Duane Grimes
Leonard,TX
Summary
With a proven track record at Venture Mechanical and City Wide Mechanical, I excel in efficiently installing and managing AC systems, demonstrating strong leadership in coordinating teams and safety meetings. Skilled in ordering essential materials and adept in CPR, my expertise ensures project success with a focus on innovation and safety.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
AC Copper Lead
Venture Mechanical
Carrollton, Texas
03.2021 - 01.2025
- Followed blueprints, diagrams, and installation instructions accurately to complete tasks efficiently.
- Installed drains on AC equipment.
- Sized ac drains on equipment
- Installed refrigeration copper to wall mounts
- Installed VRF copper to units
- Installed water ac lines to units
- Coordinated core holes & roof penetrations
- Weekly job site meetings
- Weekly safety talks
- Handled all deliveries
General Foreman
City Wide Mechanical
Carrollton, Texas
01.2017 - 10.2021
- Ordered sheet metal
- Ordered copper
- Ran sheet metal & copper crews on the jobsite
- Weekly job site meetings
- Weekly safety meetings
- Worked with project mangers on RFI'S
- Worked with CAD on blue prints
Duct Foreman
Atmac Mechanical Services
Richardson, Texas
12.2015 - 12.2018
- Ran duct crew on jobsite
- ordered sheet metal final connections
- Installed ac equipment roof tops,curbs,exhaust curbs roof top units
- Pogue Construction was the premier General Contractor for the schools.
- Weekly job site meetings.
- Employee of the Year: 2nd pic on the wall.
Trade Foreman
Rk Mechanical
Denver, CO
02.2014 - 11.2015
- Ran the duct crew on the 1st floor of the Gaylord Rockies Hotel & Convention Center, the 4th largest job site in the nation at the time.
- Weekly job site meetings.
- Worked with the onsite superintendent for RK.
- I ordered sheet metal directly from the sheet metal shop.
- Emailed any problems to the onsite superintendent.
- I emailed the onsite project manager and held weekly meetings with any sheet metal concerns.
- Being from Texas, all crew members were the ones that the local foremen did not want.
- Was the last of four guys on the closeout portion of the job site, Gaylord Rockies Hotel & Convention Center.
- Worked with crew members on daily footage task cards.
Foreman
United Mechanical
Plano, Texas
01.2010 - 05.2014
- Worked in southwestern bell buildings BECK was the General contractors
- Install double stack air handlers in occupied southwestern bell buildings
- Oredered any sheet metal to connect air handlers to existing building air
- Dailey logging in with the Southwestern bell building mangement knock in knock out cover smoke alarms for the area of work
- Response for all materials delivered to the Southwestern Bell job site.
- Weekly jobsite meetings with BECK
- Taken air handlers apart to fit into the building windows or hole provide by Beck General Contractor
Duct Helper
Venture Mechanical
Carrollton, Texas
01.1996 - 12.2009
- Insulator helper.
- Pukie helper
- Bang sheet metal together, helper.
- Clean work van.
- Install roof top curbs
- Install exhaust duct curbs
- Clean job site weekly
- Learn to dump jobsite trash with the Sky Track
Skills
- Knowledge about ordering duct, written or entered
- Knowledge about ordering AC copper
- CPR trained & first aid
- Sky Track trained
- Boom lift training
- Trane Class Certification on VFR installs
- Supervisor Class Training Certification
Timeline
AC Copper Lead
Venture Mechanical
03.2021 - 01.2025
General Foreman
City Wide Mechanical
01.2017 - 10.2021
Duct Foreman
Atmac Mechanical Services
12.2015 - 12.2018
Trade Foreman
Rk Mechanical
02.2014 - 11.2015
Foreman
United Mechanical
01.2010 - 05.2014
Duct Helper
Venture Mechanical
01.1996 - 12.2009