Michael Knuckles

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Memphis, TN 38122

901-***-**** - telephone - email: abi41a@r.postjobfree.com

Career Objective

To obtain a position with a company, which will give me opportunities for

growth and advancement; while putting me in position to fully demonstrate

my abilities to motivate, and work well with others, and also contributing

to the company's overall success.

Career Profile

QUALIFIED SAFTEY MANAGER / SAFETY SUPERVISOR / INSPECTOR / QA MANAGER /

LOGISTICS MANAGER

Offering a solid background, over 15 years of experience and a strong

record of performance in supervision, management, business development and

FEMA emergency management projects for training in health, safety, and

logistics. Significant Certifications include:

Certifications

* ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (QCS TRAINING)

* Resident Management System Software

*FIRST AID/ CPR / AED

* FEMA Safety Training

(XDF507)

*FEMA IS-100 Incident Command System

SAFTEY AND HEALTH

* FEMA Security

Clearance/Status=ACTIVE

* FEMA IS-102 FEMA Response Partners

* ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS (CQM)

* FEMA IS-200 Resources & Initial Action Incidents

CONSTRUCTION QUALITY MANAGEMENT

* FEMA IS-632 Debris Operations

*OSHA HAZWOPER TRAINING

* FEMA IS-700 National Incident Management System * OSHA

30 Construction Safety

Professional Experience

LOGISTICS MANAGER / LOGISTICS SPECIALIST

US Dept of Homeland Security/FEMA -

03/2008 - Present

When deployed on disaster assignments, I'm Responsible for many areas of

Emergency Management. Such as, providing for the safety, welfare, and

accountability of coworkers during entire period of deployment, to

communicate potentially hazardous situations to immediate supervisor or

safety officer, preparing written reports and other documents,

participating in planning sessions with the assigned supervisor,

contributing to group problem solving efforts, implement group-derived

solutions or strategies to address problems/issues, exercise good judgment

in by making sound, well-informed, and timely decisions, also making sure

I'm in compliance with Information Technology procedures. Also responsible

for identifying and locating all internal and external partners associated

with providing IRR and Teams National Disaster Medical System (NDMS), Urban

Search & Rescue (US&R), Mobile Emergency Response System (MERS), US Forest

Service (USFS), U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Department of

Transportation (DOT), General Services Administration (GSA) Red Cross,

Donations, Mobilization Center. FEMA also requires continuing education

and training for all of their employees.

FEMA FACILITIES UNIT SPECIALIST/SAFETY

Light maintenance of the joint field office ensuring all departments are

stocked with supplies and are in compliance with FEMA safety rules and

regulations. Also performed repair services on some FEMA office equipment.

FEMA- Courier- As a courier I Loaded and transported requested supplies and

materials needed via FEMA trucks and vans to nearby Disaster recovery

centers (DRC's) to assist people in applying for aid and assistance from

FEMA.

AREA SUPERVISOR

ECC (Environmental Chemical Corporation)

Hurricane Ike, Cameron Parrish, LA 10/2008 to 12/2008

As an Area Supervisor I assisted the USACE in Managing the removal of

hurricane debris. I also supervised groups to ensure work performed by

contractors was completed safely and on time.

AREA SUPERVISOR

(Ceres Environmental) Hurricane Gustav Baton Rouge, LA 9/2008 TO

10/2008

As area supervisor, I was responsible for conducting daily safety meetings,

and supervising the daily performances of debris removal by contractors.

I also assigned necessary equipment to my group and monitored the proper

use of assigned equipment.

ENERGY AUDITOR

Social Development Commission

Milwaukee, WI 9/2007 to 9/2008

As an energy auditor, I was responsible for inspecting and conducting

energy audits on homes in need of energy upgrades. After inspections, I

generated reports on homes in need of window replacement, siding,

insulation repairs, heating and cooling upgrades. After reports were

generated on homes in need of upgrades, I was also responsible for

filling out order forms to purchase needed materials to perform home

upgrades. When orders came in, I assigned workers to complete the Energy

upgrades and followed up with final inspections.

COMMERCIAL CODE ENFORCEMENT/INSPECTOR

(NACDC) Milwaukee, WI 6/2006 to 9/2007

As a commercial code enforcement inspector I was responsible for responding

to complaints as well as conducting random inspections enforced by the City

of Milwaukee and the North Avenue Community Development Corp. I was also

responsible for generating general inspection reports containing compliance

and/or violations. Inspections included measuring, checking for

cleanliness, locating heating and cooling, boiler rooms, windows circuit

boxes, plumbing, flooring etc, to see if buildings were in compliance with

commercial codes.

PBS&J

DEBRIS INSPECTOR SUPERVISOR

Sunrise, Florida 11/2005 to 4/2006

Following Hurricane Wilma, I worked along with FEMA on several emergency

management issues. As a supervisor, I was responsible for making sure

all groups I supervised were performing in compliance with FEMA and OSHA

polices and regulations. I also participated and assisted in conducting

safety meetings conducted by FEMA staff to ensure all FEMA staff,

inspectors, and contract employees performed work safely and in a timely

fashion.

PBS&J

QUALITY ASSURANCE/QUALITY CONTROL

(Hurricane Katrina),

New Orleans, LA 10/2005 to 11/2005

Working with ECC as a QA/QC supervisor, I was responsible for performing

daily QC and safety inspections. I also assisted in putting together QC

plans and assisted Managers in conducting QC and safety inspection

meetings.

Foot Action USA, Milwaukee, WI

GENERAL MANAGER/FLOATER (1999-2005)

Responsible for hiring, training, managing and supervising full and part

time employees in multiple regions. Responsible for helping to run MIT

program (manager in training program)

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