Paul L. Wells
P.O. Box **
McGregor, ND *****
************@*****.***
Work History
Badlands Power Fuels
Tioga, North Dakota
Field Mechanic
November 2012 to Present working for Badlands Power Fuels as a mechanic working on Kenworth and
Peterbilt trucks and water and oil hauling trailers. Work on pumps, Hydraulic systems for trucks and
trailers. Do all maintenance on truck and trailers. Work on Kenworth winch trucks
Empire Lumber
Weippe, Idaho
Mechanic for the rolling equipment for a Lumber Mill in North Central Idaho. Work on a Caterpillar
325B Log loader, A LinkBelt 4300 Log Loader, 3 John Deere 744H Loaders, 980B Caterpillar Wheel
Loader, Hyster H190 Forklifts,Bobcat skid steer loaders,Ford and Peterbilt Water Trucks, International
Dump Trucks Various small engine and pickups.
Cashman Caterpillar
Round Mountian, NV
07/2011 to 10/2011
Worked as a Caterpillar technician on Caterpiller 789 and 793 Haul Trucks Replaced components and
rebuild items on a fleet of haul trucks leased to Round Mountian Gold.
Badlands Power Fuels
Tioga, North Dakota
Field Mechanic
02/2011 to 07/2011
February 2011 to Present working for Badlands Power Fuels as a field mechanic working on John Deere
544 J and 544K Loaders, Caterpillar and Gehl extend a boom forklifts, Genie S 65 man lifts, portable
light towers, electric 3 and 4 inch trash pumps, 2 inch diesel pumps, pressure washers assorted other jobs
on plumbing and setting up holding and settling tanks for oil drill rigs using oil based drilling mud.
Key Energy Services
Tioga, North Dakota
Mechanic
06/2010 - 02/,2011
June 2010 to Feburay 2011 working for Key Energy Services in Tioga, North Dakota as a Mechanic for
fluid management as a truck and water trailer mechanic on Mack trucks and Troxell water trailers.
AECOM
Ghazni, Afghanistand
SupervisorII
01/2008 - 04/2010
Supervisor for a 36 person MST and Polish Battle Group shop in Ghazni, Afghanistan, I have been lead
Heavy wheel vehicle mechanic in Bagram and at FOB Sharana. Working on light and heavy wheel
vehicles. Installed add on armor on Hemet's and PLS's, worked on forklifts, M1117 ASV's, RG 31 Mine
Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) and Cougars 4X4 and 6X6.I have worked on M1151 and M114
Humvee's. I have been to a 36 hour course on M1117 ASV’s and a 40 hour course on the MRAP's
CH2MHILL
Deadhorse, AK
Heavy Equipment Mechanic
01/2007 - 12/2007
Heavy Equipment Mechanic Working on IT62, 966, 980 series loaders, D-8R and D-8T dozers, 14H and
16 H road graders, Grove 50 to 100 ton cranes, Kenworth fuel trucks, water trucks and trailers, man lifts,
Kodiak snow blowers, Caterpillar and Detroit generators, Power systems. Ford F 250 thru F800 series
trucks, various welding and fabrication projects, water pumps, PZ pumps, Fire trucks and pumpers.
Del-Jen
Anchorage, AK
Heavy Equipment Mechanic
03/2006 - 01/2007
Heavy Equipment Mechanic working on 966G caterpillar loader, D-7H dozer, 2 163 caterpillar road
graders, Pierce fire trucks, 2 ford dump trucks, Aspen 40 ton lowboy trailer, John Deere loaders, Hyster
forklift, Ford F 250 and 350 pickups, Volvo 210 excavator, and varies Airfield crash trucks, pumper truck
for airfield operation on Shemya island.
Raytheon Polar Services, McMurdo Station, Antarctica
McMurdo Station, Antarctica
Heavy Equipment Mechanic.
08/2005 - 02/2006
Heavy Equipment Mechanic. Worked on D-3 thru D-9 Caterpillar bulldozers, Challengers 65E, 75E, 85E
and 95E series, IT28, 955, 966 series loaders, Hyster forklift, Pierce and Ward fire trucks, Canadian
Foremost off highway equipment, Piston Bully snow machines, 5 ton and larger tractor and trailers.
Raytheon,
Andros Island, Bahamas
Head Heavy Equipment Mechanic
01/2005 - 08/2005
Raytheon, Andros Island, Bahamas Head Heavy Equipment Mechanic In charge of a 6 man crew. Worked
on Hyster and Caterpillar forklift, Caterpillar D-8 dozer, 44 passenger buses, 5 ton and up truck and
trailer, Pierce fire trucks,International 5 ton water truck, Caterpillar rollers, John Deere 544E loaders, built
hydraulic hoses and hydraulic systems.
Bennett Lumber Company
Elk City, Idaho
Night l Heavy Equipment mechanic
12/2003 - 01/2005
Diesel Mechanic Night Heavy Equipment mechanic. Worked on Caterpillar, Cummins, Detroit diesel and
Perkins engines. Worked on Kenworth and Mack trucks. Wagner L-480 and Caterpillar 980B and 980G
Log loaders, D-7 dozer, John Deere Log loaders, water trucks and trailers worked on pickups, small
engines, Caterpillar generators and power systems.
Ben A. Thomas Logging Inc
Afognak Island, Alaska
Heavy Equipment Mechanic
04/2002 - 11/2003
Heavy Equipment Mechanic. Worked on Kenworth logging trucks, Caterpillar 966C, 966G, 988F, and
988G? loaders. Worked on Madill 2800 and 3800 service log loaders, D-8N and D-9R high track dozer,
s
tuned up and rebuilt engines. Replaced transmissions and rear ends on trucks and loaders, Changed out
and rebuild final drives on dozers and loaders, general mechanic work on pickups, four wheel drives
systems, small engines, Caterpillar generator systems. Did engine and inboard dive systems on boom
boats. And worked on the engines and propulsion system on a 60 foot tug boat.
Bitterroot International Systems
Missoula, Montana
Heavy Haul Driver
12/2000 - 04/2002
December 2000 - April 2002 Heavy Haul Driver Hauled over sized loads through out the Untied States
and Canada.
Education:
Ontonagon Area High School
Ontonagon, MI
High School or equivalent
06/1977
Certifications Summary:
Commerical Driver License
CDL Class A with T and N Endorsements
Attained: 07/1982
Expires: 07/2011
MVAC Technician
Certification Number
948A370D3E1705B31