Alfred Brown
Laborer
Upatoi,Ga.
Summary
Reliable Transportation Specialist/General Laborer offering expertise gained over 22-year career in diverse labor roles. Versed in completing physically-challenging jobs and working long hours under all types of weather conditions. Familiar with working on jobsites and travel with history of quickly learning new techniques and equipment operation.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Independent Trucking Contractor
Contract Freighters Inc
Joplin, MO
11.2018 - Current
- Maintained independent achievement in suitable work environment
- Planned, Scheduled, Coordinated
- Properly load and unload freight for distribution and weight balance to ensure safe transportation
- Load distributed and managed freight delivered domestic and international
- Consistency in daily reports that ensured accuracy of mission set ups
- Prepared pallets of boxes for easy transportation between shipper and receiving locations
- Supervise loading and unloading of company equipment to minimize damage of freight and company equipment
- Effective Communication
General Laborer /Equipment Operator
SUEZ
Perry, GA
03.2017 - 11.2019
- Transported supplies and equipment to various jobsites.
- Coordinate with project manager and customers daily
- Attend jobsite meetings prior to productions and insured compliance.
- Worked in individual and group environment.
- Took leadership roles when no manager was onsite and was able to make proper decisions.
- Utilized construction tools and machinery to effectively complete job site projects.
- Maintained and repaired facilities, equipment and tools.
- Performed general housekeeping and cleaning tasks.
- Reviewed blueprints and job specifications to plan completion and estimate project costs.
- Operated equipment such as fork trucks and skidders.
- Monitored machines during operation to detect sounds of malfunction or excessive vibration and adjusted machines to eliminate problems.
Transportation Manager
J Brown Express
Smiths, AL
02.2011 - 01.2021
- Make sure freight is dispatched and on time pick up and deliveries
- Prepared and updated employees' daily work schedules and resolved delivery problems.
- Directed activities of staff performing repairs and maintenance to equipment, vehicles, and facilities.
- Managed annual freight budget.
- Developed criteria, application instructions, procedural manuals, and contracts for federal and state public transportation programs.
- Conducted research to address shipping errors and packaging mistakes.
- Communicated with customer service and sales teams to improve productivity and service ratings.
- Organized records of vehicles, schedules and completed orders.
- Researched distance, traffic patterns and other aspects to determine cost-effective and productive routes for deliveries.
- Formed strategic partnerships, established metrics and participated in complex negotiations.
- Supervised department personnel by assigning and directing daily tasks as well as evaluating performance to enhance productivity and resolve problems.
- Coordinated dispatching drivers to accomplish daily delivery requirements.
- Observed staff to review compliance and safety to minimize losses due to violations or damage.
Brown Transportation
Owner-Operator
Ft Benning , GA
01.2009 - 01.2016
- Researched affordable transportation methods and performed safety audits on equipment.
- Provided timely transportation of military personnel and equiopment.
- Resolved maintenance and repair issues for vehicles and equipment.
- Identified appropriate travel routes in accordance with applicable traffic and bulk cargo transportation laws, regulations, protocols and guidelines.
- Determined most effective mode and routing of materials to customer locations and company facilities.
- Military personnel training and confidentiality .
- Trained new staff on job duties, company policies and safety procedures for rapid onboarding.
Education
Psychology Criminal Justice
Troy State University
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Phenix City, AL04.1998
Criminal Justice
Middle Georgia State University
Macon, GA03.1995
Skills
- Measurement and Calculation Accuracy
- Preventive and Reparative Maintenance
- Policies and procedures
- Strategic planning
- Project Management
- Blueprints and Schematics
- Pretrip inspections
- Osha 10 compliance
Certification
- Osha 10 certification, Suez - 2017-2018
- Job Site safety , Suez-2017-2018
- Emergency cpr certification, Suez 2017-2018
Timeline
Independent Trucking Contractor
Contract Freighters Inc
11.2018 - Current
General Laborer /Equipment Operator
SUEZ
03.2017 - 11.2019
Transportation Manager
J Brown Express
02.2011 - 01.2021
Brown Transportation
Owner-Operator
01.2009 - 01.2016
Psychology Criminal Justice
Troy State University
Associate of Science - Criminal Justice
Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Criminal Justice
Middle Georgia State University