Nicholas Suen, P.Eng.

Experience

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  Dixon Bayco Limited

  Jul 2006 - Apr 2007

  Mechanical Designer

  • Designed valves and couplers for petroleum/dry bulk tankers, from conceptual design through to detailed design using SolidWorks.• Engaged stakeholders in the foundry, machine shop, and Quality Assurance department while providing production engineering support.

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  Marshall

  May 2007 - Jul 2024

  • Utilized project management principles to successfully deliver on-contract engineering projects on teams of 3 to 10 engineers.• Achieved 66% win rate coordinating diverse competitive bid teams of 5+ members.• Engaged and managed stakeholders, communicating regularly with: - Members of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF), - Prime contractor, subcontractors, and vendors, - Aircraft manufacturers, and - Internal company stakeholders across all departments.• Performed financial planning, budgeting, and forecasting to support both Program Manager’s and prime contractor’s financial performance reporting requirements.• Utilized change management principles to track and analyze change requests, identifying scope creep and ensuring stakeholder agreement prior to incorporation.• Generated 100% of invoices and supporting detailed data required by Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) for the company’s key operational contract ($1M+ CAD revenue per month, >75% of company’s revenue).• Conducted acceptance tests for a new ERP system, verifying the system’s capability to accurately prepare the invoices and supporting data (3000+ lines per month) necessary for the key operational contract. Enabling the company’s ERP transition significantly increased efficiency of the finance department’s workflow.• Fulfilled role of a “power user” of new ERP system: - Maintained the project data structure for the key operational contract. - Developed and executed procedure to prepare and release monthly invoices and supporting data for the key operational contract. - Enabled accurate financial performance assessment by analyzing project transaction data to identify & correct errors across all company projects. - Supported preparation of invoices for other contracts. - Created purchase orders and received invoices for: -• all subcontractors for the key operational contract, and -• many vendors used by the overall business unit. Show less • Engaged stakeholders on the technical content and status of tasks for the Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP) of the RCAF CC-130E and CC-130H Hercules fleet.• Supported team management activities of the ASIP Supervising Engineer including: - Reviewing and approving timesheets, and - Assigning tasks• Managed and coordinated priority tasks, engaging directly with the key customers.• Conceived and led the development of contractor standard repair tasks, eliminating a source of redundant engineering work.• Led and delivered non-standard repair courses to 50+ RCAF aircraft technicians over several years.• Executed airworthiness risk management activities for an RCAF fleet, contributing to it becoming one of the regulator’s prime examples of a well risk managed fleet.• Reviewed technical reports prepared by other engineers for delivery to the RCAF.• Prepared technical reports for delivery to the RCAF.• Conducted gap analysis of updated OEM inspection requirements and existing inspection programs.• Raised Engineering Change Requests (ECR) and reviewed/approved resulting Engineering Change Notices (ECN). Show less • Coordinated start-up activities of a team of 8 stakeholders for a maintenance program supporting the newly procured RCAF CC-130J Super Hercules fleet.• Engaged a diverse set of stakeholders within the prime contractor and the aircraft manufacturer to ensure program readiness.• Created and refined a Work Breakdown Structure for the program, enabling determination of team size by estimating hours required to start the program and the hours required to maintain the program at steady state.• Created and refined Quality Processes and Procedures. Show less • Analyzed maintenance and inspection data to ensure the continued structural integrity of RCAF CC-130E and CC-130H Hercules fleet.• Engaged stakeholders in the RCAF to provide extensive support to the airworthiness risk management process.• Participated in development of structural condition monitoring process for the fleet.• Analyzed and evaluated structural integrity issues including widespread fatigue damage, aircraft inspection requirements and structural condition monitoring.• Conducted gap analysis of updated OEM inspection requirements and existing inspection programs.• Raised Engineering Change Requests (ECR). Show less

  • Project Manager

    Jan 2019 - Jul 2024

  • Deputy Supervising Engineer - Aircraft Structural Integrity Program (ASIP)

    Jun 2012 - Jan 2021

  • Engineering Services Coordinator - CC-130J TLM Program

    May 2011 - Jun 2012

  • Structural Design Engineer - Repairs Group

    Jun 2010 - May 2011

  • Structural Design Engineer - Aircraft Structural Integrity Program

    May 2007 - Jun 2010