Brent Lavallee
Edmonton,Alberta
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals. Experience includes, operating sideboom, dozer, skid steer, loader, various labourer positions as well as supervisory positions.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Pipeline Laborer
Triple J Pipelines
Grande Prairie, AB
12.2023 - 03.2024
- Worked on a welding / tie in crew.
- Labored / operated sideboom
Labourer Foreman
Edmonton Exchanger And Refinery
Edmonton, AB
05.2023 - 07.2023
- Supervised crew of 10 labourers in a refinery setting
Pipeline Foreman
Michels Canada
Burns Lake, BC
07.2022 - 03.2023
- Ran 10 Man setup crew.
- Oversaw daily operations at site, keeping team production moving at optimal pace.
- Trained workers in proper methods, equipment operation and safety procedures.
- Directed projects according to schedule and quality demands.
Pipeline Foreman
Waschuk Pipelines
Edson, AB
10.2021 - 05.2022
- Foreman of 10 man setup crew.
- Oversaw daily operations at site, keeping team production moving at optimal pace.
- Trained workers in proper methods, equipment operation and safety procedures.
- Operate sideboom, dozer, loader, skid steer when needed
Straw Boss / Sideboom Operator
Steel River Sicim Pipelines
Rocky Mountain House, AB
07.2021 - 09.2021
- Ran 8 man setup crew
- Operated sideboom 583T/583H/587/594
Pipeline Laborer
Michels Canada
Oyen, AB
08.2020 - 02.2021
- Worked on bending crew and rolled back to tie ins
Pipeline Batching Technician
Rosen Canada LTD.
Edmonton, AB
03.2020 - 08.2020
- Delivered batch pigs to 4 different sites.
- Cleaned and rebuilt batch pigs for next job
Straw Boss
Banister Pipelines
Dawson Creek, BC
09.2018 - 02.2019
- Ran 8 man setup crew, rolled back to tie ins.
Pipeline Labourer
Banister pipelines
Fort McMurray, AB
07.2016 - 03.2017
- Worked on set up crew, skidded up pipe, moved pipe with use of a side boom
- Worked on tie in backfill/ clean up crew.
General Labourer
Quadra Industrial Services
Fort McMurray, AB
04.2016 - 05.2016
- Chipped petroleum coke in coker vessel with pneumatic chipping guns, 17-30 lb chipping guns used.
Labourer/Operator
Nikipelo Services Inc.
Boyle, AB
06.2015 - 03.2016
- Pipeline Integrity Digs, Shovelling, exposing live pipelines, recoating sections of pipe. Operating experience in skid steer, hoe, dozer, and marooka.
Labourer
Edmonton Exchanger
Fort McMurray, AB
03.2015 - 05.2015
- General cleanup, Spark Watch, and Manwatch
Pipeline Labourer
O.J Pipelines
Conklin, AB
01.2015 - 03.2015
- Laborer on the Lower-in crew. Duties included hustling skids, setting up and taking down de-watering pumps.
Pipeline Labourer
OJ pipelines
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
09.2014 - 11.2014
- Worked on the Lower-in, Track bore, and tie in crews. Duties included hustling skids, setting up for welders, pumping water, putting together+breaking down side booms, and helping bore machine operator set up tracks and take a part tracks.
Maintenance Labourer
Jacobs Industrial Services
Fort McMurray, AB
07.2014 - 08.2014
- Working in high temperature plants, removal and replacement of reverse osmosis filters
- Cleaning up limestone and coke spills
- Hosing down floors, and general maintenance around the plant.
Labourer
Quadra Indusrtial Services
Fort McMurray, AB
05.2014 - 06.2014
- Chipped coke deposits on the inside of a fluid coker vessel, shoveling and disposal of coke out of the vessels, use of 17-60 lb pneumatic chipping guns, man watch, and working in confined spaces with full face respirator and Tyvek coveralls.
Pipeline Labourer
Somerville-Aecon Joint Ventures
Lacorey, AB
12.2013 - 03.2014
- Worked on the Bending crew and then after that the clean up crew. Duties on the bending crew included swamping for the bending machine and side boom, and setting up skid piles. Duties on the clean up crew included picking up lathe and garbage on the ROW (right of way) , cleaning side boom and backhoe tracks, using a tiger torch to thaw out the rollers on the machine if they were frozen, and operating dozer.
Pipeline Labourer
Somerville-Aecon Joint Ventures
Wainwright, AB
06.2013 - 08.2013
- Worked on the pipe gang (welding crew). Duties included pre-heating the bevels for the pipe fitters, guiding the automatic welder into pipe, swamper for side boom, and setting up skid piles for the pipe to sit on.
Education
High School Diploma -
J.A. Williams High School
Lac La Biche, AB2012
1st Year - Pre-employement Heavy Equipment Technician
Portage College
Lac La Biche2016
Skills
- Ability to operate Sideboom, dozer, loader, skid steer
- Power and hand tools
- Safety procedures knowledge
- Works well independently
- Effective at multi-tasking
- Capable of Supervision of others
- Self-motivated
- Dependable and reliable
- Capable of heavy lifting
Certification
- Class 5 drivers license
- Leadership safety excellence (LSE)
- Skid steer certification
- Supervising ground disturbance
- Csts ticket (2020)
- WHMIS (2015)
- Pcst ticket
- First aid ticket
- ESC H2S alive ticket
- ESC fall protection
- ESC confined space monitor and entry
- ESC CSO
- Ossa firewatch
- Rigging
- Wildlife awareness (including bear awareness)
- Wood buffalo wildlife awareness
References
Greg Drader (Foreman at Banister pipelines) - (250) 569-7407
Gerry Bapchichan (Assistant superintendent Michels Canada) - (306) 547-7719
Timeline
Pipeline Laborer
Triple J Pipelines
12.2023 - 03.2024
Labourer Foreman
Edmonton Exchanger And Refinery
05.2023 - 07.2023
Pipeline Foreman
Michels Canada
07.2022 - 03.2023
Pipeline Foreman
Waschuk Pipelines
10.2021 - 05.2022
Straw Boss / Sideboom Operator
Steel River Sicim Pipelines
07.2021 - 09.2021
Pipeline Laborer
Michels Canada
08.2020 - 02.2021
Pipeline Batching Technician
Rosen Canada LTD.
03.2020 - 08.2020
Straw Boss
Banister Pipelines
09.2018 - 02.2019
Pipeline Labourer
Banister pipelines
07.2016 - 03.2017
General Labourer
Quadra Industrial Services
04.2016 - 05.2016
Labourer/Operator
Nikipelo Services Inc.
06.2015 - 03.2016
Labourer
Edmonton Exchanger
03.2015 - 05.2015
Pipeline Labourer
O.J Pipelines
01.2015 - 03.2015
Pipeline Labourer
OJ pipelines
09.2014 - 11.2014
Maintenance Labourer
Jacobs Industrial Services
07.2014 - 08.2014
Labourer
Quadra Indusrtial Services
05.2014 - 06.2014
Pipeline Labourer
Somerville-Aecon Joint Ventures
12.2013 - 03.2014
Pipeline Labourer
Somerville-Aecon Joint Ventures
06.2013 - 08.2013
High School Diploma -
J.A. Williams High School
1st Year - Pre-employement Heavy Equipment Technician
Portage College