Brennan Matte
Sulphur
Summary
To secure a position with a stable and profitable organization, where I can be a member of a team and utilize my experience to the fullest.
Compassionate mentor willing to take on any challenge and offering several years of related work experience. Outgoing and kind team player excited to work with people. Skilled in promoting the development of skills and helping each person develop to maximum potential.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Hydrovac Mentor / Operator
Badger Daylighting Inc.
Lake Charles
07.2022 - Current
- Train new employees
- Drive the Hydrovac unit to location
- Do a job walk to see what is needed and how to set up
- Get into position
- Put chocks and cones to secure truck and area
- Rig up
- Swing boom out using remote and attach dig tube with clamp
- Swing boom into position
- Pick proper wand for the job
- Pull water hose out to work area
- Mark excavation and depth
- Beginning digging
- When finished wash off equipment
- Roll up hose
- Detach dig tube and put it away along with clamp and wand
- Swing boom back to truck rack in the cradle
- Put remote away and pick up chocks and cones
- Go to dump site
- Dump truck and rinse mud gate and seals
- Return to yard
- Fill up with water
- Clean truck and rinse filters
- Put out chocks and cones
Dump Truck Driver
Heath Fruge Sand and Dirt Pit Llc
Iowa
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Load dump truck at pit using excavator with desired type of dirt
- Contact and gather all information needed from customer
- Drive to customers locations and dump load in desired location
- Maintain Trucks
- Supervise rent trucks
- Coordinate routes and loads for rent drivers
- Make tickets for all deliveries
Apartment Maintenance
Fruge Rentals
Iowa
04.2021 - 05.2022
- Maintain Apartments
- Small renovations after tenants move out
- Pull screws out walls, putty and repair holes
- Touch up paint
- Appliance repair and removal
- Door stops, door knobs, window blinds
- Minor plumbing
- Minor electrical
Helper/Laborer
Clyde Willis Hardwood Flooring
Lake Charles
08.2020 - 04.2021
- Assisted in removal of hardwood flooring
- Made minor and major cuts to flooring
- Applied glue
- Racked out rows to be glued down in place
- Used concrete patch to level floors
- Buffed patch until all spots are leveled
- Transport hardwood flooring to be put in place
- General house cleaning keeping my work area clean
- Nail down floor with nail guns when nail down was being done
- Gluing floors down when using glue using trials
- Use chop saw, miter saw, multi tool, and special rubber mallets
- Step 1 clean floors
- Step 2 check for low spots
- Step 3 apply patch where needed if needed
- Step 4 smooth patch down make sure it's level
- Step 5 rack out flooring for mock setup
- Step 6 glue or nail down
- Step 7 Clean up everything after installation
Loader Truck Driver Class B CDL
O'Brien Flying Service
Iowa
01.2019 - 08.2020
- I drive a loader truck for O'Brien Flying Service. The truck is a 26,001 lb. class B straight truck. The truck consist of a hydraulic wet system that powers a 40 ft. boom, 3 stage hydraulic ram, 2 in. suction and discharge pump, and a fuel pump.
- The truck has 4 525 gal. water tanks and a 350 gal. Jet A fuel tank. The truck is used to lift from 500 to 3,500 lbs. above a plane to be loaded with fertilizer for dry jobs. The trucks is used to fuel the plane and pump chemical to it also for wet jobs.
- We drive various distances to different strips for different farmers. We drive daily and we also work from the base using the trucks.
- Mix chemicals
- Use truck to load the planes with fertilizer or chemical
- Maintain and wash planes
- Drive loader truck for all jobs
- Wing hop / loading planes with fertilizer or chemical
- Convert planes from dry set up to wet set up
- Operate fertilizer auger trailer. The trailer consist of several hydraulic gates, levers, and pumps.
Roadside Assistance Technician
5 Star Inc
Lake Charles
04.2018 - 01.2019
- Change flat tires
- Bring fuel
- Help stranded motorist
Oiler/Mechanic
Ranger Offshore Inc
Houston
04.2017 - 04.2018
- Laid and transferred rigging, handled lines and checked tow.
- Cleaned, painted and maintained different vessels.
- Applied caulk, sealants and other agents to installed surfaces.
- Removed damaged tile, brick and mortar.
- Met production goals by maintaining cost effective levels of spare parts inventory.
- Promoted shop safety by working in a safe manner.
- Informed supervisors when machines needed major service.
- Repaired wiring, plumbing, equipment, and machinery.
- Safely operated mowers, chain saws, electric clippers.
- Prepared and administered preventative maintenance work orders.
- Read work orders to prepare for machine setup.
- Repaired and tested fire hydrants.
- Cleared drains and downspouts and cleaned gutters.
- Prepared and cleaned construction sites by removing debris.
- Accurately completed service reports and warranty forms.
- Maintained compliance with company standards to perform all maintenance activities.
- Inspected machine parts for conformance to product specifications.
- Applied chemical solutions and used polishing machines to clean all installation surfaces, equipment, tools, work sites and storage areas.
- Attended monthly safety meetings to ensure machine operation safety.
- Consistently assumed additional responsibilities and worked extended hours to meet project deadlines.
Aluminum Welder
C&L Repair
Sulphur
06.2012 - 04.2017
- Dismantled and reshaped products to correct problems.
- Assembled products by hand or with the assistance of fixtures.
- Applied knowledge of correct gasses and filler materials for use with boxes.
- Used hand and power tools to grind, buff, polish and otherwise finish pieces.
- Set appropriate parameters for fixturing and welds.
- Worked various positions at shop pressure washing, building cardboard boxes, and operating forklifts assisting in loading and unloading trucks.
Carpenters Assistant
Priola Builders
Iowa
12.2011 - 06.2012
- Removed damaged tile, brick and mortar.
- Gather tools and help with putting the structure together. I did whatever the head carpenter asked me to do to get the job done.
- Safe and efficient operation of power tools.
Education
Commercial Driver's License (CDL) - Class B
Coastal Driving School
Sunset, LA 08.2019 - 08.2019
High School Diploma -
Parkview Baptist School
Sulphur, LASkills
- Computer skills
- MIG
- Math
- Hazmat
- Works well independently
- Handyman
- Manual transmission
- Construction
- Computer operation
- Good judgment
- Safety procedures knowledge
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Equipment Repair
- Dependable and reliable
- Machine servicing
- Safety knowledge
- Heavy lifting
- Customer Relations
- Truck driving
- Equipment problem resolution
- Job shop experience
- Self-motivated
- Driving
- Tanker Experience
- Hand tools
- Customer relationship building
- Problem solving
- CDL B
- Sewer-related experience
- Delivery Driver Experience
- Reliable transportation
- Shop math
- Commercial driving
- MIG experience
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Communication skills
Certification
- Commercial Driver's License (CDL), B, 09/09/24, Present
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction, 01/01/26, Present
- TWIC Card
- Air Brake Endorsement
- Driver's License
- Tanker Endorsement
Willing To Relocate
- Lafayette, LA
- Beaumont, TX
Timeline
Hydrovac Mentor / Operator
Badger Daylighting Inc.
07.2022 - Current
Dump Truck Driver
Heath Fruge Sand and Dirt Pit Llc
04.2021 - 05.2022
Apartment Maintenance
Fruge Rentals
04.2021 - 05.2022
Helper/Laborer
Clyde Willis Hardwood Flooring
08.2020 - 04.2021
Commercial Driver's License (CDL) - Class B
Coastal Driving School
08.2019 - 08.2019
Loader Truck Driver Class B CDL
O'Brien Flying Service
01.2019 - 08.2020
Roadside Assistance Technician
5 Star Inc
04.2018 - 01.2019
Oiler/Mechanic
Ranger Offshore Inc
04.2017 - 04.2018
Aluminum Welder
C&L Repair
06.2012 - 04.2017
Carpenters Assistant
Priola Builders
12.2011 - 06.2012
High School Diploma -
Parkview Baptist School