Jason Byers
Napanee
Summary
Journeyman Millwright with extensive experience in crew supervision, preventative maintenance and facility operations, safety issues, and ensuring quality control seeks a secure position where I can utilize skills, training and experience acquired. A strong desire and ability to establish, develop and maintain personal and professional relationships
Overview
5
5
years of post-secondary education
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Journeyman Millwright/ERT member
Heidelberg Materials
Picton
06.2016 - Current
- Preventative maintenance, overhaul and repair various crushers, conveyors, compressors, pumps, ball mills, valves, kiln, train apprentices.
- Maintained and repaired industrial machinery in cement production facilities.
- Conducted preventative maintenance inspections of all millwright related equipment.
- Conducted regular inspections to identify and troubleshoot mechanical issues.
- Installed and aligned equipment to ensure optimal operational performance.
- Collaborated with team members to execute preventive maintenance schedules.
- Assisted in the training of new millwrights on safety protocols and procedures.
- Fabricated components using welding techniques for equipment repairs.
- Fabricated custom machine guards from sheet metal stock according to drawings.
- Installed new motors, gear boxes and controls in accordance with safety regulations.
- Lubricated moving parts on production machinery according to manufacturer's specifications.
- Documented maintenance activities and reported findings to management regularly.
- Conducted rigging of loads for safe hoisting using chain falls and come-a-longs.
Journeyman Structural Iron Worker
Iron Workers Local
Toronto
01.2011 - 06.2016
- Acting foreman / supervisor / lead hand for on-site jobs ensuring quality control and deadlines are met in a safe and professional manner
- Set up and tore down large cranes and machinery.
- Supervise and coordinate rigging / hoisting and critical lifts
- Adhere to strict OH&S safety guidelines and ensure staff compliance to company safety regulations and standards
- Train, supervise and mentor apprentices ensuring safe productivity
- Responsible for reading and interpreting blue prints ensuring compliance to all projects technical requirements and specifications
- Responsible for operating a variety of AWP and erect iron
- Experienced with product conveying systems (drags, legs, conveyors) and performed welding duties when required (arc and mig)
- Close liaison and effective collaboration with staff, management, officials, all trades and related outside agencies in an effective and professional manner
- Read blueprints and technical drawings for accurate project execution.
- Assisted in the training of new workers on safety procedures and tools.
- Inspected work sites for compliance with safety regulations and standards.
- Established professional working relationships with staff from various levels.
- Developed and implemented safety protocols to ensure compliance with health and safety regulations.
- Trained new employees on safe operating procedures for all machines used in the facility.
- Operated forklifts and other heavy machinery to load and unload materials.
- Communicated with customers, employees and vendors to answer questions and address complaints.
Journeyman Millwright
Union Local
Toronto
01.2005 - 12.2014
- Responsible for foreman / lead hand and supervisory duties ensuring employees performed duties in a safe and productive manner
- Worked in the areas of new construction, equipment and machinery overhauls and shutdowns, rigging and machinery relocation, welding and fabricating
- Ensured quality control and job deadlines were met in a timely and professional manner
- Coordinated the safe movement of goods and materials in and around job sites
- Responsible for troubleshooting and machinery and equipment maintenance
- Effective liaison with management, officials, all trades and suppliers effectively
Journeyman Millwright / Maintenance Mechanic
Celanese Canada
Kingston
01.1998 - 12.2004
- Firefighter on the Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.)
- Worked in the areas of preventative maintenance, breakdowns and trouble shooting, overhauling machinery, welding and fabricating, rigging
- Ensured quality control and job deadlines were met in a timely and professional manner
- Effective liaison with management, officials, all trades and suppliers
Education
Journeyman - Industrial Millwright / Iron Worker
Frontenac Secondary School
Kingston, ON 09.1987 - 01.1993
Skills
- Operating mechanical equipment
- Repairing mechanical equipment
- Installing mechanical equipment
- Team collaboration
- Safety compliance
- Project supervision
- Effective communication
- Training and mentoring
- Root-cause analysis
- Safety procedures
- Work planning
- Troubleshooting
- Welding
- Fabricating
- Rigging
- Setting up machinery
- Tearing down machinery
- Staff safety compliance
- Interpersonal skills
- Staff supervision
- Liaison work
- Multitasking
- Time management
- Organizational skills
- Problem solving
- Analytical skills
- Computer knowledge
- Quick learner
- Experience in mining industry
- Experience in cement plants
- Experience in chemical processing
- Experience in food processing
- Experience in steel mills
Timeline
Journeyman Millwright/ERT member
Heidelberg Materials
06.2016 - Current
Journeyman Structural Iron Worker
Iron Workers Local
01.2011 - 06.2016
Journeyman Millwright
Union Local
01.2005 - 12.2014
Journeyman Millwright / Maintenance Mechanic
Celanese Canada
01.1998 - 12.2004
Journeyman - Industrial Millwright / Iron Worker
Frontenac Secondary School
09.1987 - 01.1993