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Motorman resume examples from 2026

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Updated March 26, 2025
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How to write a motorman resume

Craft a resume summary statement

Put a resume summary on the top of your resume to highlight your accomplishments. A resume summary sums up your experience and skills, making it easy for hiring managers to understand your qualifications at a glance. Here are some tips to write a strong, impressive resume summary:

Step 1: Start with your professional title, or the one you aspire to.

Step 2: Detail your years of experience in motorman-related roles and your industry experience.

Step 3: What are your biggest professional wins? Here is your opportunity to highlight your strongest accomplishments by placing them at the start of your resume.

Step 4: Don't forget, your goal is to summarize your experience. Keep it short and sweet, so it's easy for recruiters to quickly understand why you're a great hire.

These four steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some motorman interviews.

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List the right project manager skills

Your Skills section is a place to list all relevant skills and abilities. Here is how to make the most of your skills section and make sure you have the right keywords:

  1. Look to the job listing. You often need to include the exact keywords from the job description. Take note of the skills listed for the job.
  2. Put all relevant hard and soft skills in your skills section.
  3. Be specific. If you are too broad, you may not be giving the best picture of your skills and leave the hiring manager uncertain of your abilities.
  4. Be up to date. Software names change and companies merge. Don't look out of touch by being careless.
  5. Be accurate. Spelling and even upper or lowercase can dramatically change meanings. Make sure you are correctly listing your skills.
These five steps should give you a strong elevator pitch and land you some motorman interviews.

Here are example skills to include in your “Area of Expertise” on a motorman resume:

  • Hand Tools
  • Diesel Motors
  • Tongs
  • Preventative Maintenance
  • Diesel Engines
  • Air Compressors
  • Mechanical Equipment
  • Mud Pumps
  • Mechanical Problems
  • JSA
  • Filter Changes
  • Direct Supervision
  • General Maintenance
  • Oil Filters
  • Well Control
  • VFD
  • Troubleshoot
  • Caterpillar
  • Routine Maintenance
  • CPR
  • Safety Procedures
  • Manual Labor
  • Drill Floor
  • Oil Changes
  • BOP
  • Front End Loader
  • Water Pumps
  • Equipment Maintenance
  • Hoists
  • Test Equipment

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How to structure your work experience

Your work experience should be structured:

  1. With your most recent roles first, followed by earlier roles in reverse chronological order.
  2. Job title, along with company name and location on the left.
  3. Put the corresponding dates of employment on the left side.
  4. Keep only relevant jobs on your work experience.

How to write motorman experience bullet points

Remember, your resume is not a list of responsibilities or a job description. This is your chance to show why you're good at your job and what you accomplished.

Use the XYZ formula for your work experience bullet points. Here's how it works:

  • Use strong action verbs like Led, Built, or Optimized.
  • Follow up with numbers when possible to support your results. How much did performance improve? How much revenue did you drive?
  • Wrap it up by explaining the actions you took to achieve the result and how you made an impact.

This creates bullet points that read Achieved X, measured by Y, by doing Z.

Here are great bullet points from motorman resumes:

Work history example #1

Motorman

Precision Drilling

  • Washed rig while drilling, helped rig up and rig down tripped pipe in and out of hole
  • Received training for confined spaces, H2S, HazMat, and working at heights.
  • Inspected and lubricated cables, pulleys, guides and drums.
  • Received and shipped dry bulk mud materials from supply boat to proper bulk storage vessels.
  • Assisted driller and crew when nippling up/down BOP equipment.

Work history example #2

Derrick Hand

Patterson-UTI

  • Drilled in Red Bed vertical wells and H2S Directional Wells.
  • Acted as Safety Captain giving pre and post tour safety and JSA meetings.
  • Monitored via cyber chair base drilling equipment progress and keep current records of drilling progress.
  • Helped build Maverick Apex Walking Rig 273 in Houston summer of 2013.
  • Performed "nippling up" or "nippling down" of the blowout preventer (BOP).

Work history example #3

Derrick Hand

Helmerich & Payne

  • Assisted the Driller to secure the well during an emergency or well control situation - assist in the well killing operations.
  • Cleaned and painted rig utilizing personal protective equipment while performing tasks.
  • Prepared chemicals for mud, racked pipe, used a forklift and man-lift regularly and performed rig maintenance.
  • Maintained and checked regularly rig mud pumps to ensure that everything was working properly to reduce any downtime.
  • Tripped pipe in and out of whole for Derrick.

Work history example #4

Motorman

J. Barbour and Sons

  • Tripped pipe and suction rods, Worked on equipment, well heads, tongs, spinners and rig.
  • Assisted Driller with BHA and pipe tally.
  • Worked as both floor hand and derrick hand in the Drilling portion of the oil and gas industry.
  • Established expertise on diesel and electronic locomotive trains.
  • Insured that the well head was secured tightly to the well to prevent H2S gas from leaking.

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Add an education section to your resume

The education section should display your highest degree first.

Place your education section appropriately on your resume. If you graduated over 5 years ago, this section should be at the bottom of your resume. If you just graduated and lack relevant work experience, the education section should go to the top.

If you have a bachelor's or master's degree, do not list your high school education. If your graduation year is more than 15-20 years ago, it's better not to include dates in this section.

Here are some examples of good education entries from motorman resumes:

High School Diploma

2011 - 2011

High School Diploma

2009 - 2009

Highlight your motorman certifications on your resume

Certifications are a great way to showcase special expertise or niche skills. Some jobs even require certifications to be hired.

To list, use the full name of the certification and the organization that issued it, along with the date of achievement.

If you have any of these certifications, be sure to include them on your motorman resume:

  1. Commercial Driver License (CDL)
  2. OSHA Safety Certificate
  3. Certified Healthcare Safety Professional - Fire Safety Management (CHSP-FSM)
  4. EPA Amusement Operators Safety Certification (EPA)
  5. First Aid, CPR and AED Instructor
  6. Certified Welding Engineer

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