About Me

Wade Steele

// 741 S. Tacoma Pl. // Kennewick, WA 99336 // 509-205-0865 // wadesteele@gmail.com

Summary

  • 20+ years experience in construction trades.
  • Over 5 years of commercial and residential building maintenance experience.
  • Basic understanding of high and low voltage electrical issues.
  • Knowledge of tools used in many aspects of the construction process.
  • Proven ability to maintain professionalism in the midst of stress and problems.
  • Skilled in collaboration and problem solving.
  • Great eye for detail and committed to quality craftsmanship. 
  • Team player with a great attitude and sense of humor.
  • Self-motivated, punctual, and dependable.

Relevant Work Experience

General Contractor/Owner and Operator

Tektone Industries Portland, OR Jan/1998 - April/2000

  • Read and interpreted plans, instructions, and specifications in order to schedule work activities.
  • Measured, marked, and recorded measurements to lay out areas where construction will be performed.
  • Read work orders or instructions from homeowners in order to determine work requirements.
  • 2 + years of teaching home owners how to provide their own maintenance and up-keep on their homes.
  • Calculated the amount of required materials and estimated costs, based on measurements and contracts.
  • Organized, planned, prioritized and monitored schedules and work performed.

Maintenance Supervisor

Hemstreet Development Portland, OR May/1993 - Jan/1998

  • Actively listened, communicated, and resolved supervisor, peer, and customer related problems.
  • Exercised judgment and decision making based on the objectives of the job scope.
  • 4+ years experience of supervising tenant improvements of commercial businesses and apartments.
  • Responsible for general repairs and remodeling of apartment complexes.
  • Coordinated general maintenance of hotel chain in OR, WA, MT, and NV.
  • Communicated with supervisors, peers, and subordinates.
  • Established and maintained working relationships.
  • Actively listened, communicated, and resolved supervisor, peer, and customer related problems.
  • Exercised judgment and decision making based on the objectives of the job scope.

Work History

Graphic Artist/ Music Production Wade Steele Designs Kennewick, WA Jan 2008 to Present

AV Technician/Installer Clarity Integrated Systems Snoqualmie, WA May 2007 to Jan 2008

Audio Engineer The City Church Kirkland, WA Sep 2006 to Apr 2007

Music/AV Director City Harvest Church Vancouver, WA Apr 2000 to Sep 2006

Education

High School Diploma Temple Christian High Portland, OR 1988