Amir Young

As yard manager I help assist our road crews with everything they need on a day to day basis. My team helps with getting orders ready making sure everything is accounted for and in good condition for the road. I try to put the best product out because our signs/equipment are a reflection of us. I have managed our inventory here in Saginaw and reorganized our yard so we can be more efficient with getting our product out on the road. Not only that I also have helped Paul with trying to change our environment and safety culture here in Saginaw. Im on our GEBS Safety Committee, and i also assist Aaron Johnson with our toolbox talks and our annual safety meetings. As the yard manager i have embraced my role as a leader and one of our veterans here. I train our crews on any new or exiting equipment we have to make sure they are efficient and as safe as possible. I have a great relationship with all our team members and always willing to help in anyway I can and that includes other branches as well, having worked with the Jackson and Macomb branches. I understand what it takes to be safe in this industry and I do my best to relay that to our crews.

As a road foreman i was tasked with running some of our biggest jobs we had in Saginaw. I was in constant contact with every contractor I was tasked with working with. I had a great relationship with some of our biggest contractors and always on time and prompt with whatever task I was doing. I can set up any kind of closure needed on any roadway/ freeway, as well as extensive knowledge on the permanent sign side of the business pretty much anything to do with traffic control i have done it. I also have helped my laborers with the knowledge and tools they would need to be able to run their own crews. I did make a few mistakes when i was a foreman but I always took that as a opportunity to learn from them and learned what not to do which made me a better leader for my crew.

As a consumer foreman i was one of the original crew leads when we won the CE contract. I had a excellent relationship with all the CE leads I came into contact with. I was always on time, set up ready to go by the time they were showing up. I was in charge of a few big jobs we first had and never had a complaint. As a crew lead I was in charge of flagging, lane closures , detours or anything else they needed. I was always available for emergency work and willing to work any hours it took to get the job done. This was a vital part in me learning the road and learning how to work not only safe but efficient. I was repeatedly requested by multiple different crews because CE leads knew I was reliable and worked hard.

In the yard I was unloading/loading trucks daily. I would also pull sign orders, drums, make sand bags pretty much anything that I was tasked to do I did with a good attitude wanting to learn as much as I could. While in the yard I learned how to load trucks handle our equipment in which helped me when I did go out on the road.