Blake Caudill
Catlettsburg
Summary
Reliable Worker comfortable handling physically demanding tasks across long shifts and through problematic weather conditions. Proven resourcefulness and handling of difficult labor projects. Juggles multiple tasks to keep assignment timelines on schedule. Established reputation for punctuality and dedicated work ethic.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
General laborer
Suncoke Energy
Kenova
03.2025 - Current
- As a general laborer I perform many different tasks like dump rail cars, weigh trucks that deliver coal, operate a front end loader, Bobcat, Dozer, Shovel.
- Grease equipment.
- Operate a water truck.
- Clean and organize workspaces.
- Communicated with management if something on the project was unsafe or wouldn't work so we could build it the right way and the safest.
- Kenova, WV
Maintenance street worker
City of Russell
Russell
11.2024 - 03.2025
- As a street worker I help keep the city clean and the lawn care clean and cut.
- Decorate the city for certain events and seasons.
- Patch potholes, pour concrete.
- Check city drains and make sure they are flowing and draining properly.
- Salt roads/plow snow using a plow truck.
- Use equipment like forklift, front end loader to unload parts and move dirt.
- Level and seed yards that have been excavated from previous water breaks.
- Maintain our equipment and grease them.
- Clean equipment and vehicles and shop area.
- Keep the equipment and shop organized.
- Use air tools and cutting tools to fabricate stuff.
Production laborer/ OHD crane operator
Kentucky Electric Steel
Ashland
06.2024 - 09.2024
- I adjusted mills 4-6 to build different sizes of steel.
- Greased mills.
- Cut scrap steel.
- Used the OHD Crane with a magnet to pick up the scrap steel to put it in recycling bins.
- Used the OHD Crane to swap out mills.
- Kept work space clean.
- Painted the safety lines on shop floors on down time.
- Made sure we had correct supplies in order to adjust the mills.
- Used a mic to measure the size on the steel to see if we need to adjust the mills to roll a piece of steel in the correct size of the work order.
- Communicated with the operator over all the controls to see if we need to adjust mills before we can say the bars are inside size and straight for the hot bed operators.
- Ashland, KY
Site Foreman
GUDENKAUF CORP
Charleston
01.2024 - 05.2024
- As a foreman I had a crew of 4 people and I set jobs up and helped them build our projects safely and in a timely manner.
- I had daily logs I filled out such as mileage, pre trips, hours worked, daily production sheets, safety precautions, closest hospital incase of an emergency.
- Inspected fall prevention gear before and after each day of use.
- Inspected tools and other equipment we used.
- Set up traffic control.
- Talked to homeowners whenever we needed to be on their property.
- Redlined projects that have been completed.
- Taught my crew members on the job.
- Made sure our work was built to spec.
- Insured the locates were.
- Charleston, WV
General Foreman
HIGHLINE SERVICES
Rush
10.2023 - 01.2024
- As a GF I maintained crews in different states.
- I handle all their daily production sheets, daily hour sheets, and material sheets.
- I calculate hours worked, drive time and per diem.
- I ensure jobs are ready to be started.
- I call locates weekly to ensure there are no active lines of gas or water before digging holes for poles and anchors.
- I ensure crews have all required tools and equipment to complete jobs.
- I ensure job sites are completed in allotted time frame.
- I host safety meetings weekly for all crews.
- I bid on contracts and travel to examine them.
- I calculate company profit on completed jobs.
- I schedule and complete new hire interviews.
- Rush, KY
Site Foreman
HIGHLINE SERVICES
Rush
05.2022 - 10.2023
- As a site foreman I informed my crew of safety procedures while completing jobs.
- I read prints and informed my crew how to set up jobs.
- I maintained trip inspections on all work vehicles.
- I trained lineman and laborers daily, ensuring all employees had the correct tools and equipment needed to complete the job safely.
- I conversed with homeowners daily.
- I completed daily production sheets, daily hour sheets, and material sheets.
- I implemented and maintained a weekly goal sheet.
- I hosted weekly safety meeting.
- Rush, KY
Site Foreman
ElectriCom, Inc.
Palos
09.2021 - 05.2022
- As a site foreman I informed my crew of safety procedures while completing jobs.
- I read prints and informed my crew how to set up jobs.
- I maintained trip inspections on all work vehicles.
- I trained my lineman and laborers daily, ensuring all employees had the correct tools and equipment needed to complete the job safely.
- I conversed with homeowners daily.
- I completed daily production sheets, daily hour sheets, and material sheets.
- I implemented and maintained a weekly goal sheet.
- I hosted weekly safety meetings.
- I hosted pole top rescues yearly.
- PALOS, IN
Lineman
ElectriCom, Inc.
Paoli
12.2020 - 09.2021
- As a lineman I climbed telephone poles daily.
- I lashed cable to strand and built underground fiber.
- I placed telephone poles, completed line transfers, and ensured my laborers were following safety guidelines while learning the job of a lineman.
- Paoli, IN
Laborer
ElectriCom, Inc.
Paoli
03.2020 - 12.2020
- As a laborer I flagged traffic, pulled wire, loaded material, and kept trucks organized and clean.
- Paoli, IN
Education
Diploma -
Boyd County High School
Ashland, KYSkills
- Organization
- Production
- Management
- Time management
- Communication
- Commitment to safety
- Telecommunication
- Bucket Truck Experience
- Crane
- Climbing
- Forklift
- Front end loader
- Skid loader
- Air tools
- Fall proof protection
- OSHA 10
- Equipment operation
Timeline
General laborer
Suncoke Energy
03.2025 - Current
Maintenance street worker
City of Russell
11.2024 - 03.2025
Production laborer/ OHD crane operator
Kentucky Electric Steel
06.2024 - 09.2024
Site Foreman
GUDENKAUF CORP
01.2024 - 05.2024
General Foreman
HIGHLINE SERVICES
10.2023 - 01.2024
Site Foreman
HIGHLINE SERVICES
05.2022 - 10.2023
Site Foreman
ElectriCom, Inc.
09.2021 - 05.2022
Lineman
ElectriCom, Inc.
12.2020 - 09.2021
Laborer
ElectriCom, Inc.
03.2020 - 12.2020
Diploma -
Boyd County High School