Dean Kmech

I currently lead a team of five Facility Engineers working at Christina Lake and Sunrise. Responsibilities include plant support (Operations, Maintenance and EH&S), Management of Change Projects and process safety. I have worked at Christina Lake since 2006. Previously with Cenovus Legacy Companies I worked as a Field Engineer in the Brooks area. My responsibilities included Facility Engineering and Production Engineering on conventional oil and gas operations. Duties included Facility troubleshooting, well recompletions and well optimizations (rod pumps, ESP and progressive cavity pumps). While in the Brooks Field office I mentored and supervised less experienced engineers, new graduate engineers and co-op students. Facilities included oil batteries, gas plants, compressor stations and pipelines.

I was the Facility Engineer for the Canadian division of a large American Company. I was responsible for Operations Engineering and installation and optimization of oil and gas surface facilities including oil batteries and satellites, gas plants and compressors, and pipelines.

I worked for the Canadian Division of a large American company. My responsibilities included operations engineering, facilities installation, gas and oil marketing and joint ventures.

I worked as a production and development engineer on conventional oil and gas fields. My responsibilities included well workovers and recompletions, field development and economic evaluations. Work included field supervision of rig completions.