Robert J. Ramirez

**** **** ****** • Moline, Illinois 61265 • 309-***-**** • ac7qov@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Qualifications:

•¥ Over 16 years successful experience in Grounds Maintenance

•¥ Progressive experience and responsibility with documented success supervising and maintaining six different facilities for John Deere

•¥ Operated and maintained various lawn equipment and applied pesticides, fertilizers, and chemicals

•¥ Particular areas of expertise include planning, problem solving and communication

•¥ Demonstrated accuracy, attention to detail and ability to work well in team environment

•¥ Illinois Licensed Applicator

•¥ Extremely proficient in using hand and power tools

•¥ Physically dexterous enough to lift and handle heavy objects

•¥ Skilled in performing routine manual labor tasks

•¥ Excellent attention to detail

•¥ Proven ability to understand and execute written instructions

•¥ Able to work in a team environment

•¥ Demonstrated ability to work in extreme weather conditions

•¥ Knowledge of handling hazardous materials and industry waste

Experience:

Maintenance Technician 2015 to 2016

Barker Apartments Davenport, IA

•¥ Assembled pipe sections, tubing and fittings, using couplings, clamps, screws, bolts, cement, plastic solvent, caulking and soldering, brazing, and welding equipment

•¥ Repaired and maintained plumbing, replaced defective washers, and mended broken pipes, and opened clogged drains

•¥ Cut openings in structures to accommodate pipes and pipe fittings, using hand and power tools

•¥ Replaced or repaired water main breaks

•¥ Rewired light fixtures and wired dishwashers

•¥ Replaced air fans, light switches, and light outlets in the apartment complexes

John Deere World Headquarters Moline, IL

Grounds Maintenance 1991 to 2006

•¥ Maintained grounds of Deere offsite premises

•¥ Experience with equipment such as chainsaws, sod cutters, weed eaters, edgers, jack hammers

•¥ Supervised and performed duties associated with grounds

•¥ General maintenance of lawn equipment and tools

•¥ Applied pesticides, fertilizers, and chemicals

•¥ Heavy equipment operator including, plow, dump, and water trucks, also gators, backhoes and other machinery

Building Maintenance and Security Guard 1989 to 1991

•¥ Maintained and monitored heating and cooling systems for Deere's Global Computer Center

•¥ Monitored and secured various facilities

Receiving/ Inventory Specialist, Warehouseman & Material Handler 1976 to 1989

•¥ Received and stored Deere's merchandise and printing matter

•¥ Maintained accurate records of inventory control

•¥ Picked/packed Deere merchandise and shipped to dealers in the United States and overseas

•¥ OSHA Certified forklift operator (Diesel, Propane, and Electric)

•¥ Extensive experience with operating various hand tools

•¥ Loaded and unloaded freight trucks (dock experience)

Education:

Highway Construction Training Certificate 2014

Coursework for Associate’s Degree 2010

Physical Therapy Aide Certificate 2009

Small Business Certificate 2007

Black Hawk College Moline, IL

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