John Pride Jr. Email & Phone Number

United States

Started off in in the Maintenance and Operations as a Store Room Attendant/Sr. Buyer. While in that position it was my job to provide the maintenance and operations with a fully functional Warehouse that provided the tools, parts and materials they needed to get their jobs done. This consisted of getting bids/quotes on the things they needed as well. I needed to typically get three bids for whatever we needed. From time to time I was asked to travel out to the schools to do projects in hopes that it would get me into the General building Maintenance position. After some years in the store room position, I was promoted to the general building maintenance position where I am trusted by the school district to drive a work truck to and from the school sites. I work off an app with a WO# system that lets me know what work and what site needs attention. School District provides the tools I need on my truck. My work load consists of many different types of trades it can go from concrete to tile to ceiling tiles and t bar ceilings to signs or assisting other trades with their jobs. I am one out of two maintenance technicians in my department that is licensed and responsible for operating a scissor lift and forklift. It’s a constant revolving door of challenges on a daily basis. I am looking forward to my seventeenth year with the school district and hope to some day retire within this same district. I am constantly doing things I know how to do and learning things I have never done before.

Santa Ana, California, United States

As the assistant supervisor at Town and country manor I helped lead a team of four building maintenance technicians. We provided maintenance for all three buildings. Two buildings which had close to six hundred fully functional rooms that included a kitchen, bathroom, bedroom and living room. We also took care of the hospital side and the main kitchen and dining area. My responsibility besides assisting in maintaining these buildings and rooms, was also checking on work orders that our maintenance crew would finish and making sure they were getting done. Going over work orders that would come in and decide them up as needed among maintenance technicians. I would keep an eye on our inventory of parts we used on a daily basis to fix problems. I was on call during the weekends if anything went wrong and took over complete responsibility when my supervisor was gone or took vacation. It wasn’t just building maintenance, it was also building a relationship with those who lived at Town and country manor.

Buena Park, California, United States

This was my first time in a management type role. I was young and had to learn quickly how to deal with the needs of members and employees needs. I was in charge of the custodial staff and the general building maintenance staff. I had the pleasure and opportunity to lead a team of fifteen custodians (men and women) and a team of four general building maintenance men. I was put in charge of taking care of the main club and the old club that the owners used for their business (Chet and Sharon McAuley) it was also the office of their son Rick Mcauly business Aztec oil. It was located down the hill from the club. I was responsible for the ordering of products for the mens and women’s locker rooms along with making sure that things got fixed when they broke all through the clubhouse. My department was responsible for fixing anything in these areas, locker rooms, bathrooms, kitchen, restaurant and bar along with main office, including outside of building such as gulf cart barn. This also included bathrooms on the golf course.

La Habra, California, United States

While working for R.S. Construction, it was a learning process and a way to get ahead in life. Job consisted of a 9:00pm time that could go till 6:00 am or 7:00 am. Drove to job sites as a team or sometimes we would use our own vehicles. We were responsible to provide our own hand tools, the major tools were provided by company. We traveled to job job sites all through California and west coast states (Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Texas, Nevada, Oregon, Colorado ) we would do repairs and remodels for places such as Olive Garden, Red Lobster, Pizza Hut, Dennys, Carls Jr. and some times self owned smaller restaurants. We would do demo and remodel, quarry tile (flash and Pepper) sanded grout and epoxy grout, F.R.P. And drywall, kitchen equipment and dining room remodels as well. Job was difficult at times du to travel but was a great learning experience.

Whittier, California, United States

Worked as a box boy and a combo clerk, night ripper and Deli Clerk. Worked closely with customers learning social skills needed for every day life. Night ripper, I would pick up all the cardboard left behind by the night shift stocking shelves and using a bailing machine to make bails out of the cardboard I collected. Combo clerk I would work in what ever department they needed me in, it was mostly the deli.

La Mirada, California, United States

Worked here for a while on the weekends only while I worked at Lamp Post pizza, later moving from Lamp post pizza to full time work as a dock worker for Alterman Trucking in Anaheim. These were second jobs I took on at the time to have work during the week, while I worked at the Palms on the weekends.

Anaheim, California, United States

I Was responsible with the loading and the unloading of trailers of semi’s coming from Florida (some times by hand and some times with a fork lift) refrigerated units and dry, night time work 9:00 pm to 10:00 along with occasional swing shifts. This is where I started to pick up on general building maintenance work. I would be asked to fix ceiling tiles, vinyl floor tiles and even install ballasts and bulbs throughout the offices and docks. Installing light fixtures and checking the temps for refrigerated units on the trucks.

La Mirada, California, United States

I was responsible for the morning prep of all the pizza dough and product we would use for that day. Mixing the dough, kneading and rolling dough. cutting the dough for all the different sizes of pizzas we would make that day. It was one of the shortest lived jobs I ever had but I really enjoyed doing it.

Downey, Ca

Art,Drama And Dramatics/Theatre Arts,

At the point and time it was known as Fullerton J.C Stain glass, Drawing and Cartooning, Drama and Stage production, Drama and Theater, GED

Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning And Refrigeration Engineering Technology/Technician

Graduated Class Of '95

Activities and Societies: Christian club, Drama and Stage

Education record

Activities and Societies: Foot Ball, Track and Feild, choir, Drama and StageI was in 8th grade at West Middle School when they found out I.