Joshua McConnell
Clovis,CA
Summary
Skilled in planning, assigning and directing work tasks. Team-oriented professional with strong commitment to maintaining safe, clean job sites. Dedicated to quality and clear communication.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
Work History
Forman
Jerry's Trenching Service
Fresno, CA
07.2024 - Current
- Set up and took down drilling rig and equipment.
- Maintained daily logs of labor and equipment used on-site.
- Ran the drill crew from top to bottom.
- Organized direction drill jobs from start to finish.
- Operated a backhoe/mini excavator.
- I ran both Vermeer and Ditch Witch locating systems.
- Communicated regularly with subcontractors regarding project timelines
- Maintained zero marked utility strikes for the last 12 years.
- Maintained a safe and productive drill crew, averaging about 2,300 to 2,500 feet per week.
Forman
Networx Cabling Systems Inc
Lake Havasu City, AZ
10.2021 - 06.2024
- Operator/Locator
- Ran drill crew from top to bottom
- Organized directional drill jobs from start to finish
- Maintained safe and productive drill crew averaging about 2,300 to 2,500 feet per week
- Operated backhoe/ mini excavator
- Ran both Vermeer and Ditchwitch locating systems
- Communicated regularly with subcontractors regarding project timelines.
- Maintained zero marked utility strikes for the last 12 years
Hobbs Construction Company
01.2020 - 05.2021
- Trench and place underground conduits such as electrical, water, gas, and storm drain
- Assisted with all aspects of construction building a new section to a California prison system
- Survey elevations, trenched footings, built rebar cages inside of footings, placed major structural columns, assisted with cmu wall crew, poured concrete all while maintaining a safe productive working environment on a strict time schedule
- Established and maintained professional relationships with construction team members and sub contractors
PacWest Utility
01.2019 - 01.2020
- Duties include complying with city standards for traffic control
- Placing and maintaining traffic control throughout the work day
- Once a safe working environment has been established I was the lead operator to trench and place poly pipe for fiber optic communication companies
- Other duties also include setting vaults, manholes, and barrel vaults to later on pull fiber optic cable into vaults and server rooms
- Once this phase of job was completed I would restore all broken out and damaged concrete
- Other methods of installing poly pipe include directional drilling and hydrovacing existing utilities
- Complied with all city standards and regulations in San Francisco and San Jose California
Cable Links Construction Group
01.2017 - 01.2019
- I was an underground construction team member on a traffic signal crew
- We built traffic signals from the ground up
- Duties include placing underground conduits via excavator and directional drill, placing vaults, standing and setting signal poles, restoring concrete and asphalt, pulling wire and traffic control management
Paramount Utilities Corp.
01.2014 - 01.2017
- Perform all duties of construction site from start to finish
- Conduct pre-construction meeting with service provider and city inspectors
- USA jobsite, and organize all necessary equipment and personnel to complete job as efficiently as possible, conduct safety and tailgate meeting daily
- Operate equipment as needed on open cut jobsites
- Make sure jobsite performing productively and safely on a daily basis
Jerry's Trenching Service (JTS)
01.2008 - 01.2014
- Maintained a very productive and safe operating pothole and vault placement crew
- Completing all tasks necessary in a professional manner
- Tasks including prepping drill site previous to drilling by the following
- Completing all potholes in bore path
- Documenting and marking all depths backfilling and compacting all excavations
- Prepping entry and exit pits, plating entry and exit pits
- Placing vaults and proofing conduit
- Completing successful tie ins and doing anything and everything necessary to complete the job in a safe and successful timely manner
Cablecom
01.2003 - 01.2008
- Placed underground conduit for Comcast, AT&T and Kerman telephone company
- Set a variety of vault sizes from full size manhole to above ground pedestals
- Pulled and placed fiber optic cable as well as coax cable
- Operated trenchers, rock saws and mini excavators
- Potholed all utilities for drill crew previous to drilling
- Restored asphalt and concrete before completion of each job
- Maintained a safe and productive work environment every day
Education
GED -
Clovis Adult School
Clovis, CA03-2018
Skills
- Commercial Driver's License
- Backhoe/excavator operator
- Skid steer/skip loader operator
- Rock saw and directional drill operator
- Experienced laborer
- Asphalt and concrete restoration
- Safety-oriented
- On board page OQ trained and certified
Timeline
Forman
Jerry's Trenching Service
07.2024 - Current
Forman
Networx Cabling Systems Inc
10.2021 - 06.2024
Hobbs Construction Company
01.2020 - 05.2021
PacWest Utility
01.2019 - 01.2020
Cable Links Construction Group
01.2017 - 01.2019
Paramount Utilities Corp.
01.2014 - 01.2017
Jerry's Trenching Service (JTS)
01.2008 - 01.2014
Cablecom
01.2003 - 01.2008
GED -
Clovis Adult School
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