Gerald Ruddell

Experience

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  Pronghorn Controls

  Nov 2000 - Mar 2006

  Successfully turned around the branch within one yearSuccessfully improved business relationships and profits each consecutive yearBuilt up a repetitive customer base of approximately 73 companies Provided ongoing support to numerous clientsEfficiently performed plant and field instrumentation maintenance dutiesSuccessfully built up professional relationships with operations personnelSuccessfully re-worked and re-used a plethora of old parts and equipmentSuccessfully improved systems and processes to eliminate spills, decrease down timeManaged instrument portion of numerous T/A's throughout the area

  • Branch Manager / Area Manager

    Feb 2001 - Mar 2006

  • Instrument Technician

    Nov 2000 - Feb 2001
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  Talisman Energy

  Mar 2006 - Jun 2010

  E / I Maintenance Coordinator

  Always kept safety, loss control, and corporate values at the forefront of all interactions. Manage and coordinate a team of E & I professionals.Performed financial reviews/ approval for E/I service and materials, time sheets, etcImplemented the Perfect Site Visit to reduce costs, improve loss control and productionImplemented E/I maintenance shift schedule and Maintenance Calendar Captured and managed work assignments, Provided technical support/ troubleshooting to reduce unnecessary dispatch of technicians.Successfully launched upgraded and standardized Maximo CMMS throughout NAO.Successfully worked with project team to add Safety Critical Elements to CMMS.Provided CMMS (Maximo) training and ongoing support for all field staff.Developed device identification/ calibration tags to achieve regulatory compliance.Effectively managed resources to ensure work orders kept up to date.Succeeded in reducing maintenance costs by $1.2 m in one year, and reduced huge backlog of overdue work orders to just 3 in same time period. Show less

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  AECOM

  Jul 2010 - May 2015

  Instrumentation Dept Manager, Grande Prairie

  Manage a team of Automation and Instrumentation Technicians, active in construction and maintenance across numerous industrial, commercial, and government entities. Our teams of Instrument & Electrical technicians work both close to home and abroad to support many projects and maintenance activities. Overall, we've grown into a world-wide EP&C company with offices and locations in 150 countries, on 7 continents, consisting of nearly 100,000 dedicated professionals that take great pride in our accomplishments.Locally, we provide high quality, professional 24/7 E&I services. We have the resources to provide everything from small instrument repairs in our tech bay, all the way up to and including large scale construction and maintenance support just about anywhere it is needed. We provide tooled field service units that allow us to take care of your needs at your facilities, or we can build or repair just about any sized skid in our own facilities. We offer ongoing maintenance services to ensure that your repairs and regulatory measurement requirements are taken care of. All compliance reporting is electronically archived on secure network storage. Some competitors talk up a good sell to this end, but around here, it is just taken for granted, and has been for more than 100 years! Show less

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  Cenovus Energy

  Dec 2016 - Oct 2017

  Sr. Maintenance Reliability Tech.

  Working with the Reliability Engineering & Maintenance Support team, supporting users of Maximo.

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  Interloc Solutions

  Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

  Maximo Functional Support

  During a fixed term, project based role at Enmax, I provided functional support for the various field teams during/ post go-live of Maximo 7.6 until users were capable of navigating Maximo, and performing their job duties using the new system.

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  Roska DBO Inc.

  Jan 2019 - Nov 2020

  Operations
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  Sodexo

  Nov 2020 - Feb 2023

  Maintenance Planner/ Maximo
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  Sodexo Canada Energy and Resources

  Feb 2023 - now

  Facilities Maintenance Manager

  Manage a team of technicians, utilizing Maximo CMMS/ EAM to provide facilities maintenance services.