Dustin Ryan Shaw
Jacksonville
Summary
I Would like to be a part of a positive team with optimistic views. If that team lacks optimism or something detrimental to its success, I will be felicitous. Leadership comes easy to me as I have 20 years experience in management. There is always some good to take away from nearly every negative situation. Even if a situation or circumstance has no positive to pull from, I learn from . I collaborate well with diverse teams. I strive for fair decision making and understanding in most life experiences. Finally, I am willing to get the job done even if I have to sacrifice or re-arrange my personal schedule.
Overview
23
23
years of professional experience
Work History
Foreman
Shaw's Land Clearing LLC
10.2019 - 12.2024
Partner
First Choice Tree Service
04.2015 - 01.2019
Co-Owner
New Age Tree Service
02.2012 - 04.2015
- More of the same as I did for STS LLC except here; I bid and scheduled the jobs for me and my partner Chris Douse.
- Pitching competitive pricing for each job that needed to be done at a fair price for the customer to be comfortable in hiring us.
- Making the sometimes difficult decision of firing and the often easy choice of hiring men and/or women; for the hard, hot and filthy job of forestry.
Company Foreman
Shaw's Tree Service LLC
07.2005 - 06.2011
- Train and manage men and/or women in the tree industry and provide them with the necessary skills to accomplish the tasks we put before them.
- Manage large company contracts such as: NAS JAX, Cecil Field, Mayport Naval Base, Army Corps of Engineers and USA Environmental; to name a few.
- Making sure each contract and/or job is completed in a reasonable time frame to maximize profits.
- Coordinating: teamwork, inspiration and providing a positive example with excellent morale!
Crew Leader
Shaw's Tree Service LLC
05.2003 - 07.2005
- Management of a crew of highly trained men and sometimes training men with the skills necessary to complete each job/task.
- Time Management: making sure each job is done right, safe and in a timely manner (usually in the time frame set by my superiors).
Sales Support Specialist/ Layaway associate
Walmart
Jacksonville
03.2002 - 05.2003
- Assisted customers with product inquiries and service requests.
- Collaborated with sales team to streamline order processing.
- Support other departments in sales such as: -mixing paint and cutting keys for hardware department. -measuring and cutting fabric for Stationary Dept. -assembling furniture for housewares. -assembling bicycles for toys. -Processing returns for the customer service desk. -Finalizing transactions at the front of the store to help with customer overflow.
- Document and add the total of the merchandise a customer wishes to eventually purchase, box and label said merchandise and store it in an organized labeled area according to it's composition.
- Inventory and enter all the layaway purchases of my shift into Walmart's computer network known as the "SMART" system.
- Utilized my access to the perpetual inventory within the SMART system to assist customers in locating specific merchandise located at another Walmart location or notifying them when our location will have it in stock.
- Assisting Walmart security in loss prevention.
- Trained new team members on company policies and procedures.
- Answered customer inquiries regarding products, pricing, and availability.
- Participated in weekly team meetings to discuss strategies for achieving goals.
- Processed purchase orders from customers in a timely manner.
Education
Diploma -
Middleburg High School
Middleburg, FL 01.2002 - 05.2002
Skills
- Project Management
- Customer Relations
- Public Relations
- Corporate Relations
- Teamwork extraodinair
- Time Management
- Critical Thinking
- Skilled Leader
- Optimal Optimist
- Comprehensible Communication
- Inventory specialist
- Risk prevention
- Conflict resolution/dissolution
- Microsoft Excel experience
- Microsoft PowerPoint experience
- Job scheduling
- Contract management
- Safety compliance
- Equipment maintenance
- Quality assurance
- Employee training
- Maintenance management
- Team mentoring
- Commercial and residential projects
- Task delegation
- Heavy lifting
- Physical stamina
- Daily reporting
- Materials management
- Site coordination
- Dedicated work ethic
- Equipment oversight
- Project reporting
- Material ordering
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Equipment operation
- Crew supervision
- Cost estimation
- Fall protection
- Scaffolding set up
- OSHA compliance
- Environmental awareness
- Decision-making
- Safety policies and procedures
- Project planning
- Construction vehicles operation
- Subcontractor management
- Project deadlines
- Quality control
- Planning and scheduling
- Worksite coordination
- Safety oversight
- Job site safety
- Finish carpentry
- Tool maintenance
- Multitasking and organization
- Dimensions and measurements
Languages
- English
- Very little Spanish
Timeline
Foreman
Shaw's Land Clearing LLC
10.2019 - 12.2024
Partner
First Choice Tree Service
04.2015 - 01.2019
Co-Owner
New Age Tree Service
02.2012 - 04.2015
Company Foreman
Shaw's Tree Service LLC
07.2005 - 06.2011
Crew Leader
Shaw's Tree Service LLC
05.2003 - 07.2005
Sales Support Specialist/ Layaway associate
Walmart
03.2002 - 05.2003
Diploma -
Middleburg High School
01.2002 - 05.2002