Millwright/Heavy Duty Mechanic

HEIKO GIERKE

Box *** – Caroline, Alberta T*M *M*

Telephone: 403-***-**** Cell Phone: 403-***-****

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TRADE CERTIFICATIONS

Journeyman Millwright (CDN Certification) Alberta Apprenticeship Board – Red Deer, Alberta (1990)

Journeyman Heavy Duty (CDN Certification) NAIT – Edmonton, Alberta (1984)

QUICK LOOK AT NOTABLE AREA’S OF EXPERIENCE:

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Maintenance Supervisor/Management: (7yrs) On Exxon Mobil offshore platforms Orlan & Berkut overseas, (6mths) As a General Foreman on Maintenance contract at CNRL Oil Sands project. (3yrs) As a Maintenance Manager of a 30 rig Service rig operation.

Project Management: (1yr) Constructing and assembled 2 Brine filtration plants in Calgary, shipped/erected them and commissioned them in Siberia Russia.

Mechanic Lead: (2yr) On a Nobel Drilling platform (In middle east), (7yrs) On Service and drilling rig operations (in Russia, Qatar, Kazakhstan, Albania, and Mexico). (10yrs over all) in the Diamond mines in northern Canada, (4yrs) For a Major Oilfield Manufacturer

Mechanic/Millwright: (4yrs) In Oilfield component rebuild shops, (2yrs)As a Field Mechanic on Drilling/Service rigs, (2yrs) Machine tool repair (lathes milling machines boring mills/hones), (3yrs)Natural Gas Compression (Engines/Compressors), (2yrs) Assembling and testing reciprocating pumps (from 100HP - 2000HP) and hoisting equipment,(1yr) Instrumentation mechanics (repairing, testing and calibration of gages level controllers etc.)

Pumps: Pumps are a piece of equipment I have years of experience with, from small centrifugal pumps using packing to multistage high speed (high pressure) pumps using a variety of seal flushing/cooling plans. I have worked with reciprocating(plunger/piston) pumps from the manufacture of them to the maintenance repair and troubleshooting of multi pump systems.

Hydraulic/Pneumatic Systems: I have built, maintained, repaired, and have years of experience dealing with troubleshooting issues with complex systems.

Hydraulic experience: With large cranes, on multi pump variable displacement pumps and motors as well as PLC operated control valves etc.

Pneumatic Systems: From old model control valves to the air dryer systems used offshore in instrumentation.

Bearings and Gears: Experienced in assembling gear cases from drawing to testing. A good understanding on different bearing designs and the critical tolerances that come with working with them.

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

2018 – Present Employed on Turn arounds and short-term projects.

2017 - 2018 Self Employed Contracting/Consulting

Subcontracting Heavy Duty Mechanic/Millwright services

2009 - 2017 Employed by Parker Drilling to Exxon Mobil Maintenance Supervisor

Managed/Maintained more than 2000 pieces of equipment using SAP and IVARA maintenance programs, with a Maintenance team of 14 mechanics, electricians and electronic technicians.

Organization of Vendor support. Excellent team Safety record of over 7 years without LTA.

Less than .5% non-productive time on technically challenging critical path equipment.

2005 - 2009 Subcontracted Mechanical services

TO: Bula Millwrights General Foreman/ Millwright CNRL/ Central Alberta

West Central Compressor Service Truck Owner/Operator NG Compression Central Alberta

FSI International Construct Ship & Commission Brine plant Siberia Russia

Quinn Contracting Millwright services at Poly/Petro Chemical plant Joffre Alberta

Tundra Site Services Heavy Duty Mechanic/Millwright NWT/Alberta

HISTORY

I was born, raised, and went to school in Red Deer Alberta to parents that immigrated from Germany. My first language is English although I speak German and some Russian. In 1979 I started working in mechanics around the machine shops, repair facilities and drilling contractors of Nisku Alberta.

In 1984 got an opportunity to work National Oilwell in Red Deer Alberta now NOV. At that time, it was a state-of-the-art manufacturing facility that built Pumps (100 – 2000 hp) Hoisting machinery, HP Gate valves and down hole pump components. In 1987 I found an opportunity working offshore in the Canadian Arctic for Beaudrill (Gulf Oil). From this I got opportunities working at different places of the world which I really enjoyed. While working overseas and between projects I did quite a lot of work in Canada on shutdowns and short-term projects. In 2017 I stopped working overseas to help my wife care for our parents who needed support.

SUMMARY

Throughout my mechanical career I have paid a lot of attention to Health & Safety, the strength of teamwork, keeping current in technical knowledge with people and on the equipment I work with. Reliability, and efficiency have been front and center in the way I carry out my work. My experience and knowledge base are extremely diverse having worked in industries such as Oil and Gas, Petro Chemical, Mining and Manufacturing. I value the teams I have worked with and attribute much of my gains as a person to the different projects, people and cultures I was fortunate enough to work with.

I feel my strength is being resourceful, having a strong work ethic and being a self starter being able to work with little supervision.

I am in excellent health and enjoy Dog Training, Skiing, Golf and Travel, not necessarily in this order.

My personal goals are to stay involved mentally and physically in projects that I find interesting. From working in the trenches and getting my hands dirty to assisting in management. Shutdowns and Turnarounds are attractive to me but also slightly longer projects building a maintenance system and team to implement it are something I find interesting.

The above information gives a very condensed idea of prior work experience and accomplishments. I look forward to providing more detailed information on specific areas of interest to those that may be interested in help achieving their goals.

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