Javen Payne
Clinton,TN
Summary
Safety-driven team player and persistent leader, eager to help grow organizations. Skilled in strategic planning and communication, with comprehensive expertise in building construction and maintenance in general. Several years of experience implementing and overseeing the roads and grounds at TVA facilities. Ensuring that the customers' needs are being met, and always prioritizing the company's core values, while striving for a positive workplace.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
CEO
D&P Trucking LLC
Knoxville, TN
10.2022 - Current
- Assessed financial performance of the organization on a regular basis and identified areas for improvement.
- Maintained open communication channels between departments to maximize efficiency and productivity.
- Cultivated relationships with external organizations to build partnerships that benefited both parties.
- Improved on-time delivery rates by optimizing transportation routes and scheduling.
- Complying with DOT and FMCSA standards.
- Handled basic administrative and accounting tasks using Microsoft Office, Excel, and QuickBooks.
- Oversaw business budget planning, tracking all accounts payable and receivable, and handling weekly payroll.
- Implemented fleet management programs, driver management systems, and adhered to them.
Facilities Roads & Grounds Maintenance
TVA
Knoxville, TN
06.2022 - Current
- Recognized and enforced quality standards through daily inspection of facilities.
- Ensured 100% compliance with ES&H standards in daily operations and project installations.
- Trained and monitored employees to teach daily tasks and improve performance.
- Submitted and received work orders to manage work using MAXIMO.
- Assisted in the facilitation of conference room setups and event coordination.
- Contributed to the development, implementation, and execution of maintenance on roads and grounds around facilities.
- Submitted transactions into SAP/Concur, and categorized receipts from material purchases into the chart of accounts. Also, handling basic administrative tasks as needed for the group.
- Operated commercial-sized straight trucks and box trucks as the company needed to move freight across the valley.
- Operated heavy machinery, up to but not limited to, excavators, skid steers, JLG man-lifts, etc.
- Maneuvered the forklift safely, using appropriate load rates and maintaining clear visibility of work areas.
Teamster Foreman / Truck Driver
CNS / Y-12
Oak Ridge, TN
06.2020 - 06.2022
- Dispatched several commercial trucks, including but not limited to dump trucks, articulating dump trucks, water trucks, lowboys, flatbeds, yard dogs, box trucks, fuel trucks, shuttle buses, etc.
- Planned, scheduled, and assigned up to 20 driver routes and workloads.
- Communicated regularly with personnel regarding project timelines.
- Worked directly with project management to ensure a smooth workflow and safe day-to-day operations.
- Verified safe and consistent operations by conducting DOT pre-trip/post-trip inspections.
- Kept fuel logs, ordered fuel drops, ensured trailer drop locations were correct, and maintained a crew of truck drivers.
- Experience pulling low boy, flatbed, step deck, operating fuel truck, water truck, and dump trucks up to quad axle size.
- Maneuvered trucks into loading or unloading positions, following signals from the loading crew to properly position the vehicle and loading equipment.
- Maintained a daily, legible DOT logbook, and complied with Federal Motor Carrier Regulations.
- Quickly answered all job-related inquiries from the general foreman and delivered updates on anticipated task completion times.
Apprentice Substation Tech
Service Electric
Knoxville, TN
01.2019 - 06.2020
- Performed repairs and completed adjustments by opening and closing switches.
- Set transformers, hung insulators, and hung switches in a safe manner.
- Inspected and used a hot stick to manipulate energized lines, and hung grounds to conduct a safe work environment.
- Collaborated with fellow apprentices on group projects, honing teamwork and communication skills.
- Assisted the journeyman in pulling in new lines and whatever tasks needed to be completed.
- Rigged structural steel, flew it up with a crane, and installed the structural steel in a safe manner.
- Protect equipment and personnel from safety concerns by noting and avoiding potential hazards, like utility lines.
- Leveraged expertise in load-lifting attachments and rigging techniques to manage diverse loads.
- Operated lull's, boom truck, articulating man lift, bucket truck, skid steer, excavators, and other equipment to move materials and complete projects.
Mulch Blowing Installation Foreman
Lawn Butler Inc.
Knoxville, TN
10.2018 - 01.2019
- Operated a quad-axle mulch-blowing truck.
- Worked directly with senior management regarding project scopes, budgets, and estimating projects.
- Operated an excavator up to size 312, and skid steers as needed for certain projects.
- Responded quickly to customer complaints and gathered pertinent information to make educated decisions for remediation.
- Established and enforced procedures and work standards, promoting team performance and safety.
- Verified, completed projects met approved time, quality, and cost estimates.
- Supervised laborers in completing large landscaping projects.
- Inspected completed work to maintain high standards of finished projects.
- Operated a front-end loader to load material onto trucks.
Cable Install Maintainer
US Army
08.2017 - 08.2018
- Protected and guided personnel under command, maintaining safety, well-being, and mission readiness.
- Planned layouts and ran cable into buildings, through walls, attics, and crawl spaces.
- Read blueprints and schematics to correctly place equipment.
- Performed splicing, bonding, grounding, and terminations of cables.
- Monitored unit operations in dynamic, challenging environments, with a high level of situational awareness.
- Climbed and operated at heights of up to 65 feet to complete tasks.
- Proved successful at working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
- Maintained accountability for over $1 million in military assets.
Education
High School Diploma -
Anderson County High School
Clinton, TN05.2017
Skills
- Team leadership
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Project management
- Adaptation and performance in difficult situations
- Attentive
- Strategic planning
Certification
- Business and Law Exam
- BC-A Residential Contractors Exam
- Secret Security Clearance
- Class A CDL
- Hazmat, Tanker, Doubles-Triples, & Passenger End.
- Fork Lift
- CPR
- JLG Aerial Lift
Timeline
CEO
D&P Trucking LLC
10.2022 - Current
Facilities Roads & Grounds Maintenance
TVA
06.2022 - Current
Teamster Foreman / Truck Driver
CNS / Y-12
06.2020 - 06.2022
Apprentice Substation Tech
Service Electric
01.2019 - 06.2020
Mulch Blowing Installation Foreman
Lawn Butler Inc.
10.2018 - 01.2019
Cable Install Maintainer
US Army
08.2017 - 08.2018
High School Diploma -
Anderson County High School
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