Objective
Seeking a position with a winning team that will allow me to utilize my strengths and provide career growth opportunities.
Experience
Served at three ports in the Great Lakes and one port on the East Coast
Supervised all operations at each port including:
- Hiring and overseeing up to 125 I.L.A. labor
- Coordinating all ship loading/unloading
- Handled cargo deliveries to customers
- Actively participated in union contract negotiations
Administered safety programs
- Initiated safety rewards program at the port
- Conducted accident/incident reporting and all safety meetings
- Conducted monthly safety meetings and all gangway meetings
Managed all cargo inventory:
- 210 square feet of interior warehousing, including: cocoa beans, sugar, wood-pulp, steel, project cargo, PL480, lumber, etc.
- 30 acres of outside storage, including silicon; steel; containers; project cargo, such as wind mills, locomotives, power plant components, etc.
- Proficient with cargo management computer applications
Maintained communication with cargo customers, shipping agents, ship owners and surveyors
Handled client relations and provided marketing recommendations
Terminal Superintendent 2004 - Present
Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. (Albany, NY)
Assistant Vessel Superintendent Summers 2002 – 2004
Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. (Milwaukee, WI)
Assistant Vessel Superintendent Summers 2002 – 2004
Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. (Burns Harbor, IN)
Intern/Assistant Vessel Superintendent June – September 2001
Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. (Cleveland, OH)
Education
Maine Maritime Academy, B.S. 2002, International Business and Logistic
Certification
Eagle Group ISO 9001 Universal Internal Quality Auditor.
Hazard Awareness Training.
Signal Safety Accident Investigation & Reporting Techniques Workshop.
Crosby Communication System 2002.
Crosby Communication System 2004
All-lifts certified rigging
Dale Carnegie Training Leadership
Signal Management & Supervisor Safety Awareness and Accident Prevention
Bridon U Wire Rope Education
Skils
Improved Port of Albany output, efficiency & cargo integrity.
Increased wood pulp discharge rate from 300 to 500 metric tons per hour.
Increased sugar discharge production from 65 to 110 metric tons per hour.
Chosen as General Electric’s lower Northeast distribution center for windmill blades
Developed new warehouse layout for coca beans. Plan recommended to Hershey Foods headquarters by QA Department to be coca bean protocol for all ports to ensure improve cleanliness.
Worked with United States Coast Guard setting up Waterfront Facility and Homeland Security plans for the Port of Albany.