Caleb Jones
Summary
Experienced, diligent and hard-working candidate ready to contribute a solid effort as team a member, or even to train up to be a foreman. Thorough and highly organized with excellent communication skills. Reliable worker with strong work ethic. Motivated Heavy Equipment Operator successful at completing jobs quickly and correctly to a high standard. Ready to bring broad construction experience and operator skills to a new role.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Earthworks Foreman
Everiss Civil
02.2023 - Current
- Responsible for managing small crews of labourers and operators on civil construction and earthworks sites while also operating equipment
- Operating excavators 1.5-30t, dozers d51-d65, and A30 dump trucks on small and large-scale earthmoving sites.
Heavy Equipment Operator
SÄLENS LASTMASKINER AB
04.2022 - 02.2023
- Operating tracked excavators, wheeled excavators and wheel loaders in various residential and civil construction jobs including excavations, house sites and drainlaying in the summer and clearing snow with specialist attachments in the winter
- Excavators equipped with GPS and tiltrotators.
Winch Cat Operator
SkiStar
10.2021 - 04.2022
- Building and maintaining ski slopes for the 2019-2020 winter season with winch cats
- Often covering other roles as needed, such as free-cat grooming and park maintenance.
Machine Operator
PETER COLLIN GRÄVMASKINER AB
04.2021 - 10.2021
- Operating Cat D6XE Bulldozer on a large infrastructure project in Stockholm
- Mainly performing final-trim and grading
- GPS work, bulk filling and grading numerous areas to design.
Winchcat operator
SkiStar AB
12.2020 - 04.2021
- Building and maintaining ski slopes for the winter season, mainly using Pistenbully 600W, but also covering freecat duties and park with other Prinoth and Pistenbully machines.
Heavy Equipment Operator
SÄLENS LASTMASKINER AB
04.2020 - 12.2020
- Operating tracked and wheeled excavators equipped with tiltrotators and GPS, working on various construction projects
- Operating wheel loaders performing general earthworks and also unloading/ loading delivery trucks.
Winchcat operator
SkiStar AB
11.2019 - 04.2020
- Building and maintaining ski slopes for the 2019-2020 winter season with winch cats
- Often covering other roles as needed, such as free-cat grooming and park maintenance.
Heavy Equipment Operator
Self Employed
02.2019 - 12.2019
- Contracting as an operator for hire in the construction industry in New Zealand
- Filling various roles including GPS Final Trim work, house excavations and land development on excavators and bulldozers for companies in the Wellington region.
Gps Excavator Operator
Cooper Civil Pty Ltd
04.2018 - 02.2019
- Final trim GPS works on teir 1 projects in New South Whales and Queensland.
Park Cat Operator
Okushiga Kogen Ski Resort
12.2017 - 04.2018
- Building and maintaining the terrain park in the ski area
- Operating Prinoth Bison X snowcat, building jumps, rollers, and other terrain park features.
Night Shift Grooming Supervisor
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, RAL Ltd
06.2017 - 10.2017
- Night shift grooming supervisor.
- Responsible for managing a small team of snowcat operators
- Using free cats and winch cats to build trails, transport staff, clear around buildings and structures and groom trails for the safety and enjoyment of our customers.
Heavy Equipment Operator
Edridge Contracting
02.2017 - 06.2017
- Building forestry roads and skid sites in steep and difficult terrain with tracked excavators.
- Dropping and removing large trees to pioneer roads through established forest.
Snowcat Operator
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts - Whakapapa Ski Area
06.2016 - 10.2016
- Operating Pistenbully 400 snowcats on Whakapapa Ski field.
- Building and maintaining ski slopes and lift queuing areas.
- Transporting de-icing crews and other staff in difficult conditions and low visibility.
Heavy Equipment Operator
Base Contracting
04.2016 - 06.2016
- Operating 35 ton excavator doing bulk earthmoving and final trim work, drainlaying, excavating drainage lines, placing pipe, placing manholes, risers and lids.
Excavator Operator
Wilson Contractors
01.2016 - 03.2016
- Operating 5 ton excavator digging trenches for electrical ducting, laying duct, backfill and finish topsoiling
- Night shift work at Queenstown Airport developing new runway.
Heavy Equipment Operator/Foreman
Urban Projects
05.2015 - 11.2015
- Responsible for setting out excavations, setting and adjusting grades as outlined on blueprints
- Operation of dozers, excavators, skidsteers, rollers and rock trucks as required, training staff on equipment, maintenance and general duties.
Groomer/Snowcat Operator
SilverStar Mountain Resort
11.2014 - 04.2015
- Responsible for daily pre-start checks, basic maintenance and operation of Pistenbully 400 Snowcats
- Grooming alpine trails in varying snow and weather conditions on trails bordered by trees
- Working in pack grooming and solo grooming scenarios.
Earthmoving Machinery Operator
Drapers Earthmoving L.T.D
02.2013 - 10.2014
- Operating earthmoving equipment including 26 ton excavators, Cat D8N and D8H bulldozers, Cat 814 and 825 compactors.
- Bulk subdivision earthworks including land clearing, log handling, loading dump trucks and road trucks, DEB's, silt traps and general environmental controls, trimming batters, constructing haul roads, push-loading scrapers, ripping, etc…
- Daily checks on machinery and general maintenance and greasing.
Excavator Operator
HGM Construction
09.2012 - 02.2013
- Operating excavators between 5 and 12 tons, Operating 3t track-barrows.
- Working in a remote location constructing a mountain bike trail, operating in adverse conditions, steep site work and general earthworks
Open Pit Dump Truck Operator
Open, OceanaGold Corporation
09.2011 - 06.2012
- Operating Cat 785C and 789C rigid dump trucks in an open pit gold mine
- Responsible for pre-start walk-around check and reporting any faults or damage on the machines to the shift supervisor
- Day and Night shifts
- Responsible for identifying and reporting hazards.
Excavator Operator
John Everiss Bulldozing
09.2007 - 09.2011
- Operating excavators ranging between 1.6-20 ton, bulldozers, wheel loaders and compaction equipment
- General residential earthworks including excavating and preparing sites for house construction (cut & fill, footings, slab fills, driveways, drilling...), Site clearing, stripping unsuitable materials, mulching bush and vegetation and small scale demolition, farm development work and minor drainlaying
- Clearing and excavating farm tracks, constructing dams, forming swales, culverts etc..
- Using various attachments such as breakers, augers, mulcher, concrete pulverisers and hydraulic thumbs
- Greasing and pre-start checks
Labourer
H.R.S
03.2006 - 09.2007
- General bulk and civil earthworks labouring
- Learning to operate rollers, loaders, bulldozers, excavators and dump trucks
- Bulk subdivision works, civil projects and residential work including driveways and footings
Skills
- Skilled and efficient machine operator
- Highly motivated and reliable
- Safe and careful while maintaining productivity
- GPS and non-GPS work competent (can work to paper plans and grade stakes)
- Adaptable and experienced in multiple disciplines and situations in the earthmoving industry
- Multi-skilled operator, fast learner
- Competent working alone and as part of a team
- Comfortable working away from home in foreign countries, in hazardous conditions and extreme weather
- Skilled with fixed hitches, tilt hitches and tiltrotators and numerous attachments on excavators and wheel loaders
- Strong attention to detail, working to tight tolerances and performing work to design and specification
Accomplishments
Over my 17 year career I have travelled to several different countries, some english-speaking and some not, to learn and develop my skills in machinery operation, ski field operations, snow grooming techniques and the construction industry to become a more confident and competent individual. Where language has failed me, previous experience, knowledge and good old-fashioned problem solving has helped me thrive and become accepted in new and interesting situations abroad and helped me become more self-reliant, adaptable and experienced in my field of work and life in general.
Licences
New Zealand Class 1 Drivers Licence
Wheels, Tracks, Rollers Endorsements
Excavator RII Australia
SLAO Pistmaskin and Vinchmaskin Licence (Free cat and Winch cat Licence Scandinavia)
Grävmaskin (Excavators tracked and Wheeled Licence, Sweden)
Lastmaskin (Wheel Loader Licence Sweden)
Australia Construction White Card
Timeline
Earthworks Foreman
Everiss Civil
02.2023 - Current
Heavy Equipment Operator
SÄLENS LASTMASKINER AB
04.2022 - 02.2023
Winch Cat Operator
SkiStar
10.2021 - 04.2022
Machine Operator
PETER COLLIN GRÄVMASKINER AB
04.2021 - 10.2021
Winchcat operator
SkiStar AB
12.2020 - 04.2021
Heavy Equipment Operator
SÄLENS LASTMASKINER AB
04.2020 - 12.2020
Winchcat operator
SkiStar AB
11.2019 - 04.2020
Heavy Equipment Operator
Self Employed
02.2019 - 12.2019
Gps Excavator Operator
Cooper Civil Pty Ltd
04.2018 - 02.2019
Park Cat Operator
Okushiga Kogen Ski Resort
12.2017 - 04.2018
Night Shift Grooming Supervisor
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts, RAL Ltd
06.2017 - 10.2017
Heavy Equipment Operator
Edridge Contracting
02.2017 - 06.2017
Snowcat Operator
Ruapehu Alpine Lifts - Whakapapa Ski Area
06.2016 - 10.2016
Heavy Equipment Operator
Base Contracting
04.2016 - 06.2016
Excavator Operator
Wilson Contractors
01.2016 - 03.2016
Heavy Equipment Operator/Foreman
Urban Projects
05.2015 - 11.2015
Groomer/Snowcat Operator
SilverStar Mountain Resort
11.2014 - 04.2015
Earthmoving Machinery Operator
Drapers Earthmoving L.T.D
02.2013 - 10.2014
Excavator Operator
HGM Construction
09.2012 - 02.2013
Open Pit Dump Truck Operator
Open, OceanaGold Corporation
09.2011 - 06.2012
Excavator Operator
John Everiss Bulldozing
09.2007 - 09.2011
Labourer
H.R.S
03.2006 - 09.2007
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