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Saint John, New Brunswick

Develop and implement "Best Practices" program in the Finishing Department for Mechanical group. Review and improve the "Preventive Maintenance" Program for area. Resolve long term reliability issues by performing Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM) and Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA).Plan and execute capital projects and machinery overhauls. Develop and implement quality control program for press roll management.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Lead mechanical, electrical and engineering groups in reliability programs, initiatives and capital projects. Coordinating, budgeting and reporting on $2.5 million upgrade budge.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Responsible for execution of mechanical work in the Finsihing area and Chemical Recovery and Utilities area at Irving Pulp and Paper.Direct reports of 3 Mechanical Supervisors,2 Mechanical Planners and 30 Mechanical Tradespersons.Managed training, hiring and resource leveling for areas.Co-managed mechanical g.l. budgets, regular budgets ($5 million), and major maintenance budgets ($8 million).Member of and Representative for maintenance department with Central Safety… Show more Responsible for execution of mechanical work in the Finsihing area and Chemical Recovery and Utilities area at Irving Pulp and Paper.Direct reports of 3 Mechanical Supervisors,2 Mechanical Planners and 30 Mechanical Tradespersons.Managed training, hiring and resource leveling for areas.Co-managed mechanical g.l. budgets, regular budgets ($5 million), and major maintenance budgets ($8 million).Member of and Representative for maintenance department with Central Safety Committee.Managed union grievances at the second and third level. Show less

Fredericton, New Brunswick

Member of the PAC for Industrial Mechanics since 1999, Duties include trade scope, Interprovincial Block and Final Exam Validations. Peer reviews. Relations within Occupational Health and Safety Act and related legislation.Participated in the National Occupancy Analysis (NOA) workshop in Ottawa in March 2013.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Supervise and planning of daily maintenance, area shutdowns and execution of Annual Shutdowns. Areas include Liquor Recovery Boiler, Causticizing, and 2 Turbo-Generators.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Supervise and planning of daily maintenance, area shutdowns and execution of Annual Shutdowns. Areas include Causticizing, Bark Boiler, and Chip Silos.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Supervise and Plan daily maintenance and weekly shutdowns of three pulp machines, two bale lines and shipping shed. Crew size of 18 of various trades in a fully flexible work setting, including coordinating of contractor activities in area of responsibility.

Irving Pulp And Paper Ltd, Saint John, New Brunswick

Recovery Boiler area included General Millwright and Mechanical work, including laser alignment for rotating equipment, in a fully flexible environment between trades (i.e. pipe fitting and welding). Also responsible for all Machinist work for Recovery Boiler Area.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Teaching Machinist Apprentices the Block Release Program, which includes the theory of the Machinist trade as well as practical applications in the Machine Shop.

Saint John, New Brunswick

Duties included all propulsion work on Canadian Patrol Frigates construction as well as installation and trialing of weapons systems, refrigeration and general mechanical systems.Work also included general Machining in the shop as well as maintenance work for general yard maintenance.Additional Machining includes various use of portable boring bars, portable milling machines, and various machining jigs aboard the ships. Further training in Laser alignment and Alignment Telescope.