1. PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL RESUME
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RAJ SAMARAKOON P. Eng.
625 Pender Place
Port Coquitlam, B.C.
Canada
V3B 7M2
Tel: (604) 944-1262
Fax: (604) 945-3810
E-mail: rana@axion.net
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PROFILE
Instrumentation and Controls Engineer with Extensive Experience in
Engineering, Design, Installation and Commissioning with DCS,PLC and
Telemetry background.

2. Experience
Syncrude Canada Ltd./ CoSyn Technology (2001 – Present)
Site Lead at Syncrude Base Plant for CoSyn, Fort McMurray Alberta
 Designed procured and installed Jiskoot Auto – Sampler for Synthetic Crude Oil export system
for Syncrude Base Plant via Pembina Pipe line.
 Designed, procured and Installed eighteen (18) Ametek/Thermox O2/Combustible Analyzers
all across base plant in various units (Plants: 8, 9, 7, 15, 18 and 22).
 Designed, procured and installed Sentry Auto-Samplers and Cidra flowmeters in effluent
discharge lines for primary separation vessels in Aurora extraction plant.
 Designed, procured and installed Bentley Nevada / GE , System 1 Machine Monitoring
System for Plant 8-1 pumps and compressors. Installed DSM and HMI in compressor house.
Ran fibre optic cables to Honeywell Experion Server in Main Control Room for DCS
monitoring.
AECL Mississauga. ONT.
Instrumentation and Control Engineer (1999 - 2001)
Pickering Nuclear Power Stations Return to Service
 Prepared walk down reports, conceptual and detail design packages..
 Prepared general and device specifications for all field and control room instruments.
 Designed/ Procured: vortex flowmeters, function generators, signal selectors, alarm switches,
RTD'S and power supplies.
 Designed/ Procured : RTD's, Power Supplies and Control Cabinets and Transmitter Racks.
Suncor Energy: Fort McMurray , Alberta
Instrumentation and Control Engineer ( 1997 - March 1999 )
Major Projects : Plant 5/6/7 Oxygen/Combustibles Analyzers
Plant 5 Fire Isolation Valves for Critical Vessels
Plant 6/7/19/34 Level Instrument Upgrade
 Prepared DBM, EDS and IFC packages for minor and major projects.
 Designed, procured and supervised installation of Ametek Oxygen / Combustibles Analyzers
for various furnaces in plant 5, 6, 7 and interfaced with TDC-3000.
 Designed, procured and supervised installtion of Rotork MOV'S for fire isolation of critical
vessels.
 Replaced existing pneumatic instruments with displacer type electronic transmitters for level
measurement of various vessels.
 Prepared loop, logic and DCS drawings for TDC-3000 & Allen Bradley PLC-2 & PLC-5
 Designed, procured and supervised installation of Smart D/P transmitters critical vessels.
Noram Engineering and Constructors Ltd.: Vancouver B.C.
Instrumentation and Control Engineer ( 1995 - 1997 )
Major Projects : Imperial Chemical Industries : Nitro-Benzene Plant , Wilton ,UK
First Chemical Texas : Nitro-Benzene Plant, Texas, USA.
 P&ID development, Instrument Index, Instrument Selection, Instrument data sheets, Shutdown
Key matrix for a large Nitro-Benzene Plant in Wilton UK.
 Designed, procured Mass, Magnetic and Vortex flowmeters
 Designed, procured Nuclear, Magneto-restrictive and Bubbler level systems.
 Prepared comlpex loops for Fisher Provox DCS System.
 Prepared Logic drawings for programming Triconix PLC system.

3. Columbia Engineering International Ltd.: Vancouver B.C. ( 1993 - 1995 )
Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Major Projects: Blue Ridge Lumber, MDF Plant Expansion, Blue Ridge, Alberta.
Canfor MDF Plant, Prince George, B.C.
 Prepared P&ID'S, Instrument Index, for a Medium Density Fiber Board Plant Including: Raw
Material Storage, Refinig, Drying, Forming, Pressing, Finishing and Waste Collection.
 Reviewed instrumentation for vendor supplied equipment and made recommendations for
Refiners, Dryers and Formers.
 Prepared all relevant instrumentation drawings including: Instrument loops, Instrument
installation details and instrument data sheets.
 Designed and procured instrumentation for all phases of MDF manufacture including: Vortex
and Venturi Flowmeters; Moisture Analyzers and Nuclear Bin level transmitters.
 Field supervise instrument installation. Assisted commissioning and start-up.
Sirte Oil Company, Marsa El Brega , Libya. (1990 - 1993)
Instrumentation and Control Engineer
Major Projects: Misurata Gas Distribution New Control Room
Brega, LNG Plant Vibration Monitoring System
Raguba Gas Plant Control System Modernization
 Designed , procured and supervised installation of a Computerized ( Vibrometer ) Machine
Monitoring system for a large LNG plant with 15 compressors. Measured radial and axial
vibration, eccentricity, torque, temperature and other machine parameters.
 Designed and purchased new control panel, marshalling cabinet and Siemans Model 52C
PLC for Misurata New Control Room.
 Designed, Procured and Installed: flow-computers, density analyzer, moisture analyzer.
 Prepared loop, logic, control cabinet, marshalling cabinet drawings for Yokogawa DCS
system.
 prepared bid specifications and issued IFC packges for construction.
 Field supervised installation, commissioning and start-up
H.A. Simons Ltd. Vancouver, B.C. (1988-1990)
Senoir Instrument Engineer
Major Projects: Howe Sound Pulp and Paper
Highland Valley Copper Expansion
 P&ID development, Instrument Index
 Designed: Cascade, Ratio, Feed Forward and Multi-variable Control Loops for pH Control for
large effluent treatment project .
 Procured and installed: Analyzers ( pH, DO, NH3 , H2S and Conductivity ) and flow, level,
pressure, temperature, speed and vibration instruments and control valves.
 Nuclear, Ultrasonic and RF level transmitters; Partial Flume, Venturi and Doppler flowmeters.
 Prepared: Instrument loops, SAMA diagrams, Boolean and Ladder logic, Instrument
installation details, instrument data sheets.
Husky Energy , Regina, Saskatchewan.
Instrumentation & Controls Engineer
Co-op Heavy Oil Upgrader - Offsites (Kliborn Engineering Ltd. SK : 1986-1988 )
 Designed, purchased and installed Modicon 984X PLC and Marshalling Cabinets. Program
984X and interface with 884 PLC and Taylor DCS system.
 Prepared Boolean and Ladder logic drawings for PLC systems.
 Programmed Modicon 984X PLC using Taylor Industrial Software.
 Programmed Square D Simax Model 100 PLC for ( AECL White Shell ) Waste Gas Treatment
Project.

4. Syncrude Canada Ltd., Fort McMurray, AB (1983-1986
Capacity Addition Project: Sulphur, Sulfreen,Sour Water Treater
Senior Instrumentation Engineer.
 Supervised work done by Partec Lavalin Consultants. P&ID Development, Instrument
Specifications, Installation Details, Loop Drawings & Logic Diagrams.
 Honeywell TDC-3000 DCS configuration and shop testing.
 Designed, purchased and installed Compressor Control Panel and Antisurge Controllers.
 Program Modicon 584 PLC and interface with Honeywell TDC-3000 System.
Imperial Oil Heavy Fuel Oil Blending System (Kilborn Eng. Ltd., Tor.,ON ( 1980 - 1983 )
Oil Movement and Storage System
Instrumentation Engineer
 Supervised engineers, designers and draftsmen ( as group leader ).
 Designed, purchased, programmed and installed Honeywell TDC-2000 and Modicon 484
PLC Systems.
 Designed, purchased and installed all field instruments and RGL tank gauging system.
 Purchased and installed viscosity and density analyzers.
 Prepared data sheets, loop, logic, installation details, location and IJB drawings.
Education
 B.Eng. - Chemical Engineering, Nova Scotia Technical College, Halifax, N.S.
 Diploma in Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.
 GCE Advanced Level , University of London, London, UK..
Professional Development
 Honeywell Total Plant Solution Universal Station Implementation
 SmartPlant System (Intools)
 TDC-3000 Multifunction Controller Course
 TDC-3000 CL/MC Programming
 Wonder ware and In touch
 Visual Basic Programming
 Borland C++ Programming
 Allen Bradley Control Logix Programming
 Auto Cad 13
 ICS Electronic Technologist course
 Stein Engineering Instrument Specialist Course
 Control Loop Tunning Course - Dupont Maitland
Professional Affiliations
 Member of The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA)
 Member of The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of British Columbia
(APEGBC)
 Member of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
 Member of Instrument Society of America.(ISA)