BRANDON GILSON
Bornhorst Mechanical
Manitoba,MB
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15
years of professional experience
Knowledgeable Journeyman with solid background in overseeing plumbing projects and ensuring compliance with regulations. Managed teams to successfully complete complex installations and repairs. Demonstrated leadership and problem-solving skills in high-pressure environments.
Work History
Plumbing Foreman
4 Months- Coordinated daily schedules, materials, and labor to keep jobs moving efficiently.
- Interpreted blueprints and specifications to guide accurate plumbing installations.
- Enforced code compliance and safety standards across active job sites.
- Trained apprentices and journeymen on tools, methods, and jobsite expectations.
- Communicated with contractors and project managers to resolve field issues quickly.
Journeyman Plumber
4 Years 11 Months- Collaborated with team while primarily working independently on plumbing projects.
- Improved experience and skill level with cast iron piping installing up sizes up to 8 inches.
- Utilized uponor piping techniques during installation projects. Using uponor expanding tool on sizes up to 3 inch.
- Improved experience and skill level with cast iron piping installing up sizes up to 8 inches.
- Interpreted blueprints, specifications, and code requirements to complete accurate rough-ins and finishes.
- Installed and repaired water, waste, and vent piping for commercial and residential plumbing systems.
Journeyman Plumber
1 Year- Collaborated with team and worked independently to complete projects at Shell car wash and gas station. Installing piping system and heating equipment, such as boilers, in floor heating cabinets and hung hydronic heaters for car wash.
- Executed service work independently and with a partner on multi-storey residential buildings and single-family homes.
- Installed, repaired, and maintained commercial plumbing systems, fixtures, and piping.
- Diagnosed leaks, clogs, and pressure issues using hand tools and inspection equipment.
- Read blueprints and specifications to plan accurate pipe routing and system layouts.
Apprentice Plumber
1 Year- Worked with a team of maintenance professionals to maintain and replace piping systems and equipment at Keeyask generating station.
- Soldered and pro pressed copper piping up to 4 inches in size.
- Removed and replaced ABS piping with cast iron piping using mechanical joint couplings.
- Unclogged kitchen as well as washroom drains.
- Replaced components of dishwashers, laundry machines, steamers, and backflow preventers.
- Doerksen Mechanical Solutions experience
- Worked in a shop setting, building pipe racks including installing pipe for various industrial projects.
- Grooved pipe up to 10 inches in size. Bonded aquarise pipe with glue up to 4 inches in size. Cut and beveled pipe for a welder on pipes up to 14 inches in size.
Apprentice Plumber
1 Year 1 Month- Started and completed Rec centre in Gillam, MB. Working 21 day on 7 day off 10 hour day rotation.
- Worked with a team of plumbers and pipfitters to install 6 inch steel grooved hydronic heating system, including installing equipment for piping.
- Soldered copper joints sizes half inch to 3 inch as well as installing hot water tanks and other equipment for domestic water system.
- Installed drainage systems in ground and aboveground including fixtures for public washrooms.
Apprentice Plumber
3 Years- Cut, threaded, grooved and PVC bonded pipes of different material. Such as PVC, CPVC, Aquarise, Steel, and Stainless Steel.
- Installed and inspected new and existing plumbing lines up to 6 inches in diameter.
- Mounted mechanical equipment to walls, ceilings, and floors.
- Maintained neat and well-organized worksites by cleaning area during and after work is completed. As well as dedicating certain areas for pipe, fittings, and equipment.
- Completed basic and semi-skilled plumbing work by following instruction from Journeyperson and Forepersons.
- Cored holes through concrete slabs in order to run pipe through.
Electrical/Paint Sales Desk
3 Years 1 Month- Assist customers find material/ products to complete home projects
- Completed Stocking/inventory, sales transactions, supervision of junior employees
- Note: Earned Employee of the Year
Education
- Medical Gas
Journey Person Plumber - Plumbing And Piping Trades
Graduate Grade 12
Skills
Plumbing Experience
Handling
measuring
cutting
and assembling common types of pipe according to code regulations
Reaming and threading steel pipe using hand dies
cutters
reamers
and power threading machines
Joining copper pipe and fittings using hard and soft solders
Making flared and compression joints according to code regulations groove steel and copper pipe for Victaulic fittings and assemble Victaulic and flanged materials
Interpretation of drawings and blueprints
Interpretation of plumbing code
sizing of sewers
drains
stacks
vents
etc.
Drawing layouts
and constructing installations from layouts and blueprints
Installation of various water and gas systems
pipes and fittings in new building construction
Test for leaks in new systems with compressed air and/or water for the purpose of ensuring that items are functional and in safe working conditions.
Timeline
Plumbing Foreman
Bornhorst Mechanical
06.2026 - CurrentRead More
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06.2021 - 05.2026Read More
Journeyman Plumber
Bornhorst Mechanical
06.2020 - 06.2021Read More
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03.2019 - 03.2020Read More
Apprentice Plumber
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02.2018 - 03.2019Read More
Apprentice Plumber
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Collège Sturgeon Heights Collegiate
Graduate Grade 12
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Red River College of Applied Arts, Science And Technology
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Nausc | UA
from Medical Gas
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