ABEC News for JUNE - JULY, 2008
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***** The Engineering Connections *****
Dear Ms. Lawrence
Thank you for your interest in the Engineering Connections: Software Skills Enhancement program at Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
The program is designed to enable internationally trained engineers in Mechanical, Civil and Electrical disciplines to upgrade their technical and software skills and to provide assistance with employment opportunities in their related field. If any of your members have an engineering degree and previous work experience in any of these disciplines, but they has been unable to find work in their field in Ontario, this program could be of great assistance to them.
For further program details and admission requirements please visit our website www.appliedtechnology.humber.ca/ite.
As discussed last week, I have attached our program brochure. For further details and admissions requirements please visit our website. www.appliedtechnology.humber.ca/ite.
If any of your members would like to attend our information session, please have them call me directly, to register.
SIncerely
John Mavrogiannakis, P.Eng.
Project Coordinator, Engineering Connections: Software Skills Enhancement Program
School of Applied Technology
Humber Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
205 Humber College Boulevard
Toronto, Ontario, M9W 5L7
Tel: 416-675-6622 ext. 4742
www.appliedtechnology.humber.ca/ite
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Project Manager - Civil
Accetis International Canada is a firm specialized in the recruitment of Senior and Middle Management positions as well as Specialized Professionals.
Our client, an Engineering consulting services firm, is currently seeking a Project Manager to join their engineering team in Barrie (Ontario).
The ideal candidate will lead the engineering and management of civil municipal and land development projects.
The Project Manager will report to the Branch Manager.
Responsibilities
· Project management and design of civil works including sewers, watermains, and roadways
· Provide direction and leadership to a team of Engineers and Designer/Drafters
· Preparation of proposals
· Site plan review and approval
· Subdivision review and approval
· Construction administration
· Preparation of reports
· Other duties as assigned
Competencies/Qualifications Required:
· Professional Engineer (or eligible) with a minimum of five years directly related experience in a consulting engineering environment (both design and project management experience)
· Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams
· Experience writing proposals and actively marketing for new work
Contact:
ACCETIS International
Anne Issartel
Tel: (416) 572 – 2261
Engineer, Specialist, Trucks and Wheelsets
Accetis is at the moment searching for an Engineer, Specialist, Trucks and Wheelsets. Our client is a railroad society with connections all across Canada. The work team will intervene on train cars for activities concerning maintenance. The position is based at their Maintenance Center in Montreal, Quebec.
While reporting to the Main Specialist, the employee will have to assist with the development and optimization of the maintenance program, the establishment and adjustment of maintenance standards. As well, this person will investigate, analyze and recommend solutions for rolling stock truck, coupler, draft gear, and wheelset deficiencies:
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Assist with the development and optimization of the maintenance schedules and inspection procedures for trucks, couplers, draft gear, and wheelsets. Investigate truck, coupler, draft gear and wheelset problems, follow-up with contracted experts, and recommend solutions to the Director; | |
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Propose development repair standards for maintaining trucks, couplers, draft gear, and wheelsets, and develops specifications for the purchase of spare parts. Proposes the material quality requirements for optimum cost, and identifies equivalent substitute parts. Defines supplier qualifications and recommends suppliers to the Director; | |
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Support the maintenance activities for troubleshooting of truck, coupler, draft gear, and wheelset problems. Provides support for training of new maintenance staff, when major configuration changes are made, and when new rolling stock is placed in service. Provides technical support to the maintenance centers and contractors for the major repair of trucks, couplers draft gear, and wheelsets. Participate in the investigation of derailments; | |
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Propose modifications to improve life cycle, and/or to reduce operating costs, while ensuring safety and compliance to regulations. This includes the performance and cost analysis of the proposed changes, as well as the follow-up on prototype manufacturing, installation and testing for approval by the Director; | |
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Support the project team for the acquisition of new rolling stock by reviewing technical compliance to specifications, participating in design reviews, and participating in qualification testing. |
What does the client offer? :
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Fast progression and promotions; |
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1st-tier social benefits program; | |
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Plenty of training possibilities. |
What are the requirements for this position?:
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University degree in Mechanical or Metallurgical engineering; | |
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2 to 5 years of relevant experience; | |
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Knowledge of assemblies maintenance, inspection and repair procedures on trucks and/or car trains; | |
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Working knowledge of welding practices; | |
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Knowledge of metallurgy and metallurgical processes. Knowledge of metal casting and forging techniques; | |
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Good knowledge of MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Lotus Notes and Internet. Working knowledge of computer aided drafting software (AutoCad 14 or equivalent); | |
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Good knowledge of English and French, spoken and written. |
Assets for the position (not mandatory):
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Canadian Welding Bureau certification; | |
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Knowledge of millwright practices; | |
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Knowledge of railway vehicle trucks, couplers, wheels, wheelsets and combos assemblies. |
If you would like to be considered for this position, we invite you to send your curriculum vitae at the following address:
ACCETIS International
Anne Issartel
Senior Recruitment Consultant
161, Bay Street, 26th floor
Toronto, Ontario, M5J 2S1
Tel: (416) 572 – 2261
ABEC NEWS
Association of Bulgarian Engineers in Canada – ABEC
The Council of the Association of Bulgarian Engineers in Canada is happy to inform all Bulgarian Engineers that we reached an Agreement in Principle with Mr. Tchavdar Elenkov, CFP, for Employee Group Benefits Program.
Our goal is to enable all Self employed Bulgarian Engineers - members of ABEC to have access to a benefits program that will cover them, their employees and their families with a Life, Accidental Death and Dismemberment and Extended Health Care (Basic Plan). This program can be upgraded by adding the optional Dental Care coverage (Basic + Dental Plan). Disability coverage can be added as well, subject to and according to the insurance companies’ underwriting requirements (Comprehensive Plan).
Every plan can be individually tailored to meet the specific needs of your business and your budget.
According to our Agreement in principle, Mr. Tchavdar Elenkov will offer 7% (seven percent) discount on the Basic Plan or the Basic + Dental Plan. This offer is valid exclusively for companies owned by members of ABEC, registered in Ontario, employing from 2 to 24 people. The discount applies equally for all companies notwithstanding the structure of their individually tailored Group Benefits Plan (Basic Plan or Basic + Dental Plan).
By setting up a Group Benefits Plan for your business you de facto increase your own salary and the salaries of your employees without having to pay additional income tax on the increase, additional CPP and EI contributions, Union Dues etc., and the premiums for the plan are tax deductible.
Other advantages of the Group Benefits Plans are:
- attracting and retaining the best employees;
- improving employee morale;
- promoting health and wellness;
To learn more about the offered Group Benefits Plans and to download the Request for Quotation Form you can visit http://www.elenkov.com/group_insurance.html . You can contact Tchavdar Elenkov at http://www.elenkov.com/contact.html and ask for more information in both Bulgarian and English Languages.
Please communicate this announcement to your friends, colleagues and compatriots, so that more Self employed Bulgarian Engineers could use this Employee Group Benefits Program.
The Council of ABEC does not assume any responsibilities, liabilities or credit for any claims otherwise stated or implied herein this endorsement.
From the Council of ABEC
*** Health Spending Account ***
A New Health Spending Account plan which can convert all of everyone’s medical expenses into a 100% tax deductable Business expenses instead, is now available.
The Health Spending Account will become a special trust account, administered by a third party organization.
For more information about the Health Spending Account you can visit the web site of Mr. Tchavdar Elenkov http://www.elenkov.com/health_spending_accounts.html
or you can call him at 416 459-5679.
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***NEW*** From TD Insurance Meloche Monnex
Get added peace of mind... * * * |
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Association of Bulgarian Engineers in Canada – ABEC
The Council of the Association of Bulgarian Engineers in Canada is bringing to the attention of all Bulgarian Engineers in Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, the signed Agreement between TD Meloche Monnex and the Coalition “European Engineers”. The Coalition is formed from the Associations of Bulgarian, Polish, Romanian and Hungarian Engineers in Canada.
The Group Insurance Affinity Agreement provided to “European Engineers” by Meloche Monnex allows the Members to participate at preferred group rates to obtain home, automobile, travel and small business (micro enterprise) insurance coverage for the members, their spouses and children living at home.
See - http://www.melochemonnex.com –
“We'd like to introduce you to the logical solution in home and auto insurance. TD Meloche Monnex partners with more than 250 associations, offering professionals and alumni preferred group rates*, high-quality insurance products and exceptional service. Your special status gets you outstanding value! To discover more about your insurance coverage options with TD Meloche Monnex, visit our website and get a free online quote now.”
The program conditions, administration, marketing, confidentiality, indemnifications are similar for all professional and alumni association programs (CIM, PEO).
The TD Meloche Monnex home and auto program offered to groups is underwritten by Security National Insurance Company and distributed by Meloche Monnex Financial Services Inc. Due to provincial legislation, the automobile insurance program is not offered in British Columbia, Saskatchewan or Manitoba. The group auto insurance rates are not applicable in Newfoundland and Prince Edward Island
Only Members of ABEC in good standing will have their name activated into the group of the “European Engineer”. To be a Member of ABEC you must possess a Degree from Technical Engineering Universities and paid-up membership fees of 50 dollars CDN.
New Members are always welcome! www.abec.ca
Please communicate this announcement to your friends, colleagues and compatriots, so more Bulgarian Engineers could use this Insurance Program.
The Bulgarian Engineers are highly knowledgeable professionals working with honesty, competence and integrity all over the world.
This Program may be for you! Find out more...
From the ABEC Council
TRAINING
Skills for Change
Engineering Your Future (EYF) ***
http://www.skillsforchange.org/eyf/index.html
Teach in Ontario
http://www.skillsforchange.org/teachinontario/index.html
Skills for Change is a
United Way
Member Agency
791 St. Clair Avenue West · Toronto, Ontario · P 416.658.3101 · F
416.658.
Job search for Southern Ontario
Applicants Inc., www.applicants.ca
CAES Career Advancement Employment Services Inc.
Caledon Community Services and Upgrading
Canadian Executive Consultants Inc.
Canadian Jobs Catalogue Table of Contents (D)
Careerclick.com | Welcome | Careers, Resumes, Jobs
EngCen.ca - jobs and resumes for Canadian Engineers
GOjobs -- Government of Ontario Job Opportunities
HRDC Labour Market Information
Visit the Career Resources for valuable resume writing tips, networking tips , interviewing tips and more.
http://www.possibilitiesproject.com/index.asp
Canadian Recruiting Firm WWW Site Links http://www.directoryofrecruiters.com/wwwsites.html
Stoakley-Dudley Consultants Ltd.
The Toronto Star Careers - a workopolis.com Community
Workopolis.com - Canada's Biggest Job Site
The Liberal and The Era Banner
CSME -- Canadian Society for Mechanical Engineering
http://www.brainhunter.com/bhnh/eng/index.html
http://www.applicants.ca/joblistings.html
http://www.maple-reinders.com/careers.php
http://toronto.ieee.ca/careers/index.html
Canadian
Technoskill Jobs Listing http://www.technoskill.com
Canadian
Career Click Jobs Listing http://working.canada.com/toronto/index.html
Canadian
Technical Employment Network CTEN) http://www.cten.ca
T-Net
- British Columbia
http://www.bctechnology.com/frameset_emp.html
http://engineering.thingamajob.com
http://www.infomine.com/careers/
http://www.pythonrecruiting.ca:8080/careers.html
http://www.northernminerjobs.com
This Job hunting list is ours – ABEC’s and is the product of many hours of volunteer work collecting
and organizing information for the benefits of our newcomers Colleagues- Bulgarian Engineers.
New Wireless Sensor Network Keeps Tabs On the Environment
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Staff Writers
Edmonton, Canada (SPX) Jun 09, 2008
Have you ever
wondered what happens in the rainforest when no one is looking? Research
in the University of Alberta's Faculty of Science may soon be able to
answer that question. The departments of computing science and earth and
atmospheric science have been working together to create a Wireless
Sensor Network that allows for the clandestine data collection of
environmental factors in remote locations and its monitoring from
anywhere in the world where the Internet is available.
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Once the display-house prototype is tested and customized, at least two sites are to be fully deployed in the fall, one likely in the Brazilian rainforest, and the other in a forest in Panama. |
The research team, including Pawel Gburzynski, Mario Nascimento, and Arturo Sanchez-Azofeifa, recently launched EcoNet, a functional model of a WSN for environmental monitoring in the display house in the University of Alberta's Agriculture/Forestry Centre.
The display house hosts a small but feature-rich environment that mimics that of a tropical forest. Using a WSN, a number of sensors can continuously monitor factors like temperature and luminosity and will process, store and transmit data co-operatively and wirelessly with other sensors to generate data that can then be collected and made available to users virtually anywhere on the globe.
The sensors represent a technology for researchers to monitor diverse phenomena continuously and inconspicuously.
Having the data continuously monitored by researchers substantially increases the chances of uncovering anomalies early enough to investigate them promptly and thoroughly.
The overall framework of WSN can also be extended for use in other closely related scenarios such as monitoring potentially dangerous situations like hazardous waste disposal, or hard-to-witness phenomena such as ice cap movements in the Arctic.
The opportunities these sensors will provide to scientists are paramount in a global environment that is changing at an ever-increasing pace.
Once the display-house prototype is tested and customized, at least two sites are to be fully deployed in the fall, one likely in the Brazilian rainforest, and the other in a forest in Panama.
China biggest CO2 emitter last year: Dutch agency
THE HAGUE, June 13 (AFP) Jun 13, 2008
China's carbon dioxide emissions in 2007 were
about 14 percent higher than the United States and accounted for
two-thirds of the global rise, the Netherlands Environmental Assessment
Agency (PBL) said Friday.
With an eight percent national increase, China's carbon dioxide emissions contributed the bulk of last year's 3.1 percent global rise in CO2 emissions, according to a statement released on the last day of a United Nations conference on climate change in Bonn, Germany.
"With this, China tops the list of CO2 emitting countries, having about a quarter share in global CO2 emissions (24 percent)," it said.
The United States was second with 21 percent, while the European Union was at 12 percent, India eight percent and Russia six percent, said the statement.
Cement clinker production was a major cause of the emissions, and with an increase of 10 percent in 2007 China now accounted for about 51 percent of global cement production, said the PBL.
"After the earthquake which recently hit the Sichuan province, it may be expected that the rebuilding of houses and roads for over five million people will cause the cement demand to soar even further," it said.
Warmer winter weather and high fuel prices contributed to a two percent drop in CO2 emissions in Europe last year, it added.
But in the US, a cold winter and warm summer contributed to rising carbon emissions from heating and cooling functions. Overall in the US last year, CO2 emissions rose by 1.8 percent.
"Since population size and level of economic development differ considerably between countries, the emissions expressed per person show a largely different ranking," added the agency.
The US topped the list of C02 emissions per person measured in metric tonnes with 19.4, followed by Russia with 11.8, the EU with 8.6, China with 5.1 and India with 1.8.
The figures were compiled from recently published British Petroleum energy data and cement production data for 2007.
In the current global warming talks, the US and other Western nations have balked at making mandatory cuts in greenhouse gases as developing nations like China are not required to slash emissions under the UN climate change framework.
U-blox, Paragon and Magna Introduce Rear-View Mirror Navigator
by Staff Writers
Thalwil, Switzerland, (SPX) Jun 12, 2008
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By integrating the navigator into the rear-view mirror of the car, cumbersome installation, power cables and limited views to the road become a thing of the past. |
U-blox has partnered with Paragon and Magna to
develop the rear-view mirror navigator. The MirrorPilot Navigator is a
fully functional GPS navigation system, including GPS receiver, antenna
and speaker built into a self-dimming rear-view mirror.
This innovative navigation system simply replaces the standard rear-view mirror of a car, leaving thecar cockpit free of cables, and includes a remote control for ease of use.
Software features include various routes and device options, destination storage for recent destinations and over 800.000 points of interest. Moreover, the MirrorPilot Navigator automatically zooms in at crossroad and junctions and redirects users at traffic jams.
The navigator currently uses u-blox' LEA-4S GPS module, whose award-winning SuperSense weak signal tracking functionality enables accurate and reliable positioning even in difficult signal conditions such as parking lots and dense urban environments.
A new version is being designed that incorporates the 50-channel LEA-5S module, featuring 1-second acquisition performance.
"We were looking for a small, cost-efficient GPS receiver that would out-perform standard navigators in terms of positioning accuracy and reliability. u-blox' compact LEA-4S GPS module offered outstanding performance at the right price," said Frank-Horst Schank, General Manager at paragon.
"Moreover, the module's standalone architecture and ease of integration reduced our development efforts, enabling us to enter the market in record time."
"The MirrorPilot cleverly solves several of the problems typically associated with the installation and use of external navigation devices. By integrating the navigator into the rear-view mirror of the car, cumbersome installation, power cables and limited views to the road become a thing of the past", said Armin Boshenz, Area Sales Manager at u-blox.
"We are proud to have been selected as technology provider for such an innovative product".
Membership fee, due for 2008 year is $50 per year. Please send your cheque (making it payable to ABEC) to our Treasurer Eng. Tonya Bojkova at the address:
Mrs. Tonya Bojkova,
701 Don Mills Road
Apt.2206
Toronto, Ontario,
M3C 1R9
New Members are always welcome!
Pauline Loultcheva Lawrence
pauline_m_lawrence@hotmail.com