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Certified Welder & Machinery Maintenance Lead Technician

Location:
Cormack, NL, A8A 0B3, Canada
Posted:
March 20, 2026

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Lorne Sheaves

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Profile Summary

Interprovincial Journey Person qualification with Red Seal Endorsement in Welding

Construction Electrician – Registered Apprentice, June 2015

C.W.B SMAW (4 Position Pipe & Plate) and C.W.B. FCAW (Four Position)

WHMIS 2015 (Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System

C.S.T.S. (Construction Worker Safety)

Safety Training for Supervisors and Managers, November 2016

Fall Protection Program – 2 Day Course

Confined Space Entry Training – 2 Day Course

Overhead Crane Safety and Rigging Safety

Aerial Boom Lift

Elevating Work Platform (Scissor Lift)

Telehandler / Rough Terrain Forklift

Valid Class 05 and 06 Driver’s License

Skid Steer Loader Operator

Professional Experience

Mobile Maintenance Welder

Calibre Mining Victoria Lake Gold Mine, NL

October 2022 – Current

Mobile maintenance welder welding repairs on all site equipment.

Maintenance Welder - Lead Hand

Workforce Tacora Mine, Wabush, NL

October 2021 – Current

Repairs and maintenance on pumps, launders and structural components in and around the mine site.

Mobile Maintenance Welder

Kirkland Lake Gold Detour Lake Mine, ON

September 2019 – September 2021

Welding repair on 795 Haul Trucks, D-11 Dozers, Drills, shovels

Welder Ironworker Rigging Forman

Barnard-Pennecon Muskrat Falls Project, NL

April 2016 – December 2018

Welder and Ironworker in the construction and general maintenance of a two-stage cement batch plant that was running 24 hours a day producing both RCC and conventional cement.

In spring of 2018 I was promoted to Rigging Foreman with a crew of three workers. We worked with 999 and 888 Manitowoc cranes and also with 90 and 80 ton R/T cranes.

Welder Ironworker Apprentice Electrician

North Eastern Constructors Limited Mosquito Cove Newfoundland - Hebron Project, NL

May 2014 – April 2016

Worked on the construction of the Hebron Oil Rig, including welding steel and aluminum top side of the oil rig which housed the accommodations and the inner workings of the rig.

Worked as an apprentice electrician / welder running wires and hooking up electrical components in different areas of the rig.

Welder Iron Worker

Vytrell Engineering Limited Paradise Newfoundland – Voisey’s Bay, NL

August 2013 - February 2014

Ironworker / Welder, working on contract to upgrade and install new components such as handrails, barricades and mezzanine floors through the mill at the Voisey’s Bay Nickel Mine.

Welder

Wabush Mines Wabush, NL

February 2010 – August 2013

Mill Maintenance completing general welding repairs, including mill concentrator and within various departments in the mine.

Assisting millwrights with changing of feeders, pumps, conveyer rollers and mill liners.

Welder Pile Driver

Rockcliffe Construction Boomlake Project, NL

August 2009 – December 2009

Construction of abutments and coffer dams for bridges for the Bloom Lake railway using sheet piles.

Contract Welder

Alberta Oil Sands, AB

March 2008 – July 2009

Welder / Pile Driver - Ledcor Foundations, Albian Sands and Fort Hills

Construction of abutments and coffer dams.

Welding of pile caps.

Electrical Welder – Braid Industrial, CNRL Project

Fabricated and installed wire trays and light brackets.

Electrical Welder – SRS – Specialized Rigging Services, CNRL Project

Fabricated and installed wire trays and light brackets.

Welder Fitter Welder lead Hand

Fraser Marine Industrial Port Colbourne, ON

January 2001 – March 2009

Seasonal position from January to May from 2001 – 2009. During the summer months I would sail on ships making repairs at sea.

Performing welding procedures on various areas within ships, including tight areas, which required repair. Responsible for 15 welder fitters and ensuring completion of task at hand, also performing welding procedures.

Welder Fitter

Manuel’s Construction Ltd. Port aux Basques, Newfoundland

July 2001 – December 2008

Performed welding repair to heavy equipment. This was a seasonal position – working during periods I was not working with Fraser Marine in Port Colborne, Ontario.

Welder

Maritime Steel Dartmouth, Nova Scotia

July 1999 – September 2000

Performed welding fabrication on steel girders required for bridges in Canada and the United States.

Education

References

Construction Electrician – Registered Apprentice

June 2015

Interprovincial Journey Person Qualification with Red Seal Endorsement in WELDING

College of the North Atlantic, St. John’s, Newfoundland, June 2001

Welding – Furthering Education

Completed eight-week course with a ninety-two percent average in Flux Core, Stick, Tig and

Pipe welding.

College of the North Atlantic, St. John’s, Newfoundland, December 2000

Welding

Completed one-year welding course

College of the North Atlantic, Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, June 1999

Grade 12 - College of the North Atlantic, Port aux Basques, Newfoundland, June 1997

Dean German, Superintendent Anthony Strickland, Foreman

Barnard-Pennecon Kirkland Lake Gold

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Clarence Hynes, Foreman

NECL

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