John Elsom Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary, Canada Area

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Calgary, Canada Area

• Project Management-preplanning, seeing through implementations, interim and ongoing support.• Displayed clear and effective verbal and written communication skills during interactions with clients, management, and team members• Worked with the Development teams to assist in basic application testing and participate in suggesting product enhancements.Developed schedule and time estimates for projects• Research and identify potential sources for required materials and services;• Execute routine and complex purchases of materials and services;• Prepare and distribute RFQ/RFP, review, analyze and make recommendations in conjunction with business unit, and award PO/contract;• Perform vendor qualifications. Investigate vendors’ financial, technical and production capabilities and analyze to determine the best fit • Establish procurement strategies to support future business plans of a growing and changing business;• Assist in the recommendation & continuous improvement of purchasing policies, procedures and processes with relation to short and long term organizational goals;• Undertake activities to protect the best interests of the Company and ensure ethical standards are adhered to in all purchasing activities;• Provide commercial expertise to end-users & ensure that corporate and local procurement policies, procedures and guidelines were followed;Identified opportunities for process improvement & implement to improve operating efficiency within the department;• Continually strive to improve the total cost of ownership of the goods/services purchased by company• Establish key milestones & performance measures to ensure vendors perform per their contract;• Improve overall procurement performance by keeping current of industry best practices;• Heavily involved with all petroleum sales, branch purchasing• Planned and over saw branch projects

Calgary, Canada Area

• Position included installation, maintainance & repair: fuel dispensers, underground & above ground storage tanks, submersible fuel pumps, service station site controllers, cash register consoles, tank & line monitoring equipment and various other types of equipment found in Fuel Facilities, Convenience Gas Stations• Extensive troubleshooting of gas station Point of Sale problems• General maintenance on gas stations • Commission new gas stations• Commission new dispensers• Heavily involved with projects

Edmonton, Canada Area

• Supervised small to large turnarounds on plant sites• Held and documented prejob and safety meetings before all jobs.• Responsible for creating job reports and all related paperwork for the job• Handled all forms of acid and related chemicals for the job• Blended and mixed chemicals for process• Interpreted P&ID’s) plant drawings for all piping and process related equipment• Rig into process lines, units and all related equipment• Responsible for decontaminating process equipment• Worked in very extreme conditions (inert atmospheres)• Neutralized all forms of waste• Drove class 1 & 3 vehicles• Involved in quality control• Maintained and rebuilt pumps• Mechanics assistant