Benjamin Rattray

Looking for Underground / Tunnelling work to further my career

New Zealand

About

I am a hard working individual who loves a challenge, always looking for ways to improve personal achievements, production. I believe I am a great asset to any company with my wide range of work experience and have excellent work ethics. Not afraid of hard work as I love a challenge. I have 3 years tunnelling experience, 2 years on the 2nd Manapouri Tailrace Tunnel (10.05m dia Robbins Hard Rock TBM 10.5km Tunnel) and 1 years conventional tunnelling experience and looking to gain more experience and further my career as a tunneller.

Experience

  • Delivery Driver / Labourer at Brownies Mattress Direct Ltd
    2013 - Present · 13 yrs 7 mos

    Delivering beds, matresses, drawers to customers houses and setting them up, removal of old beds, setting up beds at Brownies stores, stock management

  • Farm Manager at Winton Stock Feed Ltd
    2010 - 2012 · 2 yrs

    Factory Supervisor, Manager of 2 crew members, Tank maintenance, Cleaning tanks in preparion for export, Boilerman, Loading tanks into container for export overseas, Forklift operator,

  • Labourer / Forklift Operator at Ferngate Ltd - Heuvels Organic Chicken
    2009 - 2010 · 1 yr

    Catching Chickens in preparation for the chicken factory, hanging chickens on the chain for slaughter, forklift operator, factory clean up, boning chicken, packaging.

  • 2IC Conventional Tunneller at MarchCato Engineering Ltd
    Nov 2006 - Dec 2007 · 1 yr 2 mos

    Underground tunnel reclamation and pipeline upgrade, Scaling, Installing sets for ground support, Removal of existing pipeline for upgrade, Instalation of 1.2m dia PVC pipeline, Site Traffic Management Supervisor, Shift Boss,

  • Operator / Labourer at Earthworks Marlborough Ltd
    2004 - 2006 · 2 yrs

    T-Rex, Hitachi, Moxy Dump Trucks, 20t Excavators, 3t Bulldozer, Roller Operator, Air drilling hard rock for explosives for pipe installation on road works, Bridge demolition for new road, Building Dams for vineyards, Stock banks and Road works