Shawda' Love
Houston,TX
Summary
Diverse skill set in maintenance, repair, safety, and general labor, combined with efficiency, a collaborative spirit, and great communication showcases reliability and dedication to exceeding expectations. My strong work performance, great attendance record, and focus on safety compliance make me a valuable asset to any work setting.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Firewatch/Holewatch
Elite Turnaround Specialists
2023.10 - Current
- Watch out for fire hazards in workplace while work is performed by other employees
- Check permit for completion and accuracy before allowing hot work to begin
- Ensure that work area is free of trash and other combustibles
- Monitor the area with an LEL monitor before hot work begins
- Make sure all drains are covered
- Maintain a barricade if required
- Have fire extinguisher and/or charged water hose before starting work
- Monitor combustible source of hot work to ensure it does not cause fire
- Maintain spark containment if required
- Monitor surrounding area to ensure there are no hazardous conditions that could harm workers performing hot work.
- Immediately evacuate workers if a hazardous condition occurs within vicinity of the hot work area
- Immediately contact the rescue team/fire brigade if injury or a fire occurs
- Monitor permit expiration time and stop work if it expires
- Maintain constant communication
- Inspect entire work area and look for potential release of flammable vapors or liquids before and during each shift
- Ensure no smoldering sparks can create fire after hot work is complete.
- Ensure a safe working environment while performing work in client's facilities
- Maintain communication with the supervisor while performing tasks.
- Follow all Company Safety, Quality Control/Quality Assurance procedures, and OSHA guidelines
- Understand and follow all communication including directions, instructions, hazardous labels, and warning signs.
- Maintain composure and focus under time constraints and adverse conditions.
- Attend and complete training as required by the Company and client.
- Pass all required drug/alcohol testing and background requirements.
- Perform other related duties as assigned.
Tool Room Attendant
RECON Engineering & Construction
2023.06 - 2023.09
- Handles tools and materials and prepares items for distribution and/or transport
- Stores, removes, loads, and unloads all types of materials from storage bins, pallets, and vehicles that can't be handled by material handling devices
- Operates manual or mechanical devices and stocks inventory
- Review production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisitions to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed
- Assorts, organizes and places materials or tools on racks, shelves, cages, or bins according to predetermined sequences such as size, type, style, length, or color
- Moves materials and supplies from warehouse and prepares for delivery
- Fills requisitions, work orders, or requests for materials, tools, or consumables
- Records tools and material items received or distributed
- Must maintain inventory records
- Repair damaged material, hand tools, and electrical tools if possible according to manufacturer standards and safety guidelines
- Perform routine housekeeping tasks to maintain work area
- Follows all hazardous waste handling guidelines
Safety Attendant
Onpoint Industrial Services
2023.04 - 2023.05
- Initiates JSA's and obtains, reads, understands, and enforces safe work permits, hot work permits, and confined space entry permits
- Performs duties of fire watch, confined space attendant or hole watch, and manifold or bottle watch
- Obtains and reviews the entire permit at the job site, identifying any mistakes and ensuring that any mistakes are corrected. Sets up the job per procedures for work being performed. Knows who to contact in case of emergency and where the nearest eyewash and safety showers are located
- Ensures that proper equipment needed for the job is in place. e.g. vest, meters, radios, air horn, barricade tape or breathing air barricades and tags; fire extinguisher, charged water hose with nozzle, horn, fire blankets or burlap to cover drains, PPE
- Follows all steps required before allowing work per guidelines and procedures specific to the work being performed. Ensures that all workers have the PPE (Personal Protection Equipment) specified on the permit and JSA
- Follows all procedures while work is in progress. Maintains visual and/or radio communication with crew. Observe work conditions and maintain awareness of anything that could endanger the workers
- Conducts job completion routine and completes all documentation per procedure
- Gathers equipment and notifies the customer that the job is complete
- Performs general housekeeping duties and other duties as assigned
Scaffold Helper
BrandSafway
2022.11 - 2023.04
- Actively participate in BrandSafway Employee Intervention System (EIS)
- During scaffold dismantling, from an elevated position, receive materials and pass them as part of a daisy chain (chain line)
- During scaffold dismantling, from the ground, receive materials and place them into a rack for transport back to the scaffold yard
- During scaffold erection, pass materials to a scaffold crew from an elevated position
- During scaffold erection, unload and stage materials as directed and pass the material to a scaffolding crew from the ground
- Effectively communicate with crew members and supervision
- Exercise Stop Work Authority when unsafe conditions are witnessed
- Inspect scaffold components for damage and/or defects
- Maintain a clean and organized job site free from any unnecessary hazards associated with the work being performed by a scaffolding crew
- Organize and maintain a scaffold yard, including the unloading of racks after the dismantling of a scaffold
- Participate in the Job Safety Planning (JSP) process
- Perform all assigned duties on a job site, as directed by supervision
- Provide support to a scaffold crew in the erecting and dismantling of a scaffold
- Utilize scaffold tools while erecting or dismantling a scaffold as part of a crew
Multi-Craft Helper (HMC)
Bay Ltd.
2022.05 - 2022.10
- Responsible for assisting and supporting the team with performing various demolition tasks based on the assignment
- Participate in daily safety meetings, JSAs, permit writing, and audits
- Will fire watch, hole watch, bottle watch, and be a flagger or spotter as needed
- Responsible for relaying appropriate information
- Carries tools and equipment to the job site
- Cleans up the work area and returns materials and equipment to the appropriate location
- Attaches slings or cables to objects requiring lifting
- Bolts up or unbolts assemblies using hand tools, such as wrenches, screwdrivers, and prying bars; torque bolts
- May install packing, catalysts, and desiccants in vessels
- Acts as an expeditor when needed to pick up and/or deliver necessary tools and material to and from the tool room
Laborer
Turner Industries Group LLC
2018.09 - 2022.05
- Report daily to the supervisor and/or foreman
- Perform fire watch, hole watch, bottle watch, train watch, flagger, tool room attendant, and janitorial duties as directed, instructed, and needed
- Perform janitorial duties including but not limited to picking up trash, cleaning restrooms, and sweeping floors in and around the facility
- Calibrate, repair, and maintain multigas detectors and H2S monitors as needed
- Gathering of materials for every job and inspection of proper PPE
- Completely and accurately scribe JSA for every job and understand and sign permit
- Follow all Company Safety, Quality Control/Quality Assurance procedures, and OSHA guidelines
- Abide by the Turner Handbook and training regarding job duties, safety, and reporting of safety issues
- Ensure my coworkers and I are in good health to perform the job duties and tasks at hand
Scaffold Helper
Apache Industrial Services
2019.11 - 2020.03
- Follow instructions concerning general construction tasks
- Work in an efficient and effective manner
- Perform or assist with insulation removal, erection, and dismantling of scaffolds, scaffold material handling as well as coatings and general material, tools, and supplies movement around the job site as directed by Craftsmen and Supervision. This will frequently require working with hand tools and other labor-intensive equipment
- Perform individually or assist assigned crew with job cleanup, inspection, and repair of scaffolding
- May be asked to operate heavy equipment such as forklifts, aerial lifts, and trucks. Documented training must be completed, and approved by Apache Safety Management, before operating any heavy equipment
- Communicate regularly with the Craftsmen and Field Foreman concerning issues and concerns on the job site
- Comply with all Apache and Westlake Chemical (South), client and regulatory safety policies and programs
Security Guard (Unarmed) - Petrochemical
Securitas
2019.07 - 2019.10
- Observe and report activities and incidents at an assigned client, providing for the security and safety of client property and personnel
- Makes periodic patrols to check for irregularities and to inspect protection devices and fire control equipment
- Preserves orders and may act to enforce regulations and directives for the site about personnel, visitors, and premises
- Controls access to client site or facility through the admittance process
- Patrols assigned site on foot or in a vehicle; checks for unsafe conditions, hazards, unlocked doors, security violations, blocked entrances and exits, mechanical problems, and unauthorized persons
- Protects evidence or scene of incident in the event of accidents, emergencies, or security investigations
- Responds to incidents of fire, medical emergency, bomb threat, flooding, water discharge, elevator emergency, hazardous materials, inclement weather, and other incidents
- Prepares logs and reports as required
Laborer II
R&R Construction
2018.11 - 2019.06
- Gather, inspect, replace (if necessary), and use PPE daily
- Report daily to the Supervisor and Foreman for safety meetings and updates and participate in scribing JSAs
- Follow all safety guidelines for Citgo and R&R Construction
- Use of stop work authority as necessary
- Assist in concrete, iron, boilermaker, pipefitter, and routine maintenance tasks as needed
- Perform fire watch tasks as needed
- Operate temporary elevator for transportation of workers on construction project
- Skilled in performing manual labor tasks such as digging, carrying, transporting and lifting heavy materials
- Safely lifted and carried heavy materials to designated areas
- Collaborate with team members to complete projects on time
- Operate various hand and power tools to complete tasks efficiently
- Execute site clean-up and removal of debris to maintain a safe work environment
Education
NCCER Safety Package
Hybrid Solutions, LLC.
Houston, TX11.2023
High School Diploma -
Alfred M. Barbe High School
Lake Charles, LA05.2014
Skills
- Hazard Identification
- OSHA Compliance
- Risk Assessment
- Accident Prevention
- Hazard Analysis
- Communication Skills
- First Aid Training
- Ergonomic Assessment
- Incident Reporting
- Workplace Safety Audits
- Traffic Control
- Equipment Calibration
Certification
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction
- Construction Site Safety Supervisor (CSSS) NCCER
- Construction Site Safety Technician (CSST) NCCER
- Field Safety NCCER
- Safety Technology NCCER
- Fundamentals of Crew Leadership NCCER
- Construction Site Safety Orientation (CSSO) NCCER
- Electrical Safety NFPA 70E
- Adult First Aid | CPR AED Adult
- Bloodborne Pathogens
Timeline
Firewatch/Holewatch
Elite Turnaround Specialists
2023.10 - Current
Tool Room Attendant
RECON Engineering & Construction
2023.06 - 2023.09
Safety Attendant
Onpoint Industrial Services
2023.04 - 2023.05
Scaffold Helper
BrandSafway
2022.11 - 2023.04
Multi-Craft Helper (HMC)
Bay Ltd.
2022.05 - 2022.10
Scaffold Helper
Apache Industrial Services
2019.11 - 2020.03
Security Guard (Unarmed) - Petrochemical
Securitas
2019.07 - 2019.10
Laborer II
R&R Construction
2018.11 - 2019.06
Laborer
Turner Industries Group LLC
2018.09 - 2022.05
NCCER Safety Package
Hybrid Solutions, LLC.
High School Diploma -
Alfred M. Barbe High School
- OSHA 30-Hour Construction
- Construction Site Safety Supervisor (CSSS) NCCER
- Construction Site Safety Technician (CSST) NCCER
- Field Safety NCCER
- Safety Technology NCCER
- Fundamentals of Crew Leadership NCCER
- Construction Site Safety Orientation (CSSO) NCCER
- Electrical Safety NFPA 70E
- Adult First Aid | CPR AED Adult
- Bloodborne Pathogens
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