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Education
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Darren Sieben

Provost,AB

Summary

Skilled maintenance technicIan/electrician with 20+ years of experience focusing on oil and gas facilities and well sites. Also have a very strong background in the instrumentation field pertaining to the oil and gas industry. Strong troubleshooting skills and very proficient at working with little or no supervision.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Electrician

PTW Energy
07.2023 - Current

Electrical and instrumentation maintenance and construction for Strathcona Resources in the Macklin area.

Lead Maintenance Electrician

Pronghorn Controls
09.2021 - 07.2023

Electrical and instrumentation maintenance and construction primarily for Strathcona Resources. Worked some construction projects at the Lindbergh and Orion facilities in Northern Alberta. The majority of my time was in the Macklin Area working at the various facilities there.

Area Manager

Cascade Process Controls LTD.
12.2019 - 04.2020

Overseeing the day to day operations of the Lloydminster branch. Duties included organizing crews, vehicles, project estimating, cost control, budgeting, and safety for the branch.

Journeyman Electrician

Cascade Process Controls LTD.
10.2015 - 12.2019

Electric and instrumentation maintenance and construction in the Provost / Macklin and the Lloydminster / Northern Alberta oil and gas industries.

Journeyman Electrician

Cactus Lake Electric & Controls LTD.
07.2007 - 10.2015

Electrical and instrumentation maintenance and construction in the Provost / Macklin oil and gas industry.

Branch Manager

Syntech/Enerflex
02.2004 - 07.2007

Looked after day to day operations of the Provost Branch. Duties included organizing crews, vehicles, materials, project estimating, cost control, budgeting, and safety for my area.

Lead Journeyman Electrician

Pyramid Corporation
04.2002 - 02.2004

Electrical and instrumentation maintenance and construction in the Provost / Macklin oil and gas industry.

Area Manager

Pyramid Corporation
03.2000 - 04.2002

Looked after day to day operations of the Provost Branch. Duties included managing employees, vehicles, materials, cost control, budgeting, and safety for my branch.

Owner/Operator Technician

Exact Instrumentation
09.1997 - 03.2000

Contracted myself and a tooled up truck to Exact Instrumentation LTD. Duties included instrumentation and electrical maintenance and construction primarily for Renaissance Energy & Pinnacle Resources.

Education

Journeyman Electrician / Interprovincial Red Seal

Lakeland College Vermillion Campus
Vermilion, AB
05.1993

High School Diploma -

Denzil Sacred Heart School
Denzil, SK
06.1988

Skills

- Proficient at blueprint reading and interpretation

- Expertise in electrical troubleshooting

- Expertise in instrumentation troubleshooting

- Schematic diagram interpretation

- Basic computer skills

- Equipment problem resolution

- Strong mechanical aptitude

- Dependable independent worker

- Good at following instructions

- Good verbal / written communication skills

- Proficiency with mechanical and electrical tools

- Compression equipment knowledge

Accomplishments

Supervision:

-Was lead Instrument hand at Strathcona Orion on a 10 well SAGD Project.

-Was Area Manager for Cascade Process Controls at the Lloyminster branch.

-Went to Midland, Texas for Cascade Process Controls to do compressor checks on 16 compressors and did one week relief for E/I maintenance at a midstream gas facility by Barstow, Texas.

- Was lead instrument hand for Cascade Process Controls at Osum Petroleum Orion Facility overseeing a boiler installation and a water softener skid installation.


Crew Management:

- Interviewed, hired, trained, and evaluated several teams of construction and maintenance personnel.


Equipment Maintenance:

- Performed routine maintenance on equipment on an as needed basis.

- Set up and maintained preventative maintenance schedules for several different producers such as Surge Energy, Penn West Petroleum, Pengrowth, Black Shire, West Lake, Secure Energy, and Aeraden Energy.




Timeline

Senior Electrician

PTW Energy
07.2023 - Current

Lead Maintenance Electrician

Pronghorn Controls
09.2021 - 07.2023

Area Manager

Cascade Process Controls LTD.
12.2019 - 04.2020

Journeyman Electrician

Cascade Process Controls LTD.
10.2015 - 12.2019

Journeyman Electrician

Cactus Lake Electric & Controls LTD.
07.2007 - 10.2015

Branch Manager

Syntech/Enerflex
02.2004 - 07.2007

Lead Journeyman Electrician

Pyramid Corporation
04.2002 - 02.2004

Area Manager

Pyramid Corporation
03.2000 - 04.2002

Owner/Operator Technician

Exact Instrumentation
09.1997 - 03.2000

Journeyman Electrician / Interprovincial Red Seal

Lakeland College Vermillion Campus

High School Diploma -

Denzil Sacred Heart School
Darren Sieben