Matthew Whiteside
Vernon,TX
Summary
To obtain employment with a solid company or industry with a chance for advancement and growth that will allow me to further my skills. I'm a reliable Crane Operator offering expertise gained over a career in diverse labor roles completing physically-challenging jobs and working long hours under all types of weather conditions. I have a history of quickly learning new techniques and equipment operations.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
MCC Foreman/Crane Operator
Blattner Energy
Avon, MN
06.2015 - Current
- Climbed towers daily to inspect and repair turbine equipment
- Directed a team of 10 skilled workers to ensure quality, compliance and safety.
- Worked overtime, including evenings and weekends, to meet deadlines
- Kept supervisor informed of job progress and material requirements, Wired turbines for G.E 1.7, 2.0 and 2.3 and also wired turbines for Siemens 2.3 and 2.6. Did MCC with G.E and Siemens Gamesa
- Operated Groves/ Tadanos 30ton-160 tons offloading components or setting generators with 2pc blade installation
- Operated a Liebherr 1800, 1500, 1220, 1100, MLC 650 VPC maxer, MLC 300, MLC 165 Manitowoc Tandem picking and installing turbine components
- Managed sites by focusing on safety, operations and productivity.
- Kept a daily log and inspection requirements detailing seat time, job location, crane use, and daily hours.
- Performed routine maintenance daily.
- Operated mobile crane and moved into position to make critical/ tandem lifts.
- Set outriggers out and place cribbing underneath feet to ensure workplace safety.
- Inspected all rigging, slings, chains, shackles, ropes for defects to prevent injuries or damage.
- Observed and followed signals of those qualified individuals directing moving and positioning of loads.
- Set cranes LMI and understand crane manufacturers load charts
Crane Operator
Maxon Drilling
Decatur , TX
03.2022 - 06.2022
- Operated mobile crane and moved materials to various locations and barricaded crane's counterweight swing radius
- Followed related safety regulations, contract requirements, company policies and operating procedures.
- Completed assigned tasks accurately and within deadlines to meet site manager's specifications.
- Observed and followed signals of those from individuals directing moving and positioning of loads.
- Inspected equipment and materials for defects prior to operating cranes to prevent malfunction or damage.
- Operated a 50 ton Mantis crawler crane with a Tele boom setting re-bar cages and casing for foundation piers.
- Kept constant communication with the concrete truck drivers and laborers when we would get ready to pour concrete inside tye casing.
Crane Operator
TNT Crane and Rigging
Fort Worth, TX
01.2022 - 02.2022
- Followed related safety regulations, contract requirements, company policies and operating procedures for the company and also for the Refinery at Phillips 66 in Ponca City, OK during the shutdown.
- Maintained accurate crane operator log books detailing seat time, jobs, locations, cranes used and daily hours.
- Inspected equipment and materials for defects prior to operating cranes to prevent malfunction or damage.
- Observed and followed signals of those from individuals directing moving and positioning of loads.
Crane Operator
Hindsight
Florida City, FL
06.2021 - 11.2021
- Followed related safety regulations, contract requirements, company policies and operating procedures.
- Determined crane's load chart and rigging weight to calculate net capacity of every possible configuration.
- Inspected and maintained inventory of all slings, chains, ropes, and shackles.
- Operated and set crane into position to make critical/ tandem lifts after reviewing load chart and weight of the load.
- Placed cribbing under outriggers when necessary to improve workplace safety.
- Set cranes LMI and stayed in constant communication with flagger and spotter
- Maintained accurate crane operator log books detailing seat time, job locations, cranes use and daily hours.
- Offloaded wind turbine components using RT Tadano 100- 160 ton mobile crane
- Made several tandem lifts with other crane operators
- Picked and set Re-Bar for the foundation while operating 100 ton Tadano
- Tailed in base of the turbine component operating LTR 1100 Liccon 2 crawler crane
Nacelle Prep
Boss Crane LLC
Olney, TX
11.2019 - 02.2020
- Installed turning gears, flagged in and connected the hub to the nacelle, wired in yaw box and oiler box, hooked up pump hoses for the turning gear and did a function test to make sure everything worked accordingly for the vestas 110/120
Motorman
Aquila Sedco Drilling Co.
Wichita Falls, TX
05.2013 - 06.2015
- Attended morning meetings before each shift with the tool pusher to get a progress report on the crew before and determine our daily tasks.
- Relieved the other crew before us and got a safe and updated report from all crew members
- Assisted with setting up and taking down drilling rig and various equipment.
- Safely operated forklift to unload casing, drill bits, pallets of mixing mud and motors
- Safely taking the diesel motors off-line when down and Safely putting them back online, changed out oil and air filters and kept a daily log book on diesel motors hour's
- Assisted floorhands on rig floor when tripping in or out of the hole or when making connections.
- Tallied drill pipe then transferred information to the pason.
- Worked in all elements of weather when the rig was up and running.
- Helped derrickhand mix mud, check weight of the mud, maintain shakers and pits
Education
GED -
Vernon High School
2004
Skills
- Solid worker and team player
- Strong organizational skills
- Troubleshooting at component level
- TWIC card
- Lifting up to 100 lbs
- OSHA 10 Certified
- Leadership
- Employee productivity reports
- Solid verbal/ communication skills
- Managing large crews
- Proficiency with mechanical and electric tools and also have years of experience operating heavy equipment such as fork lifts, skid steers and man lifts
- LBC, TLL and Rigger 1 NCCCO CERTIFIED
Affiliations
Welding & Construction work, Involed in community clean up back home when layed off from work,10yr member of catholic church
References
Victor Lopez.
(Install Superintendent Next Era)
325-219-2402
Anthony Hall.
(Nacelle Prep Foreman Blattner)
940-839-8585
Tyrone Mcfarland
( Project Coordinator Next Era)
940-473-1026
Vinny Zamora
(Offload Wanzek Foreman)
813-297-8153
Logan Jones
(Crane Wanzek Foreman)
785-787-9095
Nick Breitling
(Superintendent Wanzek)
307-258-8311
Timeline
Crane Operator
Maxon Drilling
03.2022 - 06.2022
Crane Operator
TNT Crane and Rigging
01.2022 - 02.2022
Crane Operator
Hindsight
06.2021 - 11.2021
Nacelle Prep
Boss Crane LLC
11.2019 - 02.2020
MCC Foreman/Crane Operator
Blattner Energy
06.2015 - Current
Motorman
Aquila Sedco Drilling Co.
05.2013 - 06.2015
GED -
Vernon High School