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Michael Chavez

Colorado Springs,CO

Summary

My name is Michael I’m 24 years old and have 8 years experience doing customer service and working. I’m a very fast learner and am a great team player. I adapt well in work environments and am very versatile in my work experience and skills. I also have a lot of business experience and customer service experience as I ran my own painting business that I built from the ground up. I am also a professional technician with solid grounding in meter exchanging, maintenance, and troubleshooting. Strong collaborative focus, adaptable to changing needs, and reliable in achieving results. Expertise in using specialized tools and hand tools, ensuring compliance with safety protocols, and providing great services. I was Known for problem-solving abilities and effective communication skills as well as great work ethic.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Appointment Field Meter Technician, TMD

Colorado Springs Utilities and Texas Meter and Device
01.2023 - 01.2025
  • Did appointments for Colorado Springs Utilities and Texas Meter and Device changing Electrical, Gas, and Water meters. During this job I was certified to exchange electrical meters. There were times I did mass production but majority I worked appointments and I did a lot of working with customers to make sure that they had a good experience working with a representative of the Utilities company in Colorado Springs. I always made sure to make my installs clean and leave the site clean when I was finished working. I also learned about some troubleshooting of activating meters and figuring out why meters were not activating. Doing the appointments I also got a lot of experience with safely exchanging meters and having to problem solve changing meters (primary gas and water) that were in difficult spots to get to. Finally in this job I Gained a lot of experience observing and making sure that the infrastructure of the gas/water/ electrical meters and electrical lines were in safe and appropriate conditions and taking the proper safety precautions if they were not and making sure they were reported.

Business Owner

Mountain Insight Painting LLC
01.2022 - 12.2024
  • I own a painting business which I manage on my own. I’ve done about 8 jobs through the winter and this summer while doing irrigation as well. I budget the money for the business and know how to use painting tools like rollers, brushes, sprayers, and masking guns. I also know how to do some wall texturing and dry wall repair. I did interior and exterior painting. I also did pressure washing while doing exterior painting. Finally I managed the taxes and pay of the company and handled all customer service and had multiple repeating customers.

Irrigation Tech

Quickpro Sprinkler
01.2022 - 10.2022
  • I did Training and learned a lot about irrigation and repairing damaged irrigation systems, manifolds, and back flow preventers through the warm season of the last year. I dug trenches learned how to use a lot of different hand tools, learned how to operate many different types of irrigation systems, learned ways to locate a leak in a sprinkler system and learned how to solder copper and repair copper pipes for a back flow preventer. All work was done in residential sprinkler systems.

Walmart Associate, Platte Walmart

Walmart
01.2019 - 01.2022
  • Was a Walmart associate for about 3 years. I worked in Produce, Deli, Bakery, OGP (online grocery pickup) and worked and other departments briefly. My job involved a lot of lifting heavy carts of vegetables or groceries, pulling pallet jacks of food or merchandise, managing time to insure grocery orders were complete on time, and helping lead a team through communication and good teamwork.

Education

GED or High School Equivalent -

Electrical meter exchanger certification -

Skills

  • Irrigation Experience
  • Landscaping Experience
  • Lifting Ability
  • Meeting Deadlines
  • Organizational Skills
  • Time Management
  • Team Work
  • Power Tool Experience
  • Oral Communication
  • Troubleshooting
  • Business Experience
  • Quick Learner
  • Leadership
  • Customer Service Expert
  • Electrical experience
  • AMI experience
  • Electrical safety
  • Voltage testing
  • Field service
  • Safety measures and policies
  • Meeting attendance
  • Document interpretation and review
  • Proficient in [technology]
  • Meter examination
  • Attention to detail
  • Multitasking
  • Commercial driving

Timeline

Appointment Field Meter Technician, TMD

Colorado Springs Utilities and Texas Meter and Device
01.2023 - 01.2025

Business Owner

Mountain Insight Painting LLC
01.2022 - 12.2024

Irrigation Tech

Quickpro Sprinkler
01.2022 - 10.2022

Walmart Associate, Platte Walmart

Walmart
01.2019 - 01.2022

GED or High School Equivalent -

Electrical meter exchanger certification -

Michael Chavez