Karina Ortega
Fort Smith,AR
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
Work History
Parks Maintenance Worker
Parks, City Of Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR
11.2023 - Current
- Cleaned, repaired, and maintained mowers, edgers, weed eaters, and city vehicles and equipment on a daily basis.
- Work with a variety of power tools and hand tools on a daily basis in order to maintain parks, vehicles, and equipment.
- Customer service, teamwork, flexibility, and reliability.
- Worked independently while performing semi-skilled grounds maintenance and repair work.
- Operated lawnmowers, weed whackers, leaf blowers, and edgers to maintain city parks.
- Maintained a clean and safe work environment.
- Operated a backhoe, skid steer, tractor, dump truck, and bucket truck for various jobs around the city.
- Pulled and parked trailers of various sizes to different job sites around the city.
- Performed weekly fountain cleaning and maintenance, including skimming the surface of the water, vacuuming the bottom, brushing walls and steps, backwashing filters, checking chemical levels and adding chemicals as needed.
Waterproofer
Harness Roofing
Fort Smith, AR
05.2023 - 11.2023
- Follow the instructions given by the foremen.
- Arrive at the job site in uniform, complete the job in neat form, upload photos onto the iPad, and complete work order forms, and clean equipment used day to day.
- Installed sheet metal flashings around windows, doors, and vents to prevent water leakage.
- Sealed gaps between adjoining building elements with caulking compounds or sealants.
- Inspected buildings and structures to determine waterproofing requirements.
- Repaired existing waterproofing systems by patching or replacing worn out or damaged components.
- Utilized various hand tools such as trowels, brushes, rollers, caulking guns and sprayers for applying waterproofing materials.
- Was certified in operating a fork lift, scissor, and boom lift
Plant Safety
Simmons Foods
Van Buren, AR
09.2022 - 05.2023
- To direct and control vehicles, people, and communication flow by use of telephone, shortwave radio, and individual instruction.
- Enforce company policies on the flow of guests and non-employees into the plant areas.
- Maintain accurate records of daily duties and rounds.
- Monitor plant lockdown, facility access, vehicle, and trailer flow.
- Complete incident reports when necessary.
- Enforces parking activity and the visibility of appropriate permits.
- Checked all seals on trailers to verify that trucks had the correct loads with the paperwork.
- Check in/out all in bound trailers and over the road trailers
Correctional Officer
Correctional Officer, ADC
Malvern, AR
03.2020 - 09.2022
- Supervises the security and conduct of inmates/residents in cells, during group meetings, meals, bathing, at recreation, during visitations, while working and other assignments.
- Maintains perimeter security from tower by watching for escapees and/or disturbances.
- Maintains security at front gate by logging in visitors to unit.
- Performs security checks of buildings and grounds, including shakedowns and strip searches of inmates/residents.
- Maintains a log for work release, status, and movement of inmates/residents.
- Writes incident reports and takes disciplinary action on rule violations of inmates/residents.
- Escorts inmates/residents to visitation, court, and work assignments.
- Attends shift briefing to discuss incidents, problems, and security issues.
- May operate communications equipment by receiving/transmitting messages, logging incoming/ outgoing calls, and contacting requested parties.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
HHA
Abilis
Stamford, CT
05.2019 - 03.2020
- Assure safety of all special needs' clients.
- Assist in bathing, prepare meals with the client and instruct how to clean up after.
- Instruct clients on daily life skills; such as starting laundry, brushing teeth, shaving and making transactions at the store.
- Prepare grocery list and monthly recreational calendar as well as dinner menu.
- Schedule and take clients to appointments and fill out paperwork with results off visit.
- At some group homes, assist with the cleanliness of button feed for client.
Jail Deputy
Sebastian County Sheriff
Fort Smith, AR
10.2016 - 05.2019
- Maintain order in the jail and invoking disciplinary measures when necessary.
- Perform cell searches for drugs and other contraband, inspect the facility for cleanliness and stand guard during exercise periods.
- Translated for those who could not speak English.
Cashier
Casey's
Barling, AR
08.2015 - 02.2019
- Provide customer service daily.
- Maintain cleanliness of the store, stock and shelf inventory.
Waiver
Bost
Fort Smith, AR
08.2014 - 10.2016
- Assure safety and all job responsibilities for special needs clients.
- Give medication's, cleaned their homes, and took them everywhere they needed and wanted to go.
- Help educate daily clients on everyday life skills.
Education
High School Diploma -
Southside High School
Fort Smith, AR05-2013
Skills
- OC spray/Taser certified
- Cpr certified
- Bilingual
- Proficiency with Microsoft Word
- Proficiency with Excel
- Proficiency with PowerPoint
- Forklift, scissor lift, and boom lift certified
Timeline
Parks Maintenance Worker
Parks, City Of Fort Smith
11.2023 - Current
Waterproofer
Harness Roofing
05.2023 - 11.2023
Plant Safety
Simmons Foods
09.2022 - 05.2023
Correctional Officer
Correctional Officer, ADC
03.2020 - 09.2022
HHA
Abilis
05.2019 - 03.2020
Jail Deputy
Sebastian County Sheriff
10.2016 - 05.2019
Cashier
Casey's
08.2015 - 02.2019
Waiver
Bost
08.2014 - 10.2016
High School Diploma -
Southside High School
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