renegotiated the project after the kick-off meeting due to discrepancies between the number of electrical equipment in the RFP and the actual number of electrical equipment in the field.

Acted as a technical lead (electrical, as well as instrumentation and control) for numerous projects including SCADA and WAN Development and Implementation for the City of Sault Ste. Marie, Wanapitei Water Plant Electrical Improvements for the City of Sudbury, Chemical Systems replacement and rehabilitation for Town of Espanola water plant., etc.

Provided quality control review for electrical, instrumentation & control disciplines, as well as interdisciplinary co-ordination for numerous projects including Duffin Creek Wastewater Plant and South-East Wastewater Collector. My comments prevented costly errors and saved the company potential rework and contractors claims.

Monitored resources utilization for the electrical department.

2002 -- 2007Earth Tech, Inc., Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Water Partners, Chicago, Illinois

Senior Professional X

Managed projects (client side City of Chicago Department of Water Management -- project management) with a total value of approximately $18,000.000.00. Projects include:

oReplacement of SCADA System at Twelve City of Chicago Water Pumping Stations.

oEnhancement of SCADA System at City of Chicago Jardine Water Purification Plant.

oInstrumentation Improvements at Twelve City of Chicago Water Pumping Stations.

oCity of Chicago Department of Water Management Bureau of Water Supply CMMS.

oCity of Chicago Jardine Water Purification Plant Construction of Environmentally Controlled Housing to House Existing Electronic Systems.

oCity of Chicago Jardine Water Purification Plant Pump Controls Replacement.

oCentral Park Pumping Station Building Envelope Restoration, Security, Perimeter Lighting, Fencing Replacement

oCermak Pumping Station Roof Replacement

oLighting Improvements at Twelve City of Chicago Water Pumping Stations.

Provided technical assistance to the client and other Chicago Water Partners project managers with respect to electrical, instrumentation, & controls issues. Projects include:

oElectrical and Control Improvements at City of Chicago Thomas Jefferson and Lakeview Pumping Stations.

oCity of Chicago South Water Purification Plant Phase 1 Landscape Master Plan.

oCity of Chicago 68th Street and Harrison Water Intake Cribs Generator Replacement, SCADA Enhancement and Communication Upgrade and Void Topping Slab Repair.

oCity of Chicago Jardine Water Purification Plant SCADA System UPS Replacement.

Lead Electrical and Controls Design Effort on Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago Stickney Water Reclamation Plant Expansion. The project started off as approximately $3,000,000 and due to suggestion from the project team (partially electrical) grew to approximately $200,000,000.00.

2001 2002The ECE Group Ltd., Toronto, Ontario

Production Manager

Managed production of a consulting engineering firm engaged in electrical and mechanical projects in the building design and construction industry. The company has two offices head office in Toronto, Ontario, and a remote office in Calgary, Alberta with approximately fifty electrical and mechanical engineers, designers and CAD personnel. Project portfolio comprised of unique single and multifamily housing, hotels, educational, commercial, institutional, military, and industrial buildings, hospitals, and Internet data centers, as well as tenant improvements for small and large (up to several million square feet) tenants. As Production Manager, I was involved in all projects from proposal to closing. During my employment, I was able to increase revenue by increasing the average price per square foot, as well as project volume, especially in the tenant improvement area. I was also able to increase the quality of the contract documentation and decrease the company expenditures by outsourcing all CAD services. I have maintained very good personal relation with important clients and was personally involved in project management, design, and field services for several high profile projects. I have personally provided electrical design and construction management on several high profile projects, such as Shaw Cable (Calgary) Internet Data Center, Kingston Army Base Electrical Distribution Redesign, etc.

1998 to 2001Consultant Projects Include:

Ontario Property Management Facilities Y2K evaluation, Contingency Planning, and Emergency Response Guide preparation, Ontario, -- Testing coordination, witnessing, contingency planning and emergency response guide preparation.

Telus, Internet Data Center, Calgary, Alberta, Electrical design.

Trimplas, Common Exhaust System, Windsor, Ontario, Electrical, instrumentation and controls design, and construction supervision and commissioning.

KIK Corporation, Bleach Plant, Concord, Ontario, Electrical design.

Vulcan Metal Decorating Ltd., Quick Cool Upgrade for the Metal Printing Machine, Toronto, Ontario, Instrumentation and controls design, construction supervision and commissioning.

Vulcan Metal Decorating Ltd., Emergency Ventilation for Metal Printing Plant, Toronto, Ontario, Electrical design, construction supervision, factory acceptance testing, and commissioning.

Transcanada Pipeline Ltd. Multilevel Tenant Improvements in the Transcanada Tower, Calgary, Alberta, Peer review

Level 3 Communications, Distribution Node Facility, Toronto, Ontario, Field project engineering.

Environment Canada Facilities Embedded Systems Y2K Testing and Contingency Planning, Process quality control Consulting.

Chicago Public Schools, Chicago, Illinois, Personal Computers Y2K Assessment and Remediation,

Interstate Paper Company Embedded Systems Y2K Assessment, Georgia, USA

Penford Products Company Embedded Systems Y2K Assessment, Iowa, USA

Y2K Compliance Methodology Development, Calgary, Alberta.

1988 to 1998NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd.

Facilities Provision -- Calgary (1995 -- 1998)

Electrical and Control Engineering -- Calgary (1992 -- 1995)

Operations Engineering -- Edmonton (1988-1992)

Acting Process Leader -- Measurement Platforms/Determine Maintenance

Acting Resource Leader -- Program and Project Management

Senior Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls Specialist

Initiated Y2K investigation at approximately 1100 meter stations and 45 compressor stations.

Resolved numerous technical issues resulting in approximately $6,000.000.00 in savings.

Coordinated capital budget of approximately $12,000,000.00 for meter stations improvement projects.

Coordinated new gas quality product evaluation.

Lead the development of NGTL Meter Station Alarm Response Summary. As a result a paper was presented at industry conference.

Developed technology management process.

Managed, controlled, estimated, designed, and supervised design, construction and commissioning of numerous compressor and meter station (Instrumentation, Controls, and Electrical) up to $1,000,000.00 budget.

Developed compressor and meter station standards.

Developed and periodically populated one of Facilities Provision Performance Indicators -- Firm Service Receipt/Delivery restrictions.