Structural/PAU Superintendent (IPT Member) at Bantrel Management Services (2024-09 – Present)
Work for the client at the Jansen Potash mine in Jansen Saskatchewan.
- Deliver the project successfully by aligning technical, commercial and operational objectives.
- Actively participate in integrated planning sessions.
- Contribute discipline-specific expertise to project decisions.
- Maintain open, transparent communication with all IPT stakeholders.
- Share relevant information promptly (design changes, risks, constraints).
- Coordinate inputs with other disciplines (engineering, procurement, construction, QA/QC).
- Participate in regular IPT meetings, workshops and reviews.
- Understand and manage assigned scope of work.
- Support development and maintenance of integrated project schedules.
- Identify cost drivers and opportunities for cost optimization.
- Assist in evaluating change impacts (time, cost, quality and risk).
- Identify risks and opportunities within own discipline.
- Participate in risk reviews and mitigation planning.
- Escalate emerging risks early to the IPT.
- Support proactive problem solving to avoid delays or rework.
- Ensure work complies with project.
- Contribute to lessons learned and best practices.
- Promote and comply with project HSE policies.
- Actively support a zero-incident culture.
- Assist in resolving field issues collaboratively.
- Support commissioning, handover, and close-out activities.
- Manage interfaces between disciplines, packages and contractors.
- Track and report progress.
- Take ownership of issues and follow through to resolution.
- Encourage a culture of trust, respect and teamwork.
Heavy Civil Superintendent at Foundations West Construction (2021-07 – 2024-01)
- Provide expert advice and guidance to senior management on complex, multi-discipline, cross-department issues.
- Supervise and mentor field engineers with cost/quantity tracking, scheduling, solving complex field issues and quality assurance.
- Oversee and approve the monthly job cost updates; including reviewing, negotiating and approving change orders.
- Manage and direct site wide equipment usage and lift plans.
- Manage, develop, coordinate and directed welders, equipment operators and multiple sub-contractors.
- Liase with Engineering to determine the most cost effective and constructible design for a variety of site infrastructure projects.
- Meet and coordinate with quality control and client to sign off work, including final inspection to pass of work to client ownership.
- Manage and direct subcontractors for site wide activities, including negotiation and resolution of difficulties that arose.
- Develop and maintain four week and 90-day schedules to track project progress and cost.
- Ensure that all standard operating procedures are complied with by staff and craft.
- Ensure that all safety procedures are followed.
- Develop and implement a plan for project completion and turn over.
Structural/Crane/Equipment/Sub-contractor Superintendent/Manager at Peace River Hydro Partners, Site C Dam Clean Energy Project (2017-02 – 2021-04)
- Provided expert advice and guidance to senior management on complex, multi-discipline, cross-department issues.
- Managed, developed, coordinated and directed ironworkers, welders, millwrights, equipment operators and multiple sub-contractors.
- Supervise and mentor field engineers with cost/quantity tracking, scheduling, solving complex field issues and quality assurance.
- Manage and direct site wide equipment crane usage and lift plans.
- Liase with Engineering to determine the most cost effective and constructible design for a variety of site infrastructure projects.
- Meet and coordinate with quality control and client to sign off work, including final inspection to pass of work to client ownership.
- Manage and direct subcontractors for site wide activities.
- Developed and implemented standard operating and safe work procedures on a site that had no prior safety management system. Examples of these procedures include the worlds largest swing arm conveyor, tunnel liners, box culverts and concrete conveyor system.
- Schedule, manage and plan new work scopes for site wide crusher, till conveyor and silo structure erection.
- Develop and maintain four week and 90 day schedules to track project progress and cost.
- Managed a budget of 50+ million dollars, planning materials, inventory and personnel requirements while ensuring compliance with all regulations in a highly regulated environment.
Structural/Crane/Equipment Superintendent/General Superintendent at Kiewit Energy, Kiewit Energy US (2011-07 – 2017-02)
- Provided expert advice and guidance to senior management on complex, multi-discipline, cross-department issues.
- Managed, coordinated and planned the daily operation of up to 50 welders, ironworkers, pipe fitters, Millwrights, equipment operators and labourers.
- Supervised field engineers with cost/quantity tracking, scheduling, field problem solving and quality assurance.
- Developed and maintained 4 week and 90 day schedules to track project progress.
- Participated in monthly project schedule reviews and updates as necessary.
- Developed and implemented standard operating and safe work procedures.
- Conducted investigations for onsite issues, made corrective action plans for sub-contractors, staff and other trades working onsite.
- Insured that all standard operating procedures were complied with by staff and craft.
- Insured that all safety procedures, rigging and crane, torqueing procedures and bolt up practices were followed.
- Meet and coordinate with quality control and client to sign off work, including final inspection to pass of work to client ownership.
- Managed a budget 75+ million dollars, planning materials, inventory and personnel requirements while ensuring compliance with all regulations in a highly regulated environment (Alberta Oil Sands Project and Liquid Natural Gas Plant in Maryland).
General Foreman: Structural/Welding/Piping at Kiewit Energy, Christina Lake and Kearl Lake Projects (2007-07 – 2011-07)
- Managed, coordinated and planned the work schedules for a crew of welders, pipefitters and ironworkers.
- Developed and implemented standard operating and safe work procedures.
- Conducted daily tailgate meetings, completed daily Job Hazard Assessment (identification, assessment of risk and planned procedures to mitigate injury).
- Insured that all practices and procedures were followed.
- Insured that all workers followed all safety procedures as outlined by OH&S.
- Planned daily work schedules.
- Overseen the training and development of a crew of ironworkers, welders and pipefitters.
- Insured that all rigging, crane, torqueing procedure and bolt up safety practices were followed.
- Completed time cards and weld travelers.
- Meet and coordinate with quality control and client to sign off work, including final inspections to pass off work to client ownership.
- Planning materials, inventory and personnel requirements while ensuring compliance with all regulations in a highly regulated environment (Alberta Oil Sands Project).
