Building a lineup for 130+ employees every morning
Dispatching 50+ haul trucks throughout the entire mine. Taking maintenance and fuel/lube calls from Shovels, Loaders, Drills, Haul Trucks, Dozers, Graders, RT’s etc.
Working as a team with our Pit foreman's, Senior foreman, General Supervisor and Superintendent to ensure we achieve a safe, productive shift everyday
Working with our Maintenance foreman to ensure all our down calls get the attention they need right away
Trained many new Dispatchers
I use Wenco mining systems everyday to manage the mine
Fleet Control for managing our haul fleet, Mine Vision for building roads and routes to and from the loading units and dumps, as well as DBHome partnered with Excel for real time statistics and building lineups
I monitor the SIC throughout the day to make sure we are reaching our set targets for our shovels material moved, hang percentages and Queue times
Many more things such as taking sick calls and lining our cross shifts up for a successful shift
To finish off the day I don’t leave work until I make sure everyone gets off the hill safely and signs out, so that nobody gets left behind
Started my journey as a Dispatcher as a Lead Hand and after 3 years I decided to take the full time position in 11/23
Pit Supervisor (Lead Hand)
Teck Coal
05.2023 - 11.2023
Lining up Equipment, Shovels, Drills and cable crew on their daily tasks and aiding them to accomplish their tasks safely and efficiently
Working alongside other pit supervisors, our Senior supervisor, Services supervisor, Blasting supervisor and the Mine Ops GS and Super Intendant
Day to day I am lining up dozers above shovels, telling shovels where to dig
Lining up drills and our support equipment on the roads
Ensuring the pit is set up for blasts on blast day as well as clearing the pit
Also working with my superiors to understand my next priority jobs that I must get done.
Equipment Operator
Teck Coal
08.2022 - 11.2023
I started running grader at Teck in September of 2022
I run all the graders we have at Fording River (24M,16M and the new 24)
My task on a grader everyday is to ensure I keep the haul roads maintained up to our standards so nobody gets hurt
A big part of my job running equipment is maintaining proper radio communication with surrounding haul trucks and equipment
We are operating in an open pit mine setting so a majority of my work goes into fixing pit floors, maintaining haul roads and maintaining spoils.
Haulage Driver
Teck Coal
06.2019 - 08.2022
I work a 4x4(2 days 2 nights 4 off) 12 hour shift + hot change schedule
The day begins with getting my haul truck unit and location from my dispatchers
Then I take a bus or pickup up to my haul truck where I begin my ground checks to ensure the truck is safe to operate
Then once my checks are complete I begin hauling, paying attention to the Wenco and 2 way radio so that I know which loading unit my dispatchers want me going to and what dump I am supposed to dump at
I operate an array of different trucks such as CAT 797F’s, Komatsu 980E’s and Komatsu 930E’s
We operate in all weather conditions, day and night, all year round.
Equipment Operator
The Bouchier Group
10.2016 - 06.2019
Working Site Wide Services on roads and grounds
Operating Loaders and Skid Steers digging out ditches, removing snow, sanding the roads/walkways, clearing parking lots, evening out ground etc.
Operating a fuel truck fueling various equipment
As well as taking calls throughout the day from my Foreman to do various labour jobs around the plant, pads, mine, access road and landfill.
Stocking shelves
Save On Foods
09.2014 - 06.2015
Stocking shelves, doing inventory and facing products on shelves etc.
IT Technician
Cranbrook Computer Works
02.2013 - 06.2013
Fixing the software and hardware on computers, removing viruses and troubleshooting any issue with any computer.
Education
Mount Baker Secondary School
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Father Mercredi High School
Fort McMurray, Alberta
Parkland Middle School
Cranbrook, British Columbia
Skills
Training and Development
Mentoring and Coaching
Strategy Development
Route Planning and Adjustment
Critical Thinking
Effective Communications
Experience
Dispatch Supervisor - 3.5 years
Pit Supervisor - 6 months
Grader 24, 24M, 16M - 1 year
400 Ton Haul Truck 797F/980E - 3 years
320 Ton Haul Truck 930E - 3 years
Pit Utility/Cable Crew - 1 year
Loader - 1 year
Wiggle Wagon - 1 year
Skid Steer - 2.5 years
Drum Packer - 1 year
Toolcat - 2.5 years
Organised Sports
Minor Hockey 2002-2013
Soccer 2002-2012
Tickets
CSTS (Construction Safety Training System)
OSSA (Oil Sands Safety Association)
Permit Training (OSSA)
Skidsteer (OSSA)
Confined Space Entry/Monitor (OSSA)
H2S Alive (OSSA)
Forklift Class 7 (All Terrain, Telescopic/Zoomboom, Regular)