Patrick Simmons Email & Phone Number

Gwinnett County, Georgia, United States

Georgia

Technical Publication Experience - Created, edited, produced and updatedInterviewed existing operator practices and researched set-up and production process programs. Results of the project included the creation of a legacy system based machine process documentation that did not exist prior to this project. Outcomes of the project made it possible to train additional and new operators for increased production activities and establishment of standard operating procedures (SOP).Examples Include:1. WIDOS 12 IPS CNC Pipe fusing machine process documentation manual.2. SM440TP Butt-fusing machine process documentation manual.3. ST400 Butt-fusing machine process documentation manual.4. SCM automatic industrial cutting saw and WinCut program process documentation manual.5. SCM-Z32 automatic industrial cutting saw process documentation manual.Computer and Software Skills: Six years’ experience with online publishing programs and Microsoft Office including Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Proficient with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing and CreateSpace.Collaborative Work: Assisted in editing, technical support and independent publishing of the book, "The Bittersweet Taste of the American Dream," by Darlene Sells Treadwell.Grantwriting Education and Experience: Completed Basic Grantwriting Certification and University of North Georgia. Volunteered as Research assistant in K-12 STEM grantwriting projects.Other Writing Experience: Experience with self-publishing author assistance and collaboration. Internship experience as Recording Secretary in charge of documenting meeting proceedings and production of minutes with high degree of detail for League of Women Voters of Carrolton, Georgia.

Posted at Makita Corporation of America and Koch Foods Poultry Processing plant.(Makita) Responsible for security of facility under port authority. Communications disseminator. Checked receipts of employee purchases. Facility access management. Responsible for supervising contracted personnel and maintaining visitor’s logs. Received active shooter training and preparation.(Koch Foods) Responsible for employee and carrier traffic, responsible for maintaining logs of refrigeration trailer unit temperature, fuel, and condition. Responsible for checking employee IDs.

Gainesville, Ga

Public Works Water/Wastewater Operator• Laboratory and Water Supply: Two years’ experience cleaning, calibrating and sterilizing laboratory equipment (100 mL graduated cylinders, 47 mm Magnetic Funnel, 125 mL wide-mouth sampling bottles) and maintaining aseptic testing environment for fecal coliform test. • Responsible for cleaning of 300 mL bottles for BOD testing. Two years’ experience in collection of both representative and composite sampling including 8 hour and 16-hour flow proportioned composite tests. Two years’ experience testing of influent, effluent, aeration basis and waste activated sludge samples. • Tests include plant influent and effluent water for PH, Dissolved Oxygen, Turbidity, Total Residual Chlorine and Fecal Coliform. Experience in Settle-O-Meter settling test and centrifuge operation for suspended solids and sludge volume index calculation. Responsible for reading and recording flow meters, pump hours. • Prepared PH buffers, calibrated PH meter and zeroed chlorine and fluoride meters. Checked laboratory equipment daily and prepared reagents for testing of fluoride and chlorine content of public water and total residual chlorine of plant effluent.• Two years’ experience testing public water supply for chlorine and fluoride levels. Two years’ experience in reading flow meters, monitoring and replacement of chlorine and fluoride supplies. Worked with minimal to unsupervised shifts.• Two years’ experience in maintaining healthy water public for public drinking Entry-level experience in performing sewer locates and marking of sewer and water lines for construction crews. Two years’ experience operating spray field irrigation system. Responsible for well depth monitoring and inspection of public water infrastructure.

Posted to Mar-Jac poultry processing plant and Rooms-to-Go shipping warehouse. (Both) Responsible for logging trailer/container truck numbers, seals and company/driver information in and out of poultry processing plant. Responsible for maintaining both written and computer (QVT) logs. Inspected trailers/containers for health and safety violations. Responsible for employee and visitor parking. Patrolled and secured facility during closed periods. Responsible for distributing employee purchases during discount company sales and logging visitors to facilities.

Posted to True Religion Urban retail clothing store and GA Dept. of Labor(True Religion) Responsible for deterrence of shoplifting, preventing, resolving and documenting of incidents in store. Other duties include recovering merchandise, crowd control, safety of property and employees. Administrative reporting responsibility for duty station. (Dept of Labor) Responsible for locking and unlocking building at closingopening times. Responsible for managing unruly patrons and enforcing conduct. Responded to calls for assistance from employees confronted by difficult patrons. *Also served as company representative in Pre-bid Conferences.

Traffic Control and Guest RelationsSupervision of seasonal employees

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), English Language And Literature, General With Intensive Writing

Activities and Societies: Writing Internship for League of Women Voters

High School Degree, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program

Activities and Societies: Chess Club. Marching Band

Basic Law Mandate Certification

Law Enforcement Peace Officer Certification