John Clarke

I do estimates, delegate responsibilities and job descriptions to the guys that work for me, transport the material to the job, and oversee the job from start to completion. This company is my fathers company who I have been involved with for over 15 years. The last couple years I have taken more initiative and responsibility as the company grew.

Asphalt paving, Concrete finishing, and restoration. I operate all types of heavy machinery necessary for the job.

IE excavator, backhoe, skid steer, front loader, paver, and many more. I transport machinery to and from jobs, usually driving a dump truck with a tag-along trailer, hauling the equipment. I have a class A CDL. I do the labor work necessary for concrete and asphalt work, from start to finish. After 1 month of being with this company, when my foreman would have to take off from work, my supervisor made me acting foreman, and would give me the paper work for the jobs that my crew had to complete. I would than bring the paperwork to a much more senior member of my crew, as he could better handle the logistics better than I could at the time, exhibiting the ability to delegate. I would bring him the paperwork and say, "how do you want to do this" or "where do you think we should go first?". Which he would appreciate, creating a much more pleasant work environment. He would essentially be focused on how we could get our jobs done quicker, while I could remain focused on our jobs getting done the right and safe way. Which is a win/win, for us and the company. I quickly became favored by the guys I work with, and the guys I work for, eventually becoming a foreman for my own crew, and doing "on demand" or, "emergency" jobs. I only left this company because during our winter layoff, I became much more active in my fathers company.

I drove a concrete mixer truck to deliver concrete. Mostly into pump trucks, as we were a very big company able to supply, often times, a lot of concrete to our customers. I got into this because concrete work was the first job I've ever had, so I felt comfortable. I only left this job to make more money being more proactive and utilizing all of my skills in heavy construction.