Paul Brothers Yellowknife, NWTWelder 2017 - PresentMine Mobile Maintenance/Shop Welder/FabricatorMobile Maintenance (Welding rig). Gahcho Kue Diamond Mine (Debeers/Anglo American)• Extensive training and security clearance, including PIT.• Provided field repairs for entire mine operation, experienced in most mining equipment• Experienced repairs on loader buckets, shovel clams & doors, Atlas Copco drills, excavator buckets, haul trucks, crushers, tooth replacements, dozers• Submitted regular inspections on buckets, shovel clam & doors, identified flaws such as excessive wear on wing shrouds, teeth and adaptors, heel shrouds, lip savers and recording cracks for repair• Experienced shop welder in rebuilding buckets, replacing wear bars, pucks, chocky bars, adaptors, trimayplate, hard surfacing• Process plant shutdowns, conveyor repairs, piping installations, structural repairs, nuclear component installationsYellowknife shop duties include; mobile welding rig service, custom design and fabrication for customers

Leading a cross-functional team of 40+ personnel, managing all daily shop duties, assigning tasks to all personnel and ensure all work is completed while maintaining the highest degree of efficiency and safety. Directly responsible for recruiting and training all shop workers, scheduling all project tasks and maintaining communications with vendors and clients to ensure constant availability of all needed supplies on site and meeting customer preference as required.Managing shop fabrication of heavy pressure vessels and structural steel piping in addition to working with site HSE personnel, leading safety meeting and ensuring the complete implementation of company safety policies and procedures.Acted as the main point of contact between all stakeholders and attended regular meetings, maintaining communication with all project stakeholders including customers, project management team, and employees.

Leading a cross-functional team of professionals and overseeing many projects that include the designing and fabrication of oil rigs, offshore machinery, and structural equipment. Assigning all work tasks and duties to all welders, ironworkers, steel fitters and labourers, training all junior employees and apprentices and ensuring all welds and fabrications meets the CWB & ABSA quality requirements.Coordinating with the QC personnel to ensure all required NDT (non-destructive testing) is completed as required.Operating a variety of site heavy equipment including forklifts, man lifts, scissor lifts, loaders, dozers, and excavators, in addition to all kinds of welding equipment.