INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE. BUILDER’S MINDSET.
I’m Nathan — a 3rd Class Power Engineer with over a decade on the floor in petrochemicals, ammonia, and utilities. I run process units, and I build the tools that make running them clearer.
01 / FIELD EXPERIENCE
Petrochemicals, ammonia and utilities — field and board. Ethylene furnaces, steam and utility systems, styrene and EB units, and training the operators who came after me. This is current work, not a former life.
Technician, Operations / Hot Side Operator · Corunna, ON
Field operations in an ethylene production environment, with heater training and continuing development across hot-side systems.
Utility / Ammonia Operator · Courtright, ON
Utility field and board experience, steam systems, and introductory ammonia field training.
Operator Technician · Sarnia, ON
Ethylbenzene and styrene process operations, offsite treatment, and training new operators.
Shift Operator · Brantford, ON
SCADA-monitored polymer-additive processes and leadership of a three-operator team.
02 / CONNECTING THE DISCIPLINES
The same instinct runs both ways. On shift it’s knowing what a reading means before the alarm goes off. In a build it’s cutting the noise so the person on nights sees the same thing in two seconds.
Process monitoring & troubleshooting
Steam, utility & fired equipment
Shift handover and permits
Work coordination & operator training
Python & data analysis
Interactive dashboards
Workflow applications
Source-grounded retrieval
CPET graduate, Lambton College. Amii AI Pathways Foundations completed. Continuing toward computing and AI.
03 / SELECTED WORK
Three problems I met on shift, rebuilt as working tools.
Every demo runs on synthetic data — explore the thinking, then try it.
Equipment status, process trends, and shift context. Designed around the way operators actually work.
A guided workflow from job scope to review, with approvals connected to the work being approved.
A source-grounded approach to technical information, informed by hands-on retrieval and AI systems work.
04 / WHAT COMES NEXT
I’m open on two tracks: operations and power engineering roles where I keep progressing my ticket, and applied-AI or software roles where industrial ground truth is the hard part to hire for. A lot of the good work sits in the overlap. My résumé covers both.
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