Charles Hufford
Seaside
Summary
A Sanitation professional with solid background in maintaining hygienic and safe environments. I have over 17 years of comprehensive experience in facility maintenance. Known for reliability and adaptability in meeting dynamic needs of sanitation tasks. Focused on team collaboration and achieving high standards in cleanliness and safety. Equipped with a solid foundation in construction practices, including extensive involvement in building houses and infrastructure from the ground up, showcasing a keen eye for detail and a dedication to excellence in every project undertaken.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Sanitor
Pro Caps Labs
01.2025 - 10.2025
- Maintained cleanliness and sanitation of production areas to ensure compliance with health regulations.
- Operated sanitation equipment effectively, including pressure washers and floor scrubbers, to enhance cleaning efficiency.
- Conducted routine inspections of workspaces to identify areas requiring additional sanitation efforts.
- Collaborated with team members to develop efficient cleaning schedules that minimized downtime during operations.
- Washed down facility walls, floors, and doors regularly with cleaning solutions and sprayers.
- Maintained a sanitary environment with daily inspections and timely maintenance of assigned areas.
- Collected, sorted, and disposed of garbage and recycling from production work areas.
Custodian
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
05.2022 - 06.2024
- Maintained cleanliness and sanitation standards across school facilities.
- Inspected facility and grounds and picked up trash or other debris impacting appearance or movement flows between spaces.
- Ran variety of cleaning machines such as floor machines designed to strip, wax, extract, and top scrub floors and carpets.
- Operated cleaning equipment, including floor buffers and vacuum cleaners, efficiently.
Stock Room Associate
Walmart
02.2021 - 01.2022
- We would unload the trucks, stack our product on palettes and then wheels it out to the floor and stock. We also provided customer service for the shoppers.
- Organized and stocked shelves to ensure product availability and optimal layout.
- Collaborated with team members to maintain inventory accuracy and minimize stock discrepancies.
- Implemented efficient restocking processes, enhancing workflow and reducing downtime.
- Conducted regular inventory checks to identify low-stock items and prevent shortages.
Carpenter
Level 5 Construction
11.2016 - 05.2020
- We would build houses from the ground up. We often would dig trenches to lay the pipe for plumbing and electrical. We also mixed and poured all the concrete for walls and driveways. Hang drywall and did all finishing touches to complete the project
Laborer
Tom Reynolds general contractor
03.2013 - 06.2016
- Clean job site and moved tools and equipment. I also painted or demoed all job sites I worked at.
- Implementing safety measures on construction sites to prevent accidents and promote a culture of workplace safety.
Shipping and Receiving Assistant
Siena Hotel
10.2012 - 02.2013
- I was in charge of 4 restaurants and 6 bars as well ordering anything the owners of the casino needed. I would go from bar to bar and all restaurants to take inventory. I would keep track of things we needed and send it off to our vendors. I would then receive it and then stock it in their storage/freezers
Night porter
Siena hotel spa and casino
06.2009 - 10.2012
- We’d go through the casino and wipe machines dump trash and clean the bathrooms. Every other night we’d go through the hallways and shampoo carpets and go up to the spa and wax and buff the floors.
Car detailer
Cardinale Nissan
01.2007 - 12.2008
- We had to order and mix cleaning chemicals to insure we could do our job successfully. We wash and detailed cars inside and out and also had to shampoo the carpets
Education
High school diploma -
Monterey High School
Monterey, CA06.2006
Skills
- Safety protocols implementation
- Carpet shampooing
- Floor waxing
- Workplace safety culture promotion
- Shipping and receiving/ Organized
- Sanitation regulations
- Chemical handling
- Hazardous materials handling
- Industrial cleaning
- Pressure washing
- Trash collection
- Regulatory compliance
- Biohazard disposal
- Equipment sanitizing
- Stock replenishment
- Heavy lifting
- Workplace cleanliness
- Pallet jack operation
- Loading and unloading
- Customer service
- Warehouse operations
Timeline
Sanitor
Pro Caps Labs
01.2025 - 10.2025
Custodian
Monterey Peninsula Unified School District
05.2022 - 06.2024
Stock Room Associate
Walmart
02.2021 - 01.2022
Carpenter
Level 5 Construction
11.2016 - 05.2020
Laborer
Tom Reynolds general contractor
03.2013 - 06.2016
Shipping and Receiving Assistant
Siena Hotel
10.2012 - 02.2013
Night porter
Siena hotel spa and casino
06.2009 - 10.2012
Car detailer
Cardinale Nissan
01.2007 - 12.2008
High school diploma -
Monterey High School