Christopher M Kling

• Operated heavy machinery to complete excavation and construction tasks efficiently.
• Conducted routine maintenance checks to ensure equipment safety and reliability.
• Collaborated with team members to optimize workflow and enhance productivity on job sites.
• Trained new operators on equipment handling and safety protocols to improve team performance.

• Project services general foreman overseeing crews for road maintenance, ditch and water control, and clearing/grading new work areas as the job progressed
• Conducted regular site inspections to identify hazards and enforce compliance measures.
• Facilitated communication between management and crew, enhancing teamwork and project execution efficiency.
• Improved project efficiency by effectively delegating tasks and managing a team of skilled workers.

• Supervised daily operations, ensuring compliance with safety regulations and FERC environmental reconditioning specifications.
• Coordinated workflow among crew members to optimize productivity and meet project deadlines.
• Trained and mentored new team members on equipment usage and best practices.
• Implemented process improvements that enhanced efficiency in material handling and task execution.

90 mile Pipeline construction project. I was on the clean up crew and switched back and forth between running excavator and dozer. Job duties included Dewatering, drying subsoil, reworking and replacing subsoil back to original placement, picking up and loading mats on trucks, topsoil rough-in and finishing final grade.

Excavator and wheel loader operator. Duties include unloading trucks, laying mats, building mat bridges, picking up and stacking mats and loading trucks.

Plant Wansley coal power plant. Operator on the civil crew. Mainly operated excavator but also skid steer, dozer and dump truck regularly. Duties included digging/excavating concrete footer forms, loading dump trucks, digging/exposing underground obstacles and utilities, working machines in extremely tight areas with various obstacles to avoid, backfilling, finishing final grade.

Solar construction project. Excavator and skid steer operator. Duties included digging/excavating trenches and ditches for electrical lines, digging/exposing underground utilities, backfilling and finishing final grade.

Several different pipeline construction projects along the southern united states as a excavator and dozer operator. Duties include cutting grade, digging dich, lowering in pipes, backfilling, tie-ins, clean up and punch list.