New nuclear construction

Pick up new buses, from manufacturer, drive to customer location, and evaluate bus for problems or defects prior to, placing in service. Team leader, instructing and leading up to 5 other buses in a convoy situation, dealing with repair and breakdowns, hotel reservations, and trip planning, as well as D.O.T. concerns. Deal with customs and border crossing with Canada. manage flight and fuel planning for trips.

erosion control, interstate and roadways

safely operate and position a truck mounted, concrete placement pump, evaluate site conditions, and weather conditions, observe all safety and O.S.H.A. regulations, and drive and plan routes for a permitted over weight vehicle, and work with site, and construction managers to place concrete in a safe efficient manner.

Collect, Sample, test, catalog, and report, on soils, aggregate, concrete, grout, ; inspect concrete plant, and placements; test and report on materials and constituents of concrete used, and Manufacturing techniques.

Manage the daily operations of a concrete plant, order materials, Test materials, moisture samples, inventory control, take orders, and dispatch plastic concrete, manage a fleet of trucks and drivers up to 15 at a time, schedule drivers and materials around large placements. Deal with maintenance and repairs of concrete trucks and plants with local vendors, and internal maint. dept. report to production manager, and General manager. Also Manage a Quality control Lab associated with production of concrete, including mix design, set times, admixtures and uses, customer complaints, and yield calculations, and work closely with the sales dept. to maintain accurate data on our mix performance and standard deviations.

I managed the shop, and installed, repaired, and sold tires to customers and other tire dealers, worked with Charlie Martin until his retirement closed the business, while there I performed all grades of automotive repair, including front end alignment, and tire condition assessment, minor and major auto repairs, wheel and tire balancing,