JOSHUA C HARRIS
Hoquiam,USA
Summary
Looking to build my current skills as well as learn the field specific skills needed to be proficient, safe and successful in a career field that better suits my interests and life goals. I would like to work in a field where I can be both a good team player and a proficient individual worker. I'm seeking a career that's challenging and rewarding, where my co-workers and company can rely on me to be hardworking, dependable and safe, and where I can potentially ascend to a leadership role.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Dump Truck Driver
Tu-Liak Construction
Hoquiam, WA
06.2025 - Current
- Operated dump truck to transport materials between job sites.
- Conducted pre-trip inspections to ensure vehicle safety
Heavy Truck Driver
Morrison Dirtworx
Montesano, USA
05.2024 - 11.2024
- Operated a single dump truck, transporting mainly rock from quarries to logging roads, either building new road or servicing old roads
- Contracted various side jobs for the company, building right of ways, drive ways or simple material moving jobs
- Operated a dump truck with a tilt deck to move equipment from site to site
- Conducted pre-trip inspections to ensure vehicle safety and compliance.
Refuse Truck Driver
LeMay's
Aberdeen, USA
01.2024 - 04.2024
- Operated a refuse collection truck to service commercial and residential cans and dumpsters
Heavy Truck Driver
Fred Tebb & Sons
Hoquiam, USA
01.2022 - 12.2023
- Used a chip bunker to load chip trailers and transported to a sister company where I would offload with a live bottom trailer and used a front end loader to move material around
- Inventoried wood pallets and used a forklift to load onto a flatbed trailer, secured the loads and then transported them to various customers
- Used a forklift to load palletized materials into a dry van trailer and then transported to various customers
Heavy Truck Driver
Chapman's Way Trucking
Elma, USA
05.2021 - 12.2021
- Contracted a side dump trailer on road construction jobs, working with flagging and traffic crews in Auburn.
- Contracted mule train and long logger truck/trailer to haul logs from various outfits around western Washington to saw mills and ports.
Hazmat CDL A Driver
JJ Williams Transport Co
Aberdeen, USA
04.2020 - 04.2021
- Contracted multiple tanker setups to haul a variety of hazardous materials to customers
- Was responsible for communicating with on site supervisors/safety coordinators about delivery times and delivery/safety protocol
- Followed contractual safety protocol to insure the safe delivery or extraction of hazardous materials using gravity fed and pump fed delivery systems.
Hazmat CDL A Driver
Masco Petroleum
Aberdeen, USA
04.2019 - 04.2020
- Operated a single tanker truck with a wet line to service numerous residential and commercial customer storage tanks for gasoline, diesel and heating oil
- Contracted a 60ft transport tanker from the Port of Tacoma to various fuel stations around western Washington.
Bartender
101 Bar & Grill
Hoquiam, WA
11.2018 - 01.2019
- Crafted cocktails and mixed beverages according to standard recipes.
- Provided excellent customer service in a fast-paced environment.
- Maintained cleanliness and organization of the bar area.
Forklift Driver
Alta Forest Products
Amanda Park, USA
06.2017 - 10.2018
- Operated a forklift in a production format, insuring the mill remained stocked with materials and transported all lumber produced in a shift to its necessary locations for each process.
- Operated as a skilled laborer in multiple positions, handling lumber in each of the steps in the mill process, start to finish.
- Trained and overseen new employees in all positions
General Laborer
Cosmo Specialty Fibers
Cosmopolis, USA
11.2016 - 05.2017
- General labor duties, mostly clean up around the mill
- Some duties included doing equipment inspection and process monitoring
- Was training to be promoted to a process tech, learning moisture content testing, machine processing and controls monitoring in high and low pressure systems used to manufacture pulp from wood chips.
- Trained and utilized lockout/tagout procedures to assist with the maintenance and servicing of large cell storage tanks.
Education
Diploma - Diesel Technology
Wyoming Technical Institute
Laramie, Wyoming, USADiploma -
Hoquiam High School
Hoquiam, WA, USASkills
- Class A driver
- Flatbed, dump truck, live bottom trailer, log truck, tanker, side dump
- Forklift proficient
- Front end loader/dozer experience
- Flagger Traffic Control Certified
- CPR certified
- General labor/construction
- General labor/skilled position
- Machine operation
Timeline
Dump Truck Driver
Tu-Liak Construction
06.2025 - Current
Heavy Truck Driver
Morrison Dirtworx
05.2024 - 11.2024
Refuse Truck Driver
LeMay's
01.2024 - 04.2024
Heavy Truck Driver
Fred Tebb & Sons
01.2022 - 12.2023
Heavy Truck Driver
Chapman's Way Trucking
05.2021 - 12.2021
Hazmat CDL A Driver
JJ Williams Transport Co
04.2020 - 04.2021
Hazmat CDL A Driver
Masco Petroleum
04.2019 - 04.2020
Bartender
101 Bar & Grill
11.2018 - 01.2019
Forklift Driver
Alta Forest Products
06.2017 - 10.2018
General Laborer
Cosmo Specialty Fibers
11.2016 - 05.2017
Diploma - Diesel Technology
Wyoming Technical Institute
Diploma -
Hoquiam High School