Kayla St. Cartier has over 10 years of experience as a piping designer and drafter. She is fluent in English and French. Some of her past projects include working as the lead piping designer for the MCINNIS CEMENT PLANT in Gaspésie, Quebec and as a designer for the ALSTOM POWER Soldier’s Pond Project in Newfoundland. Currently, she is continuing her chemical engineering education at Concordia University part-time while working as a piping designer at LDV CONSULTANTS INC. She has strong computer and design skills including AutoCAD, CadWorx, Plant3D and SmartPlant.

1. Tél. : 514-293-7299
kayla.stcartier@gmail.com
Kayla St.Cartier
Piping Designer
Email: kayla.stcartier@gmail.com
Languages: English and French, oral and written
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 PIPING / MECHANICAL DESIGNER 2013 to PRESENT
LDV CONSULTANTS INC.
▪ Main projects
MCINNIS CEMENT PLANT –Port Daniel Project– Gaspésie, Quebec 2015 to 2016
 Lead Piping Designer – Creation of general piping and valves specification for the project, lead
piping designer for the glycol water system, design and 3D modeling of piping using Plant3D;
design and verification of piping supports and anchors, creation of isometric drawing templates,
coordination between various disciplines, engineering firms, and vendors.
ALSTOM POWER – Soldier’s Pond Project – Lower Churchill – St.John’s, Newfoundland 2015
 Designer – Piping design for the BOP as well as auxiliary equipment layout design surrounding
the synchronous condenser. Design and verification of piping supports, created 2D general
layout drawings and detail drawings. Responsible for creating and maintaining Piping Line Lists
and Manual Valve Lists as well as Mechanical Equipment Lists.
TATA Steel Minerals Canada – DSOT Project – Direct Shipping Ore – Timmins Site 2013 to 2014
 Piping Designer – Design and 3D modeling of process and BOP piping; design and verification
of piping supports, isometric drawings, created 2D general layout drawings.
 DESIGNER-DRAFTER 2006 to 2013
BBA INC.
▪ Main projects
New Gold Inc. – Rainy River, Fort Frances, Ontario 2013
 Designer/Drafter – Responsible for creating the Process Flow Diagrams (PFD)s and keeping
them up to date as the project progressed; responsible for the design and maintenance of the
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, and for the conformity of all other mechanical drawings to
the project’s drawing standards.
Osisko – Hammond Reef, Atikokan, Ontario 2012 to 2013
 Drafter/Designer ― Responsible for creating and maintaining the Piping and Instrumentation
Diagrams, identification of piping and manual valves, and for the conformity of all other
mechanical drawings to the project’s drawing standards.

2. K A Y L A S T . C A R T I E R
P I P I N G D E S I G N E R
Contact:
kayla.stcartier@gmail.com
Lakeshore Gold – Lakeshore Gold Corp., Timmins, Ontario, Canada 2012
 Piping Designer ― Responsible for the design of all new piping for installation in the SAG Mill
building of the plant (with tie-ins to existing piping); created detailed General Arrangement
drawings using AutoCAD and CadWorx.
Arcelor Mittal – Mt-Wright Project, Fermont, Quebec 2012
 Piping Designer ― Created 3D custom automated valves for use in the SmartPlant database,
using specifications provided by the Vendors; added special components and drains to existing
piping designs, and modified 3D pipe runs based on check prints and P&ID corrections.
Detour Lake – Detour Gold Corp., Cochrane, Ontario, Canada 2010 to 2011
 Drafter/Designer ― Responsible for creating and maintaining the Process Flow Diagrams,
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, piping detail drawings, pipe support drawings, Piping Line
Lists and Manual Valve Lists; verified the conformity of all other mechanical drawings to the
project’s drawing standards, modified 3D pipe runs based on check prints and P&ID corrections,
and extracted Isometric drawings from the SmartPlant database
Osisko – Canadian Malartic, Malartic, Quebec, Canada 2008 to 2010
 Drafter/Designer ― Responsible for creating and maintaining the Process Flow Diagrams,
Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams, piping detail drawings, pipe support drawings, Piping Line
Lists and Manual Valve Lists; extracted Isometric drawings from the SmartPlant database,
created and detailed all General Arrangement drawings for the Piping discipline.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
 Organised
 Meticulous
 Hard-working
 Dynamic
 Great ease and desire to learn
COMPUTER SKILLS
 AutoCAD
 CadWorx
 MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access,
Outlook, etc.)
 Plant3D
 SmartPlant
 Solidworks
EDUCATION
2013 to present Chemical Engineering
Concordia University
2008 Industrial Drafting (Diploma)
ICS Canada
COACHING
Miss St.Cartier provides specialized training for newly hired drafters and designers. She also offers
coaching on usage of databases for keeping Bill of Materials up-to-date, work procedures and drawing
standards.