Christopher Benedetto ERN 1758612
Staten Island,NY
Summary
Industrious Landscaping professional skilled in supervising groundskeeping and staff teams to complete projects safely and efficiently. Resourceful and decisive with demonstrated success in managing challenges to minimize downtime. Superior work ethic with expertise in vehicle and equipment maintenance and repair.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Park Supervisor Garage Operations
NYC Parks & Recreation
Staten Island, New York
04.2025 - Current
- Supervise garage staff
- Create bi-weekly time schedules
- Keep track of attendance on City time
- Approve / disapprove time and leave request
- Ensure sraff time sheets are finalized and final submitted at the end of the pay count week
- Track vehicle service status
- Ensure vehicles are repaired correctly
- Keep track of Staten Islands fleet maintenance schedules
- Supervise staff making repairs to vehicles, heavy equipment and small equipment
- Supervise grass and synthetic turf crew and ensure sites are mowed and manicured throughout the borough
- Dispatch heavy duty crew to ensure work request and park and playground repairs are completed correctly in a timely manner throughout the borough
- Discipline staff when necessary
Associate Park Service Worker (Heavy Equipment)
NYC Parks Department
Staten Island, NY
09.2022 - Current
- Operates heavy equipment such as Packers, Beach rakes, Front end loaders, sand king and street sweepers.
- makes daily repairs and performs maintenance on agency vehicles.
- Landscapes city parks.
- removed litter and cleaned waste baskets.
- Maintain and repair landscaping equipment and small engines.
- Drive the shorelines of South and Midland beach daily removing trash and drift wood.
- Maintains buildings and their fixtures.
- Daily park house open ups.
- Daily ice ladder inspections.
- Pick up and drop off Pop staff to fixed post locations ensuring they have the supplies needed to complete their daily tasks.
- reports any unsafe conditions or broken equipment to supervisor.
- Maintains class B CDL.
General Contractor
Whalen home improvement
Staten Island, NY
01.2016 - Current
- Handled routine repairs to customers homes such as installing or repairing electrical wiring, plumbing, drywall and painting.
- Maintains clean and safe work area.
- Communicates with customers to ensure the job is getting done correctly and efficiently.
- General knowledge on the operation of industrial tools.
Park Supervisor PS1 Borough Horticulture
NYC Parks & Recreation
Staten Island, NY
05.2024 - 10.2024
- Evaluated subordinate personnel to provide constructive feedback and enhance performance.
- Supervised Boro Hort operations at the Staten Island Green house.
- Approved/disapproved time daily as well as vacation and leave request in city time.
- Filled out plant requisitions and inventoried plant material.
- Gave daily assignments to staff as well as checked there work daily throughout Staten Island.
- Took core samples of dirt and sent them out to be evaluated.
- Performed vehicle and equipment repairs.
- Performed oil tank inspections monthly.
- Disciplined staff when necessary.
- Evaluated fleet performance and monitored vehicle maintenance schedule in order to place vehicles O/S
- Trained staff on the proper use of equipment and standard operating procedures.
Park Supervisor Beach D2B
NYC Parks & Recreation
Staten Island, NY
04.2023 - 10.2023
- Evaluated subordinate personnel to provide constructive feedback and enhance performance.
- Kept equipment in good working order and facilities clean, neat and organized.
- Ensure debris and trash are removed from surrounding areas and disposed of recyclable materials properly.
- Supervise and prep 2.5 miles of beach for special events that often included the Mayer of NYC and many other elected public officials
- Talk to and meet with public officials and community boards to organize special events on parks property
- Enforcement of parks rules
- Check permits
- Generate incident reports and work with law enforcement agency's when necessary
- Bi-weekly time schedule
- Approve and disapprove time and leave requests
- Ensure staff time sheets are final approved at the end of pay count week
- Organized a visit from the president of the united states by working with police and law enforcement officials to ensure a safe place for helicopter landing, set up of police field offices and presidential motorcade drive through
- Worked with long island marine research center when autopsys of sea creatures needed to be done on site due to possible illness or illegal hunting
Park Supervisor Beach Operations
NYC Parks & Recreation
Staten Island, NY
05.2022 - 09.2022
- Established and enforced procedures and work standards, promoting team performance and safety.
- Kept equipment in good working order and facilities clean, neat and organized.
- Evaluated subordinate personnel to provide constructive feedback and enhance performance.
- Create bi weekly work schedules .
- Perform monthly safety inspections on park playgrounds and large park zones .
- Keep accurate records on city time to ensure employees get paid correctly .
- Approve / disapprove leave request and overtime request .
- Fill out incident reports.
- Employee discipline.
- Check patrons for valid permits
Permanent City Park Worker
NYC Parks & Recreation
Staten Island, NY
01.2022 - 09.2022
- Landscaped city parks.
- Removed litter and cleaned waste baskets.
- Clean bathrooms and park houses.
- Maintain landscaping equipment and small engines.
- Ambassador.
- Drive the shorelines of South and Midland Beach daily removing trash and drift wood.
- highly experienced in driving multiple different types of 4x4 vehicles in the sand.
- general building maintenance.
Delivery and Receiving Associate
Oh How Cute Inc.
Staten Island, NY
11.2020 - 03.2021
- Provides commerical sales to Walgreens throughout the Tri-state area.
- Conducts monthly inventory on company merchandise.
- Delivers and unloads company merchandise to over 212 contracted stores.
- Oversee proper packing of products for delivery.
- Responds to all customer inquires offering the best customer service possible.
Seasonal CPW
NYC Parks & Recreation
Staten Island, NY
06.2020 - 11.2020
- Landscaped city parks
- Removed litter.
- Clean bathrooms
- Maintained equipment
- Ambassador
- Drive the shore lines of South and Midland Beach cleaning litter and picking up driftwood in a gator or beach wagon
- General maintenance
Delivery and Receiving Associate
Oh How Cute Inc.
Staten Island, NY
01.2015 - 01.2020
- Provides commerical sales to Walgreens throughout the Tri-state area.
- Conducts monthly inventory on company merchandise.
- Deliverers and unloads company merchandise to over 212 contracted stores.
- Oversee proper packing of products for delivery.
- Responds to all customer inquires offering the best customer service possible.
- Maintained fleet vehicles performing any necessary repairs.
Education
Currently Enrolled - Locksmithing And Safe Repair
Foley Belsaw
11-2024
High School Diploma -
Gaynor Mccown Expeditionary Learning School
Staten Island, NY06.2015
Skills
- Highly experienced in automotive mechanics
- Small engine/ equipment repairs
- Customer service / satisfaction
- Experienced in plumbing and electrical repairs
- Operating a vast array of motorized vehicles safely
- Lawn care / maintenance
- Current and clean class B CDL with tow truck endorcement
- Received training from parks academy for beach tractor and rake operation
- Can drive manual transmission
- Safely and correctly operates heavy equipment daily such as Front end loader, Packer, Beach rakes, sand king and street sweepers
- Skilled in MIG, TIG, and stick welding as well as the operation of cutting torches and plasma cutters
- Plastic welding
- Skilled in fabricating small parts on a metal lathe
- Brazing
- Knowledge on the operation of most industrial tools
Timeline
Park Supervisor Garage Operations
NYC Parks & Recreation
04.2025 - Current
Park Supervisor PS1 Borough Horticulture
NYC Parks & Recreation
05.2024 - 10.2024
Park Supervisor Beach D2B
NYC Parks & Recreation
04.2023 - 10.2023
Associate Park Service Worker (Heavy Equipment)
NYC Parks Department
09.2022 - Current
Park Supervisor Beach Operations
NYC Parks & Recreation
05.2022 - 09.2022
Permanent City Park Worker
NYC Parks & Recreation
01.2022 - 09.2022
Delivery and Receiving Associate
Oh How Cute Inc.
11.2020 - 03.2021
Seasonal CPW
NYC Parks & Recreation
06.2020 - 11.2020
General Contractor
Whalen home improvement
01.2016 - Current
Delivery and Receiving Associate
Oh How Cute Inc.
01.2015 - 01.2020
High School Diploma -
Gaynor Mccown Expeditionary Learning School
Currently Enrolled - Locksmithing And Safe Repair
Foley Belsaw
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