Skilled Trades Supervisor and Handyman Specialist
Resume:
ROLAND M. SCHAWALDER
SUMERDUCK, VA 22742
CELL: 540-***-****
EMAIL: *********.**@*****.***
OBJECTIVE:
To obtain a full-time position that matches my trade skills with the labor market. PERSONAL CREED:
I am a results-driven, budget minded, loyal, honest and productive team player with the ability to multi- task, manage personnel, and maintain positive relationships. WORK EXPERIENCE:
4/2025 – 10/2025, Stuart Kitchens Inc.
Title: Service Technician
● Installed cabinetry and high-end residential appliances.
● Performed plumbing and electrical services.
● Redirected electrical and water lines to accommodate new connections.
● Jack of all trades
2013-2025, Gold Cup Fencing & Stables
Title: Crew Supervisor
● Managed receiving of materials and verified accurate delivery of materials.
● Performed carpentry and masonry duties for new barn construction and historical restorations.
● Followed through on “punch/out” duties for completed projects to ensure client’s satisfaction. 2011-2013, KVB Inc.
Title: Supervisor
● Coordinated projects for residential and commercial renovations from interior demolition to completion.
● Managed crew and continued motivation for project goals.
● Communicated scheduling updates and project reports to management. 2009-2011
Remodeled 100-year-old farmhouse
● Replaced insulation and siding of entire exterior.
● Replaced all windows and doors and repaired structural framing-as needed.
● Remodeled bathrooms including plumbing, tile, and installation of design.
● Refinished original wood flooring.
2002-2009, JD Long Masonry
Title: Foreman
● Analyzed and interpreted blueprints.
● Layout of buildings for construction.
● Ordered materials for job, verified inventory, and scheduled delivery of materials to job site.
● Managed crew and provided direction and oversight.
● Inspected scaffold erection to ensured safety, durability, and functional requirements to carry out duties appropriately and efficiently.
ROLAND M. SCHAWALDER
RESUME CONTINUED
● Managed all facets, construction areas, equipment, materials, delivery orders, and employees during pre- and post-construction phases.
● OSHA certified and licensed forklift operator.
1995-2002, DOB Masonry, Inc.
Title: Owner
● Performed new home construction in the northern Virginia and Washington, DC area.
● Completed entire brick townhome residential community in Georgetown, DC to include partitions, walls, walkways, and fireplaces.
● Built indoor/outdoor fireplaces and brick veneers (residential and commercial).
● Performed solid masonry construction; to include initiating blueprints, estimates, marking areas, identifying appropriate underground lines, breaking ground, and final delivery.
● Performed horizonal/vertical brick, block, and stonework requiring heaving lifting and climbing ladders and scaffolds.
● Constructed stoops, sidewalks, patios, stone, cultured stone, slate, flagstone and tile.
● Performed masonry renovation, to include repair and erection of drywall, finishing joints, cement/mortar related construction, brick and block related construction, ceramic tile, kitchen remodeling, new flooring installation, refinishing, decks, fireplaces, aluminum siding, gutters, roofing, etc.
● Reconstructured subsurfaces to ensure even surfaces throughout.
● Removed broken and damaged concrete, leveled ground surfaces, and tamped fill material such as sand, dirt, and gravel.
● Constructed sidewalks, steps, walls, curbs, and ramps.
● Utilized masonry equipment such as air hammers, regular hammers, chisels, and crowbars.
● Utilized cement tools such as cement mixers, concrete vibrator, concrete paving breakers, pneumatic hammers, regular hammers, concrete saw, straight edge, trowel, screen, and float.
● Mixed sand, lime, cement, and water for mortar usage.
● Mixed, poured, spread, and leveled cement and concrete surfaces and structures.
● Performed plaster work to include mixing, application, and finishing of plaster surfaces on metal, wood, drywall, sheetrock, gypsum board, and masonry surfaces.
● Installed baseboards, moldings, cornices, special finishes, and trim in angular, rounded, and overhead plastering.
● Installed and repaired roofing materials such as shingles, tiles, flashings, and gravel guards.
● Utilized roofing equipment and tools such as asphalt kettles, prybars, hammers, nail pullers, roofing mops and rakes, and hoists.
● Installed insulation materials using knives, rasps, and scissors. EDUCATION:
Gar-Field High School, Dale City, VA, Diploma received June 1987 United Masonry Apprenticeship Program, 1987-1990
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