Heavy equipment operator
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Make recommendations for improvements to supervisors. Operate heavy machinery including forklift, pallet mover, swing-reach truck, and picker. Follow manufacturing and organizational rules and guidelines on regulatory and safety compliance.

• Prepared over 500 deliveries per week with precise staging and team collaboration.
• Revised employee handbook to include new safety procedures that reduced safety incidents by 50%.
• Improved environmental and legal compliance by initiating a start-up checklist completed prior to each shift.

Introduced a new tracking technique that validates and receives fresh inventory and vendor shipments, followed by quick inventory placement in the storage.

• Designed and constructed a largely accident-free workspace.
• Taught sophisticated inventory tracking and time management practices to employees. 
• Inspected the loading procedures to ensure compliance with all shipping requirements.
• Participated in discussions, seminars, and recommendations related to the implementation of new designs.
• Maintained the scheduling systems, designed, and organized new workspace, and formulated production schedules.
• Performed regular risk assessments and quality control analyses to ensure that tasks are being completed.
• Evaluated the potential policy, procedural, and business intelligence shortcomings.

Challenging role requiring precision to efficiently operate heavy duty moving equipment.

• Operated forklifts to safely transport materials to required points onsite.
• Routinely performed maintenance on vehicles to ensure readiness for work.
• Promptly assimilated favored operations methods of the supervisor to ensure seamless execution of workflows.
• Checked construction sites to eliminate hazards that could interfere with the functions of equipment.

Pulled and arranged the goods for export, guaranteed that the correct kinds of commodities loaded to maintain accurate inventory records and reports that meet all OSHA and MSDS criteria.

• Used a forklift, clamping truck, or other heavy machinery to reload or relocate inventory, stage goods, and supplies efficiently in the right regions.
• Reported quality variations, helped with physical inventories, and kept the agency's products and machinery cleaned, and organized.
• Performed daily equipment inspections and other activities as directed by management.
• Maintained cleanliness and organized the facility's parts and equipment.
• Maintained inventory by identifying and marking the products and supplies in stock.

Operated a variety of heavy equipment including bulldozer, excavator, roller compactor, motor grader, picker, and loader. Ensured to avoid potential hazards and obstructions such as utility lines, equipment, workers, and falling objects.

• Awarded Operator of the Month 7 times in a row commended by the supervisor as a great asset to the company and a true team player.
• Managed earthmoving tasks including mowing ditches, slopes, grades, and clearing brush
• Signaled truck driver to position truck to facilitate loading of dirt, rocks, and other materials.
• Constantly serviced and maintained equipment as well as troubleshoot and adjust equipment as needed.
• Conducted pre-shift inspection of machinery following company guidelines, manufacturers' specifications, and operating safety rules and regulations.
• Coordinated with the maintenance crew to report any problem with the operation of the assigned equipment.
• Gathered and loaded dirt and waste products from job sites onto trucks and transported them to an appropriate location.

Operated multiple types of hoisting equipment (Tower Cranes, Crawler Cranes, Rough Terrain Cranes, All Terrain Cranes, Rotating Telehandlers) as directed by supervisor safely and efficiently, adhering to company policy and manufacturers suggested operational guidelines. Conducted daily equipment inspections and documented findings, while maintaining a clean and organized work environment. Communicated any equipment deficiencies on time.

• Tested and inspected all equipment before usage to ensure quality, safety, and equipment readiness.
• Documented maintenance, repairs, and inspections of lifting equipment as per company processes.
• Articulated with internal and external business partners by answering phone calls, responding to emails for maintenance-related questions.
• Conducted field repairs on the lifting equipment on sites.

Operate heavy machinery including forklift, pallet mover, swing-reach truck, and picker to store, retrieve, or move heavy loads. Prepare loading and off-loading deliveries safely and efficiently. Correctly position the forklift to retrieve loads in difficult locations.

• Continually exceeded expectations pertaining to the loading and off-loading of up to 300 deliveries per week.
• Perform quality checks on up to 50 points of concern; reduced QA issues 50% by describing issues to processing teams.
• Earned merit-based compensation bonus for improving processing time 50%.

Maintained heavy machinery with safety standards and specifications, resulting in an outstanding safety grade.

• Supervised, taught, evaluated, and assured the safety of my team members.
• Followed safety regulations strictly, and prevented accidents, injuries, and property damage to employees, the surrounding community, and facilities.
• Reviewed earth and smooth surfaces as a component of undertakings or finished work.
• Performed existing controls, combat support, and post-inspections.
• Installed system elements, and concrete slabs, and accomplished other building operations.
• Completed Preventative Maintenance System Checks (PMCS) on various equipment and vehicles.
• Observed and executed dispatchers' directions; reviewed and completed maintenance requests.

Tactical role requiring comprehensive analytical and collaboration skills to effectively coordinate operations with other crane operations as well as the ground crew.

• Deftly controlled all components of the crane to ensure precise placements of materials.
• Employed communication and coordination skills to work effectively with other crane operators and ground crew to execute construction plans.
• Read blueprints and schematics to understand overall construction goals and verify proper placement of materials.
• Liaised with mechanical engineers to ensure optimum functionality of all components of moving equipment.