Aaron Adame
Pueblo West,CO
Summary
Results-driven professional with expertise in leadership and safety management. Proven track record in coordinating maintenance projects and ensuring compliance with safety standards, leading to enhanced team performance and operational efficiency.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner
ACA Transport Ltd.
04.2024 - Current
- Manage logistics operations, coordinating with vendors and contractors to ensure appropriate and timely delivery of materials and efficiency in transportation processes.
- Providing various customers and contractors with aggregate deliveries including large civil construction sites.
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with customers and build strategic partnerships with suppliers to enhance service offerings and reduce operational costs.
- Hauling various types of materials depending on customer needs utilizing Class A tractor trailers.
- Operating various types of equipment depending on the projects needs including end dump, side dump, belly dump, flat bed and tanker trailers.
- Ensuring completion of proper paperwork and compliance with FCMSA guidelines.
- Inspections and maintenance of equipment to ensure equipment is in safe operable condition, including heavy mechanical repairs.
Transportation Maintenance III
Colorado Department of Transportation
05.2022 - 07.2024
- Responsible for the overall maintenance and supervision of four patrols and a rest area facility that included 17 employees. Providing oversite and guidance of all highway maintenance activity's ensuring department standards are met.
- Leading employees through training, mentoring and coaching in the field and in the a classroom setting, leading safety meetings and other trainings. Monitoring personnel performance and addresses problems utilizing PMP's and performance documentation.
- Planning and coordinating larger maintenance projects such as paving operations and chip seals, ensuring that projects stay within allocated budget.
- Responding to various types of emergencies and situations that arise, leading crews to help resolve situations.
- Ensuring proper maintenance and repairs of equipment.
- Coordinating with vendors and CDOT storeroom to order necessary maintenance supplies and materials.
- Demonstrated strong organizational and time management skills while managing multiple projects.
- Supervising maintenance of the maintenance facility including ensuring that MS-4 regulations are being met and FRCP inspections are completed.
- Coordinating with engineering and private contractors, providing oversite and inspections on contracted projects.
- Receiving customer complaints and concerns then coordinating the proper actions to resolve issues and following up with customers as necessary.
- Utilizing SAP in daily activity's such as approving time sheets and reviewing work orders and P card purchases.
- Ensuring a safe and healthy work environment for all personnel on a daily basis, keeping all employees working at their highest potential and maintaining a high morale.
- Adaptable and proficient in learning new concepts quickly and efficiently.
Transportation Maintenance II
Colorado Department of Transportation
07.2019 - 05.2022
- Lead and manage the maintenance of high priority patrols.
- Plan, assist, and train others within all aspects of highway maintenance operations.
- Prioritize work through daily planning and scheduling, creating work plans for employees on the patrol and monitoring progression of work.
- Lead, perform, and assist through training in the operation of equipment such as snow plows and tow plows, excavators, backhoes, loaders, pavers, chip spreaders, tar pots, rollers, hot boxes, skid-steers, motor graders, mowing tractors, dump trucks, and other types of light and heavy equipment needed in highway maintenance.
- Lead traffic control operations.
- Complete proper maintenance of equipment assigned to the patrol and keeping it in safe operable condition.
- Ensure a safe workplace through performing daily tailgate talks and addressing JHA's before performing jobs, also ensuring that all employees have necessary PPE.
- Ensure all the needs of a project are met through organizing equipment, resources, and man power.
- Coordinate with supervisors and other lead workers to accomplish maintenance goals of the area.
- Respond to emergency situations when called out.
- Lead in all aspects of highway maintenance on the patrol.
Transportation Maintenance I
Colorado Department of Transportation
05.2014 - 07.2019
- Participate in all daily highway maintenance activity's such as pothole repair, sign and delineation repair, fence repair, guardrail repair, vegetation control, erosion control, drainage maintenance, ect.
- Operate different pieces of heavy equipment including backhoes, excavators, dozers, motor graders, loaders, skid-steer, dump trucks, tractors, and rollers always performing proper pre and post operation inspections
- Maintenance and repair of equipment including lube services, greasing, replacing parts, changing cutting blades, etc.
- Coordinate with lead workers and supervisors to complete priority tasks.
- Respond to emergency's in a timely manner when called out.
- Worked effectively in fast-paced environments.
Education
Highway Maintenance Management AAS
Front Range Community College
Westminster, CO09-2026
Foundations of Leadership & Management Certificate -
Front Range Community College
Westminster, CO09-2026
Maintenance Leadership Academy -
National Highway Institute
09-2021
Introduction To Incident Command System -
FEMA
03-2021
Basic Incident Command System For Initial Response -
FEMA
03-2021
High School Diploma -
Swink High School
Swink, CO2012
Skills
- Project Management
- Operations Management
- Emergency Management
- Customer Relations
- Computer skills
- Mechanical Aptitude
- Equipment Maintenance
- Equipment Operation
- Traffic Control
- Fleet Management
- Class A Commercial Driver's License, Tanker and Hazmat Endorsement
Timeline
Owner
ACA Transport Ltd.
04.2024 - Current
Transportation Maintenance III
Colorado Department of Transportation
05.2022 - 07.2024
Transportation Maintenance II
Colorado Department of Transportation
07.2019 - 05.2022
Transportation Maintenance I
Colorado Department of Transportation
05.2014 - 07.2019
Highway Maintenance Management AAS
Front Range Community College
Foundations of Leadership & Management Certificate -
Front Range Community College
Maintenance Leadership Academy -
National Highway Institute
Introduction To Incident Command System -
FEMA
Basic Incident Command System For Initial Response -
FEMA
High School Diploma -
Swink High School