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Dillwyn,VA
Overview
50
50
years of professional experience
Work History
Tom I
VDOT - Boyd Tavern
03.2015 - 01.2025
- Commercial driver’s license A with N endorsement.
- Ability to gather data, conduct research and create reports.
- Experience in supervising others and evaluating performance.
- Experience in planning schedules and assigning manpower.
- Manage crews while performing daily highway maintenance.
- Projects—plan work, materials, equipment, etc.
- Work w/ customers on ROW slips.
- Communication with citizens.
- Work w/ Miss Utilities.
- Respond to emergency operations.
- Maintenance operator duties: installing culvert pipes, determining and setting grades for culvert pipes, shoulder repair/maint., storm damage clean-up, mowing operations, ROW trimming, tree removal, ditching, asphalt patching, grading gravel roads, hauling stone, maintaining hand tools and equipment, operations of heavy equipment, preventive maintenance, snow removal operations, dust control on roads, flagging and work zone setup, contract monitor.
- Instructor for 'train the trainer' in proper use in equipment operation and safety classes.
- Computer skills-Outlook, Word, Excel G-suit, VUE Works, Google Chrome, AVL Network SWAS, HR Works and Apple iPhone.
- Completed Leadership Development training.
- Monthly check of equipment and area HQ to include power generators.
- Inventory management experience.
- Experience overseeing emergency operations including snow removal, storm damage and accident clean-up.
- DEQ erosion and sediment control certification.
- Setting up and managing Rustic Road projects staying within budget.
- Worked outside in all weather conditions.
- Provided on-the-job training to newly hired workers and team members.
- Assisted in training new operators, sharing knowledge of best practices and promoting a culture of teamwork amongst peers.
- Maintained a safe working environment by enforcing strict adherence to safety guidelines and protocols.
- Reduced equipment downtime by troubleshooting issues and performing timely repairs.
- Accurately documented all operational data, ensuring up-to-date records for review and analysis.
- Conducted preventative maintenance on equipment to reduce repair costs.
TO II
VDOT - Boyd Tavern
03.2013 - 03.2014
- Team lead for performance of daily highway maintenance.
- Small project plan work, materials, equipment, etc.
- Work w/ customers on ROW slips.
- Frequent communication with citizens.
- Work w/ Miss Utilities.
- Respond to emergency operations.
- Maintenance operator duties: installing culvert pipes, reading and setting grades for culvert pipes, shoulder repair/maint., storm damage clean-up, mowing operations, ROW trimming, cutting trees, ditching, asphalt patching, grading gravel roads, hauling stone, maintaining hand tools and equipment, operations of heavy equipment, preventive maintenance, snow removal operations, dust control on roads, flagging and work zone setup, contract monitor.
- Instructor for forklift and proper chainsaw use classes.
- Computer skills-Outlook, Word, Excel-minimal.
- Completed Leadership Development training.
- Monthly check of equipment to include power generators.
Farm Hand
7K Farms LLC
01.2013 - 03.2013
- Supervised 4 employees conducting installation of irrigation lines; pour and finish concrete floors, gutters and sidewalks.
- Installing 4 inch to 12 inch piping for irrigation system to newly planted fruit bearing trees.
- Operate Backhoe and tractors.
- Train others on use of equipment.
- Over-see and pour concrete for Loading Docks and Pads.
- Ordering concrete and materials for jobs.
- Utilize various hand tools and small equipment to include chain saw.
- Carpenter work – installing new doors and sliding doors and walls.
- Install cool room.
Foreman
J.H. Martin and Sons
03.1985 - 12.2012
- Directly supervise and coordinate activities of construction and excavation workers.
- Responsible for crews of up to 6 men on a daily basis.
- Oversee daily operations of job site activities including but not limited to planning work/setting schedules, planning and revising job blue prints, operating heavy equipment, time sheet entry, inventory maintenance, ordering supplies (concrete, stone, etc.), and maintaining a safe work environment.
- Work with developers-subdivisions, shopping centers, commercial buildings, hospitals, state roads.
- Worked with State Inspectors.
- Perform preventive maintenance on tools and equipment.
- Oversee the daily ordering and delivering of ready mix concrete.
- Maintains a Virginia Class A CDL with endorsements N.
- Maintain materials budget.
- Ensure budget not overrun.
Asst. Foreman
United Coal Company
03.1976 - 03.1985
- Timber man duties cutting trees and clearing mountain-side for new mine sites and valley fields.
- Advanced to Drill operator drilling rock to be blasted for clearance to coal and reach desired elevation according to blue print.
- Work with Federal and State Inspectors to include OSHA.
- Adhere to federal and state regulations.
- Certified Blaster.
- Operated Dozers, Loaders, Trucks, Back dumps Rock Trucks, Backhoes, Graders and cranes.
- Surface Coal Mine Foreman Certificate through OSHA in VA and KY.
- Promoted to Asst. Foreman – construction of roads and mine site grading, valley fields and reclamation of job sites fill dirt, landscape, seeding, to comply with OSHA standards.
- Complete daily reports.
- Responsible for projects costing anywhere from a couple of thousand to one million dollars.
- Emergency operations response to 1977 flood in Grundy.
- Open state roads, assist citizen with reclaiming property, and worked various state agencies.
Power Mechanics
Suzuki House of Wheels
06.1975 - 03.1976
- Motorcycle and Small Engine Mechanic.
Education
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Grundy Senior High Vocational School
Grundy, VASkills
- Windows 8
- 10
- Microsoft Word
- Excel
- OutLook
- AirWatch
- Google Chrome
- G-Suite
Training And Certifications
- Snow Plow Simulator Training for Drivers
- Maintenance Contract Monitoring
- Situational Self-Leadership
- Leadership Development Program
- Advanced Tree Cutting & Chainsaw Coach/Evaluator
- LC-TA: Train-the-Trainer
- Leadership Essentials: Building Your Influence as a Leader
- Motivating Employees
- Leadership and the Knowledge Worker
- Advance Work Zone Traffic Control
- DEQ Certification
- SWAS
- HR Works Performance Plan and Evaluation
- AVL Network
- HMMS time and Work Orders
- Iteris Weather Clear Path.
- IMS Inventory Manager
- Class C Certified Fuel Manager
- Setting up weekly Work Schedule
- Setting up Training Schedule for employees VDOT U
- Completing Guardrail Crash Date Papers
- Concrete Finisher
- Mancon 330 order forms
- M41 Snow Prep
Licenses
VA Drivers / VA CDL Class A Endorsement N, T65493197, VA DMV
Timeline
Tom I
VDOT - Boyd Tavern
03.2015 - 01.2025
TO II
VDOT - Boyd Tavern
03.2013 - 03.2014
Farm Hand
7K Farms LLC
01.2013 - 03.2013
Foreman
J.H. Martin and Sons
03.1985 - 12.2012
Asst. Foreman
United Coal Company
03.1976 - 03.1985
Power Mechanics
Suzuki House of Wheels
06.1975 - 03.1976
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Grundy Senior High Vocational School