Justin MacRae

Experience

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  Syncrude Canada Ltd.

  Sept 2006 - Jun 2014

  • Technical single point of contact for the Conversion/Coker turnaround organization.• Lead a technical team of engineers and inspectors during unit turnaround execution.• Develop and maintain the turnaround scope database with input and alignment from various technical disciplines, operations representatives, and turnaround planners.• Complete quality monthly milestone actions for multiple turnaround events to ensure planning progresses as forecasted.• Evaluate recommended turnaround scope to ensure it is aligned with regulatory, condition based, financial, and SHE justification criteria. Show less • Completed economic analysis and business justification for Capital Projects ranging from $1M equipment replacement strategies, to $100M production improvements, to $1B sustaining capital expenditures.• Developed detailed project presentations and led gate review meetings with management teams from across the organization to gain alignment on capital projects.• Typically advised on 20-25 projects at a time in various early development stages of the EMCAPS process, while continuing to provide economic analysis support for projects in advanced development and execution stages.• Worked closely with project managers, estimators, schedulers, and business team representatives to ensure SHE, quality, cost, and schedule expectations were satisfied. Show less • Provided technical operations support for the flare system, sulphur storage, hydrocarbon tankage, and diesel storage facilities.• Completed daily flare calculations, maintained the flare database, and contributed to management scorecards and regulatory reports.• Revised safe operating limits and target sheets to meet updated reliability standards.• Led an initiative to erect a temporary sulphur storage facility during a tank replacement.• Developed operating and batch sampling procedures for the diesel storage facility to comply with new ultra low sulphur diesel regulations. Show less • Provided technical recommendations to maintain normal plant operation and identify optimization opportunities for three diethylamine plants while working closely with field and panel operators.• Completed calculations and studies to identify root causes to operational issues.• Responsible for amine ordering, exchanger fouling, and amine distribution coordination.• Completed Risk Assessments, Hazops, and followed Management of Change processes. • Supported shutdown and start-up activities during planned and unplanned outages. Show less

  • Conversion Turnaround Technical Leader

    Oct 2012 - Jun 2014

  • Business Advisor - Capital Projects

    Oct 2010 - Oct 2012

  • Utilities & Offsites Contact Engineer

    Jun 2008 - Sept 2010

  • Amine Plant Contact Engineer

    Sept 2006 - Jun 2008
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  AltaGas Ltd.

  Jun 2014 - now

  • Manager, Unified Operations Centre

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Manager, Asset Management

    Aug 2019 - Feb 2023

  • Operations Engineer

    Jun 2014 - Aug 2019