James Riddell
Corunna
Summary
Highly motivated strategic Supervisor with expertise prioritizing projects, planning workflow and managing employees to achieve operational goals. Resourceful individual with 17 years of Boilermaker experience in all fields managing efforts within deadline-driven environments. Diplomatic individual with strong leadership and decision-making skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
General Foreperson Feeder Replacement
Aecon @ Darlington OPG Nuclear Generation Station
09.2017 - Current
- Managed and coordinated construction projects, ensuring timely completion within budget constraints.
- Optimized resource utilization by effectively delegating tasks based on individual skills and expertise.
- Oversaw resource allocation and personnel management for optimal productivity in all assigned projects.
- Led daily and weekly progress meetings to communicate project updates to stakeholders and address potential issues proactively.
- Leveraged data analytics tools to identify trends in workforce metrics, leading to more informed decision-making and improved operational efficiency.
General Foreperson/ Weld Supervisor
Horton CBI
02.2013 - 06.2017
- Managed and coordinated construction projects, ensuring timely completion within budget constraints.
- Resolved conflicts among team members professionally, fostering a positive work environment for increased morale and productivity.
- Oversaw daily operations, ensuring smooth workflow and timely completion of tasks.
- Applied strong leadership talents and problem-solving skills to maintain team efficiency and organize workflows.
- Expedited issue resolution with prompt reporting of non-conforming items to relevant parties for corrective action implementation.
- Tested welders ensuring qualifications as per API and ASME codes.
- Improved welding quality by conducting thorough inspections and recommending corrective actions.
- Recorded inspection and test results.
- Examined products for imperfections and defects.
Education
Apprenticehip Graduate - Construction Boilermaker
Humber College
Toronto, ON01.2011
High School Diploma -
St. Patricks Highschool
Sarnia06.1999
Skills
- Construction supervision
- Site coordination
- Customer Relations
- Hoisting/Rigging(Boilermaker Master Rigger), Welding (CWB/TSSA), Fitting, Layout/Blueprint Interpretation
- Task Delegation
- Material Procurement
- Subcontractor Management
- Documentation Management
- Attention to Detail
- Critical Thinking
- Safety policies and procedures
- Tooling Developement
Accomplishments
- Supervised a team that completed a Candu nuclear reactor refurbishment in record time. Being the first time in the world a Candu reactor was refurbished on time, under budget and with Zero lost time injuries. Candu Reactors are built in China, Korea, Argentina, Columbia and in other parts on Canada. Since 2017 this project has been in the top 4 of Canada's biggest infrastructure projects gaining platinum recognition from Top100 Biggest Infrastructure Projects. (top100projects.ca)
- My work group specifically (Feeder replacement) has received two Platinum, and 1 Silver Aecon achievement awards.
- Supervised team of 120 staff members.
Languages
English
Professional Working
Certification
- Red Seal Endorsed Boilermaker since 2011
- Master Rigger Qualified 2023
- JHSC Certified 2013
- EPSCA Management Under Collective Agreement Accredited 2023
- CWB Welder Qualified 2008
- Various TSSA Pressure Weld Qualifications
Timeline
General Foreperson Feeder Replacement
Aecon @ Darlington OPG Nuclear Generation Station
09.2017 - Current
General Foreperson/ Weld Supervisor
Horton CBI
02.2013 - 06.2017
Apprenticehip Graduate - Construction Boilermaker
Humber College
High School Diploma -
St. Patricks Highschool
- Red Seal Endorsed Boilermaker since 2011
- Master Rigger Qualified 2023
- JHSC Certified 2013
- EPSCA Management Under Collective Agreement Accredited 2023
- CWB Welder Qualified 2008
- Various TSSA Pressure Weld Qualifications
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