Zigmond Brown
Bethesda
Summary
Results-driven maintenance worker with expertise in equipment maintenance, groundskeeping, and customer service. Committed to safety compliance and effective communication while executing preventive maintenance tasks.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Maintenance Worker (Seasonal)
National Parks Service
Arlington
08.2025 - Current
- Performs simple and routine maintenance and repair of grounds, exterior structures, buildings, equipment and related utilities.
- Assists higher graded maintenance workers or tradesmen in the performance of their work.
- Operates a trash packer and light trucks to pick up supplies and to transport materials to and from work sites. Including driving pick-up trucks with plows and/or spreader for snow removal.
- Receives, unloads and processes incoming shipments according to established procedures. Reports discrepancies and damage to others responsible for such items.
Unarmed Security Guard
JW Security
Washington
06.2023 - Current
- Patrolled assigned areas to detect suspicious activity, and prevented unauthorized access.
- Enforced rules and regulations within the facility, while maintaining a professional demeanor.
- Identified potential threats or hazards on-site and took appropriate action to address them in a timely manner.
- Observed all entrances for any signs of criminal activities, or trespassers.
- Communicated effectively with customers in order to provide an excellent customer service experience.
- Responded promptly to inquiries from staff members regarding security issues or concerns.
MAINTENANCE WORKER 2
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning
Potomac
07.2019 - 10.2024
- Operating vehicles and equipment, including lawn mowers and tractors with attachments, trucks, front-end loaders, and backhoes.
- Landscaping duties include spreading grass seeds, lime, fertilizer, and topdressing on fields by operating a tractor with attachments.
- Planting, trimming, and pruning trees and shrubs.
- Athletic field maintenance includes operating a tractor with an attachment to rake, drag, and grade fields.
- spraying pesticides
- Tracking and recording daily work assignments for Smart Parks.
- Maintaining a logbook daily, and keeping the supervisor up to date on assigned work tasks.
- General custodial duties include meeting room set-ups, relocation of equipment and furniture, mopping, sweeping, stripping, and refinishing floors, along with general repairs.
- Operating a Toro 4000 to cut larger areas of grass.
- Maintained compliance with internal and regulatory safety standards, including OSHA.
MAINTENANCE WORKER II
Town Of Vienna VA
Vienna
12.2017 - 09.2018
- Parks Maintenance performs grounds maintenance, including mowing, repairing fences and bridges, leaf raking, shoveling, and plowing.
- Trimming trees and shrubs when needed, and performing seasonal mowing, leaf removal, and snow removal.
- Picks up trash and brushes twice weekly along the business district, parks, and public facilities.
- Performs general park maintenance, including ball field preparation, playground maintenance, and repair and upkeep by using a banner man, mowers, and weed whackers.
- Cleaning restrooms and picnic shelters twice a week.
- Assists with special event set-ups and take-downs, including moving furniture, and setting up for festivals and special events.
- Cleans up during and after large events, and provides any labor requested to community groups.
- Maintains stream valleys and natural wooded areas by walking along creeks and streams for blockages, clearing paths and trails, and picking up any brush in high-traffic areas or highly visible areas.
- Maintains and repairs equipment as needed, including power and manual tools, trucks, mowers, etc., and maintains knowledge of the care and use of equipment.
- Performs tree maintenance and assists the arborist with tree trimming and emergency removals as needed.
- Landscape operates a variety of equipment and vehicles, such as a bucket truck, pickup and dump truck, air brake equipped dump truck, bobcat, small loader, brush chipper, computer, printer, etc.
- Use a variety of tools, such as chain saws, hand tools, pitchforks, rakes, power shrub pruners, string trimmers, backpack sprayers, etc.
- Use a variety of computer software, such as Horticopia, Microsoft Word, Tree Keeper, etc.
- Maintains town flowerbeds, rights-of-way, and public buildings; prunes and removes trees on town property and rights-of-way; and plants trees.
- Maintains the greenhouse.
Maintenance Worker
National Park Service
Washington
06.2015 - 12.2017
- Heavy equipment operates heavy equipment such as lawn mowers, portable snow blowers, and all types of hand tools (such as shovels, rakes, lawn edging equipment, etc.). To maintain buildings, grounds, roads, trails, etc.
- Skid steer, rollers, backhoe, garden.
- Loads and unloads supplies and materials from trucks, trailers, dollies, etc.
- Riding in a trash truck, emptying trash cans.
- Moves furniture, heavily loaded wheelbarrows and hand trucks, sets signs, paints picnic tables, rakes and waters lawns, trims trees and shrubbery, picks up litter, and cleans fire pits. Uses a string trimmer, Gators, Kubota for leaf removal, and snow removal as well. Digs ditches and trenches with a pick and shovel, cuts trees, stacks heavy logs, lumber, and sacks of cement, etc.
- Perform custodial duties, cleaning restrooms using brooms, mopping, wiping down windows, waxing floors, making sure soap dispensers are filled, and ensuring restrooms have toilet tissue as well.
- Pulling the trash and telling the supervisor about broken toilets, faucets, or anything else we need.
- Plumbing makes plumbing repairs that can be accomplished by removing, cleaning, resealing, and replacing defective parts or units of utility, supply, unclogged commodes and sinks, and disposal systems, such as dirty traps, sections of broken tile, leaky faucets, and stopped-up drains.
- Installs garbage disposal units, faucets, and sinks.
- Carpentry installs, repairs, and replaces window shades, drapes, rods, curtains, and Venetian blinds.
- Identifies, installs, and replaces broken floor tiles; repairs and installs carpet and safety-type non-skid materials.
- Measures, cuts, and constructs or repairs wood or wood substitute items, such as staging parts, panels, bins, pallets, concrete forms, dry walls, and sheathing.
- Painting paints a variety of surfaces such as shelves, counters, cabinets, and similar types of items in various locations by performing standard coating methods such as brushing, rolling, and spraying, using coating materials that are prepared according to specific directions, and applying coating techniques that ensure surfaces are fully coated, protected, and free from drips and runs.
- Straightens furniture and will, on occasion, move, exchange, or add furniture to other locations for setup.
- Reports and relocates damaged furniture per guidelines set forth in branch policies and procedures, as required.
Education
High School Diploma -
Dunbar High School
Washington, DC05-2008
Skills
- Equipment maintenance and plumbing repairs
- Groundskeeping and landscape management
- Snow removal services
- Customer service excellence
- Safety compliance
- Effective communication
- Equipment storage
- Preventive Maintenance
- Grounds maintenance
- Field maintenance
- Organization and multitasking
Certification
Heavy Equipment Operator
Timeline
Maintenance Worker (Seasonal)
National Parks Service
08.2025 - Current
Unarmed Security Guard
JW Security
06.2023 - Current
MAINTENANCE WORKER 2
Maryland National Capital Park and Planning
07.2019 - 10.2024
MAINTENANCE WORKER II
Town Of Vienna VA
12.2017 - 09.2018
Maintenance Worker
National Park Service
06.2015 - 12.2017
High School Diploma -
Dunbar High School