Ngoc Pham

Experience

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  Tolko Industries

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Instrumentation Engineering Student

  • Planned, developed detailed drawings for engineering projects.• Troubleshot, performed routine maintenance for instruments.• Supervised projects of modifications of orifice plate tap location and fire water line.• Worked with contractors, representatives during shutdown time for automation maintenance.

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  Tolko Industries

  Jan 2016 - Oct 2016

  Instrumentation Technologist

  ⚠️ 2016, Tolko was acquired and became a Canadian Kraft Paper Industries Ltd. Work experiences listed below reflect work done with Tolko Industries.✪ Automation: • Responsible for updating, verifying AutoCAD drawings of automation networks, junction boxes, process loops, fiber optic system, VFD schematics.• Updated DeltaV and Window hotfixes, Symatec Antivirus for operator workstations.• Backed-up and exported Historian data on weekly basis and maintained hardware for the server. ✪ Instrumentation Engineering: • Planned, developed detailed drawings, inspected and commissioned instruments.• Responsible for technical information for instrument quotes.• Performed calibration, routine maintenance for flow transmitters, level sensors, and pumps. Show less

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  Lakeside Process Controls

  Oct 2016 - Sept 2019

  Project Engineering

  ✪ Automation services:• Supervised electricians for hardware installation and IO test.• Built and configured 70+ workstations, servers, including virtual environment (Hyper-V, VMware).• Developed and verified configuration Software Factory Acceptance Test.• Implemented DeltaV Mobile to the existing automation systems.• Interfaced DeltaV DCS with Emerson and third-party products via Modbus TCP/IP protocol: AMS 6500 ATG, Schneider PowerPact P- and R-Frame, Littelfuse Startco Protection Relays, CleverBrooks Boiler CB780.• Mentored co-op students, verified engineering drawings and documentation.✪ Instrumentation services: • Calibrated and certified instruments: water treatment plant, sewage plant, canola oil plant.• Troubleshot and diagnosed variety of Rosemount/Micro Motion instruments.• Ensured communication, registered, updated 475 Communicator and AMS TREX Communicator. Show less

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  Manitoba Hydro

  May 2021 - Apr 2023

  Engineering Student

  • Develop SQL database application and user interface, automate the engineering processes to collect time series data of 200+ power stations.• Program, maintain SQL database connection and architecture.• Compose technical documentation for Electrical Load Forecast project.• Develop user interface to automate contingency file generation in Python.• Simulate contingency scenarios, document analysis results for electrical load studies.• Develop user interface to systematically allocate zones to power buses and loads in Power System Simulator (PSS/E). Show less

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  Tesla

  Jun 2023 - Jul 2024

  Controls Engineer

  • Conducted comprehensive loop checks of 1000+ IOs across diverse platforms including DeltaV DCS, Beckhoff PLC, Siemens PLC for Cathode plant.• Facilitated communication between PLC and DCS systems via industrial protocols such as Modbus TCP and PROFINET.• Programmed C# application with UI to automate DCS Control module instantiation, improving engineering efficiency.• Created intuitive and easy-to-use DeltaV graphical interface (HMI) to enhance operator productivity and workflow.• Conducted FAT to validate vendor equipment compliance with Tesla standards and specifications.• Participated in critical engineering activities including HAZOP, Alarm Rationalization, Cause and Effect Matrix studies. Show less

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  Siemens

  Jul 2024 - now

  Manufacturing Automation Engineer