Jason Mitchell

• Educated clients on proper care and maintenance of their hardwood floors to prolong lifespan and beauty of their investment.
• Enhanced customer satisfaction by providing top-quality hardwood floor installation and refinishing services.
• Delivered reliable repair services for damaged or worn floors by accurately diagnosing issues and implementing effective solutions.
• Guided heavy drum sanders and edging machines over surfaces of floors to achieve smoothness.
• Demonstrated expertise in various hardwood flooring techniques, including sanding, staining, sealing, and finishing, lace ins, patching, board removals, etc.

• Streamlined harvesting operations by coordinating closely with farm managers on crop schedules and field conditions.
• Adjusted machinery and notified supervisors of malfunctions.
• Drove equipment from one site to another to deliver tools and complete jobs.
• Operated giant industrial dryers and trimmers.
• Constructed greenhouses and a wide variety of hanging areas, shelves, racks, etc.

• Collaborated with team members to efficiently complete large-scale commercial flooring installations.
• Utilized saws, nail guns and routers to safely complete flooring installation projects.
• Performed demolition tasks, sometimes with jackhammers and heavy duty equipment. (Floor terminator, etc)
• Supervised all sanding and finishing at this company, operating Lagler drum sanders and edgers, etc.
• Oversaw shop inventory and distribution of proper sets of tools to all other workers heading out to different projects.
• Conducted accurate measurements and calculations to verify proper layout and installation.
• Completed complex flooring projects of a wide variety within the given deadlines, ensuring client satisfaction and repeat business.

Did many of the same tasks listed at the other flooring companies, but this company focused particularly on large sanding and finishing of hardwood all over the Tampa Bay/St. Petersburg area.

Supervised new crew members and educated them on the operation of heavy sanding equipment.

Operated Hummel drum sanders, Clarke edgers and buffers.

Applied heavy duty floor finishes, often in an old fashioned manner with china bristle and lambs wool applicators.

• Performed tower construction at heights of up to 1000 feet while maintaining focus on safety.
• Installed and calibrated antennae for a variety of cell phone companies and cable companies.
• Strengthened and modified older towers with lights and new angle iron to bring them up to code.
• Operated catheads and other equipment in the raising of assembled mounts and antennae.
• Work as sky rigger and climber, but also sometimes as ground man and builder. Also often went to our sister company Quality Steel and cut and measured all the iron we would need for upcoming installations.

• Operated ceiling cranes and other equipment to maneuver completed units into position for delivery.
• Worked in the calibration and construction of large scales to be used on highways at weigh stations.
• Job duties varied from day to day, sometimes sledge hammering hot welds together and sand blasting, other times just moving weights on to scales and calibrating each corner to make sure the numbers were correct.
• Oversaw shop cleanup and maintenance.

• Kept production lines running smoothly and efficiently at all times by keeping industrial sized staplers in operation.
• Operated forklifts and pallet jacks to move large amounts of boxed produce into coolers or directly into semis.
• Sorted and weighed products after packaging to assess quality, identify defects and grade resulting items.
• Reported malfunctions and errors to supervising staff, addressed concerns and supported other machine operators completing challenging workloads under tight schedules.
• Performed regular maintenance and cleaning of packing machinery.
• Set up conveyor systems to reach out to field trucks that were bringing in watermelons, sometimes got in the back of the trucks and helped pitch melons as well.

• Maintained a clean and safe workspace by adhering to safety protocols and regularly organizing the factory floor.
• Worked primarily overnight with long shifts and overtime.
• Helped in the manufacturing and packing of a variety of cores and other products.

• Implemented daily, weekly and monthly cleaning routines for staff to follow once I had reached the lead position.
• Operated buffers and scrubbers in the stripping and waxing of the tile floors, always performed overnight while the store was closed.
• Replaced all lights and ballast throughout the store and kept track of all supplies.
• Operated the massive trash compacter in the back of the loading area.
• Did a wide variety of other maintenance chores. Everything from tile replacements and carpet removals and gondola construction, to tasks as simple as taking out the trash and collecting the carts.
• Oversaw the stocking of the deli area in the lobby.

• Loaded dishes, glasses and tableware into and out of dishwashing machines and put away.
• Cleaned walk-in refrigerators and freezers and operated powered floor and steam equipment for deep cleaning.
• Did food prep and sometimes cooked.
• Helped wait staff with set up and tear down of salad bars and buffet areas.
• Performed a myriad of basic maintenance tasks on the country club property.