Name : Robert P. Almeida
Industry Type : Highway - Heavy Contractors
City & State : Catharpin, VA
Job Title Heavy Equipment Operator
Relocation Preferences : Nationwide/International
Objective : To seek employment as a Heavy Equipment Operator or Truck Driver in the Construction, Mining, Oil Field or Transportation Industries.
Resume :  
Robert P. Almeida
P.O. Box 33
Catharpin, VA. 20143
307-689-2988
307-689-3169
wyomingbob2009[at]hotmail.com


Objective:To seek employment as a Heavy Equipment Operator or Truck Driver in the Construction, Mining, Energy, Oil Field or Transportation Industry.

Work Experience:
Twenty six years of experience Safely operating Excavators, Dozers, Loaders, Side Booms, R/T Forklifts, Haul Trucks, Semi Trucks and various other types of Heavy Equipment. Have an expertise operating Large Excavators on Mass Excavation and Pipe projects. Have a class "A" CDL w/Tanker endorsment. Drove Semi Trucks for three years as a husband/ wife team hauling "Food Grade" tankers to 48 states, Canada and Mexico. Logged 590,000 accident free miles in that time period.

Employment History:

American InfrastructureChantilly, Virginia,20152
Excavator Operator09/2009 to 3/16/2010
Operated a CAT 328D Trackhoe with various attachments on a Virginia DOT road improvement project in Norfolk, Virginia. Duties so far on the project have been: Safely and efficiently operating Excavator while digging retention ponds, drainage ditches and undercuts in new roadway. Loading spoil material onto dump trucks to be hauled off-site. Placing 12 inch minus Rip-Rap on pond and ditch slopes. Loaded out top soil for shoulder areas. Used hydraulic hammer attachment in dump area to break-up concrete curbing, gutter and roadway into load-out sizes. Used grading bucket to grade ditches to a 2:1 slope. Attend and participate in morning Safety "huddles" and review daily work plan and goals. Wear proper PPE as per company policy.

HKA CaribbeanCaguas, Puerto Rico. 00725
Side Boom Operator09/2008 to 12/2008
Ran a CAT 583K Side Boom on the bending crew in the construction and installation of 42 miles of 20" High Pressure Gas Main in Ponce', Puerto Rico. Used side boom to retrieve designated pipe from skids and transport it to the bending machine with help from the riggers. Safely guilded pipe into cradle and held steady using side boom and sling while pipe was being bent to proper angle. Upon completion of bending process, side boom was used to transport pipe back to the skids to await the welding process. Returned to bending machine to hitch-up and tow bending machine to next location. Backed bending machine onto Low-Boy trailer for transport to next location if ROW or safety concerns were in question.

Condon Construction, Inc.Glenwood Springs, Colorado. 81601
Heavy Equipment Operator/Truck Driver04/2008 to 09/2008
Ran a Link-Belt 460 Trackhoe, Cat D6 Dozer, Komatsu' 380 Loader and a Hitachi 200 w/ grapple in a grubbing and clearing operation in preperation for an upcoming gravel mine in De Beque, Colorado. Used machines to clear and stack underbrush, trees and debris into piles for burning. Cleaned ditches,creeks and installed temporary culverts to keep water flowing off of project. Dug test pits to determine depth of mineable gravel. Drove Kenworth tandem dump truck hauling building rubbel from Carbondale demo project to local landfill. Hauled stone from La Farge gravel pit to job in Redstone. Ran Low-Boy hauling Link-Belt crane over Loveland Pass. Drove dump truck and operated various heavy equipment on numerous projects as needed in the Western Colorado area.

Rio Tinto Energy AmericaGillette, Wyoming. 82716
Haul Truck/ Heavy Equipment Operator09/2005 to 04/2008
Ran Cat D10 and D11 Dozers at the Cordero/Rojo mine south of Gillette, Wyoming. Duties included operating a Cat D10 dozer on a truck/ shovel dump area where I was to monitor the Safe backing and dumping of 240 ton haul trucks, insuring trucks don't back over safety berm and they dump overburden in proper area. Maintain proper berm height as per MSHA standards. Keep dump zone on grade as per GPS. Operated Cat D11 dozers building dragline pad at one of three draglines, built access road, cut coal keys, benches, berms, built drill pad, pushed both coal and overburden to various shovels and loaders, worked top-soil on reclaim areas. Ran a Komatsu' 1250 trackhoe cutting benches above dragline, loading haul trucks, digging ditches for power cable or drainage pipe, building berms, supervising of production dozers, loaded machine onto lowboy trailer for transport to next project on mine site. Trained and qualified to Safely operate the Komatsu' 830E, 240 ton haul truck. Hauled both coal and overburden from various shovels and loaders from pits around the mine site. Operated haul truck in all types of extreme weather conditions on a rotating shift basis.

Manpower Temporary Services, Inc.Gillette, Wyoming.
Haul Truck Driver05/2005 to 09/2005
Drove a Cat 793C, 240 ton Haul Truck at Peabody Energy's North Antelope/Rochell Mine south of Gillette, Wyoming. Worked as a Manpower Temp. on crew #3 hauling overburden from various Shovels or Loaders around the mine site, bringing material to a truck/ shovel dump as directed by shift lead. Hauled scoria rock as needed to improve traction on haul roads if weather got bad. Hauled coal from a shovel or loader if crew was short handed. Dumped Coal into one of three hoppers as directed. Worked a rotating shift basis.

Belair Excavating, Inc.Naples, Florida. 34109
Trackhoe Operator09/2004 to 04/2005
Ran a Volvo 480 Excavator at the Coconut Point Shopping Mall project in South West Florida. Used Trackhoe to dig lakes and loadout spoil onto 6X6 off-road dump trucks. Dug drainage ditches to control water run-off from well points. Maintained berms around holding ponds. Placed piping under haul road. Loaded out top soil piles for placement on job site. Loaded street trucks with excess material to be hauled off site.

Kellogg Brown& Root, Goverment OperationsAPO, AE. 09366
Heavy Truck Driver12/2003 to 09/2004
Went to Kuwait with KBR as a Heavy Truck Driver where I volunteered to drive in the HET section. Duties included loading, securing and hauling Abrams A1M1 tanks, artillery pieces, dozers,trucks,trailers, hummvees, containers and various military equipment on the Oshkosh M1000 8X8 HETS. Drove under military supervision in Army or Marine convoys hauling equipment and supplies from Camp Arifjan, Kuwait to various bases around Iraq. Volunteeredt to drive in Fuel Tanker convoys after 900 truck drivers quit and went home. Hauled JP-8 Jet Fuel in 8800 gal. tankers from the tank farm in Kuwait City to various forward operating bases in Iraq. This was done under military escort and close air support. I transfered to MHE where I ran a 42K Reach Stacker and a Case 920 30K Forklift at the Kuwaiti seaport unloading containers from ships, stacking them in proper areas, uploading containers on trucks bound for Iraq and placing and monitoring any HAZMAT containers. Also used forklift to move generators, load trucks and move blast barriers around seaport.

John Carlo, Inc.Fort Myers, Florida. 33919
Dozer Operator09/2003 to 12/2003
Ran a Cat D6 Dozer pushing, leveling, and grading sub-grade and lime rock on the taxi ways, connectors and shoulder areas on the South West Florida International Airport reconstruction project in Fort Myers, Florida. Used a Cat 966 to load 6X6 off-road dump trucks with road base from stockpiles. Used backhoe to dig out piers at terminal building. Drove ADT if short handed. Attended morning safety meetings.

Phillips and Jorden, Inc.Fort Myers, Florida
Dozer/ Trackhoe Operator01/2003 to 09/2003
Ran a Cat D6R Dozer pushing, leveling and grading material on a seven mile road project leading into SWFL International Airport. Created travel lans, shoulder areas, median and side walk areas. Ran a Trackhoe on the Rip-Rap crew cutting sub-grade, placing fabric and Rip-Rap on seven miles of canal. Loaded out stockpiles as needed.

Military:Served US Navy 4 years
Ran a Nuclear Power Plant onboard USS Texas(CGN39)
Served 12 years Connecticut Army National Guard
Senior Heavy Equipment/ Tractor Trailer Operator
Heavy Equipment/Tractor Trailer Instructor 10 years.

Education and Credentials:
Graduated Andrew Warde High School, Fairfield, Connecticut.
Attended Propulsion Engineering School, US Navy, Great Lakes, IL.
Attended Heavy Equipment School US Army Fort Leonard Wood, MO.
Side Boom and R/T Forklift certified
Hold a TWIC card

References:Available upon request





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