Christopher Story
Fouke,AR
Summary
Diligent and hard-working candidate ready to contribute solid effort as team member. Thorough and highly organized with excellent communication skills. Reliable worker with strong work ethic. Skilled Heavy Equipment Operator with 5+] years of construction experience. Knowledgeable in wide range of trenchers, backhoes and diggers. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Heavy Equipment Operator/Laborer
DynaGrid Construction Group
11.2022 - 05.2023
- Operated range of heavy equipment on regular basis with advanced skill.
- Operated machining equipment safely with team of operators.
- Adhered to heavy equipment safety and operation protocols, resulting in minimal complaints or incidents.
- Met project demands consistently through careful and consistent operation of heavy equipment.
- Trained in diverse pieces of equipment and useful attachments to handle team needs.
Farm Manager
Heigle Farms
03.2021 - 12.2022
- Led team of 2-3 skilled and unskilled farm personnel.
- Hired, trained, and supervised seasonal workers engaged in cultivation and harvest.
- Worked closely with employees to improve practices, techniques and safety choices, optimizing performance and minimizing waste.
- Planned schedule for crop rotation, plantings and harvest.
- Purchased supplies such as seed, pesticides and fertilizer.
- Explained and demonstrated working techniques, practices and safety measures for permanent and migrant agricultural workers.
Welder
Led Well And Son Enterprises
02.2011 - 03.2021
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
- Minimized warping using good fitting, burning and welding techniques.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
- Used MIG gun arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpieces.
- Managed repair and maintenance schedule to organize shop and maintain equipment.
- Salvaged and rebuilt parts to achieve cost savings and reduce waste.
Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance Worker
Fouke Aggerate
08.2010 - 02.2011
- Operated range of heavy equipment on regular basis with advanced skill.
- Operated machining equipment safely with team of operators.
- Adhered to heavy equipment safety and operation protocols, resulting in minimal complaints or incidents.
- Met project demands consistently through careful and consistent operation of heavy equipment.
- Trained in diverse pieces of equipment and useful attachments to handle team needs.
- Performed thorough pre-shift and post-shift inspections and accurately completed equipment logs and reports.
- Strictly adhered to company safety procedures, noticeably decreasing job site accidents.
- Completed diligent equipment inspections, repairs and maintenance actions to prolong life of each piece of machinery.
- Kept machinery in proper working order by repairing and replacing malfunctioning parts.
- Maximized equipment and personnel protection by identifying and avoiding hazards such as utility lines.
- Maintained fueled and fully operational equipment to jump on project requirements and keep teams on tight schedules.
- Placed tools and job site machinery in locked areas and secured location at end of each shift.
- Resolved most mechanical issues independently and worked with supervisors and senior personnel to resolve complicated problems.
- Used inspection, troubleshooting and repair abilities to quickly clear mechanical issues with heavy equipment.
- Loaded and moved materials such as dirt and rocks based on specific job needs.
- Performed preventive maintenance to prolong life of equipment.
- Removed topsoil, vegetation and rocks to grade earth to specifications.
- Avoided hazards such as hanging or buried utility lines when operating equipment.
- Selected and fastened bulldozer blades or other attachments to tractors using hitches.
Welder
Led Well And Son Enterprise
05.2007 - 08.2009
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical and overhead positions.
- Clamped, held, tack-welded, heat-bent and bolted component parts to achieve required configurations and positions.
- Fabricated shop parts directly from blueprints.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
- Operated hoists, cranes and power tools to dismantle equipment to find and remove defective parts.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Chipped off excess weld, slag and spatter using hand tools.
- Minimized warping using good fitting, burning and welding techniques.
- Set up and operated shielded metal arc and gas metal arc welding equipment.
- Completed welding projects using gas tungsten arc, gas metal arc, flux-cored arc, plasma arc and shielded metal arc equipment.
- Repaired manufactured products by dismantling, straitening, reshaping and reassembling parts.
- Used MIG gun arc to melt and deposit metal from electrode to workpieces.
- Maintained correct arc length and movement speed to form specified fusion depth and bead.
- Salvaged and rebuilt parts to achieve cost savings and reduce waste.
Education
High School Diploma -
Fouke High School
Fouke, AR05.2007
Welding
Arkansas High School
Texarkana, AR05.2007
Skills
- Loader Controls
- Lever Controls
- Daily Vehicle Assessments
- Backhoe Operation
- Air Compressor Use
- Loading and Unloading
- Bulldozer Operations
- OSHA 10 Certification
- Personnel Protection
- Site Bulldozing
- Trench Work
- Ground Disturbance Oversight
Timeline
Heavy Equipment Operator/Laborer
DynaGrid Construction Group
11.2022 - 05.2023
Farm Manager
Heigle Farms
03.2021 - 12.2022
Welder
Led Well And Son Enterprises
02.2011 - 03.2021
Heavy Equipment Operator/Maintenance Worker
Fouke Aggerate
08.2010 - 02.2011
Welder
Led Well And Son Enterprise
05.2007 - 08.2009
High School Diploma -
Fouke High School
Welding
Arkansas High School
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