Richard Runions
Plains Midstream Canada
Edmonton,AB
8
years of professional experience
A strong safety conscious Journeyman Red seal Steamfitter/Pipefitter, Gas fitter /Plumber with Over 25 years of proven experience on highly technical piping projects in Commercial and Industrial Construction. Experienced in commissioning, plant start-ups as well as plant maintenance and shut-downs, Successfully completed a number of large projects with zero lost time incidents have adapted a strong ability to plan and perform work involving the installation, modification and repair of new and existing piping systems including Tanks, Vessels and heat Exchangers I have the proven ability to follow instructions and specifications by reading blue prints, P&ID'S as well as Isometrics. Over the past several years I have become a Self-motivated, dependable Projects/Shutdown Field Coordinator experienced in oil and gas refineries through out Alberta.
Work History
Mechanical Maintenance Lead
1 Year 10 Months- Ability to provide strong leadership,coaching and mentoring for personnel by building commitment, pride, honesty,trust and relationships in all employees.
- Overseen the maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical and instrumentation systems including rotating equipment.
- Was the lead in the streamlining of our vessel maintenance program.
- Directed the efforts to streamline the vessel maintenance program.
- Oversaw maintenance, repair, and troubleshooting of mechanical, electrical, and instrumentation systems, ensuring operational reliability of rotating equipment.
- Ensured that all company safe work practices/policies are being followed, including the use of Personal Protective Equipment PPE.
- Ensure that all systems are maintained in compliance with safety standards, industry standards, and company policies.
- Collaborated with management to establish budgets and allocate resources effectively, successfully managed a 3.5 million dollar budget
- Involved with the cost effective procurement of materials. and services, maintaining quality and compliance with PMC specifications.
- Led safety audits, incident/accident investigations, and root cause analyses to identify and address potential hazards.
- Prioritizing scopes of work, ensuring timely and effective execution of maintenance task are completed.
- Oversee contractors performing maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.
- Coordinated cost-effective procurement of materials and services, ensuring quality and compliance with PMC specifications.
- Contributed to summer student program by engaging with students and supporting their development.
- Prioritizing scopes of work, ensuring timely and effective execution of maintenance tasks are completed.
- Lead in hiring, orientation, performance management and career development needs of employees in a union environment.
- Being an active steward of the environment, health and safety by supporting PMC Operations Management System.
- Active participant in our summer student Program.
- Actively worked with planning/scheduling to produce weekly schedules.
Major Maintenance/Maintenance Coordinator
1 Year 3 Months- Ability to manage multiple jobs and changing priorities.
- Monitored priorities and liaised between maintenance team and management, delegating tasks to complete on time.
- Managed vendor relationships for timely delivery of parts and services, ensuring smooth operations within the facility.
- Successfully Brought the cost down on Pedlow and Mole Sivie change out on several vessels on site.
- Overseen contractors performing maintenance work, ensuring they complied with Plains safety and quality standards.
- Maintained detailed records of all maintenance activities performed, allowing for effective tracking of progress over time.
- Reviewed maintenance program for efficiency accuracy and timeliness, and provided feedback for improvement to company leadership.
- Promoted a culture of teamwork and collaboration within the maintenance department, leading to increased employee morale and overall job satisfaction.
- Oversaw equipment and parts inventory and tracked shipments to reduce stock shortages.
- Assisted upper management in developing long-term strategies for improving overall plant reliability by providing input based on past experiences.
- Leveraged strong organizational skills to manage competing priorities under tight deadlines, ensuring the timely completion of all tasks.
- Managed maintenance team of 8 employees and coordinated repair schedule according to priority level.
- Was Successful in managing our summer student program on site.
- Optimized inventory management systems to reduce waste and ensure availability of necessary spare parts.
- Previous experience in job planning and field coordination, including problem solving and driving schedules, Computerized Maintenance
Projects/Turnaround Feild Coordinator
1 Year 5 Months- Ensures all plans developed by the planning team comply with NWR turnaround policies and procedures.
- Self-confident enough to seek assistance with difficult or complex issues.
- Strong coaching ability and able to manage multiple task assignments to meet deadlines and schedules.
- Understanding of Projects/Turnaround strategy and management best practices, business processes and methods and turnaround planning and scheduling process and tracking tools.
- Previous experience in job planning and field coordination, including problem solving and driving schedules, Computerized Maintenance Management Systems (CMMS) or Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) and industrial scheduling software (P6).
- Ability to manage multiple jobs and changing priorities.
- Understands, creates and maintains visible commitment to process and personal safety, as well as safety of others.
- Adhered to NWR’s Core Competencies to drive results and culture.
- Ensures scope reviews are conducted, documented and include process, technical and maintenance representation.
- Conducts quality control on planning activities to ensure consistency across all planning functions and contractors and maintain a standard approach to NWR turnaround planning.
- Supported development of Projects/Turnaround scopes.
- Ensured tracking and distribution of turnaround packages, scopes and schedules.
- Managed development of job plans (using Maximo) for all work list items;
- Provided input on turnaround schedules and forecasts for turnaround budget development;
- Monitors input and communicate budget vs. forecast reviews against turnaround scope;
- Progress reporting on shutdown planning activities during shutdowns;
- Supports continuous improvement process by completing event debriefing process, and developing/implementing improvement recommendations;
Turnaround Coordinator
2 MonthsProjects Field Coordinator
1 Year 5 MonthsPiping Superintendent
6 MonthsShutdown Coordinator
4 MonthsEducation
Certification - Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter
Certification - Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter
Certification - WorkFace Planning
Skills
Journeyman Plumber/Gas fitter
Journeyman Steamfitter
First Aid - Level -C
(PCST) Pipeline Construction Safety Training
(LSE)Leadership in Safety Excellence Trained
CSTS 09 Trained
WHIMS 2015 Trained
H2S Alive
OSSA Basic Safety Orientation (BSO)
Confined Space Entry/Watch- trained
Fall Protection- Trained
Elevated work platform- Trained
Timeline
Mechanical Maintenance Lead
Plains Midstream Canada
07.2024 - 05.2026Read More
Major Maintenance/Maintenance Coordinator
Plains Midstream Canada
04.2023 - 07.2024Read More
Projects/Turnaround Feild Coordinator
North West Redwater Refinery (NWR)
06.2021 - 11.2022Read More
Turnaround Coordinator
Canadian Natural Recourses Limited (CNRL)
01.2021 - 03.2021Read More
Projects Field Coordinator
North West Redwater Partnership NWR
06.2019 - 11.2020Read More
Piping Superintendent
Aecon Industrial Western
05.2018 - 11.2018Read More
Shutdown Coordinator
Suncor Energy Services Inc.
01.2018 - 05.2018Read More
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology
Certification from Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter
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Alberta Pipe Trades College
Certification from Journeyman Steamfitter/Pipefitter
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Construction Industry Academy
Certification from WorkFace Planning
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