Nathan Chevalier

Experience

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  Canam Tool & Die

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  Tool & Die Maker

  Canam Tool & Die specialized in prototypes and tool repair for airplane manufacturers and the energy sector. Having completed my Tool & Die Maker apprenticeship with the company, I learned to read engineering drawings and operate equipment to create the final product. One major project I worked on included the development of load carrying hooks on helicopters. In terms of skills and equipment, I became proficient in:• Setting up and operating manual and CNC machines (lathes, milling centers, boring, and surface grinders) and other machine shop equipment.• Verifying conformance of finished work to specifications using precision measuring instruments and documenting the results.• Performing own quality inspections and using a wide variety of equipment including micrometers, calipers, and dial indicators as well as performing surface plate inspections.• Producing functional prototypes• Welding (Stick, MIG, and TIG) with both stainless steel and aluminum materials Show less

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  Civic Tool & Die Ltd.

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1999

  Shop Foreman

  A full-service design and fabrication company for over 40 years, Civic Tool & Die Works created custom metal projects for its custom home-building or mining clientele across North America. Services included fabrication, welding, and machining. As Shop Foreman, my duties included:• Planning and directing workflow; dealing directly with clients; reviewing project specifications; providing project estimates; preparing job orders; updating clients on their work orders. • Performing production duties in fabrication, welding, or machining as required by operational needs; ensuring that quality standards were consistently met; troubleshooting manufacturing issues to ensure clients’ projects were completed on time. • Setting work schedules and supervising a team of machinists, welders, and fabricators; ensuring hours of work were logged to each project for accurate costing; resolving performance and employee-relation issues; providing guidance and discipline when required; maintaining company standards of performance and policies. • Performing preventative maintenance and regular maintenance on machines, equipment, and other tools used in the fabrication and quality processes. Show less

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  Tapp Label Company

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2018

  Director of Maintenance

  Tapp Label Company (formerly Tapp Label Technologies, formerly Tapp Technologies) delivers best-in-class label printing services for the wine, spirits, beer, and beverage industries. Over the 16+ years of my employment, Tapp grew from its single plant in Langley to 6 facilities across North America. Over this same period, I developed from a Mechanic to the Director of Maintenance. My key responsibilities and achievements included:• Leading a maintenance team of up to 4 members across 6 locations, all responsible for the testing and corrective and preventative maintenance of over 30 printing presses and offline equipment, ensuring minimum downtime. • Annually auditing equipment, creating and recommending improvement plans based on equipment lifecycles and recorded failures and downtime; maintaining comprehensive and accurate records of all equipment, parts, and maintenance activities. • Managing and implementing capital projects; inspecting, purchasing, and installing new and used printing presses and offline presses; decommissioning old equipment and maintaining a library of spare parts. • Modifying equipment, fabricating custom parts and developing equipment for the effective and efficient operation of printing equipment. This included an add-on to the flexographic press that allowed the press to remove the adhesive, print on both sides of the substrate and re-apply the adhesive. • Reviewing and analyzing reports (equipment utilization, downtime, waste) to assist in the determination of root cause based on material or equipment operations.• Managing key vendor and contractor relationships; overseeing request for quotes (RFQs) and determining best vendor or contractor to purchase from or receive services from; keeping stakeholders informed of decisions, project status, and budget. Show less

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  CT performance

  Jun 2017 - now

  Company Owner

  CNC machining and fabrication prototyping and high end fabrication.

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  Frontline Machinery Ltd.

  Jan 2018 - Oct 2022

  • Custom Solutions Manager

    Jan 2021 - Oct 2022

  • Custom Solutions Techncian

    Jan 2018 - Jan 2021
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  Ice River Sustainable Solutions

  May 2022 - now

  Maintenance Manager