Jacob Wilkerson
Klamath Falls,Oregon
Summary
Detail-oriented safety and maintenance professional with expertise in driving, machinery upkeep, and roadway management. Proven track record in enhancing operational efficiency and ensuring compliance with safety standards. Strong commitment to delivering exceptional customer service while maintaining high-quality performance. Seeking to leverage skills in a challenging role to contribute to organizational success.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Truck Driver
Fv Martin Trucking
10.2023 - Current
- Operate tractor trailer
- Haul various materials on flat bed trailers
- Tarp loads and wood products
- Drive in adverse weather condition including chaining the truck and trailer
Pivot Crew Laborer
JW Kerns
04.2023 - 10.2023
- Drove tractor trailer
- Performed safety inspections
- Sorted out new machines when they were delivered to the customer
- Built new pivot and linier irrigation machines
Worker
Columbia Plywood
08.2021 - 11.2021
- Worked in the drying department feeding the dryers
- Worked in a team environment
- Worked well with others
- Cleaned and maintained the machines
- Always on time
Truck Driver
Lockett Trucking
06.2021 - 08.2021
- Operated a type 1 6by6 water tender
- Worked on the cutoff fire, cooks fire and also the bootleg fire
- Conducted safety inspections on the truck and equipment
- Worked in a safe manner around other crews
- Kept accurate time of my hours worked and time spent on the fires
Truck Driver
Green Diamond Resource Company
09.2018 - 07.2019
- Drove tractor trailer on highways and off road in the wood to the chipper
- Hauled wood chips from chipper in the wood to the mill
- Back onto the dump at the receiving mill
- Abide by hours of service
- Prepare shipping documents and weight tickets
- Roll up and roll out tarps to cover and secure loads
- Maintain the truck and trailer assigned to me and maintain equipment that I used
Truck Driver
Seigfried Trucking
08.2018 - 09.2018
- Drove tractor trailer hauling a set of doubles
- Hauled wood chips from mill to mill
- Break down the double sets to dump at the receiving mill
- Abide by hours of service
- Prepare shipping documents and weight tickets
- Roll up and roll out tarps to cover and secure loads
Ground Hand
Hunter Communications
03.2018 - 08.2018
- Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment
- Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances
- Using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces
- String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension
- Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches
- Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches
- Dig trenches for underground wires or cables
- Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices
Solar Installer
People Ready
01.2018 - 03.2018
- Spotter for heavy equipment
- Install pillions to install torque tubes
- Install brackets to torque tube to mount solar panels
- Install solar panels and electrical equipment
Truck Driver
Siegfried Trucking
09.2017 - 01.2018
- Drove tractor trailer hauling a set of doubles
- Hauled wood chips from mill to mill
- Break down the double sets to dump at the receiving mill
- Abide by hours of service
- Prepare shipping documents and weight tickets
- Roll up and roll out tarps to cover and secure loads
Truck Driver
Knife River
07.2017 - 08.2017
- Drove and operated a ready-mix concrete truck
- Delivered concrete to job sites
- Maneuvered truck around the job site to pour concrete
- Presented customers with receipts
Truck Driver
Milky Way/LTI Inc.
03.2017 - 06.2017
- Line driver that transported raw milk to dairy processing facilities
- Prepare shipping documents and farm pick up paperwork
- Present the paperwork and documents along with seals to receiver
Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2
Oregon Department of Transportation
Lakeview, OR
11.2016 - 03.2017
- Maintain roadside turf and arboreal areas; clean brush, mow grass, spray pesticides and herbicides, and dispose of roadside debris
- Dig and clean ditches, catch basins and drainage systems
- Repair culverts, inlets and erosion
- Maintain restrooms and information centers at rest areas; perform minor building maintenance; and may oversee janitorial contractors maintaining building interiors
- Repair, maintain and install irrigation systems as needed
- Service and repair equipment and tools
- Perform minor surface repair including hand, pothole and concrete patching and small inlay work, build/repair roadway shoulders and bike paths, and perform minor construction
- Sweep highway facilities such as shoulders and intersections; perform clean-up of sidewalks, graffiti, paving, bridge walks, and islands
- Plow snow and sand roadways
- Maintain, repair or replace guardrails, barriers, fences, glare screens, roadway delineators or milepost markers; apply, maintain and/or replace roadway/highway striping and/or legends
- Respond to accidents and other emergencies; secure area by providing traffic control and coordinate activities of other agencies and the public to ensure the safety of the public and crews; assist with clean up involving accidents and spills
- Read and interpret plans and layouts for projects
Customer Service Rep for AT&T
Assurion
Klamath Falls, OR
06.2016 - 07.2016
- Communication and customer service and satisfaction
- Offer technical support, answering phones
- Basic Computer skills
Telecom Construction Laborer
Pac West Utilities Inc.
Bonanza, OR
04.2014 - 06.2016
- Set up service for customers, installing, connecting, testing, or adjusting equipment
- Access specific areas to string lines or install terminal boxes, auxiliary equipment, or appliances
- Using bucket trucks, or by climbing poles or ladders, or entering tunnels, trenches, or crawl spaces
- String cables between structures and lines from poles, towers, or trenches and pull lines to proper tension
- Lay underground cable directly in trenches or string it through conduits running through trenches
- Pull up cable by hand from large reels mounted on trucks; then pull lines through ducts by hand or with winches
- Dig trenches for underground wires or cables
- Fill and tamp holes, using cement, earth, and tamping devices
Rig Helper
Anderson Pump Co
Chowchilla, CA
09.2013 - 10.2013
- Install and remove deep well irrigation pumps
- Disassemble main irrigation shafts using air tools and oxyacetylene torch
- Maintenance of tools and equipment, ability to keep a safe working environment in high stress situations
- Ability to work well with others, proper communication with other employees, staff and supervisors, ability to work at fast and safe pace
- Forklift certified
Farm Hand
Edgewood Ranch
Klamath Falls, OR
06.2011 - 08.2013
- Set up and operate irrigation equipment
- Repair and maintain farm vehicles, implements, and mechanical equipment
- Operated Balers, Hay squeeze and rakes for hay Loaded Semi trucks with squeeze and operated 13 speed hay trucks
- Maintain roadways on farms for agriculture use and purposes
Education
Welding/ General Studies -
Klamath Community College
08.2022
High school Diploma -
Bonanza High School
Bonanza01.2013
Swift Driving Academy - 400 hours of behind the wheel driving
Skills
- Grater
- Skidder
- Excavator
- Back Hoe
- Road Maintenance
- 10 yard dump truck with front plow, belly plow
- Road sander
- De-icer Truck
- Street sweeper
- Water truck/tender
- Bucket truck
- Man lifts
- Load securing
- Safety inspections
- Route planning
- Equipment maintenance
- Weather navigation
- Time management
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Multitasking Abilities
- Preventive Maintenance
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Truck Driver
Fv Martin Trucking
10.2023 - Current
Pivot Crew Laborer
JW Kerns
04.2023 - 10.2023
Worker
Columbia Plywood
08.2021 - 11.2021
Truck Driver
Lockett Trucking
06.2021 - 08.2021
Truck Driver
Green Diamond Resource Company
09.2018 - 07.2019
Truck Driver
Seigfried Trucking
08.2018 - 09.2018
Ground Hand
Hunter Communications
03.2018 - 08.2018
Solar Installer
People Ready
01.2018 - 03.2018
Truck Driver
Siegfried Trucking
09.2017 - 01.2018
Truck Driver
Knife River
07.2017 - 08.2017
Truck Driver
Milky Way/LTI Inc.
03.2017 - 06.2017
Transportation Maintenance Specialist 2
Oregon Department of Transportation
11.2016 - 03.2017
Customer Service Rep for AT&T
Assurion
06.2016 - 07.2016
Telecom Construction Laborer
Pac West Utilities Inc.
04.2014 - 06.2016
Rig Helper
Anderson Pump Co
09.2013 - 10.2013
Farm Hand
Edgewood Ranch
06.2011 - 08.2013
Welding/ General Studies -
Klamath Community College
High school Diploma -
Bonanza High School
Swift Driving Academy - 400 hours of behind the wheel driving
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