1. STEPHEN B. URCH
1816 – 104A Street, EDMONTON, ALBERTA. T6J 5A4.
Telephone: (780) 462 – 0120, Cell: (780) 240- 4907, email; s.urch@shaw.ca
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CAREER EXPERIENCE
L.J. Welding Automation (February 2012 – January 2016)
Position: Millwright
Duties: Assemble and test equipment used to assist welding operations.
Custom, production and prototype assemblies. (Conveyers, pipe rotating
equipment, turn-tables, manipulators).
Assembly Q.C.
Dresser-Rand Canada (Oct.1996- Dec. 2011)
Position: Quality Assurance Representative (2007-2011)
Duties: Maintain and expand I.S.O. 9001:2008 certification for Canadian operations.
• Create a safe and worker friendly work environment
• Develop and implement local supplemental quality procedures (revise when necessary)
• Maintain calibration and repair of company and employee owned measuring equipment and
maintain records.
• Verify procedures and/or specifications used on repairs.
• Control in-process documentation.
• Control and update local and factory supplied procedure/specification manual.
• Remove and verify purchase requisitions for applicability to requirements.
• Perform internal audits of quality program.
• Prepare/perform/verify audits of external vendors/suppliers.
• Develop and maintain ‘approved vendor list’.
• Schedule and conduct management review meetings, (review of quality program for
applicability and effectiveness) develop action items (when required) and follow up to
implementation and completion.
• Participate in weekly WIP meetings.
• Participate in weekly Canada Area R&O meetings.
• Participate in monthly QA/PI meetings.
• Participate in monthly Safety/Star-point meetings.
• Control and document issue of drawings and relevant documentation for in house use and
vendor/sub-contractor supplies.

2. • Review and verify certifications of purchased materials.
• Review and verify conformity to requirements of work performed by vendors/sub-contractors.
• Develop and maintain quality records.
• Review and verify applicable documentation, inspection and in-process forms for applicability
and completeness.
• Develop, review, issue and verify shop routing sheets for procedure/specification/hold point
requirements and applicability prior to start of job.
• Develop and maintain customer complaint, non-conformances, corrective/preventative action
documentation and log. Participate in development. Implementation and follow-up to the
same. Provide customer with corrective/preventative action reports when required.
• Co-ordinate with Lloyds representative ISO audit schedule.
• Request drawings/technical data from factories.
• Obtain and issue drawings and data to shop employees.
• Assist with problem solving (shop floor if required).
• Co-ordinate with factory engineering/technical support regarding requirements/application of
special process etc.
• Provide technical support to customer and vendors.
• Identify new equipment/procedures to increase shop/process efficiency.
• Review routings for effectiveness.
• Participate in corrective action meetings and documentation (forms).
• Participate in ‘lean’ procedures/teams.
• Assist in the development, implementation and review of process change.
• Assist in the inventory control / storage of customer property.
Position: Purchaser / Millwright lead hand (2000-2007)
Duties: Locate suppliers, purchase all related tooling, materials and services for
Edmonton Service facility.
Position: Millwright (1996-2000)
Perform repairs and maintenance on steam turbines and compressors.
G.E. Canada ( I.T.S., A.T.S., GETSCO ) (1988-1996)
Position: Millwright, millwright foreman (worked as sub-contractor.)
United Diesel (1986-1988)
Position: Auto Electrical repair tech.
Duties: Repair, rebuild and test starter motors and alternators.
Barber Industries (1980-1986)
Position: Industrial mechanic/Millwright.
Duties: Repair and maintain shop manufacturing equipment i.e. lathes, drill presses, grinders.

3. British Steel Corporation (1974-1980)
Position: Fitter/Turner, Machine shop machinist. (1978-1980)
Position: Apprentice – Fitter/Turner (Millwright/Machinist) (1974-1978)
QUALIFICATIONS AND CERTIFICATIONS
I.S.O. 9000:2000 Series Auditor/Lead Auditor – LRQA
Safety Auditor. - Alberta Occupational Health and Safety
WHMIS ( Trainer ), T.D.G. ( Trainer ), Confined Space Entry, Air Quality
Monitoring, Leadership for Safety Excellence, Construction Safety
Administration, Construction Safety Officer. - Alberta Construction Safety
Association
Provincial and Inter-provincial ; Journeyman Millwright
Certificate of Craftsmanship ; Fitter / Turner. - Iron and Steel Industry Training
Board
General Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. - Welsh Joint Education
Committee.
Maintenance Engineering Craft Studies, Factory and Plant Reconditioning,
Occupational Safety. - City and Guilds of London Institute