Creshawn Tsosie
Ganado,AZ
Summary
Driven and accomplished professional with a robust background in construction and materials handling, notably as a Structural Ironworker with Mears Group. Excelled in beam installation and demonstrated exceptional teamwork, leading projects to completion with precision and safety. Skilled in utilizing rigging techniques and fostering cross-functional team collaboration, significantly enhancing project efficiency and quality.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Journeyman Carpenter
Hensel Phelps
Los Alamos, NM
03.2024 - 08.2025
- Studied blueprints or building plans to prepare layout and materials required.
- Applied design-specific wood and composite trim according to architectural plans and neighborhood regulations.
- Checked accuracy of finished product with measuring tools such as tape measures and levels.
- Constructed forms for pouring concrete foundations.
- Installed windows, flooring, or trim using hand or power tools.
- Verified trueness of construction using plumb and level.
- Roughed in door and window frames or subflooring in structures undergoing construction or repair.
Forklift Operator
KCT LLC
Phoenix, AZ
01.2025 - 03.2025
- Drove gasoline- or electric-powered vehicles to transport materials between loading, processing and storage areas.
- Loaded pallets onto trailers for shipment.
- Positioned lifting devices to secure material or products for transport to designated areas.
- Operated forklifts to transport materials between loading, processing, and storage areas.
- Unloaded incoming items from trucks and rail cars and transported materials to staging area.
- Maneuvered forklift over and around loaded pallets, boxes and other materials.
- Transported material to correct locations and documented inventory changes.
Structural Ironworker
Mears Group
Columbus, NE
10.2024 - 01.2025
- Assembled and bolted structural steel frames using power tools and lifting devices.
- Inspected completed structures for conformance with design specifications.
- Connected column bases, beam splices, girders, trusses, columns, joists, decking systems and other related components of the structure.
- Welded parts together using shielded metal arc welding process.
- Used cranes to lift heavy steel beams into place.
- Identified reinforcing rod quantities, sizes and locations from blueprints and informal instructions.
- Ensured that all safety standards were followed while performing tasks.
- Performed mod assembly, erected and connected structural steel and leveled and torqued connections after steel placement.
- Aligned structural steel members prior to bolting or welding them together.
- Loaded and unloaded materials from delivery trucks at job sites.
- Grouted anchor bolts into masonry or concrete foundations according to specified plans.
- Led and mentored less-experienced ironworkers and assisted foremen in assigning work activities.
- Worked closely with structural ironworkers, ornamental Ironworkers, riggers and machinery movers, enabling clear and safe cross-functional operations.
- Utilized rigging techniques when hoisting large objects into place.
- Collaborated with construction foreman to establish and confirm task sequences and reinforcing requirements.
- Studied blueprints, drawings, and specifications to determine layout of work.
- Climbed ladders and scaffolds to reach elevated worksites.
- Positioned steel units, aligned holes and inserted temporary bolts while checking alignments and joining steel parts.
Education
High School Diploma -
Window Rock Unified School District
Fort Defiance, AZ05-2020
Skills
- Column connecting
- Rod-bending machines
- Elevated work platform set up
- Beam installation
- Blowtorches and equipment
- Safety protocols and procedures
- Pre-operational equipment inspections
- Front end loader operations
- Excavation
- Concrete pouring and mixing
- Heavy equipment operator
- Valid Driver's license
- Vibratory roller operation
- Teamwork and collaboration
- Rigging and hoisting safety
- Innovation skills
References
Reference 1. Paula Elmore Relationship: Volunteer supervisor E-mail: Paula_elmore@gmail.com Phone Number: (9280 433-9179
Reference 2. Daniel Jim Relationship: Former co-worker. Phone Number: (480) 489-6980
Reference 3. Carlos Leos Relationship: Former Foreman. Phone Number: (970) 889-4669
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Forklift Operator
KCT LLC
01.2025 - 03.2025
Structural Ironworker
Mears Group
10.2024 - 01.2025
Journeyman Carpenter
Hensel Phelps
03.2024 - 08.2025
High School Diploma -
Window Rock Unified School District