SHAMARI PERRY
Camarillo,CA
Summary
I’m an Experienced Commercial Truck Driver who handles different types of loads with skill and efficiency. Well-organized and resourceful with superior work ethic and 5+ years in logistics. Hardworking employee enthusiastic about learning the hazmat field inside and out. Pursues opportunities to learn new skills and contribute to group success. Offers strong administrative, relationship-building and problem-solving abilities. I’m bringing a hardworking nature, clean driving record and solid work history in transportation positions. Proficient in operating automatic and manual trucks and dry van and reefer trailers, as well as loading, securing and unloading products with maximum efficiency. Well-organized and knowledgeable in meeting customer needs, coordinating paperwork and meeting company objectives.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CDL A OTR Driver
GTS Transportation
08.2022 - Current
- Drove an average of 3,500 miles/week as a CDL-A OTR Driver. Maintained 98% customer satisfaction, delivering to schedule 97% of the time.
- Ensured timely deliveries by effectively communicating with dispatchers, shippers, and receivers throughout each transport.
- Established strong working relationships with fellow drivers, dispatchers, maintenance personnel, and other key stakeholders in the transportation process for seamless operations.
- Navigated challenging weather conditions and road hazards with skill, minimizing potential for accidents while ensuring on-time deliveries.
- Increased overall safety by conducting thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections on vehicle equipment and load
- Coordinated closely with dispatchers to address any issues that arose during trips such as schedule changes, breakdowns, or emergency situations.
- Adhered to all federal regulations and company policies, resulting in a clean driving record with no violations or accidents.
- Promoted a positive company image through courteous interactions with customers, fellow drivers, and the public while on the road.
- Maintained accurate records of deliveries, hours of service, and fuel expenses for efficient reporting to management.
- Contributed to fleet-wide efficiency improvements by providing feedback on potential route optimizations or technology upgrades based on personal experience.
- Received recognition for exceptional customer service by providing prompt and courteous deliveries at every stop.
- Safeguarded transported goods by maintaining a high level of security and vigilance during overnight stops or extended layovers.
- Assisted in loading and unloading cargo as needed, ensuring safe handling of goods during transport.
- Drove to and through 48 out of the 50 states to make on time pickups and deliveries.
Boilermaker/Welder/Mechanic
Boilermakers Local 455
05.2019 - Current
- Attach rigging and signal crane or hoist operators to lift heavy frame and plate sections or other parts into place
- Operate cranes, hoists, or other moving or lifting equipment
- Signal equipment operators to indicate proper equipment positioning
- Study blueprints to determine locations, relationships, or dimensions of parts
- Review blueprints or specifications to determine work requirements
- Repair or replace defective pressure vessel parts, such as safety valves or regulators, using torches, jacks, caulking hammers, power saws, threading dies, welding equipment, or metalworking machinery
- Maintain mechanical equipment
- Locate and mark reference points for columns or plates on boiler foundations, following blueprints and using straightedges, squares, transits, or measuring instruments
- Measure materials or objects for installation or assembly
- Mark reference points on construction materials
- Bolt or arc weld pressure vessel structures and parts together, using wrenches or welding equipment
- Weld metal components
- Position, align, and secure structural parts or related assemblies to boiler frames, tanks, or vats of pressure vessels, following blueprints
- Install metal structural components
- Position structural components
- Bell, bead with power hammers, or weld pressure vessel tube ends to ensure leakproof joints
- Install manholes, handholds, taps, tubes, valves, gauges, or feed-water connections in drums of water tube boilers, using hand tools.
CDL A OTR Driver
Run One Delivery
04.2022 - 08.2022
- Ensured timely deliveries by effectively communicating with dispatchers, shippers, and receivers throughout each transport.
- Established strong working relationships with fellow drivers, dispatchers, maintenance personnel, and other key stakeholders in the transportation process for seamless operations.
- Navigated challenging weather conditions and road hazards with skill, minimizing potential for accidents while ensuring on-time deliveries.
- Increased overall safety by conducting thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections on vehicle equipment and load.
- Coordinated closely with dispatchers to address any issues that arose during trips such as schedule changes, breakdowns, or emergency situations.
- Adhered to all federal regulations and company policies, resulting in a clean driving record with no violations or accidents.
- Promoted a positive company image through courteous interactions with customers, fellow drivers, and the public while on the road.
- Performed minor repairs on trucks when necessary to minimize downtime during long hauls.
- Maintained accurate records of deliveries, hours of service, and fuel expenses for efficient reporting to management.
- Received recognition for exceptional customer service by providing prompt and courteous deliveries at every stop.
- Contributed to fleet-wide efficiency improvements by providing feedback on potential route optimizations or technology upgrades based on personal experience.
- Safeguarded transported goods by maintaining a high level of security and vigilance during overnight stops or extended layovers.
- Enhanced fuel efficiency by maintaining proper tire pressure and practicing conservative driving techniques to reduce idle time.
- Assisted in loading and unloading cargo as needed, ensuring safe handling of goods during transport.
- Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
- Obtained necessary permits and licenses to operate various commercial vehicles legally.
- Operate tractor-trailers and haul trucks across 15 states, primarily transporting equipment, machinery and tools for highway and bridge construction and maintenance
- Plan travel routes in accordance with applicable traffic and bulk cargo transportations laws, regulations, standards, and guidelines
CDL A OTR Driver
Big M Transportation
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Ensured timely deliveries by effectively communicating with dispatchers, shippers, and receivers throughout each transport.
- Established strong working relationships with fellow drivers, dispatchers, maintenance personnel, and other key stakeholders in the transportation process for seamless operations.
- Navigated challenging weather conditions and road hazards with skill, minimizing potential for accidents while ensuring on-time deliveries.
- Increased overall safety by conducting thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections on vehicle equipment and load
- Coordinated closely with dispatchers to address any issues that arose during trips such as schedule changes, breakdowns, or emergency situations.
- Adhered to all federal regulations and company policies, resulting in a clean driving record with no violations or accidents.
- Promoted a positive company image through courteous interactions with customers, fellow drivers, and the public while on the road.
- Maintained accurate records of deliveries, hours of service, and fuel expenses for efficient reporting to management.
- Contributed to fleet-wide efficiency improvements by providing feedback on potential route optimizations or technology upgrades based on personal experience.
- Received recognition for exceptional customer service by providing prompt and courteous deliveries at every stop.
- Safeguarded transported goods by maintaining a high level of security and vigilance during overnight stops or extended layovers.
- Assisted in loading and unloading cargo as needed, ensuring safe handling of goods during transport.
- Drove to and through 48 out of the 50 states to make on time deliveries.
- Drove 3,000-3,500 miles a week to make a living.
CDL A OTR Driver
PAM Transport
02.2021 - 04.2021
- Ensured timely deliveries by effectively communicating with dispatchers, shippers, and receivers throughout each transport.
- Established strong working relationships with fellow drivers, dispatchers, maintenance personnel, and other key stakeholders in the transportation process for seamless operations.
- Navigated challenging weather conditions and road hazards with skill, minimizing potential for accidents while ensuring on-time deliveries.
- Increased overall safety by conducting thorough pre-trip and post-trip inspections on vehicle equipment and load.
- Coordinated closely with dispatchers to address any issues that arose during trips such as schedule changes, breakdowns, or emergency situations.
- Adhered to all federal regulations and company policies, resulting in a clean driving record with no violations or accidents.
- Promoted a positive company image through courteous interactions with customers, fellow drivers, and the public while on the road.
- Maintained accurate records of deliveries, hours of service, and fuel expenses for efficient reporting to management.
- Contributed to fleet-wide efficiency improvements by providing feedback on potential route optimizations or technology upgrades based on personal experience.
- Received recognition for exceptional customer service by providing prompt and courteous deliveries at every stop.
- Safeguarded transported goods by maintaining a high level of security and vigilance during overnight stops or extended layovers.
- Assisted in loading and unloading cargo as needed, ensuring safe handling of goods during transport.
- Drove to and through 48 out of the 50 states to make on time deliveries.
- Drove 3,000-3,500 miles a week to make a living.
Welder/Fabricator
Unarco Material Handling
08.2018 - 01.2019
- Ability to weld 300 beams per shift with quality standards set by the company
- Ability to weld 100 frames per shift with quality standards set by the company
- Ability to weld and understand schematics
- Read and understand minimal blueprints
- Follow blueprints to meet product specifications
- Ability to build jigs for frames and special parts
- Build and adjust beam jigs as required
- Weld specialty items
- Knowledge of materials
- Ability to read tape measure up to 1/32 of an inch
- Manufacture and fabricate finished metal products
- Install and repair various equipment and components
- Calculate material measurements to verify specifications
- Conduct tests to evaluate weld quality and tolerance.
Material Handler/Forklift Operator/Picker/Dock Worker
DHL-Embraer
05.2016 - 03.2018
- Operated forklifts to unload pallets off trucks
- Used Microsoft Excel to scan and receive parts in system
- Organized and file paperwork in file cabinets
- Operated forklifts to drop pallets or parts off at SAP/SOP and Quality stations to be checked and received into system
- Operated cherry picker or forklifts to put away parts into stock and location
- Operated forklifts and cherry picker to pick parts from location and bring to shipping and packing stations to be received and shipped out
- Operated RF scan guns to pick parts, inventory inquiries, and move parts to different locations
- General house clean up
- Occasionally shipped Hazmat and Dangerous goods.
Welding Trainee
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center
08.2015 - 02.2016
- Air carbon arc cutting
- Weld base metal with shielded metal arc welding (SMAW) equipment
- Weld base metal with gas metal arc welding (GMAW) equipment
- Weld base metal with flux cored arc welding (FCAW) equipment
- Weld base metal with gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW) equipment
- Learn safety and health of welders
- Learn occupational orientation
- Drawing and welding symbol interpretation
- Welding mathematics
- Welding inspection and testing principles
- Cut and shape base metal with auxiliary equipment
- Flame cut with oxy-fuel
- Machine oxy-fuel gas cutting (track burner)
- Plasma arc cutting.
Education
Entry-Level Driver Training Hazardous Materials -
C1 Truck Driver Training
Indianapolis, IN05.2024
CDL Certification -
CRW Truck Driver Training School
Jackson, MS01.2021
Welding Technology Diploma in Welding Technology -
Lincoln College of Technology
Grand Prairie, TX01.2019
Journeyman Pipe Welder Diploma in Welding -
Delta Technical College
Horn Lake, MS02.2018
High School Diploma in Education -
Columbus High School
Columbus, MS05.2015
Skills
- Forklift (2 years)
- Forklift Driver (2 years)
- Reach Truck (2 years)
- Reach (2 years)
- Warehouse Associate (2 years)
- Cherry Picker (2 years)
- Welding (2 years)
- MIG (2 years)
- Stocking (2 years)
- Microsoft Excel (2 years)
- Pallet Jack (2 years)
- Machine Operator (2 years)
- Inventory (2 years)
- Data Entry (2 years)
- Maintenance (2 years)
- Java (2 years)
- Filing (2 years)
- Fax (4 years)
- Shipping Receiving
- Welding Fundamentals (3 years)
- Oxy-fuel Cutting (3 years)
- Plasma Cutting (3 years)
- Basic Measurements (3 years)
- Grinding (3 years)
- Welding Symbols (3 years)
- Lincoln-Miller Machine Settings (3 years)
- Osha (1 year)
- Blueprint Reading (2 years)
- Welder Fabricator
- Sheet Metal
- Fabrication
- Square
- Flux
- RF Scanner
- Equipment Repair
- Schematics
- Boiler
- Basic knowledge of Department of Transportation (DOT) laws and mandates
- Knowledge of the on board computer system for truck tracking and handheld delivery device for proof of delivery
- Map reading knowledge, basic math, reading and writing
- Stress management
- Traffic rules and regulations
- Be a self-starter and effectively carry out plans and instructions
- Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos
- Delivering to Schedule
- Honesty
- Strong Work Ethic
Certification
AWS Qualified, 04/2017, Present, SMAW-3F/4F Plate, SMAW-3G/4G Plate, GMAW-3G/4G/3F/4F Plate, FCAW-3G/4G/3F/4F Plate, GTAW-3G/4G/3F/4F Plate
Additional Information
One year experience with Lincoln College., Hands on training for various techniques for cutting and preparing metal for welding procedures., Weld plate and pipe in various positions including horizontal and vertical and some overhead., Feel confident to qualify as a structural and/or pipe welder using welding processes in construction, fabrication, or plant maintenance work setting.
Timeline
CDL A OTR Driver
GTS Transportation
08.2022 - Current
CDL A OTR Driver
Run One Delivery
04.2022 - 08.2022
CDL A OTR Driver
Big M Transportation
04.2021 - 03.2022
CDL A OTR Driver
PAM Transport
02.2021 - 04.2021
Boilermaker/Welder/Mechanic
Boilermakers Local 455
05.2019 - Current
Welder/Fabricator
Unarco Material Handling
08.2018 - 01.2019
Material Handler/Forklift Operator/Picker/Dock Worker
DHL-Embraer
05.2016 - 03.2018
Welding Trainee
Finch-Henry Job Corps Center
08.2015 - 02.2016
Entry-Level Driver Training Hazardous Materials -
C1 Truck Driver Training
CDL Certification -
CRW Truck Driver Training School
Welding Technology Diploma in Welding Technology -
Lincoln College of Technology
Journeyman Pipe Welder Diploma in Welding -
Delta Technical College
High School Diploma in Education -
Columbus High School