William "Shane" Smith

• Contributed to project completion, skillfully operating various heavy machinery such as excavators, bulldozers, graders ,water trucks, and rock trucks. Plowing and sanding of roads to keep production haulways open and functional.
• building ramps and roadways on the production side for shovels and haul trucks.
• Operating dozers on the live pile when the pit high grade feed was interrupted.
• Worked on tailings dam, repairing and removing pipes,valves and cyclones. Moving cyclones to ensure sand was flowing correctly and directional to engineers and supervisors specifications.
• operating dozers on waste dumps,supervising trucks and maintaining berms to specifications.

Responsible for a large territory in Southern BC encompassing Valemount south to Princeton. As the largest John Deere equipment dealer in the world, Brandt tractor was always on the edge of cutting technology. My responsibility's was to sell machinery to our customers in forestry,construction , and mining industries as well as set up maintenance and service intervals for each machine. Preventative maintenance became the most important part as customer margins and costs were of utmost importance .My expertise in undercarriages and wear parts were a significant revenue driver for our service department as well as setting up the logistics for this challenging area in the field.

• Coordinated trade show participation efforts that led to valuable networking opportunities and increased brand visibility within the industry.
• Streamlined internal processes by implementing efficient reporting tools for monitoring progress against established targets regularly.

Managed the everyday operations of a very busy service delivery company for mining, forestry, and construction industries.

• Ensured compliance with industry regulations, maintaining a safe working environment for staff members.
• Negotiated favorable contracts with vendors, securing competitive pricing arrangements that benefited the organization''s bottom line results.
• Evaluated employee performance regularly, promoting professional growth opportunities through coaching methods.
• Oversaw facility maintenance activities to ensure optimal performance of equipment and infrastructure elements.
• This company sold out to a large competitor Jan 2012