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Heavy Equipment Operator & Safety Consultant

Location:
Thibodaux, LA
Posted:
August 19, 2026

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John Burnett

Heavy Equipment Operator

Thibodaux, LA 70301 +1-985-***-**** *******.******@*****.*** Professional Summary

• I am seeking immediate employment. I am eager to obtain a position in which I can apply my skills and experience in the Heavy Equipment Operator's field to better the company and myself. I also have experience in Project Management and in the mechanical & electrical field. I am a Safety Consultant with OSHA 500 and Power Safe Training with updated TWIC Card-exp.2027. I completed COSS training in 2016 for T&D Solutions. I feel I would be a great asset to any company. Willing to relocate: Anywhere

Work Experience

Heavy Equipment Operator

J&S Equipment Edmond, OK

January 2019 to Present

1. My job here consists of making sure all JSA's are filled out correctly, employee discussions of JSA's are understood and followed. Employee evaluations on safe practices ( job specific ) Weekly inspections of equipment. Make sure all employees adhere and use proper PPE. Write up Near Misses and follow up discussions at next day safety meetings. Make sure all lift plans are correctly filled out and discussed by using rite lifting equipment. Inspections of all tools, slings, fire protection equipment, first aid equipment, confined space equipment, gas monitors, H2S equipment, all trucks & trailers and all earth moving equipment.Operating D-7 Cat dozer removing all drilling mudds from drilling site existing ponds, the re digging and building of new levees within 0.3 grade elevation for land-owners cattle farms. SAFETY CONSULTANT

T&D SOLUTIONS

August 2015 to February 2018

This job included taken care of all Safety and First Aid with the completion of 3- 263,000 KVA Transmission Stations. Took care of all JSA's-Near Miss Reports-Drug Screens_Equip. Insp. and Safety of all Personnal on the job. Heavy Equipment Operator/Foreman

BYRON TALBOT Thibodaux, LA

January 2015 to November 2015

This job included, but was not limited to the completion of two Walmart grocery stores. I ran excavators, dozers, and motor graters. Laid sewer and drainage pipe to spec grades using Topcon instrumentation lasers. Heavy Equipment Operator

Schexnayder Backhoe & Dumptruck Services

May 2012 to January 2015

This job included, but was not limited to, digging ponds, constructing parking lots and roads, and fine grading of dirt and limestone.

VP OF OPERATIONS/National Program Manager

Data Cell Systems Inc. Laplace, LA

August 1997 to November 2011

My position here included hiring employees, safety training, bidding jobs, and managing jobs from start to finish to ensure jobs came in under budget. I was also in charge of sales in eight states with major cell phone companies. Driller-Senior Mechanic/Electrician

R&B Falcon Drilling-Transocean Houston, TX

June 1988 to July 1997

I was responsible for 3 motormen & 3 electreecians, rebuilding 399 CAT and EMD engines, rotary tables, National Oilwell draw works, and Emsco tri-plex mud pumps. I also took care of all the AC elec. DC elec. And the SCR Control System on drilling rigs.

HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR

G&W CONSTRUCTION

June 1985 to May 1988

My job here included digging out streets to rough grade, digging water and sewer trenches with an excavator, grading out streets to final grade with a dozer, and dressing up and leveling land. Education

Project Management Training (Associate)

TX. A&M

1987

GED

Glenmora High School

1985

Excavation Safety-SCR Electrical Control Systems-Project Management Training-COSS

(Associate)

TX A&M-Will McNair Institute- LSU Fort Worth, TX Skills

Drywall Microsoft Word Lawn Care Diesel Engine Repair Restoration Crew management Maintenance Remodeling English Commercial construction Construction Estimating Automotive Repair Quality control training Excavator Operations management Carpentry Maintenance management Backhoe Mowing CAD Telecommunication Horizontal drilling Mechanic Experience Suspension Welding Analysis skills Trim Carpentry MACHINE SAFETY Troubleshooting Corrective and preventive actions (CAPA) Computer Networking Quality Assurance Low Voltage Heavy equipment operation High Voltage Equipment troubleshooting Landscape Maintenance Heavy Equipment Google Docs Microsoft Outlook Supervising Experience Plumbing Transmissions Residential construction Mechanical Knowledge Dozer Communication skills Blueprint Reading Microsoft Excel Schematics Hydraulics Construction experience Equipment Repair Program Management Motor Grader Equipment adjustment

(production tasks) Rigging Construction Management Project management engines AC Mechanical troubleshooting Handyman Construction Electrical Experience safety training Brake Repair

Languages

English

Certifications and Licenses

Soil Cert.

OSHA 500

Class A

Certified Safety Professional

Hoisting License

PMP

CPR Certification

March 2022 to March 2026

TWIC Card

January 2021 to January 2026

Additional Information

Cert. Of Completion 1990

Excavation & Trench Box Safety School

Dallas, TX.

Cert. Of Completion 1997

(SCR) School

Silicone Control Rectifier Training

Will McNAIR Institute. Fort Worth,TX.

A. Training of SCR Controls.

B. Training of High Voltage AC & DC.

Cert. Of Completion 2001

Project Management Training

Phoenix Business Academy

Phoenix, Arizona

Cert. Of Completion 2014

OSHA 500 & Safety Training

COSS LSU

Baton Rouge, LA.

Skills & Abilities:

Levee & Soil Classification Management

Safety Training

Sales- Inside & Outside

Communication

Job Estimating

Quarterly & Yearly Budgets

Yearly Financials

HR Management

COMPUTER SKILLS:

Windows Operating, Lotus Notes, Orcal, Microsoft Works, Excel, Cadd Heavy equipment:

Catipillar, John Deere, Kamatsu, Link Belt, Volvo, Kato, Case, Bantam, Manitowoc, Lieber Mechanical & Electrical:

Rebuilding of rotary tables, mud pumps, blocks, swivels, kellys, catipillar & EMD engines, rebuilding of explosion proof lights and plugs, changing out dc traction motors, generators, and scr controls. familiar with ross hill, ge, and baylor control systems.



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