Willard Douglas (Doug) Steffens
Employment History
April 1995 to October 2008Allegan County Sand and Gravel, Inc., Manager, operator, mechanic, driver, CDL AT, site preparations, septic systems, three gravel and sand pits. Experienced miner with current MSHA Safety Card October 1994 to April 1995Self-employed farm mechanic, welder (MIG & arc) and acetylene torches Sept. 1992 to October 1994Als Excavating, Gravel Pit operator, driver, mechanic, site work Feb. 1992 to September 1992Fein-Miller Gravel, three pits with portable crusher, now out of business. Previous owner Lisa Fein, April 1991 to February 1992 KAL Excavating, 5711 N West Bay Shore Dr, Omena, MI 49674 (231)386-5321 Driver operator and mechanic, site work, septic systems April 1990 to April 1991Fein-Miller Gravel July 1989 to December 1989Lee VanDrunen, 7171 Wilson Avenue SW, Byron Center, MI 49315 (616) 878-9969 Driver, pipe layer March 1989 to July 89 Cook Equipment, M89 East, Allegan, MI 49010 (269) 672-5454 Used Parts Yard and repair used equipment to make ready for re-sale July 1988 to March 1989 Als Excavating, Gravel Pit operator, driver, mechanic, site work May 1985 to July 1988Lynn Flemming Gravel Pit, Foreman Sept. 1984 to March 1985Flemming Gravel Inc. Portable Crusher plant, operator mechanic 1983 and 1984 Timmer Brothers, Dairy Farm, Hopkins, MI 49328. 200 Cows. Farm laborer 1982Family Farm, land clearing and crops 1981Green House, delivery, maintenance, part-time milk truck driver for farm pickup 1979 to 1981Cal-E-View , Dairy Farm, Wayne Rogers, Caledonia, MI 220 Cows, Assistant Herdsman 1976 to 1978 Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI Ag Engineering Student 1976 Graduate: Hopkins High School, Hopkins, MI 49328 Experience: Operation of track and rubber-tired hydraulic backhoes, small to large bulldozers, all sizes articulating loaders, Northwest #6, #95, cable draglines, graders, scrapers, portable screening plants, gravel crushers: jaw roll, cone, horizontal shaft impacters, conveyors, stackers, 480 volt three-phase generators, dump trucks, flatbeds, snowplow pickup truck and farm tractors also related equipment including combines, and forage harvesters, pack bunker silos. Summary:At MSU I majored in Ag Engineering and diesel mechanics. I operate a majority of the heavy equipment and machines. I also repaired the equipment, the hydraulics and electrical parts at the gravel pits. I performed all the duties involved including testing and grading gravel. At the dairy farm I milked cows and operated all farm equipment. Mission Statement I need to earn my wages. Operating is my favorite thing to do. I want to operate very large equipment. I can repair anything broken. I have my own Snap-On tools and boxes, and a clean driving Record CDL A-T. I grew up on a farm, raised beef, hogs, corn, wheat soy beans, chickens for meat and eggs, hay. I went to Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, majoring in Ag Engineering, for two and a half years and ran out of money.
References:The Rev. Jonathon Krenz, Dan Fein, , friend and gravel pit foreman.
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