JACOB SEARLES
Personal Profile
A mature and responsible individual with a history of striving for the best in everything I pursue. A natural leader with exceptional people skills, able to interpret instructions and follow tasks through to completion.
Skills
- Accountable team player, quick to understand task objectives and responsibilities.
- Reliable and responsible, completing tasks effectively and efficiently.
- Ambitious, willing to take on challenges and do more than what is expected from me.
- Able to work as part of a team or individually with minimal supervision.
- Goal oriented, motivated by exceeding expectations.
- Skilled in Surveying, AutoCAD, Traffic Flow Analysis, and Data Capturing.
- Awarded first place in conceptual bridge building experiment, St Lawrence College, 2020.
- Co-ordinated group study activities, including coaching fellow students on AutoCAD.
Employment Experience
Anchor Concrete, Kingston, Ontario
June 2023 – September 2023
Draftsperson
- Responsible for drafting technical website drawings
- Experience working with AutoCAD drafting software
- Responsible for gathering dimensions of objects to draft
Deciem, Etobicoke, Ontario
August 2021 – May 2023
Control Tower (January 2023 – May 2023)
- Responsible for managing inventory through the use of D365.
- Responsible for Directing Material Handlers through daily tasks
Material Handler (August 2021 - January 2023)
- Experience with pallet trucks, Raymond Walkies.
- Experienced with using inventory management systems (E.g. D365 Warehouse Management)
- Responsible for picking up and wrapping Skids to be shipped.
City of Kingston, Kingston, Ontario
May 2021 – August 2021
- Park maintenance worker
- Experience with Lawn care equipment (Lawnmowers, String trimmers, Etc.)
- Worked Summer student position
McDonalds Restaurant, Elmira, Ontario
January 2019 – August 2019 (returning)
- Trainer, training new employees on equipment, process, and operations.
- Managed payment transactions, supplies, and restaurant operations.
- Responsible for inventory counts, receiving, and verifying product deliveries.
- Provided front line customer service.
Novy Manufacturing, Waterloo, Ontario
September 2018 – January 2019
- Material handler, receiving, and supporting production department.
- Assisted in design and project planning initiatives.
- Experience using Mastercam, programming and operating CNC equipment.
- Received deliveries, prepared material for manufacturing processes.
McDonalds Restaurant, Elmira, Ontario
January 2018 – September 2018
- Trainer, training new employees on equipment, process, and operations.
- Managed payment transactions, supplies, and restaurant operations.
- Responsible for inventory counts, receiving, and verifying product deliveries.
- Provided front line customer service.
Tim Hortons (Fast food)
September 2016 – January 2018
Home Hardware (Retail / Hardware)
June 2016 - September 2016
Food Basics (Grocery)
August 2015 - February 2016
The Bargain Shop (Retail)
June 2015 - August 2015
Interests & Activities
Football, Outdoors, Personal Fitness, Drafting, Camping, Electronics, Biking
Education
- Completed 2nd year, of 3 years, in Civil Engineering, at St. Lawrence College, Kingston.
- Graduated Elmira District Secondary School.
- Planning to obtain degree in computer programming.
Equipment & Computer Skills
- Fluent in MS office programs.
- AutoCAD.
- Proficient operating manual and automatic vehicles.
- Experienced operating vehicles, including backing up and connecting trailers.
- Reliable personal vehicle.
References
References available upon request.