ANDRES NOBOA LAVALLE

• Led planning and execution for facility outage and maintenance activities, ensuring minimal disruption to commercial operations.

• Conducted hydraulic simulations and system modeling to evaluate pipeline and facility outage impacts.

• Coordinated across engineering, operations, field teams, and external stakeholders to align project schedules and execution strategies.

• Developed and implemented first-of-its-kind outage procedure for integrating emission reduction technologies into maintenance operations.

• Driven real-time system efficiency improvements through independent technical studies.

• Managed project development and execution for the decommissioning, deactivation, and abandonment of compressor stations, meter stations, and pipelines.

• Scoped and executed high-priority, high visibility and unique pipeline integrity projects

• Spearheaded strategic project planning to optimize costs, reduce environmental impact, and streamline execution timelines.

• Coordinated multidisciplinary project teams, ensuring alignment on technical scope, regulatory requirements, and execution plans.

• Developed a Microsoft Power Automate tool to improve project resource tracking across multiple disciplines.

• Optimized construction design, reducing the schedule by 3 months and saving $10M.
• Managed pipeline feasibility, design, & regulatory applications (CER S58 & S52 filings).
• Performed constructability reviews, trenchless crossing designs, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Led technical risk assessments & regulatory compliance for major pipeline projects.
• Managed field investigation programs, including surveying, geotechnical studies, trenchless crossing design, and constructability reviews.
• Developed a new CER hydrostatic test record submission framework, now a company-wide standard.

• Provided on-site engineering and project management support for multimillion-dollar pipeline construction projects.

• Acted as the critical liaison between corporate and field teams, ensuring seamless project execution.

• Managed engineering calculations, design modifications, and contractor RFIs.

• Issued Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) to enforce quality control and compliance.

• Led engineering optimizations that resulted in $70 million in cost savings through efficient design and construction planning.

• Collaborated with land, environmental, and construction teams to improve project execution strategies.

• Drafted critical technical and contractual engineering documents.

• Performed comprehensive design reviews ensuring compliance with project requirements.

• Managed aerial visual & leak detection surveys, third party damage integrity events, crossing and excavation protocols as required

• Interacted with TransCanada's internal departments (i.e. pipeline integrity Subject Matter Experts (SME), regulatory compliance, Geospatial Data Integrity (GDI), and records teams) as well as external vendors as required

• Ensured regulatory compliance deadlines were met

• Performed engineering calculations based on survey data, pipeline construction and operation data to identify High Consequence Areas (HCA) as mandated by US Federal Regulations