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Work History
Education
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Austin McKinnon

Penticton,BC

Summary

As a Field Supervisor at Broadview Landscape, with proven expertise in project management and crew supervision. Skilled in site layout and safety compliance, I effectively delegated tasks and optimized operations, ensuring timely project completion dates. Proficient in heavy equipment operation, such as cutting and adding fills, sloping banks, grading, ditching, and loading trucks. My skills would be an asset to the North America Construction team.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience

Work History

Field Supervisor

Broadview Landscape
Penticton, British Columbia
01.2018 - 06.2025
  • Daily and weekly schedules are built for site foremen.
  • Trained field personnel according to their qualifications, or experience level.
  • Ordered materials weekly for job sites.
  • Delegating tasks to crew members throughout the day.
  • Overlooked paperwork from crew foremen to ensure all documentation has been completed on trucks and equipment.
  • Led morning safety meetings with multiple crews on a weekly basis.
  • Communicated with project supervisors regarding the progress of work completed on each site.
  • Job site layout for daily work.
  • Reading site drawings to complete daily tasks.
  • Setting up a laser level, using the site benchmark to calculate cuts or fills from the grading plan.
  • Performed daily maintenance checks on the excavator, skid steer, and loader, such as fluid levels, lubing, hoses, belts, and filters.
  • Digging trenches, final grading, sloping banks, stockpiling materials, separating materials, land clearing, and loading tandem dump trucks equipped with pups.
  • Worked in close proximity to other workers while operating machinery safely and efficiently.
  • Operating and marking out existing utilities in the working zone.
  • Unloading B-trains using pallet forks, using a skid steer or wheel loader.

Snow Removal

Broadview Landscape
Penticton And Osoyoos, British Columbia
01.2018 - 06.2025
  • Built plowing routes for each individual operator.
  • Quality control on sites ensures that there are no hazards throughout the day and night.
  • I am in charge of the crew in my own designated zone to plow large commercial lots.
  • Trained operators on the most efficient way to plow each lot.
  • Hand-shoveled sidewalks.
  • Salted any icy spots in parking lots or on walkways.
  • Operated a plow truck with a V-plow and de-ice tank.
  • Operated a skid steer, a loader with an articulating blade, and a box blade.
  • Monitored the weather for potential snowfalls daily.
  • On call 7 days a week, any time of the day or night.
  • Pre-trip on plow truck, skid steer, or loader to ensure it is safe for operation before each shift.
  • FLHA: Before each shift.
  • Pictures in the Snow app, before and after starting any type of service on the lot.

Log Strapper

Pacific Custom Log Sort
Coquitlam, British Columbia
10.2017 - 12.2018
  • Maintained accurate records of log bundles throughout the day and handed them into the foreman daily.
  • Cut the wire to a specific length to secure each log bundle.
  • Used hydraulic crimper to secure the wire to the log bundles.
  • Working with the crane operator to safely unsecure log bundles that are being pulled out of the river into the log bunks.
  • Ensured that the cargo was properly secured with straps according to company regulations.
  • Tagging each log bundle with a number and barcode, so each bundle can be tracked.
  • Working with the log scaler to pull measurements of each log, and to mark and tag the specific species.

Tile Setter Helper

Buena Vista West Contracting
Coquitlam, British Columbia
09.2015 - 10.2017
  • Assisted tile setter in mixing and applying grout to tiles.
  • Cut tiles with wet saws and mini grinders, as required for installation.
  • Set up the site with all applicable tools in our working area.
  • Cleaned surfaces prior to tiling to ensure smooth surface.
  • Assisted the tile setter by moving boxes of tile to the necessary areas.

Education

High School Diploma -

Centennial Secondary
Coquitlam, BC
06-2015

Skills

  • Decision making
  • Crew supervision
  • Task delegation
  • Site layout
  • Safety compliance
  • Equipment operator
  • Problem solving

Equipment

Excavators

  • John Deere 350G
  • John Deere 245G
  • John Deere 135G
  • John Deere 75G
  • John Deere 60P
  • John Deere 50G
  • John Deere 35G
  • John Deere 17G
  • Hitachi ZX250
  • Hitachi ZX135
  • Hitachi ZX50
  • Hitachi ZX35
  • Yanmar ViO50
  • Yanmar ViO40
  • Yanmar ViO17
  • Case cx37

Loaders

  • John Deere 625k
  • Yanmar V4

Skid steers

  • John Deere 325G
  • John Deere 324G
  • John Deere 317G
  • Case tr310
  • Case SR210
  • Case SR175

Personal Attributes

  • Coachable and Willing to learn
  • Loyal and reliable
  • Hardworking and Driven
  • Goal orientated
  • Self-aware

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Field Supervisor

Broadview Landscape
01.2018 - 06.2025

Snow Removal

Broadview Landscape
01.2018 - 06.2025

Log Strapper

Pacific Custom Log Sort
10.2017 - 12.2018

Tile Setter Helper

Buena Vista West Contracting
09.2015 - 10.2017

High School Diploma -

Centennial Secondary

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