Jesse Small
Tecumseh
Summary
Painting professional with robust history in overseeing painting operations. Proven ability to lead teams effectively and deliver top-notch results. Known for strong collaboration and results-driven approach, with expertise in surface preparation and application techniques.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
Work History
Foreman
MasterCraft Coatings, LLC.
07.2024 - Current
- Interacted with Jobber & Company Cam apps daily
- Interacted w/ customers, scheduled painting, resolved issues
- Managed 3 to 8 employees, determining work direction and working hours. Resolved employee work & pay issues with office personnel
- Placed orders for materials & supplies
- Implemented techniques that improved the efficiency and cleanliness of the paint crews
- Trained/Improved employees on spraying techniques & applications
- Oversaw & trained apprentice painters
- Work consisted of exterior large scale, multi-unit condos & townhomes. Siding, trim, entry doors, garage doors, and railings required painting by means of sprayer, brush, & roller. Standard paint removal by scraping. Caulking as needed
Owner/Operator
Lake State Painting, LLC.
01.2016 - 06.2024
- Managed the day-to-day activities of a small business General Painting Contractor to include meeting customers, providing estimates, scheduling work, placing paint orders, hiring & managing employees, performing work, and ensuring the quality of completed work
- Extensive experience w/ exterior staining projects: decks, wood fences, & pergolas to included the restoration of listed items (chemical stripping, neutralization, sanding, & restaining)
- Extensive experience w/ exterior painting projects: paint removal, sanding, applying primers, caulking, and applying top coats via sprayer, brush, & roller
- Extensive experience w/ new construction interior painting & staining projects: applying primers & top coats via sprayer and back rolling. Caulking, priming, & enameling trim & doors. Sanding, prestaining, staining, wiping, & clear coating trim, doors, & railing systems
- Extensive experience w/ interior repaints: walls, ceilings, doors, & trim work. Spray, brush, & roller application
- Experience w/ Drywall, Mudding, & Texturing: Efficient installing & repairing drywall. Efficient taping, mudding, & sanding. Efficient installing expansion joints. Efficient skim coating. Efficient removing popcorn ceiling textures, patching textures, and applying textures (popcorn, knock down & orange peel)
- Extensive experience w/ Cabinetry Refinishing: removing doors & hardware, sanding, caulking, patching, priming, & applying top coats. Rehanging doors, installing hardware, and adjusting as needed
- Extensive experience Prefinishing materials: Painting, staining & clear coating large volume orders of trim, doors, and windows in make shift spray booth settings. Spray applications.
Painter
Rocky Mountain Restoration, LLC.
04.2005 - 10.2008
- Worked as a painter for a log home restoration company
- Applied water-based and oil coatings to the interior and exterior of log homes
- Operated blasting equipment to remove coatings from log homes
- Repaired rotted wood surfaces with epoxies
- Installed backing materials and applied chinking
Education
GED -
St. Cloud Adult Education Center
St. Cloud, MN05-2000
Skills
- Skilled Coating Applicator
- Detail-Oriented Painter
- Attention To Detail
- Skilled Communicator
- Executes Given Directions
- Strong Ethical Standards
- Consistently Dependable
- Proficient Problem Solver
United States Army Veteran
Honorably discharged Multiple Launch Rocket Systems Crew Member (June 2000 to June 2003)
Timeline
Foreman
MasterCraft Coatings, LLC.
07.2024 - Current
Owner/Operator
Lake State Painting, LLC.
01.2016 - 06.2024
Painter
Rocky Mountain Restoration, LLC.
04.2005 - 10.2008
GED -
St. Cloud Adult Education Center
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