Nick Surratt
Rushville,IL
Summary
I'm very dependable,and hardworking. I use time management skills to perform tasks safely and efficiently. I have great public speaking skills and people skills. I'm a team player that wants nothing but the best for my coworkers and I.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Custom Applicator
Prairieland Fs.
Huntsville, Illinois
09.2023 - Current
- Apply dry and liquid fertilizer to fields, spray herbicides,pesticides,and insecticides on crops.
- Deliver fertilizer or chemicals to applicator in the field
- Keep up on housekeeping in the shop and warehouse.
- Receive or deliver chemicals and seed.
- Performed daily maintenance and repair of custom application equipment to ensure proper functioning.
- Conducted routine inspections on vehicles used for custom applicator services in order to maintain safe operation.
- Disposed of hazardous waste and chemicals according to established methods.
- Reported equipment malfunctions and issues to supervisor.
Welder/Fabricator
Dunbar Unlimited
Littleton, Illinois
08.2022 - 02.2023
- Travel to commercial swine farms for carthage systems as a vendor
- Complete work orders that farm managers assign
- I work along side a coworker to complete the tasks assigned
- We do anything from Touch up welding on crates, installing new feeders with brackets, to welding on certain objects on the farm 'crates, pens, feeders, and trough'
- If we dont have any welding work orders to complete, we either work on maintinance work orders 'fixing heaters, feed line, water line, light sockets, etc.' or go back to our main shop and work on building parts or certain supplies we use on the farms to complete our daily task
Lead extruder operator
Adm
Quincy, Illinois
09.2021 - 08.2022
- Lead a crew of coworkers to do our job safely and efficiently
- I operated the main extruder used to produce additives for swine and poultry feed
- I made sure that my coworkers stayed on task throughout the shift
- I made sure that the ingredients we used to make the product was at a proper level in order to operate the extruder properly
- This plant was food grade, so we had a bi weekly cleaning schedule where we tore down all of the equipment we used to make the product, pressure washed it, and sanitized it when finished
Grain plant operator
Cargill
Beardstown, Illinois
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Worked at a small grain elevator along side the river
- I checked in semi's or grain trucks that brought in corn or beans
- I had to test the beans for their test weight and moisture
- If both of the results met our standards, I determined which silo the crop got transferd to
- When we had to load grain onto a barge, I had to put on a harness, and tie off line to keep me from falling into an empty barge
- My coworkers and I worked as a team to complete daily housekeeping duties around the premises
Material Handler
Adm
Quincy, Illinois
08.2020 - 04.2021
- I worked at a decent size grain elevator
- Depending on the week, I would switch jobs throughout the elevator with my coworkers
- Some weeks I would be upstairs on top of the silos measuring bins, and controlling where the truck loads of beans went
- Other times I would be in our probe shack taking samples from incoming trucks
- If the test results met our standards, I would assign the driver a pit to dump into
- If I was operating our dump area, I would make sure the amperage on the grain legs would be in a safe operating reading
- My coworkers and I also worked as a team to complete daily housekeeping duties around the premises
Skills
- Air brake proficiency
- Safe driving practices
- Logbook maintenance
- Hazardous materials handling
- Preventive Maintenance
- Emergency response readiness
- Load security
- Transportation safety
- Vehicle inspection
- Route planning
- Route management
- Inclement weather driving
- Accident prevention strategies
- Load securement
Certification
- Class B Cdl
- Hazmat endorsement
- Tanker endorsement
- Illinois applicator license
Timeline
Custom Applicator
Prairieland Fs.
09.2023 - Current
Welder/Fabricator
Dunbar Unlimited
08.2022 - 02.2023
Lead extruder operator
Adm
09.2021 - 08.2022
Grain plant operator
Cargill
05.2021 - 08.2021
Material Handler
Adm
08.2020 - 04.2021
- Class B Cdl
- Hazmat endorsement
- Tanker endorsement
- Illinois applicator license