John J. Blend IV

1379 Bicycle Rd. 

Stoystown, Pa 15563 

814-421-7838 - Cell 

jjblend4@yahoo.com

  Objective

I am interested in working for a company that will allow me to use my skills and experience in a performance incentive type atmosphere. My goal is to work with a company that encourages my demand for continuous improvement and growth within by acknowledgements and advancements for its employees.

Work Experience

   Parts/CNC/Welder

02/2011 – Present  Riggs Industries - J&J Truck Bodies, Somerset, PA

·         -Fabricating of parts for many various types of trucks including gas fracturing, dump, flatbed, and tanker trucks from raw steel. -Use drill press, industrial size sheer & bending press, steel saw and CNC to forge parts. -Operate overhead 2 to 5 ton cranes. -Forklift operator. -Weld aluminum and steel parts onto truck bodies in GMAW.

Foreman/Lineman

01/2008 – 01/2011 Clum Cable Inc., Marietta, OH

§     -Utility line construction through out North Eastern United States. Exclusive fiber optic construction in Ohio for Time Warner Cable. -Hurricane Ike restoration in Louisiana and Texas. -New and upgrade build in Northern West Virginia of strand, coax and fiber. Ice storm damage restoration in Kentucky. -All aspects of cable construction experience with my own belt, hooks and tools.  

Tree Trimmer

06/2007 – 12/2007 B & L Tree Services, Manns Choice, PA

·         -Utility line tree trimming for Bedford Rural Electric and Valley Rural Electric Company. -Bucket truck, chipper, chainsaw usage.  -Tree climbing with gaffs. -Spray trees with chemicals along all phases of electric services.  

Tree Trimmer

06/2006 - 06/2007 PennLine Tree Services Inc., Southern MA

·         -Utility line tree trimming for SMECO (Southern Maryland Electric Company).-Bucket truck, chipper, pole saw, chainsaw usage. -Tree climbing with gaffs. -Sprayed trees with chemicals along transmission lines. -Renewed flagger card.

   Foreman/Lineman

12/2003 - 9/2005  Brown Communications, Frederick, Maryland

§     -Built Verizon inter duct system to house new and future fiber optic lines.-Updated current utility hardware on telephone poles with new products.-Raised and lowered systems to accommodate new products.-Removed unneeded system hardware.-Tree trimming to avoid collision with systems.-Lead a team of three to six crew members.

   Foreman/Lineman

10/2003 - 12/2003  U.S. Utility, Nags Head, NC

§     -Provided disaster relief after hurricane Isabel by replacing and restoring service to local power, telephone and cable television companies.-Replaced damaged utility poles and damaged lines.-Worked extensive hours to completed relief in under six weeks with over 80 utility crews.

   Project Coordinator/Consultant/Web Design

7/2002 - 10/2003  Sky High Rise, Johnstown, PA

§     -Developed business strategies to help market products/service.-Created brochures, letters, radio advertisement and web site for sales and marketing.-Sales and telephone support.-Repel from high-rise buildings via ropes to clean windows.

   Foreman

1/2002 - 7/2002  DataTec, Atlanta, Georgia

§     -Coordinated Fiber Optic installation in Lowes Home Improvement and Home Depot stores throughout Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio.-Crew Leader for five man installation crew.-Operated scissor lifts to install fiber optic cabling.-Installed new Point of Sale and Look-up terminals, printers, routers and switches.-Terminated fiber optic cabling.-Supervised all expenses and per diem to and for all crew members including booking reservations for next locations and accommodations.-This job required unsupervised care of large amounts of cash on hand, two company vehicles and custom tools for operations.-Maintained daily payroll, expense, installation records at all locations.  -Approximately (3) locations per week.

Foreman/Lineman on Fiber Optic Construction Crew

1/2000 - 1/2001  American Digital Technologies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

§     -Contract Work provided by AT&T, Adelphia Business Solutions and Time Warner Cable in Ohio and Pennsylvania.-Read and deciphered prints.  -Maintained inventory for each job location of tools and needed supplies.  -Overseen and determined pay schedules for crewmembers and recorded all as-builts to current prints.  -Maintained traffic control with flaggers, cones and signboards with added safety awareness on all job sites. -Performed all make-readies.  -Constructed strand routes for future coax and fiber routes.  -Jigged, lashed and over lashed underground and aerial fiber optic cable routes from ranges of (12) to (484) count fibers.  -Built new and upgrade coax routes. -Delashed and relashed fiber and coax. -Urban and rural fiber routes.

§     -Bucket truck (T40) and pole climbing experience.  -Operated forklift loading of strand and fiber reels onto trailers -Operated lasher: C, J, and K. -Tree trimming and climbing for right of way passage for utilities.

Lineman

1/1999 - 1/2000  1st South Utility Company, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

§     -Built strand and fiber optic cable routes for Telephone, Cable and Power companies throughout south Florida.  -Underground and Aerial new builds and upgrades.-Make ready, Concrete poles, hand holes, manholes, Altec bucket truck and pole climbing, jigging, lashing/delashing, ground man and MOT (Motion of Traffic) in high traffic areas.

Sales/Wireless Internet and Network Installer

1/1998 - 1/1999  DirectNet - Wireless Internet Service Provider, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

§     -Telephone marketing and outside sales. -Designed and installed wireless Internet services to homes and businesses. -Implemented email, web hosting and other online services to companies in the wireless industry. -Services were marketed and constructed on a point to point based network.-Mounted receiver dishes on buildings or transmission towers. -Installed necessary wires to hub or network location centers.  -Provided and installed network interface cards.  -Installed firewall hardware/software to prevent unauthorized use of a wireless network. -Sold Email accounts, Web Domain Names, and Web Page service and designs.

Education & Training

6/2012  Somerset County Technology Center, Somerset PA

§     -Completed 96 hours of training in Electric/Gas Metal Arc Welding Program

7/1993  DeVry Institute of Technology, Columbus, Ohio

§     -Some College Coursework Completed

§     -Computer Programming System Analyst

7/1993  Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio

§     Some College Coursework Completed

§     -Telecommunications and Practical Computer Applications

4/1990  EAST OHIO GAS COMPANY, Canton, Ohio

§     -Certification

§     -Course in Architectural drafting.-Scale model design and construction.-Energy efficiencies studies.

6/1990  Sandy Valley High School, Magnolia, Ohio

§     -High School or equivalent

§     -College Prep.-Architectural and Engineering Drafting-Computer Programming-Spanish

12/1990  Die Bold Corporation, Canton, Ohio

§     -Certification

§     -Course study in AutoCAD 14

General Interests

I am a team player and work well with others. I have acquired many leadership skills; as a manager in various departments, as a consultant to a wide range of businesses, as a foreman on job sites in different cities, as a sales representative for numerous products and services. I pay particular attention to detail as a self-starter, analyst and problem solver. I am also familiar with all Microsoft platforms and many different software applications. I can design, install, upgrade, troubleshoot and maintain a wide range of Network Platforms.

Personal

Date of Birth: 10/01/71

Excellent Health

No Major Surgeries

Willing to Travel