Oscar Garcia
Kingston,NY
Summary
Reliable Maintenance Laborer known for high productivity and efficient completion of tasks. Possess specialized skills in preventative maintenance, machinery operation, and safety compliance. Excel in time management, problem-solving, and teamwork to ensure smooth operations and workplace safety. Committed to maintaining facilities in top condition through hard work and attention to detail.
Overview
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Work History
Maintenance Laborer
Kingston Housing Authority
Kingston, NY
12/07/97 - Current
- Maintain oversight of maintenance labor at the Kingston Housing Authority since 2008.
- Supervised program operations to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in delivering services to tenants of the KHA Inc. Program.
- Handled maintenance janitorial services for the accounts managed by Kingston Housing Authority.
- Managed and performed maintenance for landscaping and snow removal on multiple accounts.
Business Owner
Hudson Cleaning Service
Kingston, NY
11/16/08 - 11/30/22
- Managed building facilities and janitorial services for multiple accounts.
- Effectively supervised the business operations and assisted when required.
- Recruited and hired personnel.
- Organized and oversaw schedules for maintenance activities on business equipment.
- Addressed and resolved conflicts between team members and clients promptly.
- Maintained accurate records for production, inventory, income, and expenses.
- Reconciled monthly payroll and bookkeeping for end-of-the-year taxes, utilizing the QuickBooks program.
- Managed vendor contract negotiations to ensure satisfactory outcomes.
School Bus Driver- Head Start Program
Ulster County Community Action
Kingston, NY
09/01/04 - 09/30/08
- Monitored student behavior on the bus and enforced rules consistently.
- Performed pre-trip inspections of the bus according to established procedures.
- Ensured the safety of students by following all traffic laws and regulations.
- Maintained bus cleanliness, inspected for mechanical problems, and reported any issues to the supervisor.
- Communicated effectively with parents regarding student transportation issues.
- Assisted with loading and unloading of passengers as needed.
Custodial Supervisor
Gateway Community Industries
Kingston , NY
10/01/96 - 12/01/97
- I operated the program van and facilitated transportation for disabled individuals to their designated work locations.
- Supervised and offered janitorial support.
- Conducted training sessions to empower and develop independence in disabled individuals.
Loader and Unloader
UPS
Secaucus, NJ
01/09/95 - 09/30/96
- Prepared shipments by ensuring items were properly secured onto pallets or in boxes and crates.
- Maintained a proactive approach in promptly reporting any maintenance issues about equipment or facilities to supervisors.
- Collaborated with team members to ensure timely project completion.
Store Manager
Hudson Photo Arts
Jersey City , NJ
08/02/93 - 03/29/96
- Recruited, trained, and supervised new employees.
- Prepared monthly reports on sales figures, expenses, and profits.
- Planned special promotions or discounts based on market trends.
- Conducted daily store operations, including opening and closing procedures and cash handling.
- Handle enlargement of photographs in the darkroom.
- Photographed special events including weddings, birthdays, and portrait studio sessions.
Plant Operator
Refineria Texaco de Honduras
Puerto Cortes , Honduras
01/01/81 - 05/31/93
- 03/01/85- 05/30/93
- Oversight of the production process in a plant, identifying and resolving issues, operating equipment, and monitoring meters and gauges.
- Ensure the plant is operating efficiently.
- Analyze specifications and controls.
- Ensure operation of processing units to produce fuel, kerosene, gasoline, and oils.
- Perform distillation, absorption, extraction, adsorption, thermal and catalytic cracking and reforming, polymerization, isomerization, coking, visbreaking, and alkylation.
- Read schedules.
- Analyze oil samples.
- Produce laboratory recommendations.
- Determine the quality of the product.
- Move knobs, switches, and levers.
- Monitor variables such as temperature, pressure, vacuum, and time.
- Perform automatic regulation.
- Control units by remote control.
- Operate heaters, furnaces, compressors, exchangers, reactors, quenchers, stabilizers, fractionators, recharge's, absorbers, strippers, debutanizers, stills, and towers.
- Regulate pumps and compressors.
- Perform repairs as necessary.
- Check for leaks and faulty valves.
- Patrol units to secure safety.
- Report malfunctioning equipment.
- Lubricate and clean equipment.
- Circulate chemicals in process units.
- Observe automatic warning signals.
- 06/01/83-02/28/93-Petroleum Pump System Operator
- Start pumps and open valves or use automated equipment to regulate the flow of oil in pipelines and into and out of tanks.
- Operate control panels to coordinate and regulate process variables such as temperature and pressure, and to direct product flow rate, according to process schedules Synchronize activities with other pumphouses to ensure a continuous flow of products and a minimum of contamination between products.
- Patrol units to monitor the amount of oil in storage tanks, and to verify that activities and operations are safe, efficient, and in compliance with regulations.
- Collect product samples by turning bleeder valves, or by lowering containers into tanks to obtain oil samples.
- Designated to receive raw products from international ship containers and instructed final destination for storage.
- 01/01/81- 06/01/83- Loading Operator
- Loaded refinery trucks with material to deliver to designated gas stations.
Education
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting And Business Management
Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
Puerto Cortes, Honduras 11-1980
Some College (No Degree) - Engineering Mechanics
Universidad Autonoma De Honduras
San Pedro, CASkills
- Hand tools proficiency
- Power Tools Operation
- Supervisory Experience
- Painting techniques
- Plumbing Repairs
- Safety Procedures
Languages
Spanish
Professional
Certification
- OSHA Certification
- Lead Removal Certified
- Oil furnace repair training
Affiliations
- Artist paints landscapes as a hobby
- Musician,plays the keyboard as a hobby
- Photographer as a hobby
Timeline
Maintenance Laborer
Kingston Housing Authority
12/07/97 - Current
Business Owner
Hudson Cleaning Service
11/16/08 - 11/30/22
School Bus Driver- Head Start Program
Ulster County Community Action
09/01/04 - 09/30/08
Custodial Supervisor
Gateway Community Industries
10/01/96 - 12/01/97
Loader and Unloader
UPS
01/09/95 - 09/30/96
Store Manager
Hudson Photo Arts
08/02/93 - 03/29/96
Plant Operator
Refineria Texaco de Honduras
01/01/81 - 05/31/93
Associate of Applied Science - Accounting And Business Management
Franklin Delano Roosevelt High School
Some College (No Degree) - Engineering Mechanics
Universidad Autonoma De Honduras
- OSHA Certification
- Lead Removal Certified
- Oil furnace repair training
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