Experienced Maintenance Millwright proficient in performing well under pressure and tight deadlines. Adept at identifying causes of mechanical problems and repairing machinery or replacing defective parts.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Maintenance millwright
Sherritt International
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
04.2017 - Current
Responsible for regular maintenance on pumps, blower, fans, dryers, steam turbines, compressors, conveyors, bucket elevators, thickeners, drum filters and autoclaves
Duties included preventative and predictive maintenance schedules utilizing oil sampling analysis and vibration analysis, mechanical seal installations, rotating equipment overhauls
For general plant maintenance including shutdowns and overhauls.
Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity.
Worked flexible hours; night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
Maintenance millwright
Select Ready Foods
Edmonton, AB
07.2016 - 10.2016
Responsible for general plant maintenance as well as troubleshooting hydraulic, electrical and mechanical issues with food processing equipment as well as conveyors including hydraulic motors and pumps as well as electrical motors
Maintenance duties also include machining parts for high priority repair of production machinery.
Inspected and examined all machinery and equipment to detect malfunctions or irregularities.
Maintenance millwright
Bri-Steel Manufacturing
Edmonton, AB
02.2014 - 07.2014
Responsible for regular maintenance on roller conveyors, hydraulic/pneumatic systems, gearboxes, reducers, seals, plant air compressors, and pipe bevellers
Continued gaining useful experience troubleshooting hydraulic systems and supervising apprentice millwrights
Used MIG and SMAW welding and oxy-acetylene torch cutting to fabricate and repair items in the plant
Gained useful experience fabricating and repairing parts to improve existing installed equipment
Millwright/Foreman
Louvretech Services Ltd
Edmonton, AB
01.2013 - 02.2014
Traveled around Alberta and Northern British Columbia contracting for companies including CNRL, Suncor, Conoco Phillips, Veresen, Tourmaline, Spectra, Devon, Sinopec Daylight Energy, and TAQA maintaining the efficiency of fans, natural gas compressors and process exchangers
Specialized in the onsite repair, replacement and modification of louver sections as well as fin tube inspection and cleaning with air and dry ice
Also maintained fans by inspecting and replacing belt sheaves and belts, bearings and fan blades
Gained useful experience supervising apprentice millwrights, trouble-shooting problems on the job site, coordinating with customers by phone, email and in person, and building and maintaining good relationships with customers.
Maintenance millwright
Portola Packaging Inc
Edmonton, AB
01.2012 - 01.2013
Responsible for regular maintenance on Uniloy blow-molding systems, overhead cable conveyors, table top conveyors and roller chain conveyors, gearboxes, seals, vacuum pumps, lobe blowers, industrial high-density polyethylene grinders, compressors, chillers and overhead roof fans
Gained more experience maintaining and troubleshooting hydraulic/pneumatic systems, as well as trouble-shooting PLC (programmable logic controllers) and electrical systems with a Journeyman electrician.
Maintenance millwright
CHEP Canada
Edmonton, AB
01.2011 - 12.2011
Gained extensive experience with CMMS (Computerized maintenance management systems) using preventative maintenance work orders
Responsible for regular maintenance on roller chain conveyor systems including but not limited to replacing chain, sprockets and bearings when required
Worked closely with electrical contractors to troubleshoot electrical problems involving solenoids, circuit breakers, thermal overload relays, photo-eye sensors and PLC (programmable logic controllers)
Gained experience maintaining hydraulic/pneumatic stacking and de-stacking units, checking and replacing fluids and filters.
Maintenance millwright
Domino Machines
Edmonton, AB
10.2010 - 01.2011
Responsible for regular maintenance on CNC turning and milling machines, checking and replacing fluids, filters and seals, checking, cleaning and replacing coolant levels
Installed stationary industrial machinery and mechanical equipment according to layout plans.
Repaired damaged electrical and mechanical components, including servos, solenoids, gears, conveyors, and pumps.
Millwright apprentice
Team Industrial Services
Fort Saskatchewan, AB
12.2009 - 10.2010
Responsible for tensioning, torquing and de-torquing pipe flanges with rating classes from 150 - 900 using hydraulic and pneumatic tensioning rams and torque wrenches
Gained experience fielding machining, including flange facing and cold-cutting operations
Worked with pipefitters and other millwrights to achieve pipe strain tolerance installing pumps.
Millwright apprentice
National Oilwell Varco
Edmonton, AB
07.2008 - 10.2009
Responsible for building, testing, and trouble-shooting hydraulic systems using stainless steel tubing and fittings
Vast experience using all sizes of imperial and metric tubing and fittings, and reading hydraulic systems schematics
Assisted Journeymen millwrights in doing alignments, installing electric motors and pumps, and installing and testing hydraulic brake calipers.
Education
High School Diploma -
W.P Wagner High School
Edmonton, AB
06.2008
Journeyman Millwright Certificate - Trades
NAIT
Edmonton, AB
04.2014
Category 1 Vibration Analyst, Emerson AMS Training and Certification - Vibration Analysis
Emerson AMS Training And Certification
Knoxville, TN
Skills
Able to work as a team member, leader or independently
Capable of installing, trouble-shooting, and repairing hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical and electrical systems