James Desmeules
Rock Creek
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Mechanic
DT Equipment and Repair
01.2024 - 06.2025
- Inspected and tested equipment to locate worn and damaged parts.
- Replaced damaged, missing, or defective parts with new and refurbished components.
- Performed diagnostic and troubleshooting procedures to find and identify root causes of problems.
- Worked on shovel crew doing the outages and major downed equipment
Heavy Duty Mechanic
Byrnecut Canada Ltd, Evolution-Red Lake Mines
09.2023 - 11.2023
- Performed maintenance, repairs and backlogs on Sandvik jumbo’s and solo drills
Heavy Duty Mechanic
Bullitt Staffing, Victoria Gold
06.2023 - 09.2023
- Performed preventative maintenance and backlogs on heavy equipment such D10s, 785 Rock Trucks and 993 loaders.
Manager/Co-Owner
Red Lake Taxi
05.2018 - 04.2020
- Monitored and maintained vehicles to top operating conditions and provincial standards.
- Enforced customer service standards and resolved customer problems to uphold quality service.
- Monitored staff performance and addressed issues.
Heavy Duty Mechanic
Red Lake Gold Mines
02.2015 - 03.2018
- Dismantled and reassembled heavy equipment using hoists and hand tools.
- Repaired and replaced damaged or worn parts and operated and inspected machines or heavy equipment in order to diagnose defects. Also, troubleshot and diagnosed issues with heavy equipment systems.
- Kept accurate records of all machine and equipment repair work that had been performed.
- Read and interpreted technical details such as schematics, manuals and drawings.
Manager/Maintenance Supervisor
Ackeweance Exploration
07.2013 - 03.2015
- Scheduled repair and maintenance of machines, tools, and equipment to support continuous production operations.
- Oversaw team in completing job tasks quickly and accurately with appropriate use of instruments and tools.
- Delegated daily tasks to employees to manage resources and meet deadlines.
- Directed maintenance activities to provide continuous supply of heat, electric power or gas as required for operations.
Heavy Duty Mechanic
DJ Drilling
06.2013 - 10.2013
- Did repairs and maintenance on coring drills, dozers, excavators, and rock trucks on surface and underground operations.
- Monitored shop equipment to maintain safe working conditions.
- Assessed, ordered and replaced parts.
Education
Common Core – Surface and Underground - undefined
Province of Ontario
Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic – Red Seal - undefined
Okanagan College
Kelowna, BC04.2011
Skills
- Diagnostics and troubleshooting
- Complete vehicle systems knowledge
- Equipment repair
- Ability to work in a variety of conditions
Languages
English
Professional Working
Certification
Fall arrest
Ewp
Timeline
Mechanic
DT Equipment and Repair
01.2024 - 06.2025
Heavy Duty Mechanic
Byrnecut Canada Ltd, Evolution-Red Lake Mines
09.2023 - 11.2023
Heavy Duty Mechanic
Bullitt Staffing, Victoria Gold
06.2023 - 09.2023
Manager/Co-Owner
Red Lake Taxi
05.2018 - 04.2020
Heavy Duty Mechanic
Red Lake Gold Mines
02.2015 - 03.2018
Manager/Maintenance Supervisor
Ackeweance Exploration
07.2013 - 03.2015
Heavy Duty Mechanic
DJ Drilling
06.2013 - 10.2013
Common Core – Surface and Underground - undefined
Province of Ontario
Heavy Duty Equipment Mechanic – Red Seal - undefined
Okanagan College
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