Christopher Penn
Boones Mill,VA
Summary
Dynamic professional with a proven track record of success across various industries. Showcases exceptional planning and organizational skills, meticulous attention to detail, and the ability to excel in high-pressure situations while maintaining strict safety standards. Extensive experience in diverse machining operations and proficiency in utilizing industrial equipment effectively.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
Water Resources Construction Technician
Apex Companies, LLC
09.2023 - 04.2025
- Coordinated with subcontractors effectively, ensuring seamless integration into overall project timelines and budgets.
- Managed materials procurement efficiently maintaining accurate inventory records; resultantly avoiding delays caused due to lack or surplus stock.
- Completed projects within budgetary constraints through careful cost analysis and resource allocation.
- Determined materials needed for daily shift and loaded vehicles with equipment and supplies.
Soil/Rockfall Mitigation Technician
GeoStabilization International
07.2022 - 04.2023
- Implemented solutions for soil and rockfall stabilization.
Groundsman
Woodys Tree Service
02.2022 - 07.2022
- Performed groundskeeping duties ensuring cleanliness and order.
FedEx Delivery Driver
J&L Enterprises/Fed Ex
09.2021 - 02.2022
- Coordinated and executed delivery of goods across assigned routes.
Feller/B Trimmer
WTL Corporation
02.2021 - 05.2021
- Performed clearance tasks for AEP Transmission line right of way.
TO1 Maintenance operator/laborer
Virginia Department of Transportation
05.2020 - 02.2021
- Hands on manual maintenance laborer, operating light to heavy duty equipment; flags traffic, sets up work safety zones and traffic controls; uses hand and power tools; participating as a working team member performing operations including, clearing drainage, cutting brush, pot-hole patching, and fulfilling tasks required to complete road maintenance projects.
Sawyer/Technical feller/Aerial Rescue Climber
Phillips & Jordan Inc
01.2019 - 10.2019
- Applied technical felling and forestry skills in transmission line projects.
Sawyer/Groundsman
Gallihier Tree service
02.2018 - 01.2019
- Executed diverse tasks in tree service, maintenance, and removal.
Sawyer
Forell Innovations
03.2017 - 02.2018
- Conducted manual operations to ensure clear pathways for gas line installation and upkeep.
Custom Molding Production Machine Operator
Plastics One
07.2016 - 02.2017
- Perform various control operations tasks and monitoring to keep injection molding machines on the work floor operating at optimal performance. Examine molded product for surface defects, such as dents, bubbles, thin areas, and cracks. Trim any flashing stack molded parts into boxes for processing. Cleaning and maintenance of material drums, mold cavities, equipment and clearance of conveyors.
Receiving Forklift Operator/Stock Yard Tech
Mod-U-Kraf Homes
04.2013 - 06.2016
- Unloading and handling of building materials, Stocking and logistics. Main stocker, second on the floor, supplemented the main unloader & the plant. Sometimes sent out over the road on a flatbed or dump truck to pick up raw materials.
Fitter/Welder
Freightcar America
03.2012 - 04.2013
- Prep raw metal materials, fit and fasten sheet metal for welding operations of rail car construction using one's own hands and arms in handling, installing, forming, positioning, and moving materials, or in manipulating things, including hand tools to perform set tasks. Performed various operations to accomplish set tasks on the shop floor using either control mechanisms or direct physical activity to operate machines or processes including computers or vehicles.
Stocker
Mod-U-Kraf Homes
05.2007 - 03.2012
- Using one's own hands and arms in handling and moving materials stocking sections of modular homes for shipment. Oversaw plant and storage practices and housekeeping. Followed proper selection procedures as established by the company. Operated powered lift trucks, pallet jacks and forklifts safely, with a 0% incident rate. Used propane forklift to load box sections on the yard with freight.
Education
Diploma -
Franklin County High School
06.2005
Skills
- Logistics Management
- Welding
- Forklift Operator
- Construction
- Carpentry
- Production Machine Operator
- Groundsman
- Arborist
- Warehouse Experience
- Tree Care
- Industrial Equipment Experience
- Plastics Injection Molding
- Order Picking
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Landscape Maintenance
- Freight Experience
- Assembly
- Facilities Maintenance
- Commercial Driving
- Power tools
- Residential construction
- Commercial construction
Certification
- Virginia Department Of Transportation Commercial Driver Medical Certification July 2022 to July 2024
- Chainsaw Safety & Technical Tree Felling January 2019 to Present North American Training Solutions Chainsaw Safety & Technical TreeFelling certification
- State of Virginia Department of Transportation Flagging Certification May 2020 to May 2022
- Forklift Certification
- CPR/AED/First Aid March 2021 to March 2023
- Driver's License
- MSHA July 2022 to July 2023
- OSHA 10 -hour Construction Safety and Health July 2022 to Present
- ERailSafe System Badge July 2022 to July 2024 Railway Contractor Badge to work on rail systems
- CSX Roadway Worker Protection Training November 2022 to November 2023 CSX Roadway Worker Protection Training for Railroad Contractors
- Norfolk Southern Roadway Worker Protection November 2022 to November 2023
Timeline
Water Resources Construction Technician
Apex Companies, LLC
09.2023 - 04.2025
Soil/Rockfall Mitigation Technician
GeoStabilization International
07.2022 - 04.2023
Groundsman
Woodys Tree Service
02.2022 - 07.2022
FedEx Delivery Driver
J&L Enterprises/Fed Ex
09.2021 - 02.2022
Feller/B Trimmer
WTL Corporation
02.2021 - 05.2021
TO1 Maintenance operator/laborer
Virginia Department of Transportation
05.2020 - 02.2021
Sawyer/Technical feller/Aerial Rescue Climber
Phillips & Jordan Inc
01.2019 - 10.2019
Sawyer/Groundsman
Gallihier Tree service
02.2018 - 01.2019
Sawyer
Forell Innovations
03.2017 - 02.2018
Custom Molding Production Machine Operator
Plastics One
07.2016 - 02.2017
Receiving Forklift Operator/Stock Yard Tech
Mod-U-Kraf Homes
04.2013 - 06.2016
Fitter/Welder
Freightcar America
03.2012 - 04.2013
Stocker
Mod-U-Kraf Homes
05.2007 - 03.2012
Diploma -
Franklin County High School
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