Joseph Wagner

Experience

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  J W Wagner Trucking & Son

  Jul 1978 - Jan 1990

  Equipment Operator

  - Operated 3514 International Backhoe, 350 JD, and 450 JD, TD8E, TD 12 International Bulldozers, 580 and 780 Case Backhoe (4 and 3 lever machines), various JD excavators and grading machines.- Used equipment to put in new septic systems, drainage systems and artesian water wells.- Grading done round new houses with transit with definition given to various sloping grades for effective water management.- Extensive experience in constructing new roads, ponds, water wells and cellar holes, (cement and steel work).- Used Dozers to manage Three Town Landfill in Western Massachusetts; with steep grades, and brought in surface and deep water wells.- Completed maintenance on said equipment including welding when needed. Show less

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  The Yankee Candle Company, Inc.

  Mar 1990 - Mar 1994

  Machine Operator, Line Worker, Supervisor

  1990-1992- General line worker in Sample Department. Job position duties included straightening wicks, monitoring quality of pouring and cooling process along with boxing. Worked in Jar, Tart and Taper Departments during busy holiday seasons.1992-1993- Promoted to Night Shift Supervisor of Sampler Department. Supervised and cross trained employees to Night Shift Tart, Jar and Packaging Departments. Attended Supervisor and Management training seminars at facility through external training companies.1993- Promoted to Taper Department Supervisor.1994- Made Night Shift Wax Preparation Specialist due to company restructuring all positions per new personal protocol. Wax Preparation Specialist duties involved all aspects in preparation of liquid wax (including coloring and scenting) for 200+ varieties of candles. Additionally was assigned task of Shadowing and Training new Night Shift Supervisor of Sampler Department. Show less

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  Plumb Pak Corporation

  Apr 1994 - Apr 1995

  Lift Operator

  - Lift operator of walk-behind equipment for restocking of packaging supplies.- Worked there as lift re-stocker of bulk plumbing supplies. Performed line duties and OT as needed.

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  C&S Wholesale Grocers

  May 1995 - Sept 2006

  Selector & Lift Operator

  '95-'06- Operation of pallet jacks, sit down & stand up lifts in grocery warehouses.'95-'97- Vermont & Massachusetts locations – selected dry and frozen grocery - Noted for “SWAT” (employees with high work ethics) –handled assignments dealing with facilities failing to keep I/O shipments processed on time.'96 - '99- Transferred to Brattleboro, VT frozen warehouse.- Functioned as “SWAT” and trained selectors for Massachusetts, Vermont and Connecticut locations.'99- Transferred to Aberdeen, MD frozen warehouse as Night Shift Lift Operator – responsible for selection and training as needed in all warehouse floor job positions (Selectors, Freight Haulers, and Back Haulers)'00 - '02- Promoted to Lift Trainer – (Co-founded and developed Lift Training Department) Trained and screened employees to fill job positions of warehouse training personal in Pennsylvania & Maryland *Trained Lift Operators in Pennsylvania dry grocery warehouse resulting in 17% increase in warehouse transactions per hour.- Trained Selectors, Back Haulers and Lift Operators in frozen warehouse locations in Maryland.- Cross trained Lift Operators between frozen and dry warehouses in Maryland and Pennsylvania.'02 - '04- Regional Lift Trainer – Transferred to dry warehouse location in Pennsylvania. Performed periodic training and “SWAT” when needed in Maryland and Pennsylvania warehouse locations.'04 - '06- Trained new Lift Operators and Selectors for Pennsylvania’s dry warehouse due to expansion.- Trained Lift Operators for the New Jersey warehouse’s new location.- Operated as Senior Lift Operator in Pennsylvania on night shift and continued general training and “SWAT” assignments in Pennsylvania, Maryland and New Jersey.- *Sent on “SWAT” assignment to ES3 (subsidiary company) in Pennsylvania for start up and I/O shipment procurement. ***ES3 warehouse featured 110ft vertical lift system designed to warehouse the food companies products*** Show less

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  Pleasant Acres Nursing & Rehabilitation Center

  Feb 2009 - Feb 2011

  Certified Nurses Assistant

  - Worked as needed on all floors of facility – capacity of 370+ residents.- Assisted in care of mentally handicapped geriatric residents.- Care provided in areas of dietary, hygiene, and ambulation.- Supervised 16 – 25 residents per shift.

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  The Wells Inn

  Oct 2011 - Oct 2013

  Night Shift Manager

  - Responsible for all aspects of the hotel’s operation with 32 bed & breakfast rooms.- Job duties include hotel bookkeeping, operating hotel computer program, handling customer requests and concerns, cleaning, stocking, and preparing dining areas.- Continued and currently employed as advisor.

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  Baker Hughes

  Oct 2013 - Nov 2014

  Solids Control / Drilling Fluids Engineer

  - Formerly employed by Baker Hughes out of Houston Texas to work Solids Control. Job duties consist of monitoring R&D of field testing and research of low gravity solids in the lateral drilling of Marcellus and Utica Shale’s in Ohio and West Virginia. Field testing: in refinement of dewatering top hole rigs for purification of water from WBM waste fluids and cement waste water for use in frac and/or creation of new WBM or OBM; R&D of centrifuge dewatering settings and chemical requirements for maximum retention of purified water from waste solids.*Currently seeking employment as drilling fluids engineer. Show less

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  SUMMIT ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LLC

  Sept 2015 - now

  Operator: CDL Class A, Water Truck Driver

  Load, haul, unload water/brine and drill mud to/from pad sites, injection wells, pits, or production/processing locations.