Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Interests
Commercial Drivers License
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Mattew Smith

Gillette

Summary

I am entering a stage in life where I want to secure a position for the long term that I can retire from. I have over 35 years experience in running and working on assorted equipment, with over 25 years in the basin on the mine sites. This is the industry I love and the Industry I want to finish my career in. Thank you so much for considering me.

Overview

26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Shift Supervisor/Heavy Equipment Operator

Shimmack Construction
01.2023 - Current

I am in charge the shifts I am working, and we do Cast, Regrade, lay down top soil as well as strip top soil. I must keep communications with all within our crews as well as the mine staff.

  • Supervised daily operations to ensure adherence to safety and quality standards.
  • Coordinated shift schedules to optimize workforce efficiency and meet project demands.
  • Operated heavy machinery with precision to complete excavation and grading tasks.
  • Trained team members on equipment usage and safety protocols to enhance operational effectiveness.

Maintenance Technician

SLS West
03.2008 - 09.2023
  • Operated varied hand and power tools to complete repairs.
  • Used problem-solving skills to alleviate issues efficiently with minimal supervision.
  • Troubleshot equipment breakdowns and performed preventive maintenance.
  • Followed work orders and specifications for machine and equipment replacement, repair, or maintenance.
  • Transported Products with our PumpTrucks.
  • Ran forklifts, worked on shovels and booms at many mines as well as mines outside our basin.



Heavy Equipment Operator

Dennis McCoy & Sons
06.2000 - 01.2008
  • Operated range of heavy equipment on regular basis with advanced skill.
  • Operated excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks to transport heavy materials, practicing safety measures.
  • Adapted quickly to changing project requirements or unexpected obstacles encountered during the course of work assignments.
  • Demonstrated versatility in skillset by operating multiple types of heavy machinery to accommodate project needs.

Education

Certification - Welding

Simi Welding Academy
Simi Valley, CA
08-1989

High School Diploma -

Simi Valley High School
Simi Valley, CA
06-1989

Skills

  • Employee training
  • Workplace safety
  • Staff management
  • Training and mentoring
  • Staff motivation
  • Safely operate several different types of heavy equipment- Including, but not limited to D10 and D11 Dozers, Trackhoes, blades, scrapers as well as haultrucks and water wagons
  • Equipment Maintenence
  • Welding -arc and Tigg

Certification

I have a current MSHA certification, a current CDL and have also obtained certificates in welding as well as been signed off all different types of machinery.

Interests

My major interest include hunting deer and elk, raising Quarter Horses with my wife and daughter, and running the equipment I was born to run

Commercial Drivers License

I have held and kept current a Commercial Drivers License since 2009

Timeline

Shift Supervisor/Heavy Equipment Operator

Shimmack Construction
01.2023 - Current

Maintenance Technician

SLS West
03.2008 - 09.2023

Heavy Equipment Operator

Dennis McCoy & Sons
06.2000 - 01.2008

Certification - Welding

Simi Welding Academy

High School Diploma -

Simi Valley High School