Shane Howorko, P.Eng

Experience

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  McDonald's

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2014

  Crew Trainer

  Trained new staff in the fundamentals of taking customers ‘orders, preparing orders, food prep and handling, and drive-through etiquette

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  Spartan Controls

  May 2015 - Aug 2015

  Control Systems Specialist

  - Wrote and configured PID control loops for a variety of DeltaV monitored systems- Installed Wiring and IO Cards for DeltaV testing panels- Analyzed and redlined CAD drawings for revisions related to customer projects- Edited and formatted DeltaV testing manuals and other internal documents for employee use- Organized and catalogued a variety of DeltaV and miscellaneous computer equipment within the office- Tested DeltaV CHARMs and other IO with a variety of software and hardware equipment- Built a multi-OS environment for the DeltaV testing computers and installed it on a variety of machines using Microsoft’s Hyper-V software- Designed and put in place new computer environments which streamlined product testing, providing a fit for purpose solution Show less

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  Arbour Lake Residents Association

  May 2016 - May 2017

  Lake Staff

  - Facility and landscape maintenance- Project planning and execution- Guest relations and park supervision- Concession service- Recommended and implemented cost-effective improvements to lake facilities

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  Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL)

  May 2017 - Aug 2018

  - Create decline curves on wells with associated economics to determine well economic life, ultimate recovery, and annual decline.- Used various oil and gas mapping software and databases to determine various well and reservoir parameters- Used tools such as IPR and TPC curves to determine optimal well production when evaluating the viability of future well upgrades - Performed simulations on gas fields with associated compressors and pipelines to simulate how changes in field production affect pressures and flow rates. - Ran force/stress analysis on pumping units- Performed economic analysis on proposed projects to determine netback and payout. Show less

  • Production Engineering Intern

    Sept 2017 - Aug 2018

  • Relief Well Operator

    May 2017 - Aug 2017
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  Spartan Controls

  Aug 2019 - now

  Project Engineer

  Responsibilities include:• Leading a multidisciplinary project team of 3 – 4 engineers and technical personnel on a variety of combustion projects. • Designing fuel gas trains and associated instrumentation for a variety of fired equipment ranging in size from 100 kbtu/hr to >300 MMbtu/hr).• Performing sizing for instrumentation including control valves, regulators, PSVs, pressure and temperature transmitters, flow meters, thermocouples, analyzers etc.• Creating and reviewing mechanical design documentation such as general arrangement drawings, spool drawings, at-burner detail drawings, miscellaneous mechanical bracketry and mechanism fabrication drawings.• Performing FEA and other stress analysis calculations to evaluate designs of piping and structural steel skids. • Understanding and application of various design codes such as CSA B149.1, CSA B149.3, NFPA 85/86/87, API 520, API 560, ASME B31.3.• Participating in HAZOP studies and what-if analysis to forsee and mitigate potential safety concerns.• Using sophisticated process engineering software to model real process applications.• Developing and rolling-out new templates to standardize technical documentation across the organization.• Producing new technical engineering standards such as piping, painting and structural steel specifications.• Implementing Visual Basic scripts within calculations and templates to increase efficiency/deliverable quality.• Generating project technical documentation for customers such as P&IDs, equipment indexs (BOMs), shutdown keys, alarm and trip lists, control narratives, SAMA drawings, state transition diagrams etc.• Review network drawings and control panel drawings as well as other technical deliverables related to panel and control system/safety system design.• Providing mentorship to new Spartan’s on both company culture and technical knowledge.• Leading site FEED studies to evaluate customer needs and determine solutions to existing customer issues. Show less