Joe Szalaj 2015

Electrical Maintenance Supervisor/Foreman I have 31 years Oil and Gas field work experience, as Maintenance Coordinator, Electrical Unit Supervisor and Senior Maintenance Specialist.

WORK EXPERIENCE
2014 -2015 HRTC DRILLING COMPANY
Sana’a, Yemen

ELECTRICAL SUPERINTENDENT: Management duties involved the overseeing Chief Electricians and helpers of 8 Land Rigs wrote specific Rig Maintenance System manual and improved on and enforced company HSE protocols.

1988 - 2014 WAHA OIL COMPANY
P.O. Box 395
Tripoli, Libya

MAINTENANCE COORDINATOR/ ELECTRICAL SUPERVISOR:
Oversee 9 Trade Disciplines as a Maintenance Coordinator for several Oil and Gas Field facilities and the Power Generation plants implementation of planned maintenance and compliance of HSE rules and permit system for the Operations Department.
As an Electrical Supervisor oversee the running of an Electrical Section and 61 personnel whom preformed preventive and breakdown maintenance of all electrical electronic equipment inclusive of LV, MV and HV equipment up to 138kV, on Power Plants and the Oil and Gas facilities.

1987 – 1988 MAGNA IV ENGINEERING LTD.
(2011) 4103 - 97 ST
Edmonton, Alberta

SENIOR FIELD SERVICE TECHNICIAN:
Testing, Maintenance and Commissioning of LV, MV and HV Electrical Equipment for major industries such as Alberta Gas Ethylene Company, AEC Pipelines, Syncrude, Suncor, Stelco, and Union Carbide.


1983-1986 BOW VALLEY OFFSHORE DRILLING LIMITED
5151 Terminal Road
Halifax, Nova Scotia

OIL RIG MAINTENANCE ELECTRICIAN:
Preventive and breakdown maintenance on all electrical and electronic equipment on board the Bow Drill One an offshore oil rig.



1979 – 1983 STELCO, STEEL COMPANY OF CANADA
34 Street and 94 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta
ELECTRICAL TECHNICIAN:
Responsible for the preventive and breakdown maintenance of electrical, electronic and instrumentation equipment in the Electrical Arc Furnace Melt Shop.

1981 - 1982 MATHEWS ELECTRIC LIMITED (1976)
149 Street and 120 Avenue
Edmonton, Alberta

SERVICE TECHNICIAN:
Troubleshoot and serviced Electrical Equipment in large grocery chain stores and small industrial manufacturing companies. (During Stelco work dispute)

1971 – 1979 BRITISH STEEL CORPORATION
Corby, Northamptonshire, England


APPRENTICE ELECTRICIAN, ELECTRICAN, and ELECTRICAL CHARGEHAND:

EDUCATION
1986- 1987 Graduated from Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) with a Honors Diploma in Electrical Engineering Technology.

1982 Achieved a Certificate from NAIT in Electronic Control Instruments with a final mark of 97%.

1981 Achieved a Certificate from NAIT in Pneumatic Instruments with a final mark of 93%.

1976- 1978 Achieved a High National Certificate (HNC) from Corby Technical College (UK) in Electronic Engineering with a credit pass mark of 75%.

1975- 1976 Achieved an Ordinary National Certificate (ONC) from Corby Technical College (UK) in Electrical Electronic Engineering with a credit pass mark of 75%.

1971- 1975 Achieved an Electrical Technicians Certificate from Corby Technical College (UK) in Electrical Power Equipment with a credit pass mark of 75%.

1966- 1971 Achieved a General Certificate of Education "0" Levels from Corby Secondary Modern School for Boys in Mathematics, English, Physics, and Geography.

AFFILIATES
Certified Engineering Technologist (CET) with the Alberta Society Engineering Technologists (ASET).

My qualifications are HNC (UK), ONC (UK), and EET, CET (NAIT, Canada). I have strong leadership, organizational, and team working skills with the clear understanding of the company agenda, to minimize loss of production with good troubleshooting skills, whilst adhering to all HSE requirements, CEC, NEC, BS, NFPA-70E/B and IEEE standards and very conversant with work permit conditions and stipulations.

REFERENCES: AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.