Shawn Childress
Picayune,USA
Summary
Professional with solid experience in shop management, prepared to oversee operations and drive results. Strong focus on team collaboration and adaptability to meet changing demands. Skilled in inventory control, staff supervision, and safety compliance. Reliable leader who prioritizes efficiency and productivity.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Shop Supervisor
People, Technology & Processes
Stennis Space Center, MS
11.2023 - Current
- Direct Liaison with the government to discuss maintenance schedule and workflow.
- Communicate with government for access to various equipment for scheduled and non-scheduled preventative maintenance.
- Perform quality control inspections.
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Conduct worker training in safety, operational procedures, equipment use.
- Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures.
- Participated in budget preparation, coordinating purchasing/expenditures.
- Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
- Determine proper storage methods, identification, and locations.
- Maintain data from purchase orders to assess supply needs.
- Monitor work area cleanliness to ensure adequate working conditions.
- Supervised daily shop operations, ensuring adherence to safety protocols and operational standards.
- Trained and mentored team members on best practices and efficient workflow processes.
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic w/CDL
People, Technology & Processes
Stennis Space Center, MS
03.2021 - 11.2023
- Repair and replace damaged or worn parts.
- Operate and inspect machinery and heavy equipment to diagnose defects.
- Diagnose faults or malfunctions to determine required repairs, using engine diagnostic equipment such as computerized test equipment and calibration devices.
- Clean, lubricate, and perform other routine maintenance on equipment and vehicles.
- Read and understand operating manuals, blueprints, and technical drawings.
- Use of hand trucks, pallet jacks, and cranes.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Operate forklifts to load and unload vehicles safely.
- Keeping up-to-date technically and applying new knowledge daily.
- Operate forklift to move materials throughout plant.
- Driving vehicles or material handling equipment, such as forklifts and passenger vehicles.
Heavy Wheeled Mechanic w/CDL
AECOM
Fort Polk, LA
02.2016 - 03.2021
- Test mechanical products and equipment after repair or assembly to ensure proper performance and compliance within specifications.
- Diagnosed and repaired mechanical issues on wheeled vehicles, ensuring operational readiness.
- Operate and inspect vehicles, machinery, or heavy equipment to diagnose defects.
- Diagnose faults or malfunctions using engine diagnostic equipment i.e., computerized test equipment.
- Clean, lubricate, and perform other routine maintenance on equipment and vehicles.
- Read and understand operating manuals, blueprints, and technical drawings.
- Inspecting equipment, structures, or materials to identify the cause of errors or other problems or defects.
- Licensed on warehouse forklifts 4k up to 12k.
- Licensed on variable reach, rough terrain forklifts 6k up to 30k.
- Operating or driving vehicles or material handling equipment, such as forklifts and passenger vehicles.
- Conducted routine maintenance and inspections to enhance vehicle performance and safety standards.
Stocker
PrimeTeam Services
Fort Polk, LA
05.2015 - 10.2015
- Operate forklift to lift or place merchandise.
- Receive incoming stock deliveries during the night by assisting in unloading trucks
- Ensure that any excess materials are placed in storage rooms.
- Ensure that items are marked properly before they are sent to the sales floors.
- Clean and dust items and shelves.
- Follow company rules and protocols governing top product placement activities.
- Assist customers by providing them with product information.
- Ensure that no damaged or expired items are placed on shelves.
- Report any damage to shelves, carts, or baskets to the supervisor.
- Organized stock inventory to ensure efficient product placement and accessibility.
- Restocked shelves promptly to maintain optimal product availability for customers.
Maintenance Shop Supervisor
U.S. Army
09.2012 - 09.2014
- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.
- Monitor employees' work levels and review work performance.
- Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.
- Conduct or arrange for worker training in safety, repair, or maintenance techniques, operational procedures, or equipment use.
- Develop, implement, or evaluate maintenance policies and procedures.
- Participated in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation, and monitoring departmental expenditures.
- Confer with personnel, such as management, engineering, quality control, customer, or union workers' representatives, to coordinate work activities, resolve employee grievances, or identify and review resource needs.
- Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
- Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, price lists, shortages, shipments, expenditures, and goods used or issued.
- Compile, review, and maintain data from contracts, purchase orders, requisitions, and other documents to assess supply needs.
- Monitor tool and part inventories and the condition and maintenance of shops to ensure adequate working conditions.
Maintenance Shop Foreman
U.S. Army
09.2007 - 09.2014
- Review work orders and discuss work with supervisors.
- Mark stock items using identification tags, stamps, electric marking tools, or other labeling equipment.
- Verify inventory computations by comparing them to physical counts of stock and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
- Participated in budget preparation and administration, coordinating purchasing and documentation, and monitoring departmental expenditures.
- Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.
- Recommend or initiate personnel actions, such as hires, promotions, transfers, discharges, or disciplinary measures.
- Compile operational or personnel records, such as time and production records, inventory data, repair or maintenance statistics, or test results.
- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.
- Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
- Requisition materials and supplies, such as tools, equipment, or replacement parts.
- Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
- Prepare and maintain records and reports of inventories, price lists, shortages, shipments, expenditures, and goods used or issued.
- Determine proper storage methods, identification, and stock location based on turnover, environmental factors, and physical capabilities of facilities.
Heavy Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic (Junior Enlisted)
U.S. Army
09.2000 - 09.2007
- Counsel employees about work-related issues and assist employees to correct job-skill deficiencies.
- Determine schedules, sequences, and assignments for work activities, based on work priority, quantity of equipment, and skill of personnel.
- Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations.
- Read and understand operating manuals, blueprints, and technical drawings.
- Conducted regular maintenance checks to identify potential problems before they escalated.
- Perform skilled repair or maintenance operations, using equipment such as hand or power tools, hydraulic presses or shears, or welding equipment.
- Repair, rewire, and troubleshoot electrical systems.
- Inspect and monitor work areas, examine tools and equipment, and provide employee safety training to prevent, detect, and correct unsafe conditions or violations of procedures and safety rules.
- Schedule maintenance for industrial machines and equipment and keep equipment service records.
- Plan work procedures, using charts, technical manuals, and experience.
- Licensed on multiple material handling equipment to include 6k up to 30k forklifts.
- Led diverse teams in executing mission objectives, enhancing operational efficiency and collaboration.
- Developed training programs for personnel, improving skill development and readiness.
- Diagnosed and repaired mechanical issues on wheeled vehicles, ensuring optimal performance and safety.
Education
Some College - General Studies
Central Texas College
Killeen, TX03.2012
Combat Training - Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic School
U.S. Army
Diploma - undefined
Pearl River High School
Pearl River, LASkills
- Microsoft Office
- Class A CDL (6 years)
- Problem solving
- Excellent multi-tasker
- Automotive Repair
- Diesel Engine Repair
- Electrical Experience
- Blueprint Reading
- Order processing
- Safety procedures
- Store operations
- Budget planning
Certification
Commercial Driver’s License Class A
Assessments
- Automotive maintenance – Expert
- February 2021
- Knowledge of vehicles, vehicle maintenance, and repairs
- Full results: Expert
- Indeed, Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.
Additional Information
- Highlighted Skills:
- Active Secret Clearance
- U.S. Army, Sergeant, Honorable Discharge
- Effective Team Leader
- Valid Mississippi Class A License
- Excellent Critical Thinker
- Effectively Manages Time
- Excellent Oral and Written Communication skills
- Mathematical Aptitude
- Excellent Multi-Tasker
- Extremely Organized
- Safety Compliance
- Customer service
- Experienced in Computer Skills
- HAZMAT Handling
- Experienced Forklift Operator
Military Service
- Branch: United States Army
- Rank: Sergeant/E-5
Timeline
Shop Supervisor
People, Technology & Processes
11.2023 - Current
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanic w/CDL
People, Technology & Processes
03.2021 - 11.2023
Heavy Wheeled Mechanic w/CDL
AECOM
02.2016 - 03.2021
Stocker
PrimeTeam Services
05.2015 - 10.2015
Maintenance Shop Supervisor
U.S. Army
09.2012 - 09.2014
Maintenance Shop Foreman
U.S. Army
09.2007 - 09.2014
Heavy Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic (Junior Enlisted)
U.S. Army
09.2000 - 09.2007
Combat Training - Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic School
U.S. Army
Diploma - undefined
Pearl River High School
Some College - General Studies
Central Texas College