JIM HAGER

251 N.E. Wilcox St. Hillsboro, OR. 97124 (503)-568-5623 jimesmooth@comcast.net OBJECTIVE
Utility Maintenance I

EMPLOYMENT
9/10 Present Equipment Operator, Kerr Contractors Inc. Pipe crew support; i.e. loader operator/ top hand, highway widening, grading roads, water station expansion, load out trucks, under drains, pillow walls. Owner/Operator, Smooth Transport LLC Managed and operated a hotshot, ltl, flatbed service. Delivering items including lumber, steel, and construction equipment. Along with taking care of the monthly paperwork; i.e.: Ifta taxes, fuel, w/brokers, truck and trailer maintenance, oversize permits, contract load confirmations, pick and delivery times and locations, accounts payable and receivable. Equipment Operator, Excel Excavation School expansion projects, Tilt-up commercial buildings, Plat developments. Pipe crew support, road/ parking lot, lot grading, under drains, retention ponds, cement amending.

1/09-1/10 various

9/07-1/09

7/06-9/07 Equipment Operator, Wilder Construction Plat work, lot grading, road grading, GPS on equipment, Highway widening; Oversaw damming of creek and entrance to river for a dig out, install and habitat restoration of a large 4 part box culvert, corrugated culverts, dug for and installed storm and basins for the approach to a large double bridge involving rearranging some basins due to gabion basket walls being in the way, water dispersal, trenches (big french drains), grubbing land, emergency road washout restoration (12 on 12 off), carpenter support for large double bridge, Malcolm support involving vibratory/diesel hammer work (pile buck) pier digging support, water filtration for piling digging operation, coir walls, gabion basket walls, crane access (quarry spall/mat roads and work trestles) false decks, pre-loads, rolling scaffolding, erosion control, silt curtains, habitat restoration. Used flat, slope, and pipe lasers. Drove water truck and 5 yard dump. 5/99-7/06 Equipment Operator/Foreman, Universal Land Construction

Oversaw small jobs as grading foreman, worked with blueprints and hubs, plat work, graded roads, sidewalks, patch work, frontage work, retention ponds, dug for shallow utility ditches (i.e. gas, cable, phone, fiber optics, power, storm), set c.b.s and manholes, worked under power lines and on busy roads, lot grading, residential hardscaping, erosion control, load out trucks, asphalt/concrete removal, CDF(kiln dust added to roads), gabion baskets, raising iron, eco-block walls, pipe lasers and eye levels, and dug out soft spots in roads and stabilized. Graded parks and ball fields. 8/98-5/99 Boom Lead/Drywall Stocker, GTS Drywall Supply Operated boom truck and delivered drywall. Gained CDL License, forklift training, crane/boom truck training, first aid and CPR training, extensive map reading skills, and customer service. 5/97-8/98 Enterprises Pipe Layer/Equipment Operator/Laborer, Schwindt Read grade stakes(cut/fill/elevation), pea shooter, stationary laser, rotating laser, blueprint reading, some estimating, machine operation and servicing, laying pipe(top, bottom, and lead positions), flushing lines and inspections, water meter setting, manhole/vault setting, mud mixtures/filling voids in manholes, water/sewer/storm drain connections, pipe locating, drain tile setup, thrust blocking, truck wash design/fabrication, retention systems, erosion control, integrity of dirt, silt fencing, shoring, compaction, paving, landscaping, logging, creating new habitat, demo, pre-asphalt, and pre-concrete. Experience on equipment; Loading trucks, screener, stock piling, design of retention pond, cut/fill roadways, erosion control, drain rock for ditch lines, digging for water/sewer/storm connections, clearing land, digging for building pads, back filling and compaction of lifts. 8/94- 5/97 Flatworker/Pick-up framer/Head laborer, Buchan Homes Elaborate concrete set-up, driveways, entries, sidewalks, patios, stairs, lawn borders, garages, pier pads, islands in roads, curbs, pile driving, rebar cages, railroad tie walls, stairs, borders, concrete retaining walls, wall framing, setting floor joist, setting trusses/ bird blocks, hanger/straps. Hanging doors and windows, deck building, grading crawl spaces and driveways, conduit sleeves, blueprint reading, drain tile, erosion control, and customer service. Experience on equipment; Digging for temporary power poles, water connections, conduits, sleeves, transport fills, cut in rough grades; all via small Massey Fergusson.

CERTIFICATIONS
CDL Class A License, with tanker endorsement Medical card (exp. 8/27/12) CPR/First Aid (exp 4/12) Flagger (exp. 6/9/11) Forklift (exp.) IMT 13034 Crane/Boom truck (exp.)

Erosion and sediment control lead (exp.) Telehandler forklift obtained (exp.) WA. State Boater Education obtained 3/07

EDUCATION
1990.1994 Snohomish High School, Snohomish, WA

REFERENCES, LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION, AND EQUIPMENT OPERATED AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST