Brandon McDonald
Bowling Green
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Smokehouse lead
Tyson Foods
Bowling Green
06.2025 - Current
- Completed day to day duties accurately and efficiently.
- Contributed innovative ideas and solutions to enhance team performance and outcomes.
- Worked successfully with diverse group of coworkers to accomplish goals and address issues related to our products and services.
- Made sure the Quality of the bacon was made to standards.
- Making sure proper recipes was followed and proper woodchips used.
- Inspection of ovens and chillers to a high degree looking for anything not to standard.
- Communicate with Quality and usda when any issues are brought up so they could be taken care of ASAP.
Smokehouse Operator
Tyson Foods
Bowling Green
07.2023 - 06.2025
- I operate the ovens and chillers along with making sure everything runs smoothly following the recipes.
- I also communicate with the leadership to improve the system in which we utilize.
- Cleaning of the ovens and chiller machines using a different chemicals to keep quality high.
- I ensure the smokers are running efficiently.
- I often discuss with the leadership the quality of what comes out, this way we can provide the consumers with a better quality.
- Before being operator, I was sanitation here.
- I'm chemical trained and know how to follow a 7 step process for cleaning.
Maintenance Worker
Walmart
Bowling Green
07.2016 - 08.2023
- 7 years of customer service, I started as a stocker and changed jobs to try new things.
- Maintenance was a lot of fun for me and I enjoyed the team I had to work with.
Team Lead
Manpower
Bowling Green
- I worked as a lead to assist the management and the employees to make sure everything ran smoothly, also working alongside the other employees in order to teach them what to do.
Education
High school diploma -
Jackson County High School
Gainesboro, TNSkills
- Cherry picker
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Frame carpentry
- Welding
- Leadership
- Calibration machines
- Organizational skills
- Woodworking
- Customer service
- Forklift
- Automotive diagnostics
- Facilities Maintenance
- Cash handling
- Drywall
- Communication skills
- Cash register
- Trim Carpentry
- Supervising experience
- Microsoft Excel
- Hand tools
- Carpentry
- Heavy lifting
- Equipment Repair
- Automotive repair
- Microsoft Office
- Management
- Mechanic experience
- Construction
- Power tools
- Warehouse experience
- Microsoft Outlook
- Maintenance
- Handyman
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Microsoft Word
- Time management
- Team management
- Roofing
- Computer skills
Certification
- Forklift Certification
- Driver's License
- Scissor Lift Certification
Timeline
Smokehouse lead
Tyson Foods
06.2025 - Current
Smokehouse Operator
Tyson Foods
07.2023 - 06.2025
Maintenance Worker
Walmart
07.2016 - 08.2023
Team Lead
Manpower
High school diploma -
Jackson County High School