Joel Stadnick CET

Experience

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  PTW Energy Services.

  Sept 2001 - Aug 2004

  Instrument Technician

  Worked hand-on as an Instrument and Controls Technician in the fields of new installation, maintenance and repair, calibrations, and commissioning-Updated instrumentation drawings (redlining) and indexes while confirming instrumentation compliance-Quality inspections (hydro and pneumatic pressure testing to ABSA standards) -Function confirmation/calibration for new instrument installations-Operated an in-situ proving truck-Operated a gravimetric proving lab-Installed, maintained, configured meters of all types Show less

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  Toromont Energy Systems

  Jan 2004 - Jan 2010

  Instrumentation Supervisor

  Effectively managed up to 35 instrument/electrical apprentices and journeymen as well as up to 3 lead hands instrument construction & pre-commissioning of natural gas compressors and process packages.-Organizing, scheduling and liaising with 3rd party inspectors. -Responsible for all instrumentation installation compliance to standards-Factory acceptance tests (FAT)-Compressor pre-commissioning test runs entire natural gas compression packages and process skids using various sized natural gas fueled drivers like Caterpillar, Waukesha, White & compressors such as Ariel, GE, Frick, Ajax for stakeholder sign-off-Testing/pre-commissioning of all instrumentation & control panels-Loop checks and electrical troubleshooting -HART/Fieldbus protocols and many other brand specific proprietary interfaces for troubleshooting and configuring-Multi-meters, computers, and various other testing equipment-Ancillary pressure tests to ABSA standards and all subsequent documentation Show less

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  HMK Creations Inc.

  Jan 2006 - Jan 2016

  President

  Underwater Submersibles -Model Engineering -Tool and Die Making-Underwater Drones-Functioning Scale Models -Museum Accurate Scratch Building

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  Startec Compression & Process and Startec Service

  Mar 2012 - Dec 2012

  Instrument Supervisor

  Contracted, managed and supervised contractors for instrumentation construction and pre-commissioning tasks-Organizing, scheduling and liaising with 3rd party inspectors. -Responsible for all instrumentation installation compliance to standards-Factory acceptance tests (FAT)-Testing/pre-commissioning of all instrumentation & control panels-Loop checks and electrical troubleshooting -HART/Fieldbus protocols and many other brand specific proprietary interfaces for troubleshooting and configuring-Multi-meters, computers, and various other testing equipment-Ancillary pressure tests to ABSA standards and all subsequent documentation Show less

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  Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT)

  Dec 2012 - Aug 2021

  Instrumentation Professional - Measurement, Valves, Education, Commissioning, Maintenance, Construction Managed Instrumentation Engineering Technology, Electronics Engineering Technology and the Instrument & Controls Technician programs -Effectively managed with a combined budget of 2.5M. -Supervised and managed up to 26 full time & contract Instructors -Improved student survey satisfaction results for instruction through effective leadership and mentoring to our instruction group Effectively instructed instrumentation courses to Engineering Technologists and Instrument & Controls Technicians:-Applied Physics for Instrumentation (Fluid Mechanics & Thermodynamics)-Process Measurement (Flow, Level, Accuracy, Traceability & Regulatory) -Basic Controls Theory -Final Control Elements -Instrumentation Maintenance Practices. -Repeatedly achieved highest average percentile for student success survey results of all the instructors in our group

  • Instrumentation Instructor

    Dec 2012 - Aug 2021

  • Academic Chair, Instrumentation and Electronics at SAIT

    Dec 2018 - Mar 2020

  • Instrumentation Instructor AITT, IIET

    Dec 2012 - Dec 2018
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  Rock'n'Rollcaster

  Mar 2020 - now

  Educator and Guide

  Fishing and outdoors educator and guide-YouTube Instructional and Adventure Videos documenting outdoors activities, such as fishing, hiking, camping etc...-Providing guiding services for fishing in the Alberta and Saskatchewan regions

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  Plains Midstream Canada

  Aug 2021 - now

  Specialist, Field Measurement & Quality