Jose L. Zuniga
Los Fresnos
Summary
Experienced and dependable general worker with a proven track record of efficiently completing tasks in various settings. Skilled in manual labor, equipment operation, and maintaining a clean and organized workspace. Safety-conscious with a strong work ethic and the ability to adapt to different environments. Ready to contribute to a dynamic team and make a positive impact.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Explosives technician
DML Corp. / C.D.I.
03.2021 - Current
- Within my current position, my responsibility is to always work with safety as top priority.
- In addition, I am responsible to lay out marking for structural removal, structural prep for placement of my explosives, and to add any Prep work that could help the structure fell in a more efficient manner.
- Within this responsibility, I am tasked to follow the engineering plans for demolition in a strict manner; anything I am not responsible for or not confident with making a call gets directed to my supervisor.
- Once the my layouts are complete, I am responsible for supervising and directing the labor crew on how to complete the prep in a safe and time efficient manner.
- While supervising, I am examining the structure in a precautionary manner to ensure the safety of the working crews and my peers.
- This includes keeping an eye on structural movement/changes, working machinery near the structure, and overlapping work crews in the area.
- Once the prep is completed, I participate in assembling the explosives with the proper materials to ensure full capability of the charges (strict quality control).
- As this task is complete, I then focus on installing the explosives in a safely manner to ensure full detonation of all charges in the correct order.
- As a Final step on all Projects, I follow a very strict Quality control walk through to ensure all charges are properly aligned, clipped in, wired correctly and all delays are closed.
- This is to ensure no cut offs or misfires occur, and to provide a very important safety factor for us and our client.
Explosives delivery/driver
DML Corp. / C.D.I.
01.2021 - Current
- This position requires me deliver explosives to assigned projects.
- I am tasked with maintaining proper count of explosives I am to pull, package, and deliver to the job sites.
- Within this position, I am required to keep a strict inventory and paper work for not only my employer, but to also ensure the ATF has proper information about our explosives.
- I am also responsible to follow all Commercial DOT laws for transporting 1.1D explosives.
Shipping clerk
Loera Customs Broker
01.2018 - 01.2021
- Within this position I was responsible for receiving interior automotive parts for Hope Global.
- As part of our receiving process, I would safely unload tractor trailers with forklifts, verify quantities thoroughly, and sort out the product according to the warehouse placement.
- Our shipping process also includes handling the material with care while we would pull it out for shipping.
- Once placed in the shipping area, I would verify part numbers and quantity to insure the inventory would match the on hand.
- Within all this, I would also handle the paper work involved with international shipping and receiving using tractor trailers and shipping services such as UPS and FedEx.
Stevedore
Loera Customs Broker
01.2018 - 01.2021
- This position was an additional responsibility that took place within the port of entry for tractor trailers in the Veterans international bridge.
- I was responsible to maintain a clear back ground in order to maintain a clearance for the port of entry.
- While working there, I would ensure the international tractor trailers were safe to unload with a fork lift or in rare occasions, determine if it had to be unloaded by hand.
- Once that was determined, I would place the imported material within the review area, where the CBP agents would inspect and verify the material met all the requirements to be allowed into the United States.
- Once Completed, I was responsible to carefully and safely put all product back into the trailer as I had received it.
Cashier
Walmart
01.2017 - 01.2018
- I was given the responsibility to check customers out quickly and efficiently.
- Within this job, I was responsible on keeping money counts accurate within my register, and preventing any loss of merchandise within the paying process.
Education
Bachelors - Criminal Justice
Psychology
High School Degree -
Idea Frontier College Prep.
Skills
- Import/export process
- Shipping and receiving documentation
- Inventory management
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Experience with inventory program powered by Oracle
- Professional communication
- Bilingual - English and Spanish
- Installation of explosives
- Supervising work crews
- Teamwork
- Focus
- Efficiency
- Determination
- Workplace safety
- Manlift operation
- Working at heights
- Demolition process
- Quality control
- Safety protocols
- Regulatory compliance (explosives and demolition)
- Risk assessment
- Time management
- Effective communication
- Team leadership
- Attention to detail
- Work Planning and Prioritization
- Document preparation
- Heavy lifting
Certification
- First aid, CPR, and AED certified
- Hazwoper 40 hr.
- HUET for offshore wind CA-EBS-CSET9
- Firewatch
- Confined space- 8hr- construction
- Fall protection awareness for construction
- Osha 30 hr
- Class C CDL w/ hazmat endorsement
- ATF approved Explosives possessor through Controlled Demolition Inc. - ATF File Number: 8MD90009
Timeline
Explosives technician
DML Corp. / C.D.I.
03.2021 - Current
Explosives delivery/driver
DML Corp. / C.D.I.
01.2021 - Current
Shipping clerk
Loera Customs Broker
01.2018 - 01.2021
Stevedore
Loera Customs Broker
01.2018 - 01.2021
Cashier
Walmart
01.2017 - 01.2018
Bachelors - Criminal Justice
Psychology
High School Degree -
Idea Frontier College Prep.