Ruben Salas, CET

Experience

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  Granite Petroleum, Inc

  Jun 2000 - Nov 2006

  Superintendent

  • Operated construction equipment, loader, backhoe, excavators, bobcats, forklifts, and signaled equipment around the site • Used mixer trucks to pour and finished concrete • Directed activities of workers concerned with construction of buildings, pipelines and other construction projects • Supervised and trained up to 5 employees and, resolved conflicts • Conferred with and directed supervisory personnel and subcontractors, inspectors, engaged in planning and executing work procedures, interpreting specifications and coordinating various phases of construction to prevent delays • Read and reviewed project blueprints and structural specifications to determine dimensions of structure, system and material requirements • Analyzed building codes, by-laws, space and site requirements, and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect on architectural designs Show less

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  Materials Testing & Inspection

  May 2009 - Aug 2015

  Inspector

  • Quality Control Inspector for the Idaho Transportation Department and commercial job sites job sites verifying and maintaining the desired level of strength for aggregates, asphalt, concrete, and soils • Quality Assurance Inspector for the Idaho Transportation Department and commercial job sites verifying building codes, job site specifications for materials and other technical documents and reports to determine their effect on architectural designs • Reported and filed any discrepancies in written reports on tested material or buildings being inspected for accurate installation of material per job specifications • Worked in a lab running tests on samples of material from the job sites to meet the site specifications for that job Show less

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  Mickelsen Construction

  Oct 2015 - Oct 2017

  Quality Control

  • Quality Control for onsite lab verifying and maintaining specifications for aggregates, and asphalt produced within open pit mine • Maintained all calibrations for lab per ITD specifications • Maintained proctors for material produced in pit • Setting up, and verifying screen set up for making specified aggregate product • Verify asphalt mix designs at hot plant • Operated construction equipment, loader, backhoe, excavators, and bobcats around crusher site • Coordinate with contractors directly to insure quality reports and product • Compute/Check/Verify quantities of stockpiles with GPS Show less

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  J.K. MERRILL & SONS, INC.

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Quality Control

  • Quality Control for onsite lab verifying and maintaining specifications for aggregates, produced within open pit mine • Compute/Check/Verify quantities of stockpiles with droid • Operated construction equipment, loader, backhoe, excavators, and bobcats around crusher site • Maintained all calibrations for lab per ITD specifications

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  HK Contractors

  Jun 2018 - Feb 2021

  Quality Control Inspector
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  Atlas

  Feb 2021 - now

  • Assistant Manager

    Mar 2022 - now

  • Inspector

    Feb 2021 - Mar 2022