Dustin Swenson
Pinetop-Lakeside,AZ
Summary
Hardworking operator skilled in quality control and machine, equipment troubleshooting.
Overview
30
30
years of professional experience
Work History
Heavy Equipment Operator- Dozer, blade
Granite Construction
Fairbanks, Alaska
08.2025 - 10.2025
- Pioneering new section of parks highway.
Heavy Equipment Operator
North West Grading Inc.
Post Falls, Idaho
04.2025 - 07.2025
- Sub grade and blue top for sidewalks and roads. GPS dozer and GPS blade.
- Installation of dry wells.
- GPS excavator for dry wells.
Finish Blade Operator - Finish Dozer - Excavator
Hammon Infrastructure
Denver, Colorado
11.2024 - 12.2024
- Installed stormwater systems and water mains for overloaded infrastructure.
- Performed subgrade and finish grading for roads and sidewalks.
Finish Blade Operator - Excavator
SWP
Glendale, Arizona
07.2023 - 10.2024
- Managed 11 miles of subgrade, bar ditches, culverts, and finish grading for paving.
Finish Blade Operator - Finish Dozer
Under the Mountain Underground
Pueblo, Colorado
02.2023 - 07.2023
- Completed subgrade, finish grade, retention ponds for The Maverick truck in Pueblo, CO
- Widened I-25 on and off ramps. CDOT
- Coordinated traffic control through paving operations.
Finish Blade Operator
Flat Iron Construction
Denver, Colorado
12.2022 - 02.2023
- Installed storm drains for city infrastructure.
Working Foreman - Finish Blade Operator- Excavator
Summers Construction
09.2022 - 12.2022
- Directed paving of dirt roads and construction of concrete culverts.
- Conducted grading and reshaping of existing roads.
Working Foreman - Finish Blade Operator - Finish D
ESI
06.2022 - 09.2022
- Managed crew tasks, sub-grading, and blue-top grading.
- BNSF Logistics Yard, highway widening, county road prepping and paving.
Operator
Resource Specialist Inc.
Lakeside, AZ
01.2021 - 01.2022
- Opened new mines, constructed roads, built helicopter pads and pads for core drillers.
- Worked with engineers and safety teams to maintain equipment and crew health.
- Specialized in rock hammering for road and cliff construction.
- Completed demolition projects in Phoenix for new subdivisions.
Operator
Rawlings Construction
Show Low, Arizona
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Directed crews, completed site plans, and handled work orders.
- Operated heavy machinery on various construction sites.
Operator
Iron Horse Excavating
Lakeside, Arizona
01.1996 - 01.2010
- Developed sub divisions. All utilities underground. Start to finish, roads included.
- Developed industrial and commercial underground. Roads included.
- Included rock trenchers for all of the above. Water, sewer mains. Underground power. Basement, footings.
- Water main on Sunrise Ski Resort.
Education
High School -
Blue Ridge High School
Skills
- Heavy Equipment Operator
- Finish blade operator / Road grater of all sizes
- Excavators of all sizes
- Front end loader of all sizes
- Finish Dozers of all sizes
- Underground Utilities & Infrastructure
- Road Construction & Site Development
- Highway, freeway, interstate
- Oil Field Work - roads and pads
- Wild land, Firefighting Experience
- Logging
References
Eric- IRON HORSES GRADING AND EXCAVATING
928 358-0977
Ricky- UNDER THE MOUNTAIN UNDERGROUND
719 208-0164
Jesse- SUPERINTENDENT SWP
602 295-8739
Burt- PERSONAL FRIEND
480 826-8366
Timeline
Heavy Equipment Operator- Dozer, blade
Granite Construction
08.2025 - 10.2025
Heavy Equipment Operator
North West Grading Inc.
04.2025 - 07.2025
Finish Blade Operator - Finish Dozer - Excavator
Hammon Infrastructure
11.2024 - 12.2024
Finish Blade Operator - Excavator
SWP
07.2023 - 10.2024
Finish Blade Operator - Finish Dozer
Under the Mountain Underground
02.2023 - 07.2023
Finish Blade Operator
Flat Iron Construction
12.2022 - 02.2023
Working Foreman - Finish Blade Operator- Excavator
Summers Construction
09.2022 - 12.2022
Working Foreman - Finish Blade Operator - Finish D
ESI
06.2022 - 09.2022
Operator
Resource Specialist Inc.
01.2021 - 01.2022
Operator
Rawlings Construction
01.2017 - 01.2019
Operator
Iron Horse Excavating
01.1996 - 01.2010
High School -
Blue Ridge High School