Aaron Padilla
Hernandez,NM
Summary
Active Q Cleared
Skilled and organized operator with expertise in equipment operation, safety protocols, and quality initiatives. Extensive experience in equipment maintenance, inspections, and basic repairs. Thrives as a team player and excels in clear communication. Specializes in shipping, receiving, and meeting delivery deadlines while prioritizing safety and maximizing efficiency. Consistently delivers results whether working independently or as part of a fast-paced team. Diligent problem-solver with resourceful approach to challenges and maintains an organized style. Strong communication skills contribute to achieving desired outcomes.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Operator 3
Los Alamos National Laboratory
12.2020 - Current
- Efficiently read and interpreted blueprints
- Inspected machine parts with measuring tools
- Inspected finished products for quality and adherence to customer specifications
- Leadership in maintaining firing sites and experimental facilities. Oversaw logistics and inventory management for storeroom
- Welding techniques to assemble parts and components
- Set up / Clean up shots for lower slobbovia eenie minie and R306
- Build and setup shot and diagnostic stands, setup of diagnostics and recording equipment. Build/setup/install mitigation for explosives tests.
- Hauling / pick up purchases to different TA's as well as in and out of state
- Support Access Control
- Clearance patrol for firing sites, DARHT. Interact with multiple disciplines to ensure the safety of individuals in an explosives area.
- Shadows building managers, support DARHT with cooling towers
- Independent work to operate equipment as needed for snow removal, waste disposition, equipment transport, site setup/cleanup.
Waste Operator
N3B
08.2018 - 12.2020
- Familiarity with the principles of Department of Energy (DOE) Order 422.1, Conduct of Operations Requirements for DOE Facilities or experience in a related field consisting of formal operations
- Understanding and identify work hazards, safety practices, and operating configuration
- Understanding policies, practices, and procedures
- Computer program skills
- Tended equipment during operation and monitored readouts to determine areas of concern and quickly correct problems
- Received and processed both written and verbal instructions, prints and work orders
- Perform lead operator duties in CA
- Read procedures inside CA
- Multiple MSA, CRA, and FRA Demonstrations/Mock ups
- Operated drum-hauler equipment safely and efficiently with team of 7 employees
- Calibrated, tested, and adjusted machine settings or controls in preparation for torque wrench operations
- Have used and monitored anemometr and air monitor during operation
- Pre- jobs, Post-jobs, and emergency drills
- Redline Procedures Tabletops
- Safety and ethic share for pre jobs
- Poly Liner de-nesting with TRU waste
- Overpack operations
- SWB Proper Closure
- Visual Inspections (55 Gal Drum)
- Long Stem Filter Installation
- Prep 110, 85 and 55 Gallon drums for operations
- Prep SWB for operations
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
I | NMDOT
05.2017 - 07.2018
- Construct cement slabs, barns, sheds and compact material
- Conduct field inspections, project documentation, assure quality of material and/or conduct field sampling and testing as needed
- Have performed office duties such as answering telephones, fax and copying, organizing logbooks and filing documents
- Computer experience, logging in data, typing and filing
- Nuclear moisture density gauge testing
- Concrete technician and Drill shaft inspections
- Collect and package samples of aggregate that are then sent to lab for testing
- Copied, logged and scanned supporting documentation
- Verified data integrity and accuracy
- Safety meetings weekly
- Obtained documents, clearances, certificates and approvals from local, state and federal agencies
- Analyzed departmental documents for appropriate distribution and filing
Highway Maintenance Worker
NMDOT - 10, lane
05.2015 - 05.2017
- Operate a backhoe, dozer, loader, skid steer, and tractors
- Hook up trailers, trailer tie downs, boomers and straps
- Chainsaw work, weed eating, mowing, fencing
- Handy with power/hand tools (air impact, grinder, reciprocating saw, shovel, axe, pick, some welding-plasma cutting etc..)
- Road maintenance around ranch with loader, tractor and skid steer
- Experience loading a dump truck, belly dump and end dump with loader
- Experience operating an automatic dump truck and tandem 13 speed dump truck
- Grease trucks & equipment
- Experience with snow removal and traffic control
- Have performed office duties such as answering telephones, fax and copying, organizing logbooks and filing documents
- Computer experience, logging in data, typing and filing
- Performed basic machine set up
- Dug trenches, backfilled holes, and compacted earth to prepare for new construction
- Prepared and administered preventative maintenance work orders
- Attended monthly safety meetings to ensure machine operation safety
- Followed company procedures to maintain work environment in a neat and orderly condition
Skills
- Operational documentation
- Tool operation
- Production work
- Efficient multitasking
- Hand and power tools
- Problem-solving
- Analytical thinking
- Forklift operation
- Heavy equipment operation
- Quality assurance
- Safety compliance
- Hand-eye coordination
- Customer service
Timeline
Operator 3
Los Alamos National Laboratory
12.2020 - Current
Waste Operator
N3B
08.2018 - 12.2020
ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN
I | NMDOT
05.2017 - 07.2018
Highway Maintenance Worker
NMDOT - 10, lane
05.2015 - 05.2017
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