C · 01
Automation
& Controls
PLC, DCS, SCADA and HMI — design, programming, commissioning.
Systems
that run.
Senior instrumentation, controls and electrical engineering for nuclear, mining, oil & gas, pharma and water. Fifteen years on tier-one sites across seven countries.
Founded
2011Mississauga · Ontario
Sites
10 Countries4 continents
Sectors
6 IndustriesAll regulated
Clearances
NuclearUS visa eligible
01 · Clients & Operators
Tier-one · Regulated · Global
Ontario Power
Generation
Generation
Bruce Power
BHP Billiton
Rio Tinto
Saudi Aramco
Glencore
Xstrata
Xstrata
Sanofi Pasteur
GSK
Teva Canada
Therapure
Biopharma
Biopharma
Gamma Dynacare
Septodont
Metro Vancouver
ATS Automation
AtkinsRéalis
ThyssenKrupp
02 · Capabilities
What we build.
Automation
C · 02
MV / LV
Electrical
E-house commissioning, MV switchgear, variable-speed drives, FAT & SAT.
C · 03
Project
Management
PMP-led delivery, scope to closeout. Multi-site, multi-discipline.
C · 04
Commissioning
& Startup
Functional descriptions, protocols, startup. Audit-ready documentation.
C · 05
Regulatory
Compliance
Nuclear QA, 21 CFR Part 11, TSSA, HAZOP. Systems that pass audit.
03 · Industries
Where we work.
I · 01
Nuclear
CANDU · Refurb · Tooling
I · 02
Mining & Metallurgy
Copper · Iron · Conveyors
I · 03
Oil & Gas
Heavy Crude · Terminals
I · 04
Pharma & Bio
DeltaV · Validation · GMP
I · 05
Water & Wastewater
UV · Treatment · Analytics
I · 06
Heavy Manufacturing
Doors · Food · Gelatin
04 · Reach
On the ground.
Canada
United States
Mexico
Chile
Peru
Germany
Saudi Arabia
11 sites · 10 countries · 4 continents
05 · Technology Partners
Certified · Vendor-neutral
Siemens
S7 · TIA · SINAMICS
Emerson
DeltaV · Certified
Rockwell
Allen-Bradley · PlantPAx
ABB
800xA · MV Drives
GE
Proficy · iFIX
FANUC
Robotics · Certified
06 · Record
Project dossier.
P · 01
Darlington & Bruce — CANDU Refurbishment
Software lead · Reactor-face tooling
Commissioning automated tooling for CANDU reactor disassembly. Software lead on the first-of-kind PT-CT combined removal — projected 90+ days of critical-path savings per unit.
P · 02
E-House Pre-Commissioning
Commissioning lead · MV switchgear & HAZOP
Six 30 m E-houses — ANSI MV switchgear, Siemens & ABB drives. HAZOP on fire-suppression. FAT sign-off 15 days ahead of 18-week schedule.
P · 03
Escondida — Site Recovery
Acting site supervisor · 30+ crew
Directed a 20+ person crew through schedule recovery on the world's largest copper mine. Schedule restored. 100% safety record maintained.
P · 04
Antapaccay — Gearless Drive Commissioning
Lead commissioning engineer
Commissioned the first Siemens gearless drive in the Americas. First-out trip protocol adopted system-wide. Hundreds of critical-path hours saved, 100% safety.
P · 05
YASREF — Heavy-Crude Refinery Startup
Project commissioning engineer
11 months on one of the world's largest heavy-crude refineries. Conveyors, stackers, reclaimers, ship-loaders. SAT methodology adopted as system standard.
P · 06
Rio Tinto IOC — 8 km Conveyor & Stacker
Electrical engineering lead
Commissioned 8 km overland conveyor & barn-stacking system. North America's first Austdac pull-cord safety system. 100+ hours critical-path eliminated via Duplin protocol optimization.
P · 07
Siemens Factory Acceptance — Erlangen
Client-side commissioning
On-site factory acceptance of gearless-drive and MV equipment at the Siemens Erlangen facility prior to shipment to South American mining sites.
P · 08
Seymour-Capilano UV Filtration
Project manager · I&C
~$9M programme at one of Canada's largest UV water-treatment facilities. Thousands of analytical instruments integrated; secured $550K capital expansion critical to delivery.
P · 09
Sanofi Pasteur — Bioreactor Integration
Automation project manager
Integrated DeltaV S-Series bioreactor with legacy FMS — the site's first DeltaV deployment. Led nitrogen-alarm upgrade and WIF temperature-monitoring programmes.
P · 10
Teva — Tablet Press & Packaging Upgrade
Automation engineer
Rebuilt & commissioned a Kikusui Gemini rotary tablet press (200K+ tablets/hr) with two-channel safety interlocks. Upgraded six packaging inspection/rejection stations.
P · 11
Nitta Gelatin — Factory Controls
Controls engineer
Process & controls engineering for a gelatin production facility.
P · 12
Rytec — Door Manufacturing Plant
Commissioning engineer
Commissioning support for a high-speed industrial door manufacturing facility — tooling, controls and production-line integration.
07 · About
The firm & the principal.
About the firm
Nebulon Industrial
Control Systems.
Founded 2011 in Mississauga, Ontario. Nebulon ICS is a senior consultancy for instrumentation, controls, automation and electrical engineering.
We work with tier-one operators and EPCs — nuclear utilities, heavy-crude refineries, copper & iron mines, biopharma facilities. Principal-led. No junior team shadowing a nameplate.
About the principal
Christopher
Placentile
Founder & Principal Engineer
P.Eng
PMP
G3
B.Eng
Professional Engineer, PMP and TSSA G3 gas technician. Twenty years commissioning control systems across CANDU refurbishments, Andean copper mines, Red Sea refineries and Siemens manufacturing.
My career spans ten countries and six sectors — from reactor-face tooling in Ontario, to site-recovery in Chile, to refinery startup on the Red Sea. Every project closed with a zero lost-time safety record.
B.Eng (Computer Engineering), Western University, 2002. Registered with PEO & PMI. Active Canadian nuclear clearance. US work-visa eligible.
Outside work: family, home-lab automation, and a long-standing interest in how new computing tools change the shape of engineering practice.
08 · Credentials
Licensed & audited.
01
P.Eng — Professional Engineer
Professional Engineers Ontario
2016
02
PMP — Project Management Professional
Project Management Institute
2010
03
G3 — Licensed Gas Technician
Technical Standards & Safety Authority
2016
04
B.Eng — Computer Engineering
Western University, Ontario
2002
05
DeltaV Certified System Implementer
Emerson Automation Solutions
2020
06
SINAMICS S-120 Drive Commissioning
Siemens Industrial Training
2014
07
FANUC Robotics — Certified
FANUC America
2023
08
Nuclear Security Clearance
Canadian Nuclear — Active
Active
09 · Safety & QA
Every project
leaves site with
zero incidents.
Nebulon operates with quality standards in every engagement — regardless of industry.
01
Nuclear QA, applied everywhere
Documented change control, chain of custody traceability, peer-reviewed procedures.
02
HAZOP scoped in, not bolted on
Safety reviews are part of the engagement from day one.
03
Zero lost-time record
Every international deployment — Chile, Peru, Saudi Arabia, Germany, Mexico, US — closed 100% safe.
04
Built to pass audit
Deliverables read into the client's regulatory stack without rework.
10 · Methods & AI
Modern tools, engineering rigour.
Nebulon uses modern AI tooling — language models, code assistants, document and drawing analysis — to work faster and catch more. They are accelerants, not authors.
Every deliverable that leaves the firm is reviewed, stamped and owned by a Professional Engineer. That accountability is the product. The tools just make the path to it shorter.
M · 01
Faster specification & markup review
Specs, drawings and vendor documents parsed for inconsistency, missing references and scope gaps.
M · 02
Accelerated controls logic drafting
First-pass FDS, logic narratives and test protocols generated, then engineered and reviewed by hand.
M · 03
Evidence-based estimating
Historical project data and tooling-assisted analysis produce defensible estimates, not guesses.
M · 04
Client data stays client data
No client drawings, specifications or proprietary information shared with public model providers. Sensitive work is run locally or on audited channels only.
M · 05
The engineer signs — not the model
A P.Eng stamp carries legal and professional accountability. No automated output leaves the firm without engineering review.
11 · Engage
Available for serious engagements.
Consulting, contract & project-based — global.
Email
Phone
LinkedIn
Location
Mississauga, ON · Canada
Entity
Nebulon Industrial Control Systems Inc.