Christopher Cleveland
Owyhee,Nevada
Summary
Dedicated and focused Project Management Specialist with over 10 years of experience excelling at prioritizing, completing multiple tasks simultaneously and following through to achieve project goals. Flexible, detail-oriented and adaptive team player with expertise in equipment operation, staff training and development, customer service and process improvements.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Habitat Project Manager
Shoshone Paiute Tribes
Owyhee, NV
03.2013 - Current
- Installed, and maintain 50 solar, and gravity fed offsite water troughs.
- We install the solar panels to brackets, bridge the connections to each panel. We hook the the negative, positive, and ground wires, and use shrink tube to help water proof the connections, from the solar panels to the water pump.
- Use 1 1/2" poly pipe for the inlet, and outlet, connecting the pipe using 45, and 90 degree elbows, couplings, nipples, and clamps.
- Use of Backhoe, skid steer, and dump truck to accomplish our projects
- Maintain around our three reservoirs, and shop moving, and cutting the sagebrush, grass, and weeds using a tractor with brusher, riding lawn mower, and weed eaters.
- Repair outlets, doors, windows, lights, and painted our offices in and around our shop when needed.
- Construct, and paint signs, and boat docks for our 3 reservoirs, and boat wash station using 2x4's, plywood, and floats.
- Privative maintenance on all our vehicles, and equipment, change, and check fluids, tune ups, and winterize as needed.
- Manage a budget of $314,000 and two employees
Enviornmental Educator/Planner
Shoshone Paiute Tribes
Owyhee, NV
06.2009 - 03.2013
- Outreach to the community on environmental issues on, and around the reservation
- Worked with the non-point source staff installing solar, and gravity fed offsite water troughs.
- We install the solar panels to brackets, bridge the connections to each panel. We hook the the negative, positive, and ground wires, and use shrink tube to help water proof the connections, from the solar panels to the water pump.
- Use 1 1/2" poly pipe for the inlet, and outlet, connecting the pipe using 45, and 90 degree elbows, couplings, nipples, and clamps.
- Use of Backhoe, skid steer, and dump truck to accomplish our projects.
- conducted water quality samples such as spilt, spike, and metallic on the Owyhee River, creeks, and reservoirs on and off the Duck Valley Indian Reservation.
- Was HVAC certified at the time
Sage Grouse Technitian
Shoshone Paiute Tribes
Owyhee, NV
02.2005 - 06.2009
- Trap, collar, and monitor sage grouse
- Trapped sage grouse early spring, collared, weighed, banned, and measured the wing feathers to determine age.
- Used telemetry yagi antenna, receiver, and flew on a fixed winged plane to track the sage grouse.
- Conducted vegetation, and canopy samples in and around the sage grouse leks
- Operated a Utv, did regular maintenance on the utv.
- Conducted sage grouse lek counts on the ground, and in the air by a helicopter.
- I kept a daily log book of the birds I located, vegetation, and wildlife in the general area of the collared sage grouse.
Combat Engineer (MOS 1371)
United States Marine Corps
Camp Pendleton , CA
12.1998 - 12.2002
- Constructed buildings, and offices out of 2x4's, plywood, and doors for training, military operations in urban terrain (MOUT). Used electric, and timed charges to breach the buildings.
- Constructed bridge-laying equipment to construct floating bridges for vehicle, and foot traffic.
- Assisted in constructing fortifications such as bunkers and defensive walls.
- Installed miles of triple strand concertina wire to protect military sites while on force protections platoon.
- Maintained around our barracks mowed the lawn using a riding lawn mower, and weed eaters.
- General maintenance on sinks, heaters, washers, dryers when needed.
- Poured concrete for concrete slabs, used rebar, and wire to reinforce the slabs.
- Preventative maintenance on our vehicles hummers , and equipment. Checked fluid's, tire pressure, brakes, tie rods, and lights monthly.
- Honorably discharged after 4 years, Was a NCO, and in charge of 8 in my squad, and 30 at times when stepping in as the platoon sergeant.
Education
High School Diploma -
Owyhee Combined Schools
Owyhee, NV06-1998
Skills
- Management skills
- Wiling to learn, and crosstrain
- Team player
- Risk Management
- Vendor Sourcing
- Compliance Monitoring
Affiliations
- Active in my community, I have been coaching football, and basketball for around 13 years
- Enjoy being outdoors, leaving it better than when I got there.
- Enjoy wildlife hunting, fishing, and observing
- Volunteer to work with our youth be it camps, youth hunts, or environmental activities at work, and with our local school.
- Volunteer structure, wildland, and search and rescue for over 10 years with our local fire department here.
Languages
English
Professional
Accomplishments
- Good conduct medal in the Marine Corps
- National Defense Medal Marine Corps
- Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
- Meritorious Unit Commendation Marine Corps
- Letter of Appreciations Certificate Marine Corps
- Was a Training NCO, and Squad leader
- Honorable Discharged
Certification
- Was HVAC certified
- Pesticide certified
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Habitat Project Manager
Shoshone Paiute Tribes
03.2013 - Current
Enviornmental Educator/Planner
Shoshone Paiute Tribes
06.2009 - 03.2013
Sage Grouse Technitian
Shoshone Paiute Tribes
02.2005 - 06.2009
Combat Engineer (MOS 1371)
United States Marine Corps
12.1998 - 12.2002
High School Diploma -
Owyhee Combined Schools
- Was HVAC certified
- Pesticide certified
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