Javier Cardenas
Bakersfield
Summary
Organized and dependable candidate successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Ironworker
Local 155
10.2022 - Current
- Certified D1.1, D1.8, 6G
- Prioritized safety across job site with specific attention to load suspension, welding, and cutting.
- Complied with OSHA and company safety guidelines for height safety, lock out tag out, confined space, and hazardous material handling.
- Used appropriate safety measures and encouraged other team members to do same in effort to avoid job site injuries.
Owner/Operator Truck Driver
Cardenas Trucking
07.2020 - 10.2022
- Managed day-to-day business operations.
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Inspected vehicle and equipment before and after every trip to monitor routine wear and identify larger maintenance issues.
- Completed regular inspections and maintenance actions, as well as basic equipment repairs, to keep equipment operating at peak levels.
Class A CDL Truck Driver
Gazelle Transportation
03.2019 - 06.2020
- Demonstrated safe driving by following regulations and safety procedures, resulting in zero accidents.
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
- Dropped and hooked trailers and changed configuration of equipment.
Rig Welder
G.P.S
12.2018 - 02.2019
- Read specifications or blueprints to determine the locations, quantities, or sizes of materials required.
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.
- Interpreted verbal and written instructions from work orders and welding blueprints.
- Maintained correct arc length and movement speed to form specified fusion depth and bead.
Class A Driver
MONTEJANO TRANSPORTATION
12.2016 - 12.2018
- Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes
- Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations
- Handled load documentation, obtained signatures, and provided copies to destination staff.
- Checked trailer hitch and secured attachments to tractor for optimal safety.
- Met DOT requirements by maintaining current records and documenting reportable incidents.
- Kept in close contact with dispatch team to make quick route adjustments and add new stops.
- Pre-tripped tractor and trailer to check condition of mechanical, safety and emergency equipment and notified supervisor of defects.
Class A Driver
CARDENAS TRUCKING
03.2016 - 12.2016
- Maneuver trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from loading crew and checking that vehicle and loading equipment are properly positioned.
- Handled load documentation, obtained signatures, and provided copies to destination staff.
- Met DOT requirements by maintaining current records and documenting reportable incidents.
- Operated with safety and skill to avoid accidents and delays.
- Demonstrated safe driving by following regulations and safety procedures, resulting in zero accidents.
- Utilized GPS and other navigation tools to plan routes and stay on schedule.
- Maintained daily, legible DOT log book and submitted corresponding documents.
- Completed regular inspections and maintenance actions, as well as basic equipment repairs, to keep equipment operating at peak levels.
Rig Welder
Brinderson Construction
04.2013 - 07.2016
- 6 G cert pipeline welder X-ray & ultrasound
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
Rig Welder
S.A. CAMP PUMP & DRILLING
04.2011 - 06.2012
- Welded in flat, horizontal, vertical, and overhead positions.
- Inspected welds and checked critical measurements to meet specifications.
- Prepared welding equipment to perform advanced welding work.
- Removed and repaired unacceptable welds with air arc and grinder to meet quality guidelines.
Single Hand Welder
04.2009 - 04.2011
- 4
- Ran flow lines, loops ramp over & underground road crossing, offset, casing lines
- P.O.P line pre fab supports in shop
- Ran flow lines, Road crossing, Header systeam 100% x-ray
- Measure and mark pipes for cutting or threading,
- Ran flow lines, loops, ramp over & underground road crossing, offset, casing lines
- Weld components in flat, vertical, or overhead positions
- Clamp, hold, tack-weld, heat-bend, grind or bolt component parts to obtain required configurations and positions for welding
- Monitor the fitting, burning, and welding processes to avoid overheating of parts or warping, shrinking, distortion, or expansion of material
- Lay out, position, align, and secure parts and assemblies prior to assembly, using straightedges, combination squares, calipers, and rulers
- Weld separately or in combination, using aluminum, stainless steel, cast iron, and other alloys
- Preheat workpieces prior to welding or bending, using torches or heating furnaces.
Lead Welder
HARBOR RAIL SERVICES
03.2008 - 04.2009
- Repair train carts
- Repair floor's & ceiling's
Education
Program Welding Certs -
Bakersfield Collage
Bakersfield, CA06.2002
Skills
- 12 years welding experience
- Certs D11 D18 6G
- CDL Driver
- Wire Feed Machines
- Flux Core (FCAW) Welding
- TIG Welding Expertise
- Sheet Metal Fabrication
- Pipe Welding
- MIG Welding
- Structural Welding
Languages
Spanish
Native or Bilingual
Timeline
Ironworker
Local 155
10.2022 - Current
Owner/Operator Truck Driver
Cardenas Trucking
07.2020 - 10.2022
Class A CDL Truck Driver
Gazelle Transportation
03.2019 - 06.2020
Rig Welder
G.P.S
12.2018 - 02.2019
Class A Driver
MONTEJANO TRANSPORTATION
12.2016 - 12.2018
Class A Driver
CARDENAS TRUCKING
03.2016 - 12.2016
Rig Welder
Brinderson Construction
04.2013 - 07.2016
Rig Welder
S.A. CAMP PUMP & DRILLING
04.2011 - 06.2012
Single Hand Welder
04.2009 - 04.2011
Lead Welder
HARBOR RAIL SERVICES
03.2008 - 04.2009
Program Welding Certs -
Bakersfield Collage
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