Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills Attributes
Certificates Licenses
References
Timeline
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Cole Gillham

Slave Lake,AB

Summary

Driven, ambitious Licensed Heavy Equipment Operator. Always looking for new ways of improving my skills, experience and knowledge as an operator. Experienced in shift work both day and night shifts. Reliable, Dependable and always strive to do my best.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience

Work History

Heavy Equipment Operator

Slave Lake Specialties
06.2023 - Current

Experience operating:

Motor Graders – John Deer 770, John Deer 772, John Deer 872

Back Hoe – John Deer 410

Steamer Truck

Skid Steers

  • Grading and maintaining oilfield roads
  • Spreading gravel on roads and leases
  • Snow removal on roads, leases and plant sites
  • Clearing dammed up culverts
  • Brush cutting pipe line right of ways
  • Steaming frozen lines/culverts and washing equipment
  • Preformed general maintenance

Heavy Equipment Operator

GCL Contracting
02.2022 - 06.2023

Experience operating:

Excavators - John Deer 290, Hitachi 350, CAT 323

Dozers - CAT D6, CAT D7, Komatsu 39px

Rock Trucks – CAT 40 Ton, Volvo 30 Ton

  • Road and Lease construction
  • Ditching, Sloping and Berms
  • Loading rock trucks and Highway trucks
  • Brushing, Stumping and Reclamation
  • Placing rig mats
  • Lease clean ups
  • Snow removal and packing frost on winter accesses
  • Preformed general maintenance on equipment

Heavy Equipment Operator

Cantex-Okanagan Construction Ltd
09.2021 - 02.2022

Experience Operating:

Excavators – CAT 349, CAT 345, CAT 323

Frontend Loaders – CAT 980, CAT 972, CAT 966

Rock Trucks – CAT 40 Ton

Skid steers

  • Loading rock trucks and Highway trucks
  • Breaking specific sized rip-rap
  • Finishing work on berm placing rip-rap
  • Ripping frost
  • Stripping organics
  • Feeding and maintaining mobile screeners
  • Stock piling pay-rock and waste from mobile screeners

Heavy Equipment Operator

Vanderwell Contractors Inc
02.2015 - 05.2021

Experience Operating:

Frontend Loaders – CAT 966, CAT 950

Forklift - Taylor TB 300

Skid steers

  • Feeding rough-cut lumber into planer mill
  • Stockpiling dressed dimensional lumber from planer mill
  • Loaded dressed dimensional lumber of various grades and lengths onto Super B trailers and railcars
  • Managed Dry Kilns Loaded rough cut green lumber from sawmill onto kiln carts
  • Unloaded and stockpiled dried rough-cut lumber from kiln carts
  • Yard maintenance
  • Preformed general maintenance on equipment

Heavy Equipment Operator

Eben Construction Ltd
09.2014 - 02.2015

Experience Operating:

Frontend Loaders – John Deere 724k, John Deere 972

Rock Truck – Terex 40 Ton

Dozer – CAT D5

Snow Cat

Skid Steers

  • Feeding rock crusher and screeners
  • Maintaining rock crusher and screeners
  • Loading Highway trucks with a variety of different aggregates
  • Build ice bridges and maintain winter roads for oilfield
  • Preformed general maintenance on equipment I operated

Heavy Equipment Operator

Brisco Wood Preservers Ltd.
07.2012 - 09.2014

Experience Operating:

Frontend Loader – CAT 530k

Skid Steers

  • Loaded and unloaded lifts of plywood on and off of Super B trailers
  • Loaded and unloaded treating carts and Kiln carts
  • Loaded custom orders from yard
  • Feeding plywood line
  • Yard maintenance Yard clean up
  • Preformed general maintenance on equipment

Education

Skills Attributes

  • Team Leader
  • Positive Attitude
  • Goal orientated
  • Safety governed
  • Honest / Committed
  • Easy Going
  • Attention to Detail
  • Outdoor enthusiast
  • Solid work ethic
  • Responsible
  • High Performance Standards
  • Great Communication Skills

Certificates Licenses

  • Licensed Operator for Excavator, Dozer, Grader & Front-End Loader
  • Common Safety Orientation
  • Ground Disturbance Level 2
  • H2s Alive
  • Standard First Aid – Level C
  • WHMIS
  • Air Brakes / Class 3 Knowledge Test
  • Class 3 Driver's License
  • Clean driver’s abstract available upon request

References

Available upon Request

Timeline

Heavy Equipment Operator

Slave Lake Specialties
06.2023 - Current

Heavy Equipment Operator

GCL Contracting
02.2022 - 06.2023

Heavy Equipment Operator

Cantex-Okanagan Construction Ltd
09.2021 - 02.2022

Heavy Equipment Operator

Vanderwell Contractors Inc
02.2015 - 05.2021

Heavy Equipment Operator

Eben Construction Ltd
09.2014 - 02.2015

Heavy Equipment Operator

Brisco Wood Preservers Ltd.
07.2012 - 09.2014

Cole Gillham