Ryan MacFarlane
Cranbrook,British Columbia
Summary
I would describe myself as a hardworking individual who thrives on challenging work. I set safety as my number one priority, while still keeping production at a steady pace. I am organized and good at maintaining strong work relationships. I started out as a steam fitter/pipe fitter journeyperson and have spent the last 12 years progressing my career and gaining knowledge to become a pipe fitter foreperson but now am looking for a career where i can have a good work/life balance and my dream would be to work for an organization like CNRL.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Foreperson
Worley Cord
Edmonton, Alberta
10.2019 - Current
- Installed various equipment from Heat exchangers, separators, bucket elevators, furnaces, boilers
- Responsible for submitting daily reports and planning work on a three-week look-ahead.
- Inspected installations to repair leaks and make adjustments to pipes.
- Hydro/pneumatic test spools, tanks, and fittings with water, air, or glycol, observing pressure gauges and spools to troubleshoot and locate leaks to each client's standards.
- Read and interpret specifications, isometrics, and P&IDs for each job.
- Read and interpreted steel and structural drawings, and installed steel to proper detail.
- Fabricate, thread, install, and bolt up spools and valves ranging from 1/2" to 42" in a safe and productive manner.
- Oversaw up to 20 workers, problem solving, answering questions, and provided feedback on day to day work activities.
- Performs proper rigging and heavy lifts with cranes ranging from 35 tons to 350 tons for crawler cranes.
- Handled all responsibilities for piping systems, including fabricating, assembling, installing, and maintaining.
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Journeyman
Alstar Modular yard
Calgary, AB
06.2019 - 10.2019
- Read and interpret Isometric, GA's, and P&ID's to install spools in the proper location.
- Work with welders to fabricate spools and various types of structural piping supports.
- Field measure/ verify spools using String lines and builders levels to assure of proper fit up.
- Ability to inspect all rigging to safely install spools and structural beams.
- Responsible for fabricating, bolt up and installation of piping spools.
- Inspected installations to repair leaks and make adjustments to piping
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Journeyman
Sherratt Industries
Cranbrook, British Columbia
06.2018 - 06.2019
- Assembled and disassembled boilers, tanks, vats, pressure vessels, exchangers and heaters according to blueprint specifications.
- Installation of various piping supports including: spring hangers, spring cans, clevis hangers and pipe saddles.
- Assembled and installed tube heaters in various warehouses..
- Assisted contractors with cladding and assembly/installation of ducting and HVAC units.
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Apprentice
DCM
Fort McMurray, AB
05.2017 - 09.2018
- Basic cleaning of flanges and piping
- Measure, cut, bevel spools for steam blow downs well communicating with welders in a fab shop type setting
- hand torque/hy-torque flanges to proper specifications and performing click checks with clients.
- installation of heat exchangers.
- Cut or threaded pipes to blueprint or drawing specifications.
- Using blueprints, laid out scale drawings of pipe systems and supports.
Heavy Equipment Operator
Flatiron Construction
Fort McMurray, AB
11.2015 - 06.2017
- Operation of rock trucks ranging in size from 40 ton to 100 ton, packer and tamper in all weather conditions.
- Complete daily field risk assessments and equipment safety inspections
- Maintained equipment using proper lock out procedures
- Drove and maneuvered equipment in successive passes over working areas to remove topsoil, vegetation or rocks.
- Kept equipment fueled and ready for immediate use to support scheduling demands.
- Kept records of material or equipment usage and completed entries in production logs.
- Followed worker hand signals to align machines, cutterheads or depth gauge makers with reference stakes and guidelines.
- Safely complete 12 hour shift rotations consisting of 21 days and 4x4 work schedules.
- Review and discuss weekly safety reports at toolbox meetings.
- Familiar with radio communications systems.
- Employed heavy equipment operation best practices resulting in minimal complaints or incidents.
- Loaded and offloaded rocks, debris and other materials from heavy equipment.
Education
Trades Certificate - Steamfitter/pipefitter
SAIT
Calgary, AB06.2018
High School Diploma -
Mount Baker Secondary School
Cranbrook, BC06.2009
Some College (No Degree) - Electrical Pre-apprenticeship
College of The Rockies
Cranbrook, BCSkills
- Conflict resolution
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving
- Safety protocols
- Rigging
- Job order prioritization
- Material prepping
- Quality control
- Time management
- Emergency response
- Public speaking
- Ability to read ISOs, P&IDs, etc
- Piping installation
- Use of Office 365, CMMS
Certification
- Aerial work platform-November 2022
- H2S alive -February 2022
- Crane and Rigging-April 2021
- Confined space
- Bear awareness
Timeline
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Foreperson
Worley Cord
10.2019 - Current
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Journeyman
Alstar Modular yard
06.2019 - 10.2019
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Journeyman
Sherratt Industries
06.2018 - 06.2019
Steamfitter/Pipefitter Apprentice
DCM
05.2017 - 09.2018
Heavy Equipment Operator
Flatiron Construction
11.2015 - 06.2017
Trades Certificate - Steamfitter/pipefitter
SAIT
High School Diploma -
Mount Baker Secondary School
Some College (No Degree) - Electrical Pre-apprenticeship
College of The Rockies
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