Open To Work
Brandon Richards
Gunners Mate
Norfolk,VA
Summary
An organized and motivated individual, eager to utilize time management and organizational skills across diverse settings. Seeking entry-level opportunities to enhance abilities while contributing to company growth. Used to long days upwards of 14-16 hours, dedicated and eager to prove myself.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
2024
2024
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Gunners Mate
United States Navy
Norfolk
07.2023 - Current
- Average Days of 10-14hrs never worried to earn my paycheck.
- Early Advancement to rank E-4/GM3 for being a top performing student in Gunners Mate Academy (GMA).
- Awarded Navy Achievement Medals for outstanding service while serving seven months onboard ESB-3.
- Training crews in weapon safety, emergency responses, live fire situations and joint country drills out of 5th fleet.
- Earned the Enlisted Surface Warfare Specialist pin during my deployment with ESB-3 on top of pursuing my Enlisted Aviation Warfare Specialist pin.
- After Returning from deployment I continued to pass on my knowledge gained while away to the junior sailors in my division and was awarded an Early Promotion Evaluation due to the level of qualifications and awards I obtained which put me over a point average above the rest of my Third Class Petty Officers (Evaluation will be attached at bottom).
- Qualified as a Magazine Sprinkler System Technician.
- Qualified and Trained hundreds of Senior & Junior Sailors in Weapon Safety.
- Lead and taught proper ammunition handling/storing.
- Demonstrated adaptability by quickly learning hydraulically & electrically operated systems on top of then passing the knowledge onto junior sailors to help assist the division and disperse the workload.
- Joined the service July 05 2023, Approaching my third year of service as a Gunners Mate Third Class Surface Warfare.
- Schools Completed Since Enlisted: Basic Training, GMA (Gunners Mate Academy), ATT (Electrical Crash Course), MK45 MOD 4 (Hydraulically Pressurized 5" Weapon System), MSS (Magazine Sprinkler System Fire-Main Pressurized).
- Extra Navy Classes completed - (AMMO 49, AMMO 51, AMMO Specialist, AMMO Administration, Fleet Sentencing, OIS-R, TAMIS, MPPEH, and AMMO 69).
- Experienced teaching and maintenance completed with the following firearms. (M203 40mm Grenade Launcher, M2A1 .50 Caliber Heavy Machine Gun, M240 Bravo 7.62mm Machine Gun, M4A1 5.56mm Rifle, M500 12-Gauge Shotgun, M14 7.62mm Rifle, M18 9mm Service Pistol, M9 9mm Service Pistol).
Team Member
Zeigler Auto
Grandville
01.2023 - 07.2023
- Hired as a 'Part Picker', focused on receiving hundreds of orders within the day from commercial and local customers.
- Once orders got received, my team and I would sort them relative to how soon the orders needed to be shipped and how many parts were needed.
- Once each order was sorted my team and I would clear through a multiple story warehouse and assist in collecting all parts ordered for that day, then prepare them for their packaging and shipping phase.
- This included informing those whose orders did not have any discrepancies and if so informing them of the proper and most accommodating situations we could provide to them for their desired product.
- After these discrepancies were filed if any existed the parts would be tagged and marked then passed along to the shipping crew informing them of the destinations and dates that have been requested for delivery.
- My employment led throughout my time finishing High School while being in the Delayed Entry Program before joining the USN and still completing 40+ hour weeks for roughly 7 months prior to being sent off for basic training.
- Traits & Responsibilities: collaborated with team members to streamline inventory management processes boosting mutual time management between the team members, monitored stock levels of parts and supplies, facilitating timely replenishment for operations and improving overall team productivity, providing exceptional support to colleagues by sharing knowledge, offering assistance, and creating a welcoming work space to newcomers, overall working to ensure smooth operations during peak periods via effective time management techniques such as delegation and task prioritization.
Education
High School Diploma -
Hudsonville High School
Skills
- Team Communication
- Problem Solving Abilities
- LeaderShip Development
- Time Management
- Reliability
- Adaptability & Flexibility
- Situational Awareness
- Weapons training
- Ammunition management
Work Preference
Job Search Status
Open to workWork Type
Full TimeLocation Preference
On-SiteSalary Range
$56000/yr - $200000/yrEvaluations
Last evaluations had me rated as a 4.43/5 total while our general group average of several other third class petty officers were about 3.54/5. Please reach out for prior and current evaluations, questions on qualifications, schools, and or experiences.
Timeline
Gunners Mate
United States Navy
07.2023 - Current
Team Member
Zeigler Auto
01.2023 - 07.2023
High School Diploma -
Hudsonville High School