My background spans instrumentation and SIS design, capital project management, maintenance and reliability engineering, and data and analytics for capital programs. Having worked on both sides of the handoff between projects and operations, I can follow a poor result across departments to its cause, then put in the process and tools that fix it.
The result: clearer portfolio decisions, equipment ready for maintenance at handover, less administrative effort, and more reliable execution.
→ fix it at the source, then measure it at the result
Engagements can be focused on a single area, such as a portfolio dashboard or a maintenance program. Where the evidence points to a cause in another area, I follow it across that boundary and show you what I found, so you can decide whether to act on it.
Engineering support. Reliability, instrumentation, and functional safety (SIS) engineering are available for Alberta facilities under my APEGA registration.
My experience covers every stage, and runs deepest where projects hand over and operations takes on the equipment. How the organization is set up shapes every stage, and the stages together produce the outcomes.
BOMs and master data are incomplete at handover, so planners can't find parts and repairs take longer.
MOC changes don't reach the reliability team, so PM plans cover equipment that has been removed and miss equipment that was added.
Too many BOMs are grouped under one piece of equipment, so planners stop using them. The cause is the SAP structure, not the planners.
Work orders, notifications, master data, PM plans, schedules, completions records, and cost history show what is actually happening and how often.
Interviews across projects, operations, maintenance, engineering, and supply chain explain why the work runs that way and where the workarounds are.
Findings are traced to their cause, ranked by effect on cost, hours, availability, or schedule, and sequenced into changes your team can keep running.
SparkZLink Consulting Ltd. is my independent practice. Over 16 years in Alberta's energy and petrochemical sector I have worked as an instrumentation engineer, maintenance engineer, project manager, and reliability engineer, and since 2024 as data and analytics lead for capital programs of $1 billion and above. Each role sat on a different side of the same handoffs, which is why I look for causes across departments rather than inside one.
You work with me directly from first conversation to handover. When the engagement ends, your team keeps the processes, the tools, and the knowledge to run them.
Whether you need better visibility into a portfolio, a new capability built, a recurring problem solved, or ongoing performance support, describe where things stand and which systems hold the data. You will get a candid view of whether and how I can help.
Engagements range from focused assignments, such as a portfolio dashboard or a two-week current-state assessment, to building a new capability or providing ongoing performance support. Work is delivered remotely for clients in Canada and the US.