Ted Legault
What’s your current position?
General Foreman
How long have you been in this position?
4 months
Can you give me a brief overview of what it is you do in your work?
Plan work activities, ensure crews work safely, supervise foreman and coatings crews applying protective coatings throughout the LNG project.
Have you grown into different roles on this project since starting?
a. If so, what have your roles been?
Craft worker, Foreman, Safety officer, General Foreman
What skills or lessons did you take from them?
It gave me a good understanding of what’s going on from the workers perspective to the management side of safety, and a wider view of what it takes to plan and manage a larger workforce than I have ever managed before.
What would you say most motivates you to do what you do?
Working with people of all ages and skills, teaching new trades people and continuously learning every day.
What are you most excited or passionate about when it comes to your work?
The fast pace, the challenges, the solutions to those challenges and being able to pivot as needed to accommodate our client.
What are the goals you most want to accomplish in your work?
Making sure I get the job done in a safe manner, while making our deadlines to complete a quality product.
ON BEING LOCAL
As an experienced professional living locally, what does working on the project mean for you and your career?
It really means a lot to me! I moved here in 2013 at the peak of the aluminum Smelter project. Everyone was talking about this project and how Kitimat was going to be the hot spot for work. I moved my family here and lived here for 5 years working for myself and other small companies until the project got a final investment decision in 2018. It gave me a good income to support my family and a great place to raise my 4 kids. I am very proud to be a part of this project over the last almost 5 years.
What were you doing before working at the LNG Canada Project?
I had spent a few years working on the Kitimat modernization project, I worked for a smaller coating company in Kitimat which led to some out-of-town work around the province on some other smaller projects. I have been lucky enough to have worked with three different contractors on the LNG Canada site here.
As a local, what have YOU brought to the project that non-locals couldn’t have? (please brag)
I have brought an understanding of the district of Kitimat to my team that stay here and asked me questions like, “Is there a place in town that sells work boots”, “where are the best places to go out for dinner”, “Does anyone do fishing charters around here”. good knowledge of the local and surrounding areas.
If you could give advice to anyone starting on a large project like this one, what would it be?
Just go for it! It’s been such a rush seeing everything come together over the last 4 years, from the mods unloading at the Marine off loading facility, to watching the mods drive down center road into their final resting places. And all the people from around the world I have met it’s been a once in a lifetime opportunity and is going to great to have on the resume for future jobs.
For more information on the project and JFJV construction activities, please visit our website at jfjvkitimat.com or our Facebook page at facebook.com/JFJV Kitimat/.
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