ANDREW A SURATT
GATESVILLE, TX 76528
Phone 254-***-****
Email: ************@*****.***
Who I am
• 15+Years of Construction and Maintenance
Experience
• 13+ Years of Leadership Experience
• 7+ Years of Customer Service and sales
• 2 Good Conduct Medals Serving in the Navy
• Hard working, stays under budget and ahead of
schedule
Skills
• Leadership/supervisor
• Sales
• Customer/vendor care
• Business management
• Remodeling
• Pipe laying
• A variety of maintenance skills
• Operate various machinery and power tools
Work History
June 08, 2015 to current
Sawdust & Splinters Gatesville, Texas Matt Speck-Owner 254-***-**** Foreman Hourly Pay $12.00
• Work under the direction of the business owner
or general manager to identify the various
phases of the process of outside handmade
furniture
• Train and/or assign a worker to train other
workers as necessary to successfully complete
projects.
• Assign duties and be responsible for monitoring
the progress of all furniture parts
• Keep on track from a time and budgetary
standpoint
• Make sure workers are qualified and
knowledgeable about their roles
• Issue time cards, making sure to keep us in
budget
• Progress updates on orders
• Make decisions related to supplier and vendor
relationships
• Always ensuring a safe working environment
and complying with all safe operating
procedures
• Make assignments according to worker's skill
sets
• Working along side with the other workers and
filling multiple positions to get the job done
faster
I am an asset to this company by going above and beyond my job title to process parts needed faster then
normally possible. Stepping up to do others jobs as needed, working with short staff contentiously and
volunteering for jobs others do not want to fill in order to see the the company succeed.
February 21, 2018- April 2018
Rocky MT Communication Loveland, CO 970-***-**** Supervisor, Rob Labor/ Pipe layer Hourly $14
• Clean and prepare construction sites
• Installation of fiber optic lines.
• Read and interpret plans, instructions and
specifications.
• Control traffic passing near, in and around zones
• Signal equipment operators
• Back fill excavations and compact/level earth to
grade specifications
• Position, join, align, and seal structural
components; such as concrete wall sections and
pipes.
• Measure, mark, and record openings and
distances to lay out areas where performing
construction work
• Load, unload, and identify building materials,
machinery, and tools
• Erect and disassemble temporary structures.
• Build, position and dismantle forms for pouring
concrete
• Assemble, connecting and constructing pipe
1systems
• Ensure ground is prepped and trenches dug out
for pipes.
• Work along side with environment specialist
• Operate various construction equipment and
trucks
I was an asset to this company through be knowledgeable in more areas then required, finishing the job 3
months ahead of schedule.
Jan 03, 2014 - Apr 13, 2015
K N A Construction Hewitt, Texas 254-***-**** Supervisor:Steve Oates (deceased) Labor and
Maintenance Hourly Pay $16
• Shovel materials to and from construction areas,
including asphalt and dirt.
• Follow all safety procedures on the job site
• Maintain a safe and clean job site and securing
the job site on a daily basis.
• Load and unload construction supplies from
trucks both manually and with the use of
equipment.
• Maintaining multiple properties
• Travel out of town to work on remote job sites
• Construction carpenter, Cabinet
building/remodeling and more
• Maintaining and Operate veriety or equipment
and power tools
• Installing hardwood and laminate flooring.
• Demolition
• Clean and prepare construction sites
I was an asset to this company through my knowledge and experience,allowing me to fill multiple
positions then hired for, allowing the company to stay under budget and still be ahead of schedule.
2014-2015
Taco Bell Gatesville, TX 76528 254-***-**** Supervisor, Lucinda Hicks Crew trainer Hourly pay $8.50
• Greeting guests and taking their orders
• Preparing food and drink
• Maintaining a clean work environment
• Answering questions about menu/promotions
• Solving dissatisfied customers problems with
respect while keeping the store's budget
• Train other crew members
• Operate drive-thru windows
• Inventory
• Making sure the orders are correct and out in a
timely manner
• Use cash registers, ovens, microwaves, and
other various pieces of kitchen equipment
• Trained in standard protocol, safety guidelines
for handling and preparing food,
I releaved large amounts of stress from the store manager through my ability to handle more then my job
title required,allowing her to focuse on other areas. Raising the stores overall rating due to increased
number of custumers calling in/taking survys raving about my ability to ensure their satisfaction.
Feb 04, 2008 - Sept 17, 2008
K & S Backhoe Services Gatesville, Texas 254-***-**** Sid Kiphen, supervisor Road Boring and Pipe
layer Hourly Pay $14
• Clean and prepare construction sites
• Read and interpret plans
• Control traffic passing near, in and around
• Signal equipment operators
• Back fill excavations
• Position, join, align, and seal structural
components.
• Measure, mark, and record openings and
distances
• Load, unload, and identify building materials,
machinery, and tools
• Erect and disassemble temporary structures
• Build/position/dismantle forms for concrete
• Assembling, connecting and constructing pipe
systems
My ability in being able to do more then required and to work unsupervised during various tasks
allowed the foreman to stay ahead of schedule
Oct 05, 2005 - Sept 16, 2007
TTG UTILITIES Gatesville, Texas 254-***-**** Supervisor, Jose Flores PIPE LAYER Hourly pay $13
2• Installation of natural gas,water and sewer lines.
• Check slopes for conformance to requirements,
using levels or lasers.
• Cover pipes with earth or other materials.
• Connect pipe pieces and seal joints
• Cut pipes to required lengths.
• Install and repair sanitary and storm water sewer
structures and pipe systems.
• Install and use instruments such as lasers, grade
rods, and transit levels.
• Grade/level trench using tamping
machines/hand tools.
• Lay out pipe routes,following written
instructions/blueprints,coordinating layouts with
supervisors.
• Align and position pipes
• Dig trenches to desired or required depths
• Assembling, connecting and constructing pipe
systems
• Ensures ground is prepped and trenches dug
• Aligns pipes and seals joints together with
cement, glue or plastic welding.
Being able to manually put lg pipes in and to work unsupervised allowed the foreman to work on other
tasks at the same time, keeping us ahead of schedule as well as needing fewer team members.
Mar 05, 1999 - Aug 16, 1999
MOVIE GALLERY (No longer open) Gatesville, Texas Shift Leader Hourly pay $9
• Provide customer service
• Responding to customer complaints.
• Monitor sales activities to ensure that customers
receive satisfactory service and quality goods.
• Assign employees to specific duties.
• Direct and supervise employees
• Reconciling cash receipts.
• Inventory, stock and reorder
• Keep records of purchases, sales, and
requisitions.
• Enforce safety, health, and security rules.
• Examine products purchased for resale/storage
• Assess the condition of each product or item.
• Hire/train/evaluate/promote/firing personnel in
sales or marketing establishments
• Perform work activities of subordinates
Through my many years experience in customer service and leadership I was able to be the reliable
employee that they needed to clean the store up and to raise their customer satisfaction ratings, keeping
the company open longer.
1998-1999
McDonald's Gatesville, TX 76528 254-***-**** Trutie (no longer employed there) Supervisor
Maintenance Hourly pay $10
• Provide technical support
• Installing/repairing/maintaining restaurant
grounds and equipment
• Required technical and mechanical knowledge
• Lift heavy objects and perform manual labor for
hours at a time.
I was able to help the compuny by them not having to replace machianery as offen and removing the need
for them to call outside support for repair outside of my job duties such as the roof, saving them
thousands of dollars.
1997-1998
Fiber Body(no longer open) Gatesville Texas Forklift oporator and fiberglass Gel coat sprayer Hourly
Pay $16
• Operate industrial trucks
• Load/unload/move materials and deliveries from
vehicles such as trucks or aircraft, or to
properloaction within the facility
• Obtain copy of production schedule or shipping
order to transports material or equipment
• Moving goods packed on pallets or in crates
around the storage facility.
• Stacking goods in the correct storage bays,
following inventory control instructions.
• Checking loads are secure.
• Stacking empty pallets.
• Performing daily equipment checks such as
recharging the truck’s battery and lubricating
equipment.
• Removing machine attachments and waste
material from machines.
• Examining products to verify conformance to
3quality standards.
• Dumping materials into machine hoppers.
• Sprayed fiberglass lining on verious objects.
1988-1999
United States Navy (Active Duty 1988-1997 and Reserves 1997- 1999) Hospital Corpsman/Seabee/
Boatswain Mate Rank/Pay level BM3/E4
• Hospital Corpsman perform duties as assistants in the prevention and treatment of disease/ injury and
assist health care professionals in providing medical care. Function as clinical or specialty technicians,
administrative personnel and health care providers. Serve as battlefield corpsmen, rendering emergency
medical treatment to include initial treatment in a combat environment.
• Seabees cover a wide range of duties, that may include but are not limited to work like grading an
airstrip, conducting soil tests for an amphibious landing zone, or building/demolishing facility.
• Boatswain's mates train/direct/supervise ship's maintenance and activities relating to marlin spike, deck,
boat seamanship, painting, upkeep of ship's external structure, rigging, deck equipment, and boats. Take
charge of working/ damage control parties; act as officer-in-charge of picket boats, self-propelled barges,
tugs, and other yard/district craft. BMs operate and maintain equipment. Take charge/supervise
replenishment procedures and equipment. Stand watch on ship's bridges, passing information. Guide air
crafts. Act as or supervise lookouts of Navy ships for enemies and navigation. Conduct Search and
Rescues respond to other military or civilian ships that request assistance.
Education
1988-2018
• 1988 Graduated High School from Roosevelt High Scool –Normal classes, sports and leadership.
• 1988 Kansas State University-Business adminitration Left to join the Navy to serve my country and
family.
• 1988-1999 Verious training/exsperiances and hands on practice from my time in the Navy including but
not limited to the following: first aide, battifild traing, medic training, various construction trainings,
leadership, OBGYN/labor and delivery, conflict resalution, facilitator/trainging others, supervisor skills,
veriouse mantance skills, life skills and saftey skills for various situations.
• 2009/2010 Independent University- Business administration CAD (building drafting) Classes online
• May 27, 2011 Certificate of completion for Peer Education
• June 2011- November 2011 – Certificates received for mentoring programs
• September 16, 2011 MTC - Certificate of completion for Life skills
• 2014 Food Handler's licence and food saftey training
• 2018 Renewed First Aid and CPR training
Accomplishments and Awards
• National Defense Service Medal
• Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
• Letter of Commendation from President Bill
Clinton
• Two (2) Good Conduct Medal