Seasoned Transportation Maintenance Specialist 3 with extensive experience at Clackamas County Road Department for 35 years, adept in operating various types of heavy machinery and leading teams. Demonstrates expertise in preventative maintenance and effective communication, ensuring safety and efficiency in all operations. As a truck driver with over 5000 hours of seat time, I consider myself a safe and courteous driver at all times. I am skilled in conflict resolution and machinery operation, with a proven track record of enhancing team productivity and project success.
My duties as a Transportation Maintenance Specialist (TMS 3 ) include operating a variety of machinery as well as having over 5000 hours driving 10 yard dump trucks, hauling equipment on double and triple axle tilt deck trailers, which i have over 800 hours performing. Additionally, I hauled material in double and triple axle pup trailers. I also have over 2000 hours plowing/ sanding in inclement weather. I possess a Class A CDL with a tanker endorsement as well.
Gradalls -for ditching, pulling shoulders, building grader ditches, excavating embankments, benching and armoring and knowledge of what rock types are used for specific applications for each job. Over 5000 hours on these machines.
Graders - perform gravel road processing, Athey crew operations, pulling ditch material off of road shoulders, digging grader ditches, grading specific rock types back onto shoulders as needed. Snow plow operations to remove snow from roadways in inclement weather. Over 1000 hours on this machinery.
Chip Spreader - This machine lays down specific rock types for correct application to specific oil types, while having dump trucks hooked into the machine, pulling them backwards as they dump their rock into a hopper and laying rock down uniformly on roadways, quite the moving operation and a lot of fun. Over 1600 hours operating this machine.
Track Hoe - used for dig outs, excavating road material out of problem areas and refilling with matting and rock, and compacting rock at various depths to get ultimate compaction. Also used for picking up brush debris and occasional ditching . Over 300 hours on this machine.
Brush Cutter - Machine mows, cuts vegetation, brush, and tree limbs. Over 950 hours on this machine.
I have also operated various front loaders over the years and other equipment as well. If you would like more info on the other various equipment I've operated , I would be happy to discuss as needed.
Over my years of employment i have classes and certifications i have received and they are as follows :
Becoming a Better Leader - 2000
Road Operations Supervisor Awareness ( 1 month training ) 2004
Managing Priorities - 2012
Developing Leader ( 4 day class ) 2013