Scott Mallinson
Kamloops,BC
Summary
Accomplished senior level leader with many years experience to include oil and gas production and petrochemical refining, heavy equipment maintenance in a variety of roles including operations and maintenance management.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Head of Operations & General Manager
Finning Canada
, BC/YT
11.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: Finning is the world's largest Caterpillar heavy equipment dealership.
- The head of operations reports to the executive committee and is the senior leader managing Finning Canada's day-to-day operations.
- Accountable for safety, operations, maintenance, P&L, and labor relations
- Leading a team of 750+ employees, including 550 unionized technicians with overall responsibility for 18 finning facilities/sites across Western Canada, including the integrated mining workforce supporting resource mining gold, copper and metallurgic coal.
- Overseeing $100M per day of service work to include New equipment preparation, major overhaul and repair and response for all Caterpillar equipment supporting mining, energy, power generation, marine, construction and forestry industries.
- Developed and implemented operational strategies to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
- Managed budgets for operations departments and ensured cost-effectiveness.
- Stood up a dedicated mining organization supplying services technicians throughout BC, Alberta, Yukon and North West Territories.
- Responsible for the performance of the operations team to include, continuous improvement initiatives, people, quality, velocity and cost.
- Accountable for operational excellence to include implementation of new tools, processes and procedures to improve business performance with focus on safety, growth, quality and cost.
- Daily user of ERPs, maintenance management tools and reporting software Power BI to track KPIs
- Key achievements led through a significant growth phase with opening of four new finning maintenance facilities across British Columbia over 24 month period.
Regional Operations Manager
Finning Canada
Interior BC, Canada
05.2022 - 11.2023
- Reporting to the General Manager, BC, the Regional Operations Manager/ service director is responsible for providing overall strategic direction and support to service and operations within the assigned region
- Accountable for meeting or exceeding regional financial targets and enhancing Branch Safety Leadership, including new initiatives to ensure safety compliance is appropriately managed in the branches
Maintenance Manager
Suncor Energy Inc.
Fort Hills Site, Canada
02.2020 - 05.2022
- Company Overview: Fort Hills Project is in Alberta’s Athabasca region, 90 kilometers north of Fort McMurray, and is recognized as one of the best oil sand mining assets in Canada 3.3 billion bbl In place, 50 years field life at 200,000 BOPD
- Accountable for safe, reliable, cost-effective maintenance of all fixed plant assets
- Leading a maintenance department of approximately 100 maintenance personnel, including area managers, Supervisors, coordinators & multi-discipline trades personnel
- Complete control of $40m Opex & 30m Capex budget
- Cross-function team representative for the Fort Hills fixed plant
- Reduced annual Opex budget by $25m progressed over three budget years since the start of tenure in roll
- Regular step-up coverage as Director Maintenance and Reliability Fixed Pant
- Implemented preventive maintenance program by planning and coordinating major scheduled maintenance outages
Operations Area Manager
Suncor Energy Inc.
Fort Hills Site, AB
05.2016 - 02.2020
- Provides daily operation directives to meet production targets for the plant
- Develops appropriate Emergency Operating procedures to address upset, abnormal, and emergency operating conditions
- Cross function team representative for secondary extraction operations team
- Track and monitor operational metrics, report any deviation from targets to drive improvements
- Investigate incidents and near misses to determine root causes and develop corrective action plans
- Accountable for environmental and safety regulatory compliance
- Responsible for the management plant operating procedures, to include review and updates based on operation experience
- Successfully led Paraffinic froth treatment operations team through commissioning and starts up first froth, First oil and full capacity of 3 process trains Secondary Extraction plant
- First 18 months in tenure included commissioning roles control room and supervision
Production Superintendent/Offshore Installation Manager
Hess Corp.
Sendje Cieba FPSO, Equatorial Guinea , West Africa
10.2014 - 05.2016
- Company Overview: Hess a Leading Independent Energy Company
- Responsible for controlling the day-to-day offshore activities, flow assurance process/ utilities monitoring & troubleshooting, ‘permit to work’ execution and control of simultaneous operations
- Successfully managing a complex subsea environment - 900m Deep Water multi cluster subsea development
- Achieved annual 12% production increase above target BOPD for 2015
- Achieved 90% reliability and availability of production and water injection systems 6% above 2015 Target
- Responsible for Chemical budget reduced cost $1,250,000 2015
- Responsible for training and competency of the workforce
- All safety metrics/KPI achieved for 2015
- Technical authority for DCS/ICSS operations ABB Cameron and Framo controls
- Management of Major emergency for OIM OPITO certified
- Regularly carrying out the role of offshore installation manager
Offshore Production Superintendent
SBM offshore
Deep Panuke Gas Platform, Canada
02.2012 - 05.2014
- Company Overview: SBM a global leader in deep water energy
- Responsible for safe and efficient operation of a 300mmscfd sour gas production facility that includes separation, compression, sweetening, dehydration, low temperature separation and condensate stabilisation
- Involved in the hook up, commissioning and operation from installation to first gas
- Assistant commander Management of major emergencies
- COW authority for major separation system upgrade completed on schedule
- Area Authority for the platforms work permit system & department head for the production team
- Actively promote safety awareness and application of company Management System, COPs and prime policies
- Carried out CRO and Supervisor roles in year 1
Operations Control Room Operator/Technician
Various
UK, Singapore
09.2000 - 02.2012
- PSVM FPSO Angola Business Unit (2 years) Control room Coach
- Control Room Coach in the BP project team & was responsible for input to control room design, review of SIS/F&G Cause & Effects, control narratives, system operating guides, SIL review, HAZOP/HAZID review
- Responsible for training and mentoring expatriate control room operators, using BP competency management assurance system and advances simulator
- Schehallion FPSO UK North Sea (4 years) Control room operator
- Responsible for safe and efficient operation of the 110,000 bopd oil production facility that includes separation, compression, dehydration, water injection & cargo handling systems
- Spent final year in this role as a control and field operator competency mentor/coach
- Hawene Brim FPSO Control room operator (1 year)
- Responsible for safe and efficient operation of the 40,000 bopd oil production facility that includes separation, compression, dehydration, water injection & cargo handling systems
- BP chemicals (5 years) plant operator & control room operator
Education
Business Performance Management -
Harvard Business Spark
01.2022
Advanced Diploma- Health And Safety Management - Occupational Health And Safety
University New Brunswick
09-2015
OIM Control Emergencies And Initial Response
OPITO
01-2014
Fourth class power engineer -
ABSA/BC technical safety
01.2011
NEBOSH General Safety Certificate -
Hull college
UK01.2004
Advanced modern apprenticeship complex process operations -
Hull college
UK09-2003
Process, Instrument & mechanical Engineering -
Hull College
UK01.2003
Skills
- Leading Change
- Operational strategy
- Organizational development
- Workforce planning
- Operational excellence
- Human Organization Performance
- Business growth initiatives
- Continuous improvement
- Cross-functional coordination
Volunteering Board positions
- Board Director- Sun Peaks Fire Rescue (SPFR)
- Vice President- Board Director Sun Peaks Secondary School Education Society (SPES) Active
- Volunteer firefighter (SPFR) 2022-2024 had to step down due to work travel commitments
- Regular volunteer efforts in the community
Timeline
Head of Operations & General Manager
Finning Canada
11.2023 - Current
Regional Operations Manager
Finning Canada
05.2022 - 11.2023
Maintenance Manager
Suncor Energy Inc.
02.2020 - 05.2022
Operations Area Manager
Suncor Energy Inc.
05.2016 - 02.2020
Production Superintendent/Offshore Installation Manager
Hess Corp.
10.2014 - 05.2016
Offshore Production Superintendent
SBM offshore
02.2012 - 05.2014
Operations Control Room Operator/Technician
Various
09.2000 - 02.2012
Business Performance Management -
Harvard Business Spark
Advanced Diploma- Health And Safety Management - Occupational Health And Safety
University New Brunswick
OIM Control Emergencies And Initial Response
OPITO
Fourth class power engineer -
ABSA/BC technical safety
NEBOSH General Safety Certificate -
Hull college
Advanced modern apprenticeship complex process operations -
Hull college
Process, Instrument & mechanical Engineering -
Hull College