Thomas Mc Elvaney
Connect Resources
Brighton East,VIC
14
years of professional experience
Reliable and hardworking professional who relocated from Ireland to Australia to pursue better career opportunities and build a successful future. Experienced in truck driving, freight transport and delivery, with a strong focus on safety, punctuality and completing work to a high standard. Comfortable working independently or as part of a team, with a strong work ethic, positive attitude and practical, hands-on approach. Adaptable, motivated and always willing to take on new challenges and responsibilities.
Work History
Hr Truck/Loader Operator
3 Months- Driving trucks and front loader machines for a civil and pipe company across 4 month period on construction sites. Trucks included
- Tippers, watercarts, fuel trucks and transporting tilt trays with materials.
- My daily tasks was loading materials at base then taking to various sites that company had ongoing. Materials included fencing, piping, tools and various machinery needed to carry out projects and transport them when required to sites when needed.
- Being mindful entering civil sites, to ensure health and safety with the use UHF radios and visual contact with other workers on ground.
- Always had good attitude to learn new skills and take instructions when needed.
- Always had good timing and presentation.
Construction Skilled Laborer
1 Month- Using power tools and general labouring.
- Assisted in site preparation by clearing materials and ensuring safety compliance.
- Collaborated with team members to execute daily tasks efficiently and effectively.
Hr Truck Driver
8 Months- Maintained on-time deliveries by following dispatch instructions and adapting quickly to changing route priorities.
- Built trust with client teams by arriving prepared, taking direction promptly, and keeping a positive attitude on each assignment.
- Handled daily truck operations safely by completing routine checks and maintaining clean, service-ready vehicles.
Heavy Rigid Driver
4 Months- Delivered freight around local territories from Brisbane to Sunshine & Gold Coast on behalf of Straight Load Transport, completing an average of 10-15 deliveries per day.
Rigid Truck Driver
4 Months- Delivering kerosene and marked oil to local homes and businesses in surrounding areas and regions 70/80km.
- Duties involved keeping good timings from delivery to delivery.
- Care off the truck and people's homes and businesses while delivering around.
- Filling up truck every day for deliveries and general mechanical checks off truck to make sure truck is roadworthy.
- Keeping general stock checks.
Yard Supervisor
2 Years 7 Months- Loaded containers and articulated trucks for export/delivers with heavy and delicate load force.
- Managed heavy loads safely with proper lifting techniques and load distribution methods of articulated loads with heavy haulage hauling with Volvo L70 loading shovels.
- Operating forklifts, teleporters, machinery shovels and experience in driving trucks.
- Followed health and safety protocols for material handling, safe lifting and transport protocols i.e. experience using safely straps in containers and on trailers of trucks & containers.
- Responsibility of taking stock and materials needed to carry out work loads on a daily basic correctly.
- Experience washing machinery anything from a forklifts, teleporters, shovels, diggers, dumpers and articulated trucks on a weekly basis.
- Harte Peat is a national and international provider of quality casing soil to the mushroom industry with an annual turnover of €16m.
General Operative
2 Years 8 Months- General operative on an assembly line assembling timber trusses as part of a team.
- Operating power tools, bench cranes, machine saws.
- Health & Safety protocols:
- Manual handling, abrasive wheel training.
- Kingspan LTD is a national and international provider of timber trusses to the construction industry in Ireland and abroad.
General Operative
2 Months- General operative with responsibilities of packaging turkeys into boxes, in the chill store for Christmas period Rush.
- Grove Turkey is a national and international provider of turkey & poultry products, with an annual turnover of €25m.
Forklift / Teleporter Driver
2 Years 7 Months- Operating forklifts/ Tele-handlers.
- Loading & unloading delivery trucks.
- Operative in production area, using power tools etc.
- Arraggh Ltd provides a complete package of Design, Production and Manufacture of a range of fibreglass products, with over 40 years industry experience.
General Operative
3 Years 5 Months- General operative on an assembly line assembling forklifts as part of a team of team.
- H forklifts/cranes.
- Worked with hydraulics on forklifts as well as general maintenance work.
- Health & Safety protocols of abrasive wheel training and manual handling.
- Combilift are the largest manufacturer of multidirectional, sideloader and articulated forklifts globally, becoming the world's fastest-growing forklift manufacturer, exporting to more than 85 countries and with more than 80,000 in use worldwide.
Lorry / Forklift Driver
1 Year 6 Months- Loading / unloading of poultry modules on trailers for cleaning/Disinfecting purposes with forklifts.
- Experience driving trucks in yard.
- Health & Safety protocols of using chemicals and manual handling.
- Smyth Transport is a family-owned company with depots in Ireland & Northern Ireland. They specialise in the transport of Live Poultry, Temperature Controlled and Dry Freight throughout Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales.
Lorry / Forklift Driver
1 Year 6 Months- Loading / unloading of poultry modules on trailers for cleaning/Disinfecting purposes with forklifts.
- Experience driving trucks in yard.
- Health & Safety protocols of using chemicals and manual handling.
- Smyth Transport is a family-owned company with depots in Ireland & Northern Ireland. They specialise in the transport of Live Poultry, Temperature Controlled and Dry Freight throughout Ireland, Scotland, England & Wales.
Education
High School Diploma
Skills
Hr Truck driving
Front end loader
White card
Timeline
Hr Truck/Loader Operator
Connect Resources
05.2026 - 08.2026Read More
Construction Skilled Laborer
Fast Labour Hire
03.2026 - 04.2026Read More
Heavy Rigid Driver
Otways Transport ( 1800 Driver )
09.2025 - 01.2026Read More
Hr Truck Driver
1800 Driver
07.2025 - 03.2026Read More
Rigid Truck Driver
Mc Caughey's Fuels Ltd.
09.2024 - 01.2025Read More
Yard Supervisor
Harte Peat
01.2022 - 08.2024Read More
General Operative
Grove Turkey
11.2021 - 01.2022Read More
General Operative
Kingspan LTD.
02.2020 - 10.2022Read More
Forklift / Teleporter Driver
Darraggh Ltd.
06.2017 - 01.2020Read More
General Operative
Combi Lift LTD.
01.2014 - 06.2017Read More
Lorry / Forklift Driver
Smyths Transport
10.2012 - 04.2014Read More
Lorry / Forklift Driver
Smyths Transport
10.2012 - 04.2014Read More
Largy College
High School Diploma
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