Ronald (Paddy) Coburn
Fort St. John, BC
V1J 5X7
*****.******@*****.***
PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
• 15+ years' experience operating heavy equipment
• Reclamation and erosion control
• Extremely reliable, dedicated and a hard working employee
• Effective problem solver in the field
• Strong team player; get along well with co-workers and employers and work well independently
• Outgoing with a positive attitude
• Impeccable safety record while getting the job done on time Equipment Operated
• Shovels, loaders, excavators, skid steers, rock trucks, bulldozers, packers, backhoes, belly scraper
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Heavy Equipment Operator
• Ironhide Construction, Fort St. John, BC
• Ritchie Brothers Construction, Grovedale, AB
• Leighton Construction, Courtenay BC
• Greber Construction, Beaverlodge, AB
• D. Loewen Enterprises Ltd., Fort St John, BC
Duties
• Performed oilfield lease and road construction on different terrain including working in the bush, and on muskeg and hillsides
• Installed culvert and bridges
• Roads set up frack tanks while aware of surroundings at all times
• Completed ditching work and stripping for building roads and leases
• Worked with consultants and foremen to exceed their expectations
• Worked around well heads, buried pipelines, gas plant facilities, and oilrigs Heavy Equipment Operator
• Pelly Construction Ltd., Brule Mine (owned by Walter Energy), Chetwynd, BC Duties
• Operated Hitachi EX8000, excavators, and loaders
• Member of the Mine Rescue Team
Base Crew/Equipment Operator
• Ruel Bros Contracting, Peace River, AB
Duties
• Carried out road and parking lot preparation, dig out and base preparation as well as curb and sidewalk preparation
• Laid pipe for sewers and storm drains
• Operated a excavator, back hoe, skid steers, rollers, and a loader Construction Labourer
• Pye Construction, Victoria, BC
Duties
• Formed concrete, demolished, and constructed residential and commercial buildings Pipe-layer/ Equipment Operator
• Windley Contracting, Nanaimo, BC
Duties
• Laid water, sewer and storm pipe -commercial, residential and grade lay-out
• Curb and sidewalk preparation and pouring
• Road and parking lot preparation
• On-site First Aid Attendant
Equipment Operator I Construction Labourer
• Gregson & Son Contracting Ltd. / Copcan Contracting Ltd., Nanaimo, BC Duties
• Pipe-fitter for water, sewer, storm systems, and other piping systems
• Installed culvert and bridges
• General labouring duties when require
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
• Class 3 Driver's License with Airbrakes
• Standard First Aid and CPR Level A & AED
• Transportation Endorsement
• Safe Trenching, Excavation and Ground Disturbance
• Petroleum Safety Training
• TOG-Transportation of Dangerous Goods
• WHMIS
• H2S Alive
• Live Fire 101 (Structural Fire fighting)
• NFP 1002 ERT Training -Pumps and Pumping Workshop
• Aircraft Emergency Response Awareness, Justice Institute of BC -Fire and Safety Division 2
• First Responder Level Ill Program, Justice Institute of BC -Paramedic Academy
• Swift Water Technician Level1
• Traffic Control for Firefighters
• Grade 12, Port Hardy Secondary School, Port Hardy, BC VOLUNTEER SERVICE
• Past member of the North Oyster Volunteer Fire Department REFERENCES
Jonathan Reimer, Operator/Foreman, Ironhide Construction - 250-***-**** Jordan Berget, Foreman, Ritchie Brothers Construction - 780-***-**** Landon Smolik, Operator, Ritchie Brothers Construction - 250-***-****