Summary
Work History
Overview
Education
Skills
Languages
References
Timeline
Key Qualifications
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Darren Christison

Black Diamond,AB

Summary

Skilled finishing heavy equipment operator proficient in operating excavators, dozers and graders. Dependable and hardworking team leader and collaborator with 22 years of civil, heavy civil and pipeline experience. Works safely while supporting teams to meet deadlines.

Work History

Equipment operator

Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction
  • Grade and access crew on 48" pipeline
  • Maintained daily logs of machine operations and reported any mechanical or safety issues to supervisor.
  • Operated a variety of heavy equipment such as excavators, bulldozers and grader.

Equipment operator

Macro
  • 42 inch pipe, access crew, Grading crew, clean up crew
  • Back filling and shading pipe, hot line ramps, bridges and tie ins

Equipment operator

Wolverine Construction
  • Oil field civil construction
  • Performed preventative maintenance on equipment, including greasing, oiling, servicing engines and changing filters.
  • Loaded and unloaded trucks with excavated material for transport to designated areas.
  • Utilized GPS systems to accurately locate boundaries for excavation sites.
  • Worked closely with surveyors, engineers and other personnel onsite during construction projects.
  • Trained new employees in proper operation of heavy machinery according to company guidelines.

Equipment operator

Petrowest
  • Built roads and leases with various sizes of dozers and excavators
  • Final grade and slopes, stripped and separated soils, Burnt and pile bush, push cat with buggy's

Derrick hand

Essential Well Services
  • Work on service rig, servicing oil and gas wells

Helper

D-W Wilson Service
  • Helper on crew truck, doing oil Field maintenance

Swamper

Formula Trucking
  • Swamped on 45 ton pickers and bed trucks, moved service and drilling rigs and all kinds of other oilfield equipment

Equipment Operator

Kiewit
Abbotsford, BC
05.2025 - Current

Dewdney bridge project:

Running grader, dozer and excavator

Highway 1 widening project:

Lead operator running grader, excavator and dozer.

Equipment Operator

Macro
05.2021 - Current
  • Back end excavator operator on steep slopes, hooked up to a timber max winch line.
  • Building and taking apart hot line crossings
  • Creek crossing and water courses
  • Building and taking apart trench boxes
  • Grading road’s and row with grader

Overview

22
22
years of professional experience

Education

Grade 12 -

Skills

H2S alive

First aid level 1

CSTS-09

PST

Ground disturbance

Fall protection

Class 5 license

Languages

English
Professional Working
English
Professional Working

References

  • Dave Paronich, Macro industries, (780) 991-6016
  • Charile Huculak, Wolverine construction manager, (250)-793-0046
  • David Atchison, Vice President Oculus Trucking, (250)-329-7171

Timeline

Equipment Operator

Kiewit
05.2025 - Current

Equipment Operator

Macro
05.2021 - Current

Equipment operator

Pacific Atlantic Pipeline Construction

Equipment operator

Macro

Equipment operator

Wolverine Construction

Equipment operator

Petrowest

Derrick hand

Essential Well Services

Helper

D-W Wilson Service

Swamper

Formula Trucking

Grade 12 -

Key Qualifications

  • H2S alive
  • First aid level 1
  • CSTS-09
  • PST
  • Ground disturbance
  • Fall protection
  • Class 5 license
Darren Christison