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Vic Nietzke

El Centro,CA

Summary

Experienced Heavy Equipment Operator with over 22 years in the construction and mining industries. Knowledgeable in a wide range of heavy equipment; with various operating skills needed for specific and unique task.

Overview

31
31
years of professional experience

Work History

Heavy Equipment Operator

The Enigma Group Inc.
04.2005 - 06.2014

Operated range of heavy equipment; Excavator, Bulldozers, Front End Loader, Water Pull, Water Truck and Motor Graders. All heavy equipment had been operated upon construction grade and mining environments.

Primary Duties varied and were job specific depending on the needs of company. Duties included the following: Bench loading Belly Dumps, End Dumps and Transfer Trucks with Caterpillar 365B Mass Excavator. Additional duty was to feed screening plant. Occasionally sent out as operated rental.

Pioneering, Grubbing, Ripping, Sloping, Slot Pushing, Stockpiling(for Front End Loader) Cutting to Grade, Preparation/Cutting of benches for excavator bench loading; as well as Pushing off inert landfill with Caterpillar D9N Bulldozer. Often Sent out as Operated Rental. *(Side Note: sent out to Operate customer's own Caterpillar D9L Bulldozer for last 6 months I was with company(Slot pushing, Cutting and Filling in canyons).

Loading Belly Dumps, End Dumps and Transfer Trucks with Caterpillar 966F Front End loader. Additionally stock piled material as well as kept inert landfill clean. Occasionally sent out as operated rental.

Operated Caterpillar 615C Water Pull(6500 gallon) for processing material, dust suppression and haul road maintenance. Often sent out as operated rental.

Operated Ford Water Truck(2000 gallon) for dust suppression of haul roads and inert landfill.

Kept inert landfill clean and graded with 1948 Caterpillar 12 Motor Grader(Knuckle Buster).

Occasional haul road sweep and bench preparation(for Mass Excavator) with Caterpillar 140H Motor Grader.

Heavy Equipment Operator

Sonoran Landscape Materials
05.2003 - 06.2014

Operated Caterpillar 950F Front End Loader in a decorative rock yard. Primary duties were loading Transfer Trucks and End Dumps with various size decorative rocks and boulders.

Note: this started as a full time job while I attended the University of Arizona; then transitioned to part time once I went to work for The Enigma Group Inc.

Heavy Equipment Operator

FNF Construction Inc.
04.2019 - 12.2022

Operated range of heavy equipment; Excavators, Bulldozers, Front End Loaders, Motor Graders(rough grade) and Water Truck(ClassA w/Tanker).

All heavy equipment had been operated upon construction grade(open cut) and mining environments. Primary Duties varied and were job specific depending on the needs of company.

Duties included the following: Bench loading Haul Trucks with Caterpillar 374 Excavator in mining enviroment.

Additionally Bench loading Belly Dumps with Caterpillar 336 Excavator on construction grade along side major highway.

Loading Belly Dumps, End Dumps and Transfer Trucks with Caterpillar 950M, 966M and 982M Front End loaders. The 950M and 966M were also used for processing and placing and compacting AB for backfill of culvert pipe; as well as loading out of stockpiles. The 982M was primarily used for stockpiling materials in a Crusher as well as feeding a Recycled Asphalt Screening Plant Pioneering,

Ripping, Pushing Shot Rock, Stockpiling(for portable crusher) Cutting to Grade with Caterpillar D10T Bulldozer for Windfarm(windmills) roads and pads. A Caterpillar D9R Bulldozer was used for Ripping, Pushing Shot Rock to Feed Crusher, as well as knocking down and building stockpiles. Caterpillar D6T Bulldozer was used for knocking down and keeping grade for confined space Haul Truck dump in mining environment. Additional D6T duties were feeding Front End Loader for Cement plant as well as contouring and shaping hillsides.

Pioneering, grubbing and widening of Windfarm roads and pads with Caterpillar 14M Motor Grader. Additionally, a Caterpillar 140M was used for cleaning and edging milled asphalt ahead of laydown machine.

Transportation and operation of watertruck (highway/offroad)for dust suppression on construction grade and mining environments; as well as filling water tanks of Rollers and Laydown machines(Buggy) for asphalt surfacing.

Heavy Equipment Operator

Zusser Company
08.2018 - 04.2019

Operated range of heavy equipment; Excavator, Front End Loader, Pull behind BG and Water truck.

Primary Duty was operating Caterpillar 314D Excavator w/Thumb Attachment. Duties included uncovering, sorting, processing materials, feeding Screening Plant and loading out End Dumps with concrete and debris.

Additional duties included operating Caterpillar 950K Front End Loader to load Belly Dumps as well as Transfer Dump Trucks.

Additional duties included operation of John Deere Farm Tractor pulling a BG for haul road maintenance. Additional duties included operating water truck for dust suppression of stockpiles as well as haul roads.

Soldier

United States Army
01.1992 - 06.2000

Provided personal security, secretarial administration(Enlisted Aid) and chauffeured General Officers.

Trained in Armor and Infantry tactics, weapons systems of the M63A3 and M1A1(Abrams) Combat Tanks.

Coached and trained fellow soldiers for small crew served and heavy weapons use, functions and serviceability(Unit Armorer).

Assembled, disassembled and maintained various weapon's systems and sensitive items for operational readiness.

Education

General Education

NAU & UofA
Flagstaff & Tucson

Skills

  • Materials Movement
  • Safe Equipment Operation
  • Daily Vehicle Inspections
  • Class A CDL w/Tanker Endorsement

Timeline

Heavy Equipment Operator

FNF Construction Inc.
04.2019 - 12.2022

Heavy Equipment Operator

Zusser Company
08.2018 - 04.2019

Heavy Equipment Operator

The Enigma Group Inc.
04.2005 - 06.2014

Heavy Equipment Operator

Sonoran Landscape Materials
05.2003 - 06.2014

Soldier

United States Army
01.1992 - 06.2000

General Education

NAU & UofA
Vic Nietzke