During my first co-op term as a mechanical engineering student, I had the unique opportunity to work at one of Imperial Oil's (owned by ExxonMobil) petrochemical refineries. I worked with a small team of machinery engineers, who are responsible for the site's rotating equipment, including pumps and compressors. I provided engineering support to the refinery's Offsites (transportation, loading and unloading) and Utilities (water treatment and steam generation) areas, including:

• Root Cause Failure Analysis of centrifugal pumps, in collaboration with technicians and equipment specialists

• Management of change package to define the scope of upgrading a repeatedly-failing pump, including piping modifications, motor specification and the mechanical seal. Upgrade is expected to reduce annual maintenance cost by $80k.

• Performed pump performance testing to diagnose failures in auxiliary piping equipment without taking the equipment offline, successfully identifying the issue and saving $10k in repair expenses

During my time with the company, our unit's reliability KPIs increased above ExxonMobil's target for sites globally, which I am especially proud of knowing that I played a role in such an accomplishment.