I am interested in the position that you have advertised. My resume is enclosed for your review. Given my related experience and excellent capabilities I would appreciate your consideration for this job opening. I believe my skills and work ethic would make me an excellent candidate for this position. My resume is pasted and attached below.
Donald Hawkins
12013 Heyden Detroit, Michigan 48228
******.*********@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
I have an CDL B License and am pursuing a position to utilize my driving knowledge and skills. I work well with others (internally and externally), perform work inan ethical manner, and strive to provide quality service. I would like to broaden my skill levels and build a solid relationship with an organization willing to provide an opportunity for me toto display my ability to be an excellent employee aligned with its organizational values and beliefs. If given the opportunity to discuss my employment, I feel strongly that management will see that my experience, training, problem solving capabilities, ethical standards, people orientated demeanor, and passion to provide quality services would be the foundation for a mutually beneficial relationship and I would be an asset to its organization.
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Pro Drivers Macomb, MI 04/2021- current
Drive Class B Air Brake throughout Michigan and Ohio.
Load and Unload on lift gate truck
Properly maintain vehicle; request maintenance if needed; perform daily cleaning
Perform safety checks before and after delivery
Coordinate delivery of service containers to customers
Be alert to obstructed or damaged containers
Prepared truck for operation by inspecting general condition; checking fluid levels and
tire pressure, obtaining or scheduling required repairs, validating adherence to road
ability standards
Service customers by understanding and resolving or forwarding complaints; adjusting
Orders
Maintained safer operation and clean appearance by complying with organization
operational policies, procedures and standards, as well as state and local driving rules
and regulations; cleans truck exterior and interior
Maintained delivery, truck, and driving records by obtaining receipt acknowledgments,
recording tracking information; completing driver log and truck performance forms
RR Donnelly Livonia, Mi 06/2018-03/2021
Drive a 26ft Straight Truck from Livonia to Grand Rapids. Delivering various products to and from.
Trillium/RNDC Woodhaven, MI 07/2017-05/2018
● Delivered alcohol/wine beverages across Michigan counties
● Properly maintain vehicle; request maintenance if needed; perform daily cleaning
● Perform safety checks before and after delivery
● Coordinate delivery of service containers to customers
● Be alert to obstructed or damaged containers
● Prepared truck for operation by inspecting general condition; checking fluid levels and
tire pressure: obtaining or scheduling required repairs; validating adherence to road
ability standards
● Servers customers by understanding and resolving or forwarding complaints; adjusting
orders
● Maintained safer operation and clean appearance by complying with organization
operational policies, procedures and standards, as well as state and local driving rules
and regulations; cleans truck exterior and interior
● Maintained delivery, truck, and driving records by obtaining receipt acknowledgments.
I also recorded tracking information, completing driver log and truck performance forms
Fed Ex Ground Livonia, Mi 06/2015-01/2017
● Drive 23-foot-long step van
● Deliver packages to residential and commercial locations
● Interact with customers daily
FedEx Custom Critical/P&D Transport Nashville, TN
Truck Driver 03/2015 – 06/2015
● Drive 28 foot automatic (Air Brakes) straight truck OTR
● Drive OTR approximately 500 miles a day
● Ability to use Qualcom System to navigate and communicate with dispatch
● Expedited different auto parts to and from different states assigned by company
● Valid CDL A license\
Kutt Express Sterling Heights, MI
Driver 10/2009 - 10/2015
Drove a 24-foot box truck OTR to pick up and drop off supplies
● Loaded and unloaded truck to expedite bulk materials
● Performed minor maintenance on truck
Technicolor, Detroit, MI
Machine Operator 06/2007-10/2009
● Performed Machine Operator responsibilities
● Set up and inspected machines for production and loading product
● Setup machine for production and repaired it as needed Inspected first and last piece of
product.
Jan Overhead Door, Dearborn, Michigan
Overhead Door Installer 01/2001 - 09/2006
● Drove straight truck daily
● Installed commercial and residential overhead doors
● Traveled to different locations to repair and install commercial and residential overhead
and entry doors
● Operated climb ladders and man-lift machinery
Job duties included : arc welding, torching, grinding, masonry drilling work, measuring, and
utilizing different hand tools Maintained records of various jobs of a daily basis
Ensured all jobs were completed correctly passing various inspections
LICENSES:
CDL A License current
DOT Card current
SKILLS AND ABILITIES
· Quick learner
· Delivery and face-to-face customer interaction
· Quality control inspector
· Mechanically inclined
· Ability to use a bandsaw, shearer machine and read blueprints
· Production Machine Operator, manufacturing skills, small overhead crane
operation
· Driving cherry picker and stand-up forklift
· Torching, sawing, grinding, drilling, masonry anchoring, utilizing hand tools,
and reading a ruler and tape measure
· Assembly line operation and assembly parts and products,
· Tree climbing and cutting. Climbing and carrying 24-to-40-foot ladders