Richard Wemple
Baltimore,MD
Summary
Driven and ambitious professional with a strong desire for a permanent and challenging position that offers room for growth. Aims to contribute skills and expertise to a dynamic organization to make a meaningful impact. Committed to continuous knowledge expansion and staying up-to-date with industry trends. Ready to take on new challenges and deliver exceptional results. Seeks an opportunity to utilize a proven track record of success and adaptability in a fast-paced environment.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Supervisor of Installation Department/Advisor/Laison
Strategic Factory
09.2021 - 09.2024
- Plan, coordinate, and manage installation projects
- Manage my team and develop processes to streamline production
- Developed an Apprenticeship program with the assistance of the HR Department
- Authored a health and safety manual
- Coordinate with other departments to accomplish tasks of all levels(IT, Grounds, Engineering, Fabrication, Paint, Rout, HR departments, etc.)
- Assist in planning, organizing, directing, and controlling the activities of the installation department
- Aid in formulating and administering policies for the production department
- Establish and implement departmental procedures and controls
- Support formulating, preparing, and monitoring the operating budget
- Review proposed projects and establishes priorities
- Use ERP Software to track and coordinate progress of a project from inception to completion
- Arrange and conduct meetings with Clients, Engineering, Project Managers, Fabrication, contractors, etc
- As needed to address any issues with projects
- Perform field inspections of job sites
- Manage a budget and keep meticulous documentation of spending
- Review, approve, and comment on proposals, plans, designs, and specifications to ensure compliance with national and local standards
- Worked with Permit department to request and pursue permits(Building, Electrical, Road Closure, etc.)
- Submit Miss Utility Request as needed
- Utilize Sketchup(Computer Aided Drafting and Design) to review designs and make recommendations for solving technical design problems
- Maintain and record any Change Orders, RFI's, and ASI's
- Sustain records of time and materials used to complete a project
- Employ scheduling software
- Maintain records of personnel evaluations and journal entries using Paylocity
- Developed a training regimen for aspiring Sign Mechanics
- Evolved a quality control process with the assistance of Directors and Supervisors of departments
- Knowledge of construction methods and technologies and ability to interpret technical drawings and contracts
- Knowledge of building-code requirements and scheduling methods
- Ensured that we are abiding by all current national and local standards
- Review departmental problems and recommend solutions to the Director
- Evaluate processes and make suggestions during arranged meetings
- Implement changes to processes as needed
- Enforce health and safety practices
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Mediate internal disputes between staff and external disputes with contractors
- Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly safety meetings
- Schedule training and certifications as needed for my personnel(welding, Oxy/ MAPP, NCCO, DOT, CDL, CPR and First Aid, OSHA 10, OSHA 30, RGBW, Watchfire EMC, etc.)
- Be available 24/7
- Read blueprints
- Ensure that all installation projects are progressing as planned and coordinate all activities for completion of a project
- Inspect work done by contractors and employees
- Coordinate with Purchasing department and vendor representatives to order any specialty tools or equipment needed to complete a project
- Used tools such as Fleetmatics to manage the fleet of crane trucks and other vehicles
- Utilize electronic and cloud based data filing
- Maintain preventative maintenance logs for the fleet
- Fasciletate getting the vehicles in for service as needed
- Calibrate par levels for products and materials to be reordered
- Meet with outside vendors to demo new products that could streamline business practices(ERP systems, auto CAD, production equipment, etc.)
- Performed complicated installations as needed
- Assure that staff is trained on procedures, standards, and techniques
- Delegates duties and acts in the absence of the Director
- Chair and participate in various committees including the Safety Committee
- Complete and submit requests for purchases, IT assistance, specialty requests, etc
- Submit lift plans, safety plans, JHA's, etc
- As needed to complete projects
Owner/Operator
Raw Detailed Designs LLC
04.2017 - 08.2021
- Plan, coordinate, schedule, and manage projects
- Approve construction estimates and extra work authorization
- MHIC licensed, bonded, and insured
- Survey internet and current industry market to acquire competitive pricing
- Maintain advertising
- Develop blueprints working with CAD programs and engineering firms
- Knowledge of construction methods and technologies and ability to interpret technical drawings and contracts
- Read and interpret blueprints
- Knowledge of building-code requirements and scheduling methods
- Acquire jobs by communicating with potential customers
- Administer construction contracts
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with an eye for quality
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Ensure that all projects are progressing as planned and coordinate all activities for the completion of a project
- Visit job sites regularly
- Visit job sites where service, contractors, or work is performed to ensure timely completion of projects
- Plan a job from beginning to end and work through any issues that may arise
- Construction management and supervision
- Inspect work done by employees and/or contractors
- Ensure that all current building, electrical, HVAC, plumbing, and health and safety standards are being met
- Administer construction contracts
- Manage the work of contractors and employees
- Demo decided areas of work as needed per the site plans and scope of work
- Create site plans and scope of work
- Maintain preventative maintenance logs
- Arrange and conduct meetings with clients, employees, and contractors
- Submit building permit requests as needed
- Install framing, cabinetry, doors, crown and base molding
- Install countertops(granite, quartz, concrete, etc.)
- Layout site plan parameters
- Form and pour concrete countertops, steps, patios, landings, sidewalks, etc
- Frame walls, ceilings, floors, railings, decks, steps, roofs, windows, etc
- Hang and finish drywall to be paint ready
- Paint walls, ceilings, trim, siding, etc
- Prep and stain wood as needed
- Install PVC, CPVC, copper, and cast-iron pipe
- Install wiring for rough in and finish work
- Install light switches, ceiling fans, lighting, exhaust fans, garbage disposals, mini split ductless a/c and heating units, etc
- Install windows and doors
- Envelope and weatherproof structures when and where needed
- Install soffit, siding, shingles roofs
- Install carpet, tile floors, tile walls, tile backsplashes, hardwood, laminate, etc
- Install bathtubs, toilets, sinks, fixtures, etc
- Troubleshoot and fix any issues as they arise or as needed
- Find, schedule, and coordinate subcontractors as needed
- Research and abide by current building, electrical, plumbing, and HVAC codes in the county of the job site location
- Ensure that all work is done in a safe and timely manner
- Hold safety briefings before any job or day starts
Mechanic/Fill-in Install Supervisor
Jack Stone Signs
07.2011 - 04.2017
- Install signs (channel letters, reverse-lit channel letters, raceways, pin-mounted letters, pole signs, monument signs, pylons, etc.)
- Set up and broke down staging using scaffolding bucks and counterweights or parapet clamps
- Operated heads for stage
- Run circuits for signs
- Run EMT and Rigid pipe, conduit, and liquid tight
- Wire signs
- Install ballasts, power pack and transformer vaults
- Install lamps, stationary and spring-loaded tombstone sockets, recessed sockets, neon, electronic transformers, high-volt transformers, LED's, and any other service work
- Read and understand location prints, artwork, floor plans, etc
- Survey jobs
- Fill out completion paperwork and take completion photos
- Install vinyl
- Coordinate jobs w/contractors, superintendents, techs, other crafts, customers, etc
- Pull fiber optics cable
- Operate bucket truck, crane truck, sky hook, backhoe, bobcat, dump truck, ditch witch, etc
- Install Lexan and acrylic sign faces
- Install MDO board site signs
- Make concrete forms for footers, pads, pedestals, etc
- Set re-bar cages and pour concrete footers, sign pedestals and bases
- Core drill
- Make patterns
- Jump/Repel
- Stick weld
- Use straps, cable hoists, and chain hoists to erect large steel structures
- Work in heights of over 300' at times
- Use hand signals to coordinate crucial crane movements
- Explain installation procedures to employees before releasing them to a job
- Receive and answer emails
- Schedule jobs
- Measure for and order concrete
- Review and file paperwork
- Discuss jobs w/owners, salesman, fabricators, and anyone else inherent to a project
Lineman
Tylers Transit
11.2010 - 06.2011
- Climb telephone poles
- Install down guys, head guys, and overhead guy cables
- Frame poles w/hardware
- Run wire
- Hang blocks for pulling wire and cable(Sherman and Riley, etc.)
- Lash wire
- Run conduit and inter duct
- Blow darts through inter duct
- Pull the underground wire
- Operate Auger Truck
- Dig and set poles
- Use and operate 1 ½, 3, and 6 ton chain hoists
- Read and understand pole prints
Class A Electrical Traction Lineman
Amtrak
10.2006 - 10.2009
- Maintain electrification circuit
- String new wire
- Adjust tension on wire
- Change insulators (various)
- Cut and remove wire
- Change and fix switches
- Climb catenary poles
- Inspect catenary
- Use straps, hoists, and come along to align catenary or steel objects
- Use large bolts and hardware rated for heavy loads
- Stick weld, oxy/acetylene torch as needed
- Use pneumatic presses
- Climb catenary poles
- Work in heights above 100'
- Check air-breaks open and grounds installed
- Ground de-energized wires including signal, transmission and catenary circuits
- Write and administer job briefings
Tower Technician
Tower 16
03.2006 - 10.2006
- Climb towers and buildings
- Wiring cell phone towers
- Building cell phone towers
- Grounding all antennas
- Pull cable
- Install collars
- Setting RET motors
- Upgraded ATT, Sprint, and Verizon sites
- Install connectors
- Install ice bridge and cad weld
- Weatherproof connectors
- Operate winch
- Install blocks where needed for proper rigging
- Install collars on Monopoles
- Set monopoles, lattice, and guy wire towers
- Work in heights over 300'
- Use spud wrenches, straps, and hoists to manipulate steel to align holes and brackets
Installer
Premier Flooring
04.2003 - 02.2006
- Install carpet
- Carry and cut carpet
- Upholstery work
- Customer service
- Install molding, quarter round and base board
Cook
Captain Trey's Seafood
05.2001 - 03.2003
- Take customer orders over the telephone and also over the counter
- Steam crabs and fill customer orders
- Cook
Maintenance Man
Briarcliff Apartments
06.1999 - 06.2000
- Plumbing
- Fix air conditioning units
- Maintaining grounds
- Customer service
Education
High school or equivalent - Class "A" Electrical Traction Engineer
Amtrak
Baltimore, MD01.2008
Graduate -
Kenwood High School
Baltimore, MD05.2002
Archbishop Curley High School
01.2001
Additional Information
Took part in the Electronic Message Center package for the exterior of the Washington Capitols Verizon Center and the National Public Radio interior and exterior tower and EMC package. Installed and unveiled the crash test dummy in multiple locations before it was finally installed at MVA headquarters. Passed Gang-foreman test at Amtrak
Certifications Licenses Skills
- Lean Six Sigma White Belt
- RWP and AMT II
- Oxy/Acetaline and MAPP gas torch / welding
- Climb various structures
- Install carpet / tile / flooring
- Install dry wall / framing / various construction skills
- Knot tying
- Advanced Rigging II
- Operate equipment(backhoes, ditch witch, sky hook, bobcat, fork lift, etc.)
- Obtained MHIC license
- NCCCO license
- Operate heavy equipment including 120' crane and bucket truck
- Obtained class "B" CDL w/air break endorsement
- DOT certification
- OSHA 10, 30, and Competent Person courses
- Use Chief Architect Design Software, Microsoft Office, Excel, Word, Sketchup, Fusion 360, EPMS, Paylocity, and other computer programs
- Eligible to take my journeyman electrician license test
- JLG, Scissor lift, man basket
- Electrical Experience
- Concrete Forming
- Good written and oral communication skills
- Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with an eye for quality
- Low Voltage
- Carpentry
- Plumbing
- Crane
- Automotive Repair
- Construction
- Customer Service
Timeline
Supervisor of Installation Department/Advisor/Laison
Strategic Factory
09.2021 - 09.2024
Owner/Operator
Raw Detailed Designs LLC
04.2017 - 08.2021
Mechanic/Fill-in Install Supervisor
Jack Stone Signs
07.2011 - 04.2017
Lineman
Tylers Transit
11.2010 - 06.2011
Class A Electrical Traction Lineman
Amtrak
10.2006 - 10.2009
Tower Technician
Tower 16
03.2006 - 10.2006
Installer
Premier Flooring
04.2003 - 02.2006
Cook
Captain Trey's Seafood
05.2001 - 03.2003
Maintenance Man
Briarcliff Apartments
06.1999 - 06.2000
High school or equivalent - Class "A" Electrical Traction Engineer
Amtrak
Graduate -
Kenwood High School
Archbishop Curley High School
Similar Profiles
Jordan LeeJordan Lee
Account Manager - B2B Business Development at Strategic FactoryAccount Manager - B2B Business Development at Strategic Factory
Anne StramaraAnne Stramara
Client Success Manager at Ryno Strategic SolutionsClient Success Manager at Ryno Strategic Solutions
Kennie SandersKennie Sanders
Cargo Van Owner/Driver at Sanders Strategic SolutionsCargo Van Owner/Driver at Sanders Strategic Solutions
Devin S. SmithDevin S. Smith
Pet Sitter at Friends and FamilyPet Sitter at Friends and Family
Geron BrooksGeron Brooks
Substitute Teacher, Relay Elementary School at Kelly EducationSubstitute Teacher, Relay Elementary School at Kelly Education