Dean Di Federico
Summary
Reliable, Safety-Focused Electrical Professional with a solid understanding of Power and Control Systems within a broad range of Construction and Industrial settings including Nuclear, Automation, and Oil & Gas.
Expertise lies in ensuring safety and efficiency of operations while maintaining compliance with industry standards.
Track record of effective team leadership through fostering collaborative team environments, while successfully implementing preventive maintenance programs and troubleshooting complex electrical issues with a demonstrated propensity for ingenuity. Dedicated to delivering exceptional results in high-pressure, highly-regulated environments.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Electrician
Bruce Power, BTU, PMCE
Tiverton, ON
01.2026 - Current
- Project Management Construction Electrical, BTU.
- Begin each shift with a group pre-job JHA, discussing STCKY and the energy wheel, identifying hazards and how to eliminate, control, or minimize them, utilizing Core 4, adhering to Bruce Power and Canadian Electrical Code (CEC) protocols.
- Perform varied electrical construction duties at Bruce A and Bruce B, contributing to operational continuity.
- Executed crane removal and installation for electrical systems in Bruce B Unit 5, ensuring project compliance with safety standards.
- Passenger Elevator refurbishment Bruce A Unit 0.
- Removed, installed, commissioned inverters at Bruce A, ensuring system integration.
- Modernize 347vac luminaires to LED at Bruce B, enhancing energy efficiency and lighting quality.
- Thermocouple installation and termination within Bruce B Unit 7 conventional side to enable control room operators the ability to continuously monitor temperature in real time.
- Assist Fire alarm technician in testing. Perform electrical modifications in panel and fire alarm components as required.
- Assist RP in greening out old equipment and scrap metal in accordance with Bruce Power policies.
Electrician
Valard
Vaughan, ON
05.2025 - 12.2025
- Constructed Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to enhance electrical capacity and reliability.
- Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) construction within an electrical capacity.
- Site grounding grid focusing on electrical safety and equipment integrity.
- Developed site grounding grid to ensure electrical safety and maintain equipment integrity.
Senior Electrician
AVL Manufacturing
Hamilton, ON
06.2024 - 05.2025
- Manufacture world-class Standby Data Center Power Generation Enclosures, each equipped with a 28KW output Caterpillar diesel generator. Designated for clients spanning the USA, including notables such as Amazon and Microsoft.
- Installation, wiring and programming of MCCs; including VFDs (Allen Bradley Powerflex), AC motors, servo motors, UPS, motor starters (Eaton), 120VAC and 24VDC control systems.
- Determine Setpoint of Process Variables, wire continuous instrumentation and associated discrete actuator electrical systems following prints, in accordance with NEC or CEC.
- Cut, thread, install rigid, stainless, or aluminum conduit
- Planning and Scheduling; utilizing an analogous and parametric approach, source parts, tools, and electrical equipment, delegating tasks in sequence accordingly that compliment individual skill sets of the crew, while actively engaging apprentices and assemblers through hands on training and guided safe work practices.
- Provided feedback to Engineering Department on design improvements to enhance system functionality.
- Commissioned systems by performing point-to-point checks, diagnosing electrical issues, implementing effective solutions as a team unit alongside Caterpillar Toromont Technicians.
Control Technician - Electrical
OPG Darlington
Toronto, ON
01.2024 - 05.2024
- Disconnect, reinstall, commission valves during Unit Outages in radiological zones, levels 2, 3, and vault, ensuring correct rotation prior to turnover.
- Overhauled Motor Operated Valves (MOV) and Pneumatic Valves by disassembling, replacing consumable parts, visually inspecting for wear, troubleshooting electrical components, performing electrical power tests and flow tests using proprietary OPG software to confirm intended functionality.
- Preventative Maintenance: using megohmmeter conduct megger test assessing health of insulation resistance between motor windings and ground. Subsequently, with a multimeter, conduct continuity test to verify balanced windings.
- Record, log values along with detailed work reports into SAP.
- Maintain 3-way communication during electrical and/or instrumentation work via comms with coworkers and nuclear operator. Use of phonetic alphabet to achieve this.
- Actively implement Core 4 + as part of daily routine.
- LOTO: Undertaking of both verifier and performer roles in accordance with safety and procedural protocol.
- Switching as required with the aid of required rated electrical safety PPE: Perform safety inspection including valid in service date of PPE prior to each use in strict adherence with procedures.
Electrician
Bruce Power
Tiverton, ON
10.2020 - 05.2022
- Major Component Replacement Project: Unit # 6 under Shoreline.
- Provided electrical support and expertise across multiple projects, enhancing operational effectiveness.
- Reassessed projects regularly, on the fly, refining safety protocols, further promoting a culture of safety awareness.
- Working at Heights: Use of Scissor Lift, Zoom Boom, Forklifts, and Rovers as required. Performing safety check prior to each use.
- Installation of electrical equipment and branch circuits.
- Collaborated with Greenman, programmers, and engineers to ensure nuclear-specific tooling and systems operated within intended parameters.
- Once optimized, proceeded to install tooling in Unit 6 Vault at face of colandrea.
- Performed LOTO in direct collaboration with clearance holders while using full arc flash protective gear.
- Utilizing Live-Dead-Live verify power source and applicable de-energized circuits using meters as the first and last point of contact.
- Assembly, installation, termination, and testing of instrumentation devices.
- Steam Generation Replacement (SGRT).
- Remain actively conscientious and proactive in Foreign Material Exclusion Zones (FME).
Signal & Communication Maintainer - Electrical
CN Rail
Hamilton, ON
02.2018 - 10.2020
- Executed major component replacement projects across Ontario and Winnipeg, enhancing operational reliability
- Installation, wiring, assembly and maintenance of railway signals and communication
equipment. - Run PVC and carlon, pull cable and wire structures at crossing locations
- Actively reassessed projects on a recurring basis, proactively and objectively actively refining safety protocols, fostering and maintaining a safety-centric ethos of priority
towards safety, further broadening awareness with newly developed hazards. - Actively reassessed projects on a recurring basis, proactively and objectively actively refining safety protocols, fostering and maintaining a safety-centric ethos of priority towards safety.
- Compliance with Canadian Operating Rules.
- Document repairs and maintenance activities, delivering regular detailed reports to supervisor that explicitly illustrate improved oversight.
Geomatics Technologist
Challenger Geomatics
, AB
02.2014 - 11.2017
- Use of helicopter, snowmobile and ATV to scout land for traversing to coordinates for mapping purposes through Boreal, Coniferous forests, and Muskeg wetlands.
- Use of sophisticated high level equipment. Set up and calibrate total station on points of interest to collect coordinates and data points for elevations using trigonometric mathematical functions.
- Measure angles, distances and elevations while performing survey note keeping with Leica or Trimble Geosystems.
- Conducted field surveys for oil and gas pipelines, well sites, and lease roads, ensuring compliance with environmental guidelines on waterways and land reclamation.
- Executed underground locating, TOPOs, construction layout, boundary surveys, site surveys, building tie-ins, and pin installations for diverse oil and gas and construction projects.
- Communicate effectively with client representatives, governing agents, and the public.
- Visited remote locations for extended durations to gather data and complete tasks.
Roughneck
Ensign Energy
, AB
12.2012 - 02.2014
- Oil and Gas Drilling and Service Rigs.
- Assist rig crew in rig-up and rig-down procedures, ensuring efficient setup and teardown of drilling operations.
- Perform maintenance and repair on rig equipment, ensuring operational reliability and safety.
- Operated tongs and slip rings to trip pipe in and out of well, facilitating smooth drilling operations.
- Remain aware and safety conscious at all times for fellow crew members and myself with respect to open well risk exposures (blowouts and H2S), mechanical and machinery risk exposures, fatigue, extreme weather conditions, and wildlife.
Education
Working At Heights
Infrastructure Health & Safety Association
CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION (CofQ) - 309A Electrician - Red Seal : F04247478
Skilled Trades Ontario
CERTIFICATE OF APPRENTICESHIP - 309A -
Mohawk College
Hamilton, OntarioElevating Work Platforms: EXPIRES 05-01-2028
Acute
Lift Truck Class 5;Lift Code 4: EXPIRES 04-24-2028
Acute
Skills
- Instrumentation, Electrical Power and Control Systems Expert
- Mechanically Inclined
- Canadian Electrical Code compliant (CEC)
- Planning and Scheduling Specialist
- Analytical, Critical Thinker; identifying both opportunity and risk
- Adaptability; work well under pressure remaining aligned to Safety Protocols and Core Ethos
- Stellar organizational and time management skills, with a keen eye for both detail and scope of work
- Refined business acumen: Establish Objectives and Strategic Planning that Align with Company and Regulatory Values and Goals
- Vigilant Decision Maker; actively reassessing strategies and tactics as new information becomes available Utilizing operations and resources ensuring objectives are met within acceptable time frames
- Articulate, Effective Communicator
- Courteous and Professional point of contact
Timeline
Electrician
Bruce Power, BTU, PMCE
01.2026 - Current
Electrician
Valard
05.2025 - 12.2025
Senior Electrician
AVL Manufacturing
06.2024 - 05.2025
Control Technician - Electrical
OPG Darlington
01.2024 - 05.2024
Electrician
Bruce Power
10.2020 - 05.2022
Signal & Communication Maintainer - Electrical
CN Rail
02.2018 - 10.2020
Geomatics Technologist
Challenger Geomatics
02.2014 - 11.2017
Roughneck
Ensign Energy
12.2012 - 02.2014
Working At Heights
Infrastructure Health & Safety Association
CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION (CofQ) - 309A Electrician - Red Seal : F04247478
Skilled Trades Ontario
CERTIFICATE OF APPRENTICESHIP - 309A -
Mohawk College
Elevating Work Platforms: EXPIRES 05-01-2028
Acute
Lift Truck Class 5;Lift Code 4: EXPIRES 04-24-2028
Acute