Barry Loewen

Project Director / Senior Project Manager at Capital Power

Barry Loewen has a diverse and extensive work experience spanning over several decades. Barry currently works at Capital Power as a Project Director and Senior Project Manager, responsible for ensuring the successful completion of projects in terms of safety, environmental compliance, schedule, budget, and quality standards. Their role involves negotiating and administering contracts, managing site safety, reporting progress to executives, and taking necessary actions to achieve project targets.

Before joining Capital Power, Barry worked at Stantec as the Mechanical Engineering Department Head and Senior Project Manager. In this position, they led a team of 30 mechanical professional engineers and piping designers while managing multiple projects with a value of approximately $50 million annually.

Prior to Stantec, Barry worked at WorleyParsons (Colt Engineering Corp.) as a Lead Engineer and Project Manager. Their role involved supervising a team of 15 design professionals for the Balance of Plant component of the Genesee 3 project, a 495 MW supercritical coal-fired steam generating unit.

Barry's work experience also includes serving as a Senior Mechanical Engineer at Bechtel Power Corporation, where they were responsible for the mechanical design of components for a gas turbine combined cycle power plant in Great Yarmouth, England.

Barry has also held positions at Bantrel as a Project Lead Systems Engineer and Senior Project Engineer, at ATCO Power Canada Ltd as a Senior Project Engineer, and at NWT Power Corporation as a Project Engineer. In these roles, Barry was responsible for various aspects of project management, including design, construction, installation, and commissioning, for power generation projects in remote areas.

Earlier in their career, Barry gained valuable experience through engineering co-op program work terms at Consumers Co-op Refinery, Sask Power Corp, and Southern Legal Land Surveys.

Overall, Barry Loewen's work experience showcases their expertise in project management, mechanical engineering, and power generation in a variety of industries and settings.

Barry Loewen has a diverse education history. Barry began their academic journey at the University of Regina from 1982 to 1985, where they studied Industrial Engineering. Subsequently, they enrolled at the University of Saskatchewan from 1985 to 1987, specializing in Mechanical Engineering and earning a B.Sc. degree. After that, they pursued a Certificate in Construction Management at the University of Alberta, completing the program in 2005.

In terms of additional certifications, Barry Loewen holds a Professional Engineer designation from The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta (APEGA). However, specific details regarding the obtained month and year are not available.

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Timeline

  • Project Director / Senior Project Manager

    May, 2006 - present

  • Senior Project Manager Project Director

    January, 2017

  • Project Director Genesee 4 5

    January, 2015

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