Robert E. Vogt
Webster, South Dakota 57274
************@*****.***
Objective:
To obtain a challenging position within a growing company that has advancement opportunities.
Job History/Duties:
Crane Operator
Westcon Incorporated
Bismarck, ND
Start Date:10-2011 to 12-2011
Run 30-Ton, 50-Ton and 60-Ton hydraulic cranes for erection of gas plant in Williston North Dakota. Flew steel for pipe racks, rebar, machinery, and unload trucks of piping via crane within the parameters of the load charts for each crane. Operated fork truck when short handed.
Crane Operator
Althoff Crane Service
Tyler, Minn
Start Date:8-20-11 to 10-2011
Set up and operate Demag AC335 100-Ton truck crane for 140’ gain elevator completion, set cat walks, conveyors, legs, motors and spouts to complete elevator for operation. Lift personal to complete work by means of man basket. Set up and tear down crane for transport.
Crane Operator
Westcon Inc.
Bismarck ND
Start Date: 02-2011 to 03-2011
Operate 60 ton Grove and 90 ton Link Belt at DuPont plant in Circle view, Ohio. Moving piping and structural steel into position for erection. Set up and tear down of jibs on cranes.
Crane Operator
Blattner Energy
392 County Rd. 50
Avon, Minnesota 56310
Start Date:10-08-10 to 11-18-10
Operated various cranes in the construction of wind towers at the Ashtabula, North Dakota site. Operated Manitowoc 2250 lattice crawler, Manitowoc 999 lattice crawler, Grove 90-Ton Hydraulic, Grove 80 -Ton hydraulic, Grove -75 Ton Hydraulic and Terex 80 -Ton Hydraulic. Work consisted of tripping and setting base, mid and top sections and tripping and tailing of rotor sections on GE towers. Set up and tear down of 1400 Leibehr using 80 and 90 -Ton hydraulic cranes, and set up and tear down of Manitowoc 2250 Lattice Crawler crane.
Equipment Operator
Webster Scale
P.O. Box 127
Webster South Dakota 57274
Start Date: 8-10-10 to 9-27-10
Operated various hiway equipment for road construction crew. Payloaders, skidsters and broom machine.
Crane Operator
John T. Jones Construction
2213 7th Ave. N.
Fargo, North Dakota 58108
Start Date: 3-17-10 to 7-2-10
Operated and maintained good working order of Manitowoc 777 Lattice Crawler Crane at Turkey Creek wastewater treatment plant located in Joplin, Missouri. Lifted rebar and 32X46 ft Efco forms for radius walls on digester tanks as well as other materials that needed flying into hole for tanks. Complete set up of crane on site.
Crane Operator
Burkhalter Crane and Rigging
2193 Hwy 45 S.
Columbus Mississippi 39701
Start Date:1-18-10 to 3-14-10
Operated 22-Ton Manitowoc carry deck crane, 65-Ton Linkbelt and 90-Ton Linkbelt cranes at Thyiesen-Krupp steel mill in Mobile Alabama. Set variety of mechanical parts for erection of steel mill.
Ironworker/Operator
Wanzek Industrial Contractors
16553 37R Street SE
Fargo, ND 58103
Start Date: 6-07-09 to 11-01-09
Operate fork truck, Hydraulic 28-Ton crane on occasion as fill in, shake out and deliver steel for erection, build bents for steel erection from reading and understanding blueprints, connect, bolt up and assemble bents on ground, arrange lay down yard and separate numbered steel for erection. Find and deliver steel from laydown yard to needed areas of job site for erection.
Crane Operator/Welder
Kyburz Carlson Construction
729 Circle Drive
Aberdeen, South Dakota 57402
Start Date:11-05-08 End Date: 5-28-09
Operate 35-Ton truck crane, 40-Ton RT crane and boom truck, telescoping man lifts, back hoes, fork trucks and other construction equipment on various jobs in the greater Aberdeen, South Dakota area setting bar joists columns and other steel for erection of buildings. When not operating I was doing framing, sheetrock, demolition, structural welding and other construction related assignments.
Welder/Fabricator/Ironworker
Industrial Builders Inc.
P.O. Box 406
Fargo, North Dakota 58107
Start Date:4-15-08 End date 9-30-08
Weld, fabricate and erect steel structure at the Aberdeen Beef Plant sight. Operate telescoping fork trucks, Jlg’s, weld and install bar joists, flange bracing and lateral bracing from reading and interpreting blue prints. Had crew of 4 working under my supervision.
Welder/Fabricator/Ironworker
Even Aire Systems
Shevlin, Minnesota
Start Date: 10-05 End Date: 1-1-06
Build expansion joints for air systems from raw materials. Steel structure erection, read and follow
prints, arc weld, mig weld and cut materials as needed. Fabricate metal parts as needed for job.
Operator
John T. Jones Construction
Fargo, North Dakota
Start Date:8-1-99 End Date 12-1-1999
Operate 35 Ton Rt Grove, Volvo oscillating Dumps, Komatsu 300 PC track Hoe, Komatsu D8 Cats, Loaders and smaller excavating equipment. Did carpentry form work when not operating at waste water treatment plant in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Ironworker/Welder
Medallion Construction
Norfolk Nebraska
Start Date: 2-1-99 End date: 5-1-99
Rigg steel for erection and connect steel to erect steel structures in Norfolk Nebraska. Weld as needed arc weld and wire feed weld.
Ironworker/Welder
Schueck Steel
Little Rock, Arkansas
Fabricate and weld structural steel for expansion of plant at Nucor Steel in Norfolk Nebraska. Install 100 Ton overhead crane systems, weld and fabricate stainless steel piping for automated production tables.
Metal Fabricator/Welder
Claussen Fabrication
Norfolk, Nebraska
Start Date:1-1-97 End Date: 6-1-97
Fabricate and weld together I-beams to specifications for pre-fab buildings in a fabrication shop.
Ironworker/Welder/Operator
Gary Company
Lynn, Minnesota
Start Date:11-1-95 End Date:6-1-96
Operate R/T 35-ton Grove Hydraulic Crane, fabricate weld and install steel at Ethanol Plant in Aberdeen, South Dakota. Fabricate and install steel at IBP Plant in Garden City, Kansas.
Ironworker/Welder
F&E Erectors
San Antonio, Texas
Start Date:7-1-90 End Date: 2-1-91
Demo and Rebuild overhead crane system at scrap metal yard in Houston, Texas.
Ironworker/Welder
Gulf Coast Erectors
Pasadena, Texas
Start Date: 12-1-89 End Date: 5-1-90
Various expansion and new erection of Hospitals, Schools and Churches in the Greater Houston area. Fabricate and weld materials as needed, rigg, connect, and bolt up of steel.
Ironworker/Welder
Steel Masters Inc.
Houston, Texas
Start Date:3-1-89 End date:11-1-89
Assemble and erect several different red iron structures in the Greater Houston metro area. Fabricate and weld material as needed for jobs.
Insulator/Welder
AMK International
Pittsburgh, California
Start Date:1-1-88 End date: 2-1-89
Insulate and weld steel components on equipment for a Continous anailing line at United States Steel Mill in Pittsburgh California.
Education
Major: Welding
Testing Institute of Alaska
Date Completed: 5-1-82
Major: Print production(Pre-Press)
Riverland Community College *-college credits in Print Production
Date Completed: 6-1-04
Palmer High School
Palmer, Alaska
Date Completed: 1980
LICENSES/CERTIFICATES/ADDITINIONAL TRAINING
Certified Pipe and Plate Welder
NCCCO Certified- Large telescopic cranes certification #090849442
Additional skills:
Extensive experience in construction and erection of pre-fab metal buildings and steel structures from hospitals, high-rises, schools and churches to vessels in refineries. Certified pipe and plate welder. 15+ years experience in operating cranes. Can also operate Volvo Dumps, Dozers Track hoes, backhoes, boom trucks, Jig’s telescoping equipment and other power equipment. 20+ years in various fields of construction work from carpentry work to welding to operating. Can read and interoperate blueprints and diagrams and build specified parts from raw materials. I am very mechanically inclined and posses strong leadership skills and work well with others or in an individual setting and meet deadlines. I have been lead man on several jobs and treat people with dignity and respect. I have very good skills with hand and power tools. I posses very good supervisory skills as well.