Experience

Northern Mat & Bridge LP

• Canada
• Construction
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bridge Specialist, Eastern Canada

  • Dec 2019 - Present



Lessard Welding

• Project Manager - Bridges, Roads and Resource Access

  • Nov 2016 - Dec 2019

  Carried out multiple bridge installations in both Northern and Southern Ontario. Provided engineering, construction technical advice to clients related to bridge products, installation logistics and regulatory approvals. Customers included MTO, Hydro One, MNRF, Town of Grand Valley, County of Renfrew, Municipality of West Nipissing, OFSC, CER, and multiple cottage associations. Delivered multiple Visual Bridge Inspections training sessions for MNRF, Forest Industry and Hydro One staff in Kenora, Thunder Bay, Timmins, Wawa, Sudbury and Gravenhurst. Show less



Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry

• Bracebridge, Ontario, Canada

• Senior Engineering Technologist

  • Jun 1976 - Nov 2016

  Responsible for for over 39,000 km of Forest Access Roads and 129 Bridges in Southern Ontario at the time of my retirement. Also a Regulator under the Lakes and Rivers Improvement Act and Public Lands Act. Constructed 149 Bridges and over 1200 km of forest access road over my career. Also reconstructed 12 dams, 1 fish hatchery (Blue Jay Creek), Sudbury Airport Fire Management Centre and the MNRF Aircraft Maintenance Centre at the Sault Ste. Marie Airport. Co-author of the MNRF 2008 Crown Land Bridge Management Guidelines (policy document), assisted with the development of the MNRF Resource Access Manual (policy document). Also assisted with the development of MNRF standard bridge drawings (1990, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2015). Show less