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Mike Waite

Coaldale,AB

Summary

Detail-oriented Heavy Equipment Operator skilled in effective communication and safety awareness. Proven ability to manage tasks and collaborate with teams to ensure high-paced project completion.

Overview

1
1
Certification
8
8
years of professional experience

Work History

Heavy Equipment Operator

Whissell Contracting
Lethbridge, AB
07.2025 - Current

-Worked mostly with Underground/Backfill crew, from conditioning material to tossing lifts in with a 470 John Deere, running hoe pack attachment on a 325 Cat or pushing lifts in with a Cat Track Loader.

-Spent some time in Earthworks as well mainly running 40 T Volvo Rock truck.

-Ran Cat 950 Tire Loader, loading and unloading material off trucks, delivering to specific locates for installation, feeding gravel boxes and track hoes for backfilling piping

-These positions are very demanding, needing excellent communication between other operators,ground workers and supervision, with a high pace output everyday.

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Heavy Equipment Operator

Whissell Contracting
Lethbridge, AB
09.2025 - 12.2026

- Ran Kumatsu 380 loader using multiple attachments

- unloaded 4000m of various sized irrigation piping off flat deck trucks and staging them for layout.

- worked directly with superintendent for direction on how and where he specifically wanted piping staged and spaced.

-during piping installation mainly feed gravel boxes and occasionally excavators with gravel for bedding and backfill.

Heavy Equipment Operator

AGI Nobleford
Nobleford, AB
01.2025 - 07.2025

- mainly loaded/unloaded trucks with Cat 950 Loader and sometime diesel fork lifts which material was all 40-60 ft in lengths, from 48"x300" sheets of steel to 40-6o ft I-beams and piping.

- high pace atmosphere working directly with line workers to coordinate clearing doors of finished product which

consisted of 50k -100k fuel storage tanks with Cat 950 Loader

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Journeyman Plumber/Pipefitter

Strathcona Mechanical Limited
Lethbridge, AB
01.2019 - 07.2023

-commercial installation of heating and cooling systems

-manily NPT steel pipe 1/2" to 2" threaded pipe

- worked directly with welders to build piping systems

-worked directly with foreman and General foreman daily as to changing scope.

-was Quality Control representative, where i was tasked with making sure all of our sub trades were completing there work.

- I attended daily meetings with General Contractor and University Representatives where discussions were focused on what and where certain areas needed to be worked on and completed.

Education

Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter -

Lethbridge College
Lethbridge
05.2024

Skills

    - excellent communicator, i have a firm belief that knowledge is power and that if everyone knows whats going on daily, if and/when the scope, task or safety changes we should be more efficient/safe from strong communication

    -showing up day in and day out with strong morel and a positive attitude, trying to create an atmosphere that is contagious and makes for more productive crews

    -attention to detail when given specific instructions with the capability to complete any and all tasks deligated

Languages

English

Certification

Ground Disturbance Level 2

First Aid

H2s Alive

CSTS

Timeline

Heavy Equipment Operator

Whissell Contracting
09.2025 - 12.2026

Heavy Equipment Operator

Whissell Contracting
07.2025 - Current

Heavy Equipment Operator

AGI Nobleford
01.2025 - 07.2025

Journeyman Plumber/Pipefitter

Strathcona Mechanical Limited
01.2019 - 07.2023

Journeyman Plumber/Gasfitter -

Lethbridge College
Mike Waite