Russell C. Ballenger
***** * **** ** #*** Scottsdale, AZ 406-***-****
**************@*****.***
Personal Data
Age 30, 5' 5, 185 lbs. healthy, good shape, honest, skilled, hardworking, determined, professional
Education
Diploma 2007 Graduate from Thompson Falls High, Thompson Falls, MT
Skills
5+ years Heavy equipment operator; skilled in operation of Excavator, Backhoe, Skid steer, front end loaders,
picker truck, forklift, boom lift, boom truck, 637 scrapers, water truck, articulated haul truck. Leadership skills in crew
foreman/supervisor. Work well with a team, as well as working individually, work well unsupervised *Skilled in
construction, carpentry, insulation, plumbing, concrete, core drilling.
Certifications
Current cert. CPR and first aid, MSHA. Previous certs. and experience with H2S, PEC basic safety, fit
tested, OSHA 40 HAZWOPER certified, OSHA 10-hour occupational safety & health training, confined space,
trenching & shoring/Excavation, forklift certified
WORK HISTORY
• Gunsight Construction; Glendale, AZ June 2-July 16
Operator: Operate front end loader, load screener plants, grizzles, and trucks. Cut
erosion drains into retentions.
• Rummel Construction; Scottsdale, AZ Nov. 5 2019-May 25
Operator: Operate excavator digging rip-raff pockets, operate 637 scarper for mass
ex on housing developments.
• Montana Solid Rock; Plains, MT August 2016 – Nov. 2019
Supervisor. Operate forklift, operate front end loader and Case 160 excavator.
Supervise Landing Crew, inspect quality of chopped rock before stacked onto pallet, load trucks with
rock pallets, Chop rock, stack rock.
*Not gapped, relevant to employment seeking*
• James Oilwell Services; Belfield ND, July 2013- Jan. 2015
Foreman: Build tank battery sites for new oil wells. Cut and thread/vic pipe to install on oil
treaters and tanks and water tanks. Foreman/head operator; co-foreman run 5-10 man crews on
building the tank batteries, operate excavator digging trench for pipe lines, excavate for building the
tank sites, operate loader for removal of dirt/back filling and building pads, operate backhoe for
smaller trenches and dirt work, operate skid steer when needed for dirt work, operate telehandler for
lifting pipe to install and operate with a man basket to put workers up for installing pipe.
[Buehner Con. Feb. 2015 July 2015; Operate loaders feeding crushers, screeners, semi trucks]
References
Dan McJunkin Jeff G.
MSRQ MSRQ
Kameron VonHeeder Alex Heetwole
Nationals Ex-coworker