James Kochuten

• Co-Office manager (still had all responsibilities of metal sales manager) for recycle side of business and included commercial buyer of scrap, accurately and quickly take care of customers and pay them over the counter cash for their “scrap” and other materials
• Kind of some Co-
• Office manager tasks include: Overseeing daily yard operations, dispatching drivers, opening and closing the office and yard, daily cash/safe counting, customer service, general oversight.

Operated crusher on a 20 days on (10 days + 10 nights) 12 hours per day then 10 days off. Daily tasks included: Pre shift safety and production exchange with replacement crew, Safety share and topic, equipment safety checks.

Worked with third party to complete production each day so communication was key.

Worked as part of a packing crew that completed orders and tasks ahead of schedule and with more product almost all the time. Daily tasks included: Pre shift safty inspections of forklifts and equipment, filling daily orders to be completed, shop and grounds maintenance and house keeping.

• Was shop guy from 2014 thru mid 2015 tasks included accurately measuring and cutting [primarily] steel angles, plates, tubes and pipes
• Efficiently and safely operated HE&M bandsaw, AccuShear 1/2” x 10’ shear, Geka Iron worker, Metal Chop Saws
• Loaded and unloaded customer and delivery trucks
• Certified to operate forklifts and tellahandlers, Operated Overhead Crane
• Delivered metal to local businesses
• Promoted to new metal sales manager (office side of the business) still included the above tasks but was in charge of the customer service side and all inventory
• Used quickbooks to make sales, create invoices, purchase orders, bill customers, take care of monthly statements and collections.

• Links Auto & Truck
• Accessories / Links, Selling and installing aftermarket car and truck accessories, customer service, spraying bedliners, installing tow hitches (class III thru gooseneck/5th wheel) did welding/fabricating
• Ran forklift to unloading trailer deliveries, utility trailer sales, ordered trailers for stock, did inventory and took care of company flooring finance inventories/values
• Filled out DOL paperwork for trailer sales, worked with customers and finance company.

• OJT High School class and started out stocking shelves, cleaning floors, helping customers then working counter, placing stock orders, ran forklift loading and unloading trucks and stocking lumber, assisted with the “books” (billing customers monthly and reconcilling accounts)
• B Class CDL and hauled our own freight
• Promoted to assistant manager until we moved or family in February of2004.