Justin Girard

As a person that has many years of experience in multiple levels of the maintenance industry, and almost as many years in management, I feel I have developed more than enough experience to jump into this role of Building Operations and Maintenance Manager. I am currently comfortable in the current role of Facilities Director at The Edge, and to be honest I wasn't looking to move to another job. This job posting was sent to me to see if it was something that I would be interested in. After many days of thinking about it and reading the posting over and over, I decided to apply. I have always loved inserting myself in positions where I can grow professionally and personally. The complexity of the skillset you are looking for is what drew me to the position.

I take pride in telling you that over my entire working career I have developed the drive and work-ethic that seems to be lacking in the current work force. Being 41 years young, I can comfortably say that I have developed the knowledge, understanding, resources,and patience to be successful in this role. I am also willing to tackle any aspect of the job where I have less developed skills, and put the extra work towards learning them.

In the current age where good skilled help is getting harder and harder to come by, I would like you to please consider my application as a serious candidate. I look forward to hearing from you.

• From the 6th grade into my early adulthood, I was very active in martial arts. when life got in the way in my mid 20's, I was working on my 3rd degree Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do. This is where my deep respect and leadership training really began. As I advance into Black Belt, we were required to start stepping in to help teaching the younger students. Teaching taught me that anyone can learn to do the moves with enough practice, but it takes a certain mind to take that same move and verbally explain how teach it. In the working world I was able to take the same mindset and explain why it was important to complete a specific task a certain way. Tae Kwon Do also taught me the discipline and importants of the hard work that has to be put in to properly achieve my goals in life.

• I am a pure Vermonter that likes to take advantage of the four seasons.
• In the Winter I like to ski/snowboard.
• In the Spring, Summer, or Fall we like to do a lot of camping (glamping). We also like to go Jeeping.
• We like to take advantage of the seasonal festivals that Vermont offers.
• Our Daughter takes part in Fall field hockey. We love watching the games.
• We get together with family and friends as often as our schedule allows.
• In any season, a simple end of the day backyard fire is always a good way to settle down.
• We try and travel at least once a year.