Devin Death
Burton,MI
Summary
Hardworking professional with impressive skills in horticulture and landscaping. Committed to worksite safety and client satisfaction. Well-versed in operating equipment to plant, trim and protect customer greenery and produce attractive, long-lasting displays.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cemetery Caretaker
Great Lakes National Cemetery
01.2018 - Current
- Successfully follows the interment operations checklist to ensure descendants are interred in proper gravesites
- Ensures gravesites are properly measured, opened, closed, marked, and that surrounding graves are not compromised during the interment process
- Ensures gravesites are exceptionally groomed, marked, and presentable for visitors
- Performs quality assurance by examining and maintaining cleanliness of headstones, markers, and niche covers
- Inspects grave markers to ensure accuracy of inscriptions on all headstones, markers, and niche covers
- Successfully follows proper safety procedures while performing all work assignments and operating all equipment
- Accurately and properly completes daily equipment checklists
- Consistently acts to provide a safe workplace for employees and visitors while actively leading others in creating and maintaining a safe environment
- Utilizes listening skills and compassion to respond to customer, visitor, and team members' requests for assistance in a timely and respectful manner
- Successfully handles all situations in a calm and courteous manner
- Listens to customer feedback, both positive and negative, and works quickly to resolve complaints
- Successfully works with team members to identify problems, explore causes, and assist in resolving them
- Immediately informs supervisor of problems or issues to prevent errors, delays, or resolve difficulties in delivering optimal service to customers.
Heavy Equipment Operator
United States Marine Corps
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Instructed peers and subordinates in handling new or complex tasks
- Directed and supervised junior Marines as they completed daily tasks and checked their work to ensure it was done correctly and properly
- Determined schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of available personnel
- Provided leadership, periods of instruction, and supervision to over 100 personnel on operating and maintaining heavy equipment machinery
- Successfully supervised the construction of a 2,150 foot section of C-Class road containing 1,245 cubic yards of satisfactory material and 806 tons of caliche with zero incidents
- Analyzed engineer blueprints to formulate estimations of the amount of material needed to complete a project
- Checked vehicles to ensure that mechanical, safety, and emergency equipment was in good working order
- Inspected and tested damaged machine parts, noted defective areas, and advised on repair needs when it was necessary
- Lubricated and applied adhesives to machines, parts, and other equipment, according to specified procedures
- Maintained logs of working hours and vehicle service repairs, following applicable military regulations
- Participated in numerous beautification projects aboard Camp Lejeune, North Carolina
- Successfully used landscaping tools such as riding lawn mowers, push mowers, weed whackers, chainsaws, hand tools, and power tools
- Removed unwanted debris from areas using shovels, blowers, power trimmers, rakes, vacuums, etc.
Skills
- Equipment Operation
- Customer Service
- Multitasking
- Leadership Skills
- Dependable Equipment Operation
- Communication Skills
- Compassionate Equipment Maintenance
Education & Awards
- High School Diploma, Rising Sun, Maryland, 2011
- Basic Engineer Equipment Operator Course, 2012
- Horizontal Construction Engineer Course, 2012
- Leadership Course, 2014
- Caretaker School, 2019
- Safety Award, 2024
Certification
- John Deere 85G Excavator
- John Deere 35D Excavator
- CAT 908M Loader
- 850JR MCT Dozer
- 1150E Dozer
- 1155E Loader
- 624KR TRAM
- 277C MTL (Skidsteer)
- RT-022 5K (Forklift)
- LCRFT 5K (Forklift)
- 621G Scraper
- 260 CFM (Pneumatic tools trailer)
- 563E Compactor
- 120M Road Grader
- MAC-50 ATC (Crane)
- 270D Excavator
- MMV (Forklift)
- 420E Backhoe Loader
Timeline
Cemetery Caretaker
Great Lakes National Cemetery
01.2018 - Current
Heavy Equipment Operator
United States Marine Corps
01.2011 - 01.2015
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