Derrick Sonnier

• Maintained compliance with safety standards while using forklifts.
• Reduced incidents of damaged goods through proper pallet loading.
• Ensured immediate notification to leadership regarding any equipment problems.
• Communicated with team members to coordinate efficient and accurate movements.
• Adhered strictly to company policies concerning operation of material handling equipment.
• Unloaded incoming items from trucks and rail cars and transported materials to staging area.
• Positioned lifting devices around loaded pallets, skids and boxes to secure materials for transport to designated areas.

• Worked with team to lift heavy sections into place using rigging and signals.
• Communicated with other workers regarding progress of projects.
• Assisted Boilermaker with all welding tasks and repairs on boilers, pipes, and tanks.
• Cleaned work areas before beginning each job task.
• Prepared surfaces for welding by grinding, cleaning, chipping, fitting, and aligning components.
• Identified any potential hazards present in the work area.
• Assisted Boilermakers in setting up scaffolding around the boiler structure when needed.

• Drove gasoline- or electric-powered vehicles to transport materials between loading, processing and storage areas.
• Collaborated with team members on various tasks related to storage and transport operations.
• Complied with safety regulations at all times while operating heavy machinery like forklifts.
• Maneuvered forklift over and around loaded pallets, boxes and other materials.
• Worked with cross-functional teams to achieve goals.

Unload flow bins, pallets of material, crane mats, machinery, and various bulk items off trailer trucks when delivered to our laydown yard area. Remove lab waste to be disposed of, as well as the plant's trash, from all unit areas. Use stop work authority when needed throughout the entirety of the job.

• Communicated with team members to coordinate efficient and accurate movements.
• Ensured that all loads were secured properly before transporting them by utilizing straps and chains on the Rough Terrain Fork Lift.
• Unloaded containers onto pallets using a rough terrain forklift.

• Moved supplies and tools to site areas to keep work moving smoothly.
• Volunteered to take on additional shifts during peak periods to keep projects with tight deadlines moving forward.
• Operated equipment and tools safely to carry out efficient project work.
• Worked long hours outdoors under extreme weather conditions when necessary.
• Disposed of hazardous materials in accordance with plant regulations.

• Monitored access to facilities, enforcing entry requirements and restrictions.
• Maintain hot work permits and entry logs to tank manways that I attended, and kept headcounts on entrants in and out of tanks.
• I wrote jsa's c for daily work scopes each day worked.
• Use horns and signals to watch for sparks from welding while working around flammable objects, materials, or liquids.
• Climbed tall towers using ladder cages and scaffolds.

• Ran CNC lathes and CNC milling machines.
• Took measurements to fabricate metal material parts and tools to be used for different jobs or things.
• Use Shop Forklift to transport stock pallets of material to be worked on and big parts to be positioned to be lifted that were too big.
• Used grinding equipment for finishing surfaces and sharpening cutting edges on machined parts.
• Calculated dimensions or tolerances using micrometers or vernier calipers.
• Operated hand tools, drill presses, riveting machines and tap burners to safely produce projects.
• Troubleshot and repaired machines to increase productivity and decrease spending.