Maintenance Supervisor
Jun 2006 -Present
Florida State University
Tallahassee,
Fl
Directly supervises, coordinates and participates in the daily activities of the maintenance section relating to signs, garages and gate/meters program. Responsible for all personnel issues. Responsible for planning and scheduling all work orders to ensure minimal inconvenience to the University community. Provides long range goals and objectives for the maintenance section in order to meet department goals.
Responsible for training ,supervising, and evaluating of personnel in the department. Responsible for purchasing priorities. Ensures that all inventories and equipment are maintained. Develops and manages preventive maintenance systems. Prepares reports and maintain records on work orders.
Maintenance Mechanic
Feb 2001 -Jun 2006
Florida State University
Tallahassee,
Fl
Responsible for the general maintenance and upkeep of all campus parking lots.
Installs traffic control markings including center lines directional arrows, crosswalks, stop bars, parking stalls, yellow curbs, fire lanes and any other traffic markings as needed.
Places traffic control devices such as street barricades, flambeau's temporary signs and blinking lights.
Assists in the design and laying out parking lots. This included dispensing sand and gravel, laying railroad ties/rebar and painting as appropriate.
Responsible for meeting all state statues and regulatory requirements.
Assists in installing signs when necessary.
OPS Maintenance Helper
Jun 1998 -Feb 2001
Florida State University
Tallahassee,
Fl
Assist in laying out parking lots, installing traffic signs and other duties as assigned.
Driver
Aug 1997 -Jun 1998
Deloach Imaging
Tallahassee,
Fl
- Collect delivery instructions from appropriate sources, verifying instructions and routes.
- Maintain logs of working hours or of vehicle service or repair status, following applicable state and federal regulations.
- Secure cargo for transport, using ropes, blocks, chain, binders, or covers.
- Obtain receipts or signatures for delivered goods and collect payment for services when required.
- Inventory and inspect goods to be moved to determine quantities and conditions.
- Follow appropriate safety procedures for transporting dangerous goods.
- Read bills of lading to determine assignment details.
- Check all load-related documentation to ensure that it is complete and accurate.
Drywall Finisher
May 1994 -Aug 1997
Seacoast Supply
Tallahassee,
Fl
- Remove extra compound after surfaces have been covered sufficiently.
- Press paper tape over joints to embed tape into sealing compound and to seal joints.
- Spread sealing compound between boards or panels or over cracks, holes, nail heads, or screw heads, using trowels, broadknives, or spatulas.
- Mix sealing compounds by hand or with portable electric mixers.
- Spread and smooth cementing material over tape, using trowels or floating machines to blend joints with wall surfaces.
- Seal joints between plasterboard or other wallboard to prepare wall surfaces for painting or papering.
- Sand or patch nicks or cracks in plasterboard or wallboard.
- Use mechanical applicators that spread compounds and embed tape in one operation.
- Install metal molding at wall corners to secure wallboard.
- Sand rough spots of dried cement between applications of compounds.
- Countersink nails or screws below surfaces of walls before applying sealing compounds, using hammers or screwdrivers.
- Select the correct sealing compound or tape.
- Apply texturizing compounds or primers to walls or ceilings before final finishing, using trowels, brushes, rollers, or spray guns.
- Check adhesives to ensure that they will work and will remain durable.
Tire Technician
May 1992 -May 1994
Good Year Tire Company
Oakland,
CA
- Identify and inflate tires correctly for the size and ply.
- Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
- Remount wheels onto vehicles.
- Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.
- Unbolt wheels from vehicles and remove them, using lug wrenches and other hand and power tools.
- Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
- Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.
- Inspect tire casings for defects, such as holes or tears.
- Seal punctures in tubeless tires by inserting adhesive material and expanding rubber plugs into punctures, using hand tools.
- Prepare rims and wheel drums for reassembly by scraping, grinding, or sandblasting.
- Assist mechanics and perform other duties as directed.
Tire Technician
Jun 1987 -Apr 1992
Good Year Tire Company
Tallahassee,
Fl
- Identify and inflate tires correctly for the size and ply.
- Place wheels on balancing machines to determine counterweights required to balance wheels.
- Raise vehicles, using hydraulic jacks.
- Remount wheels onto vehicles.
- Locate punctures in tubeless tires by visual inspection or by immersing inflated tires in water baths and observing air bubbles.
- Unbolt wheels from vehicles and remove them, using lug wrenches and other hand and power tools.
- Apply rubber cement to buffed tire casings prior to vulcanization process.
- Reassemble tires onto wheels.
- Replace valve stems and remove puncturing objects.
- Hammer required counterweights onto rims of wheels.
- Rotate tires to different positions on vehicles, using hand tools.