Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Essential Roles and Responsibilities:
Timeline
Generic

Jeremy Odom

Panama City,FL

Summary

I have been with a company that does Hydro excavating, Combo work and CCTV for the past four and half years. Three years as a branch manager. My role was hiring as needed, selling hydro excavating and combo work, managing personnel, keeping the trucks outfitted with supplies as needed and ensuring they meet DOT compliance, coordinating with the mechanic to fix any issue with the trucks, managing the jobs while being completed, interacting with customers, working with customers on billing after the job was completed. I have a class A CDL with no restrictions. As needed I could run the trucks to complete the job. I managed 6 Hydro excavating trucks, 2 combo trucks and 2 CCTV vans.

And before that I had thirty-three years of industrial experience. The experience is in the pulp and paper industry. Expertise in leading a team of operators ensuring production goals are achieved as well as directing personnel to ensure business objectives are accomplished. Industrial leader with a background in pulp and paper operations, mill coordination, and field supervision. Brings hands-on experience managing crews, maintaining safe work practices, supporting maintenance planning, and keeping production, compliance, and customer needs aligned across complex operating environments.

Overview

41
41
years of professional experience

Work History

OWNER/OPERATOR

STORAGE DEPOT OF PANAMA CITY INC
01.2010 - Current
  • Built and operated 200-unit mini storage facility, ensuring efficient operations and customer retention.
  • Maintained clean, well-lit, secure facility to optimize customer satisfaction and safety.
  • Provided friendly customer service, fostering positive customer experiences and loyalty.

Branch Manager

Smith Industrial Service Inc
Panama City, Florida
06.2022 - 10.2026
  • Maintain direct responsibility for safety, revenue,personnel,equipment and other assets within the Florida panhandle municipalities area.
  • Developed budgets and operating plans for municipality accounts to ensure financial alignment and operational efficiency.
  • Provide strong field leadership presence
  • Work to meet company safety, quality and financial goals.
  • Interface with customers regularly to ensure quality and develop strong relationships.
  • Recruited personnel to ensure proper staffing for customer needs.
  • Ensure that all customer work is properly resourced including after hours, emergency and discovery work during normal working hours.
  • Work directly to share resources and accomplish all needs Branch-wide.
  • High level of accountability for all accounts with respect to equipment care, personal appearance and adherence to all company policy.
  • Coordinated with mechanic for servicing and repairing equipment.
  • Work with DOT manager to ensure all required equipment certifications, registrations and placards are current.
  • Reconciled customer billing post-project completion to ensure accurate and timely invoicing.
  • Developing and submitting bids for new job opportunities

SHIFT TOUR FOREMAN (SETUP)

WESTROCK
Panama City, Florida
01.2010 - 06.2022
  • Achieved operational goals through providing leadership and direction.
  • Oversees four shift maintenance and two shift electricians, and prioritizes jobs to maintain the runability of the mill
  • Scheduling operations personnel for shift schedule and ensuring specific jobs are covered if an unexpected vacancy occurs.
  • Diagnosed and resolved mechanical issues in production processes to minimize downtime.
  • Coordinated maintenance and electrical & instrumentation contractors to align project objectives.
  • Collaborated with construction crews, consultants, and vendors to utilize specific expertise or provide additional resources to achieve specific timeline goals.
  • Generate operational daily reports tracking key process metrics and identifying issues identified during the shift.
  • Coordinate production to optimize the process and achieve operational flexibility.
  • Assist in developing operating procedures to improve consistency amongst multiple operators.
  • Investigated incidents and performed root cause analysis to prevent recurrence of issues.
  • Coordinated and expedited Lockout tagout of critical equipment.
  • Prepared and coordinated line breaks, confined space permitting, and atmospheric testing for safe vessel entry.

BLEACH/CAUSTIC/WASTE CLARIFIER CREW LEADER

WESTROCK
Panama City, Florida
01.1997 - 06.2022
  • Operated and monitored ClO2 generator to maintain chemical levels, ensuring efficient bleach plant operations.
  • Operated bleach plant to supply quality bleached pulp to paper machine.
  • Ran wastewater system to control pH for release back to environment.
  • Operated lime kiln and caustic area to produce quality white liquor for pulp mill digester cooking.
  • Oversaw bleach plant, caustic room, and wastewater operations.
  • Worked to troubleshoot issues in bleach and caustic areas.
  • Completed daily generator logs for operating efficiency and daily chemical cost tracking.
  • Scheduled maintenance and outages to ensure optimal equipment uptime and compliance.
  • Worked with maintenance and electricians to troubleshoot day-to-day operation issues.
  • Completed LOTO for equipment repairs and preventive maintenance.
  • Followed safety and environmental procedures.
  • Performed environmental critical testing for bleach plant scrubber air emissions.
  • Monitored Yokogawa DCS for process and environmental issues.
  • Monitored PI system for compliance with environmental standards on TRS emissions.
  • Adjusted process and environmental conditions to ensure compliance.
  • Verified all testing and controls stayed within ISO standards.
  • Performed multiple tests to ISO standards for 1st Assistant Operator duties.
  • Trained new employees in department for these classifications.
  • Trained new employees in department for line-of-progression classification.
  • Trained Operators and 2nd Assistants on operational process issues.
  • Worked with Operator and 2nd Assistant to identify safety, environmental, and process issues before occurrence and entered work orders in JDE for scheduling.
  • Completed Crew Leader reports and communicated with Foreman.
  • Worked with 2nd Assistant and 1st Assistant on daily operations.
  • Kept work area clean, safe, and environmentally compliant for operations.
  • Checked testing supplies for expiration and verified equipment calibration to ISO 9000 standards.
  • Filled out burn line breaks and confined space permits for safety compliance.
  • Completed training program for chemical unloading procedures.
  • Completed annual CBT environmental and PSM training courses.
  • Reported out-of-limits test results to required parties.
  • Worked with LOTO on equipment for safe work.

PAPERMILL OPERATOR

WESTROCK
01.1989 - 01.1997
  • Conducted tests in beater room to evaluate pulp quality, ensuring compliance with production standards.
  • Moved broke stock rolls for recycling and incorporated into produced stock for paper production.
  • Assisted on paper winder as 6th and 7th hand, supporting production operations.

WAREHOUSE MANAGER/DELIVERY TRUCK LOADER

PANAMA CITY PAPER COMPANY
01.1986 - 01.1988
  • Loaded product onto trucks for timely delivery to customers
  • Inventoried warehouse products for efficient daily distribution to customers

Education

Mosley High School
Panama City, FL
06-1988

Skills

  • Personnel Management
  • Ability to sell, coordinate and manage jobs
  • CDL class A no restriction with tanker endorsement
  • Process Safety Management (PSM)
  • Hazardous Material Technician
  • Hazardous Chemical handler (Sulfuric Acid, Caustic, Methanol, Peroxide, Chlorate)
  • Decision Point/Hazard Recognition
  • Operational leadership
  • Safe Start Certification
  • Title V Incident

Essential Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Work to meet company safety, quality and financial goals.
  • Maintain direct responsibility for safety, revenue, personnel, equipment and other assets within the Florida panhandle municipalities' area.
  • Develop high level of accountability for all accounts with respect to equipment care, personal appearance and adherence to all company policy.
  • Provide strong field leadership presence.
  • Work to develop budget and operating plans for all municipality accounts.
  • Work to share resources and accomplish all needs Branch-wide.
  • Interface with customers regularly to ensure quality and develop strong relationships.
  • Perform and document annual evaluations on all assigned personnel to include career development plans for each individual.
  • Ensure all assigned personnel training requirements are current and facilitate all training needs.
  • Coach and mentor assigned personnel to develop future leaders.
  • Interface with all levels of management to encourage engagement and build relationships.
  • Hire personnel as needed to staff customers appropriately.
  • Service or repair all equipment as required.
  • Work with DOT manager to ensure all required equipment certifications, registrations and placards are current.
  • Ensure that all customer work is properly resourced including after hours, emergency and discovery work during normal working hours.
  • Work with assigned administrative personnel to reconcile billing within 10 days after completion of all work.

Timeline

Branch Manager

Smith Industrial Service Inc
06.2022 - 10.2026

OWNER/OPERATOR

STORAGE DEPOT OF PANAMA CITY INC
01.2010 - Current

SHIFT TOUR FOREMAN (SETUP)

WESTROCK
01.2010 - 06.2022

BLEACH/CAUSTIC/WASTE CLARIFIER CREW LEADER

WESTROCK
01.1997 - 06.2022

PAPERMILL OPERATOR

WESTROCK
01.1989 - 01.1997

WAREHOUSE MANAGER/DELIVERY TRUCK LOADER

PANAMA CITY PAPER COMPANY
01.1986 - 01.1988

Mosley High School
Jeremy Odom