PROFILE
- 12-year experienced electrical engineer specializing in power systems and automation
- Proficient in electrical engineering, specifically: substation design, protection design (generator, transformer, bus, cable, motor, etc.), electrical house design, motor starter design, load flow studies, arc flash studies, VFD/ASD design/programming, motor starting studies, electrical feasibility studies, and custom product design.
- Proficient in ETAP, AutoCAD, EPLAN, and MathCAD software
- Proficient knowledge of IEEE, NFPA, CEC, M421, and Occupational Health & Safety Regulations.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Power System Design
- Lead design engineer for a 138 kV brownfield substation expansion for a gold mining company
- Lead engineer for a substation expansion design for a gold mine (2016)
- Lead engineer for a brownfield substation upgrade to a 138kV, 40MVA substation (2016)
- Lead engineer for a 14 x 500 hp motor starter solution (2019)
- Lead engineer designing multiple PLC panels (2018)
- Lead engineer for the design of 10+ mine power centers for underground mining (2015-2022)
- Lead review for engineering estimates (2014-2022)
- Preliminary substation greenfield design for a potash mine (2022-23)
- Designed a motor driver cabinet for a servo solution (4 motors) (2021)
- Project manager and technical reviewer for a mine expansion including adding shaft power
- Electrical design of a robotic solution for a mining environment (2020-2021)
Automation
- Inventor and principal engineer for a successful industrial robotic start-up
- Design and programmed a web-based procurement solution (ReactJS, AWS, NodeJS, PostgreSQL) (2020)
- Programming and HMI development of an automation controller for a potash mine (2017)
- Designed multiple automatic transfer schemes for a medium-voltage switchgear (e.g. two utility feeds, one generator) for an oil & gas customer (2018)
- Designed a generator control system for a potash mine site (2018)
Studies
- Multiple 1000+ bus mine site arc flash studies (2011-2022)
- Engineering review of arc flash studies (100+) (2014-2022)
- Internal engineering review of an infrastructure study to plan out the next 5-10 years of a mine's life (2020)
- Internal engineering review of a feasibility study for power load increases in a mine (2019)
Commissioning and on-site services
- Commissioning lead for two 138/13.8kV, 40 MVA greenfield installation transformers (2012)
- Successful troubleshooting of a 1000A rectifier circuit at a gold mine (2013)
- Field engineer/commissioning lead for an electrical house expansion project (1 switchgear lineup, 14 cells, 13.8kV, 2000A) (2015)
- Field engineer/commissioning specialist for a substation expansion at a uranium mine (2011)
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical Engineering 2011 — University of Saskatchewan
Software programming and machine learning
- Certified Cloud Practitioner, AWS (2021)
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning, Coursera (2017)
- Improving Deep Neural Networks, Coursera (2017)
- Business Transformation, Google Cloud (2021)
- Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning, University of Alberta (2020)
- Fundamentals of Machine Learning, Coursera (2020)
- Using Python to Access Web Data, University of Michigan (2019)
- Convolutional Neural Networks, Deeplearning.ai (2018)
- Structuring Machine Learning Projects Course, Deeplearning.ai (2018)
- Machine Learning Course, Stanford University (2017)
Power Systems
- Schweitzer Engineering Real Time Automation Controller (RTAC) Training, SEL (2016)
- Industrial Power Systems, Engworks (2013)
- Power Transformer Technology and Fluid Diagnostic Testing Training, WEIDMANN (2012)
Other
- Project Management Professional Training, Saskatoon Business College (2013)
- High Voltage Safety Training, OH&S reg. 465 compliant, Team Power Solutions (2011)
- WHMIS, Fall Protection, CSTS, 1st Aid/CPR ‘C’
CERTIFICATIONS
- Professional Engineer, EGBC
- Professional Engineer, APEGA
- Professional Engineer, APEGS
- Professional Engineer, PEO
- Professional Engineer, Nevada