Ted Scholten

Experience

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  Engineering firms and Fabrication shops

  Jan 1973 - Jan 2003

  Mechanical Engineering Technologist

  • Pressure vessel design (ASME Section VIII), Shell & Tube Heat Exchangers (TEMA), Tanks (API 650)• Field Quality Control inspections for compliance with Codes and Standards.

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  Great Lakes Fabricating - Div.

  Jun 2003 - Feb 2004

  Contractor

  • Static & rotating equipment, structural steel, on-module piping and grouting. • Verify compliance with Contract Documents, Codes, & Standards. QC functions: welding inspection/records, welder qualification testing, hydro-testing; liaison with TSSA; prepare Inspection Test Plans, monitor/test high strength structural steel bolts installation (CAN/CSA S16.1), and assemble Turn-Over Packages

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  Bantrel & Suncor

  Nov 2004 - Feb 2008

  Mechanical Field Engineer

  Suncor Firebag Fort McMurray, Alberta – Oil Field SAGD Construction Project, Fort McMurray, Alberta Feb, 2007 to Apr, 2008• Early works: underground utilities (Firewater, Drinking Water, Fuel Gas), new 260 KV transmission line (main plant to Firebag), pile foundations, construct large lined containment ponds, all infrastructure including new Aerodrome, buildings, etc. • Daily Quality Control surveillance for compliance with Contract, Codes and Standards. • Review/approve contractor Quality Control Manuals, Project Quality Plans, Inspection & Test Plans, Welding Procedures and welding matrix for all site pressure welding (ASME Sect IX, B31.3, Suncor standards), Closure Weld requests, hydro test packages, pile and pile cap foundations, permanent and modular building construction. • Interact with Engineering House and vendors• Prepare Quality Surveillance Reports, Non-conformance Reports, Field Change Notices• Field Engineering support for Contractor Kick-Off & Progress meetings.Nov, 2004 to Feb, 2007 Suncor Sarnia ON (Greenfield: Diesel Desulpherization and major revamp: Crude Uint)• Equipment: ‘Nuovo Pinone' Reactor (diesel fuel de-sulphurization), Born Charge Heater, Hudson and Rainey air-coolers, Koch Glitsch tower internals, storage tanks, Rotating Equipment (compressors, pumps), and piping.• Daily Quality Control surveillance for compliance with Construction Work Packages, Codes, Standards and Specifications. • Late into the project, I was given an API 653 tank inspection report (for the largest tank in the operating footprint) specifying carbon steel floor patches to be welded at defined X-Y co-ordinates (to address floor corrosion/pitting exceeding allowable) plus static head testing (revamp was completed on schedule) Show less

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  Bechtel Corporation

  May 2008 - Apr 2009

  Mechanical/Civil Field Engineer

  • Daily surveillance of construction activities to verify compliance with Project Specifications & Technical Standards. Sign-off ITP Witness & Hold points. • Write and disposition Q. A. Reports: FCN, RFI, FCR, and NCR. • Take corrective actions on non-conformances (tower tray installations, vessel internals, rotating equipment, structural steel, etc).• Final Quality Control inspections performed at the Modules Assembling Shops• Perform engineering Receiving Inspections of Mechanical Equipment. • Coordinate site visits for vendor/supplier representatives.• Support the Flawless Start-Up Initiative with surveillance walk-downs, training and flaw mitigation activities. • Support ABSA Inspection Authority.• Participate in contractor safety meetings and walk-downs.• My experience and abilities unearthed non-conforming issues (wy-fy tower tray support ring at wrong elevation requiring re-work; structural load-indicating washers tested successful on Skidmore tension device but field ineffective (all bolt holes were punched, not drilled). Show less

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  Irving Shipbuilding

  Feb 2010 - Aug 2010

  Quality Assurance Coordinator

  • Complete overhaul of (5) Wartsila 16-cyl Diesel Engines, (6) 35 Ton Azimuth & Fixed Thrusters, new hydraulic systems, coolers, storage tanks, Starting Air System, Emergency Generator pack, piping and misc equipment. • Review contractor Turnover Packages at Mechanical Completion, conduct final walk down with all parties, address punch lists and present to client for acceptance and commencement of sea trials.

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  SunPower Corporation

  Sept 2010 - May 2011

  Mechanical/Civil Quality Assurance Superintendent

  Construct 20 MW Solar Farm (Mechanical Tracking) - 176 solar tracking Drive Motor assemblies, 22 Equip Foundations, 200 reinforced concrete foundations, 6,400 solar arrays, 13,000 plus Helical Screw Pile foundations, CWB welding program with weld inspection & weld failure analysis, Operations Building, trenching & boring.• Set up site QA program; 3rd party soil and concrete inspections and testing; subcontractor daily surveillance for compliance with standards; maintain updated defects database (Finder-Fixer Punch list, & NCR log), maintain details of lessons learned and best practices; single point of contact for client/supplier; escalate non-responsiveness and negligence up to proper channels; perform weekly QA reviews with construction managers; assembly plant surveillance inspections, turnover inspections, training. • Early detection fundamental issues: concrete re-bar placement, weld quality, solar panel grounding washers. Show less

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  Fluor-Amec/Thompson Creek; Mining construction

  May 2011 - Oct 2011

  Quality Assurance Specialist – Mechanical

  • Set up contractor QC inspection program, review contractor Inspection & Test Plans (mechanical, civil, earthworks, dam construction); new campsite erection including services (propane, fire, water, sanitary); concrete aggregate crushing, screening, sieve-testing to CSA Standards; 90 KM power line surveillance; review as-built surveys; audit concrete testing lab for code compliance; daily supervisor meetings; weekly contractor progress meetings.• My experience and early detection to address ‘Angle-of-Repose’ non-compliance of new Administration Building on a sloped hill (excavate larger footprint that required 50,000 cu M engineered fill). Show less

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  Fluor/VALE – 4 billion Grassroots Nickle, Copper, Cobalt Mining Pocessing Plant

  Feb 2012 - May 2013

  Quality Assurance Specialist

  • Rotating Equipment – develop/align with project requirements and Recommended Practices (4 separate millwrighting silos).• API 650 and Fiberglass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) tanks – major issues with the projects largest FRP tanks (early detection of non-conforming structural bearing issues), manufacturing issues and in-transit shipping damage led to 2 ½ months of FRP tanks on-site warranty repair in addition to (FRP) tanks support bearing re-work and static head testing). • Koch Knight Refractory contract: (process equipment: Auotclaves, Flash Vessels, Flash Discharge Tanks and large PLS tank); prime coat acceptance, Pyroflex lining/spark testing, brick lining, tank floor grouting/concreting and internals hardware installation (Titanium and Hasteloy). • Quality Surveillance Reports, Corrective Action Request, Non-Conformance Reports • Achieved excellent quality for the project. Support to younger EPCM engineers and contractor Q.C. and F.E. staff with little or no field experience. • April 2013: Monthly Award Winner: Quality Surveillance Reports ‘Knowledge On Line’ (One of FLUOR top 10 employees across Canada). Show less

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  Fluor/Syncrude

  Sept 2013 - Jul 2014

  Q.A. Specialist - Mechanical/Rotating Equipment

  (8) Weir 600 UHTP oil sand slurry pumps, (7) Gould Model 4320/3498 process water pumps, auxiliary pumps (Floway vertical turbine condensate pumps, Clyde Union gland water pumps, miscellaneous pumps). (4) oil sand slurry Rotary Screens (Thyssen Krupp).• Brought in to bring back on track the Quality Assurance for Rotating Equipment.• Early detection focused - best practices/issues. Special interest in furthering new millwrights’ knowledge• Review, revise contractor Inspection and Test plans (ITP’s) and checklists, specify witness and hold points (to align with contract quality requirements), acceptance and sign-off. • Daily surveillance of construction activities. Majority of time in the field.• In 9 months, successfully re-aligned Q.A. of rotating equipment with vendor equipment drawings, installation manuals, API RP 686 Recommended Practice, Syncrude standards and engineering drawings. Show less