MICHAEL D. BOWERS
5913 Ethan Drive
Burlington, KY 41005
Cell # 859-322-0001
Home # 859-918-1110
EXPERIENCE:
Sixteen years experience as a Heavy Equipment Operator
Five years as a Project Foreman
Seven years as a Finish Grade Operator
Two years as a Finish Dozer Operator w/GPS system
Two years as a Field Project Manager
Two years experience on construction welding of methane (landfill gas) retrieval systems
Four years experience on landfill caps
Four years experience on the LPS (Chevron patented) safety system
Six months experience on a PCB River Restoration
WORK HISTORY:
TOW AMERICA, Inc.
May 2008 – Present
Tow truck Operator/Mechanic
Semi truck/auto mechanic
Police recovery towing
RUMPKE
July 2007 – May 2008
Heavy Equipment Operator
CAT D6 operator
375 Excavator operator
D8, D9, D10 operator to shape slopes
Finish grade on new construction land fill cells
Placing shell, clay, topsoil to grade
Placing sand on landfill liner cells
Placing gravel on bottom of landfill cells
Building berms
Daily cover on trash
ENTACT
April 2004 – July 2007
Field Project Manager
Site: Kodak – Cincinnati, Ohio
Removal of 10,000 yards of contaminated material
Directed crew of six
Field Project Manager
Site: River Valley Rifle Range - Chicago, Illinois
Lead removal of 15,000 yards of material
Directed crew of three
Field Project Manager
Site: Chevron – Hooven, Ohio
Completed demolition and removal of 360,000 tons of concrete and steel
Directed crew of ten
Co-Field Project Manager
Site: Chevron – Hooven, Ohio
Built two 15 acre wet-land areas
Built a ten acre pond
Installed a 24 inch HDEP water line
Directed crew of twelve
Co-Field Project Manager
Site: Chevron – Hooven, Ohio
Currently treating and shipping out more than 750,000 yards of contaminated material using a bed ash material to solidify the soil
Directed crew of twelve
Project Manager
Independent Site – Tampa, Florida
Soil Sampling with a CAT 325 excavator
Assistant Project Manager
Site: Valero Petroleum– New Jersey
Solidify and stabilize contaminated material with a concrete mixture
URS CONSTRUCTION
August 2001 – April 2004
Forman/Operator
Site: Little Mississinewa River
Removal action – Union City, Indiana
Assisted Supervisor on direction of PCB River restoration
Removed material along river at grade, also removed material from rivers flood plain at various depths at a one-inch tolerance. Operated various types of equipment including CAT325 Long Stick, CAT325 Short Stick and on a D-5 dozer
Assisted on backfill operations, load out of an estimated 100,000 yards of PCB contaminated material, 75-foot deep slurry walls
Project Foreman
Site: Miller Brewery - Syracuse, NY
Constructed a 75ft x 1,600ft deep slurry wall using a guar and bentinite mixture
Directed crew of eight
FOUR SEASONS ENVIRONMENTAL
March1998 – August 2001
Project Foreman
Site: North Sanitary Landfill Drum Removal – Dayton, Ohio
Directed and supervised a crew of 23 during excavation and removal of drums
Provided direction for backfill operations and other general site tasks
Screened, logged, sampled, over packed, and bulked excavated drums
Performed sampling of over-burden materials, impacted soils, wastewater, ground water, and imported clean fill
Enforced with great understanding the work plan in a very timely manner
Worked with the Health & Safety department on maintaining a safe environment for the crew
Foreman
Site: Cambridge, Ohio
Reshaped and capped a 29 acre landfill using a seven layer membrane system
Installed leachate lines
Reclaimed 22 acre borrow pit
Directed crew of thirteen and liner crew
OWT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
July 1996 – July 1997
Operator/Welder (DHEP Pipe)
Excavated trenches at various depths and widths at grade in order to construct methane retrieval bed
Construction of HDEP pipes system from one-inch saddle fusion to twenty-two inch butt fusion also some field fabrication pending engineered specification
WELL WORKS, INC.
August 1993 – July 1997
Operator
Moved heavy equipment, participated with building, drilling, locating and clearing of pipeline of ways
EDUCATION
1993 GRADUATE OF Choctawhatchee High School
CERTIFICATIONS
Current Certifications under the Federal Code Of Regulations
29CFR 1910.120 Haz-Woper
29CFR 1910.146 Confined Space Entry Operations
29CFR 1910.147 Powered Industrial Truck Operation
29CFR 1910.178 Rough Terrain Forklift Operation
US Department of Transportation
Response to hazardous materials incidents
American Red Cross
Adult CPR and Standard First Aid
Smith System
Defensive Driving Course
Other
Aerial work platform safety course
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