Adam MacKenzie
Fort Saskatchewan
Summary
Professional technician with strong background in instrumentation and control systems. Adept at diagnosing, maintaining, and repairing measurement & control equipment, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. Known for strong team collaboration, adaptability, and consistently achieving results in dynamic environments. Skilled in troubleshooting, calibration, and process automation, with focus on safety and efficiency.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Instrumentation Technician
Airswift (Contract)
Edmonton, AB
04.2025 - Current
- Calibrated and maintained instrumentation systems to ensure operational efficiency and compliance with safety standards and procedures.
- Diagnosed and resolved instrumentation issues, enhancing system reliability and reducing downtime.
- Provided technical support during plant shutdown and startup, ensuring smooth transitions without compromising system integrity.
- Optimized equipment performance by conducting regular preventive maintenance and troubleshooting.
- Enhanced system reliability by performing calibration and validation tasks on instrumentation devices.
- Trained new & junior technicians on best practices in instrumentation maintenance and troubleshooting procedures.
Measurement Specialist
Suncor Energy – Pipelines
Wood Buffalo, Alberta
10.2021 - 01.2025
- Analyzed measurement data to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
- Managed calibration schedules for measurement instruments, ensuring optimal performance and reliability.
- Coordinated with cross-functional teams to streamline measurement processes and resolve discrepancies.
- Support E&I technicians to optimize performance of Measurement Accounting and Reporting (MARP) instruments – pressure, temperature, flow, density, & S&W (water cut) measurement
- Custody, configuration and maintenance of OMNI Flow computers, including hardware & software upgrades, regulatory calibration, annual performance evaluation, and integration with PLCs & volume accounting systems
- Support flowmeter proving activities utilizing pipe provers & small volume provers, including prove report review, troubleshooting/repair and calibration (water draw)
- Working in a team atmosphere with Pipeline Operations crews, Planning/ Scheduling teams and Supervisors to ensure regulatory compliance to Corporate Technical Standards and Provincial Regulations (AER Directive 017)
- Safe and lawful operation of company truck, including associated expense
- Establish equipment strategies & preventive maintenance program for critical installations
- Retention and management of diligence documentation - prove reports, calibration reports, test certificates
Instrumentation Specialist
Suncor Energy – Upgrading
Wood Buffalo, Alberta
03.2014 - 10.2021
- Support safe maintenance of Suncor’s operating assets; Use of Suncor’s Operational Discipline behaviours to improve asset reliability, targeting Operational Excellence
- Maintain working relationship with frontline Maintenance teams, providing advanced technical support to Maintenance Technicians
- Support integration of advanced and predictive diagnostics, leveraging SMART technology (AMS Device Manager, Valvelink) to identify problem areas with instrumentation and process measurements, and plan corrective efforts accordingly
- Work with operations team members; Provide technical feedback to CFT members, unit leaders, planners & maintenance coordinators on corrective progress, streamlining execution of maintenance work
- Liase with Operations' Unit Leaders, Process & Reliability Engineers, and Automation specialists to improve production, operating reliability, and extend MTBF
- Review & improve work scopes, improve troubleshooting strategies
- Maintain Bently Nevada vibration monitoring system; Work with rotating specialists to assess vibration measurements & identify system deficiencies
- Interpretation of process flow diagrams, engineering records, and use of a questioning attitude to identify & correct measurement and control problems
- Develop & revise maintenance work procedures, practices, and technical standards
- Create, screen & processing of SAP Maintenance work requests
Commissioning Technologist - Instrumentation
MMR Canada / CB&I
Wood Buffalo, Alberta
08.2012 - 02.2014
- Instrumentation loop testing, verifying equipment installation per provided engineering documents, including fire, gas and smoke detection systems
- Pre-commission & commission of field instrumentation, interface with DeltaV control system and AMS Device Manager
- Equipment start-up and testing; Working with product vendors as necessary
- Document control, development of as-builts, document sign-offs
- Install, calibrate and commission Fisher and Masoneilan Valve Controllers, including use of Valvelink and interpretation of valve signatures
- Test and install Bently Nevada vibration sensors, Pre-commission Bently Nevada vibration monitoring systems
- Effective communication with operators & site representatives during dynamic commissioning/equipment startup
- Use of Citrix/Fusion software for document control, WinPCS software for progress tracking
Emerson Plantweb Service Technician
Atlantic Controls Ltd
Saint John, New Brunswick
06.2008 - 08.2012
- Implementation, commissioning and start-up support of field instrumentation in various industries including Oil & Gas, Mining, Pulp & Paper, Food Processing, Brewing, etc.
- Maintenance, calibration, & troubleshooting of process instruments (including SMART & WirelessHART devices)
- Completion of Delta V Implementation Course, Familiar with M-Series, S-Series & CHARMS (Characterized Module System) Control Systems
- Use of AMS Device Manager software suite (with Fluke 754 Documenting Process Calibrator) to generate calibration reports
- Install, configure and calibrate Fisher SMART DVC Valve controllers
- Valve service and diagnostics using Valvelink software, including valve signatures and predictive diagnostic scanning
- Evaluate & correct field instruments during planned & emergency outages, including replacement or repair as necessary
- Maintain liquid analytical equipment for environmental tracking & boiler water treatment
- Test & troubleshoot electro-chemical combustion stack analyzers
- Maintenance and Certification of fire & gas detectors
- Maintain certification records for test equipment and field devices in accordance with ISO 14001 (environmental) & 17025 standards
- Familiar with communication protocols including HART, Fieldbus, Modbus, & OPC
- Support of 375/475 field communicators via site visits and telephone coaching
- Organize tools, materials & resources for service & outage work
Instrumentation Technician
Integral Energy / Kiewit Energy
Wood Buffalo, Alberta
03.2007 - 06.2008
- Fabricate field enclosures, raceway & tube bending
- Install and configure field instrumentation per engineering drawings
- Verify installations per engineered drawings, forming redlines & “As Built” drawings
- Pre-commission control network & devices in accordance with site standards
- Identify, log and track deficiencies
- Organize material & tools, order equipment as necessary
Refinery Facilities Technician
Irving Oil Refinery
Saint John, New Brunswick
08.2006 - 03.2007
- Operation of Rheniformer & Hydro-Desulphurizing process units
- Supervise maintenance tasks, including work permitting, provide and demonstrate field isolation, perform gas tests & keep maintenance records
- Sample process material for lab analysis
- Sustain safe operating conditions
Education
Red Seal - Industrial Instrument Mechanic
NBCC
Saint John, NB04-2012
Technology Diploma - Industrial Control Technology
NBCC
Saint John, N.B.06.2006
High School Diploma -
James M. Hill High School
Miramichi, N.B.06.2001
Skills
- P&ID's, Process Flow Diagrams, loop & wiring schematics
- Industrial measurement technologies
- Process control optimization
- Instrument Calibration
- Problem-solving
- Detail-oriented approach
- Active listening, Critical thinking
- Collaborative communication skills
Accomplishments
- Documented and resolved issues with Bently Nevada vibration measurement of critical rotating assets (Compressors, charge pumps, etc), which reduced spurious-trips and improved on-line machinery health assessment.
- Worked with coordinators, survey contractors and Union Maintenance teams to correct radar-level gauges on 26 tanks, establishing a maximum measurement error of 1/4" (6 mm). This improved operations' confidence in product measurement, reduced maintenance costs and resolved inventory reporting challenges.
- Used Smart Diagnostics on custody-transfer flow installation; Identified low-confidence (problematic) components, and rushed replacement parts to support repair inside major-outage window. Correction of this measurement resulted in a system-balance for the first time in 13 years.
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- Interprovincial Red Seal Trade Certification – Industrial Instrument Mechanic
- Class 5 & 6 Driver’s License; Clean motor vehicle abstract (10+ years)
- Micro Motion Coriolis Mass Flowmeter Factory Training (Level 1)
- Rosemount WirelessHART Factory Training
- Detector Electronics Flame & Gas Detector Factory Training
- Rosemount Pressure / Temperature / Level / Flow Measurement Factory Training
- SAAB Raptor (Continuous Wave Frequency Modulating Radar) Tank Gauging Factory Training
- H2SAlive, WHMIS, Fall Arrest & Aerial Platform Training
Hobbies and Interests
Sports, Automotive maintenance & detailing, Computer Systems, Networking, & Automation, Digital Photography & Photoshop
Timeline
Maintenance Instrumentation Technician
Airswift (Contract)
04.2025 - Current
Measurement Specialist
Suncor Energy – Pipelines
10.2021 - 01.2025
Instrumentation Specialist
Suncor Energy – Upgrading
03.2014 - 10.2021
Commissioning Technologist - Instrumentation
MMR Canada / CB&I
08.2012 - 02.2014
Emerson Plantweb Service Technician
Atlantic Controls Ltd
06.2008 - 08.2012
Instrumentation Technician
Integral Energy / Kiewit Energy
03.2007 - 06.2008
Refinery Facilities Technician
Irving Oil Refinery
08.2006 - 03.2007
Red Seal - Industrial Instrument Mechanic
NBCC
Technology Diploma - Industrial Control Technology
NBCC
High School Diploma -
James M. Hill High School