Resume

Samuel A. McLemore
Objective
I am searching for a field supervisor or project manager position with a company that is working to improve sustainability & aesthetics in their community.

Experience
May-Aug 2007 Ruppert Nurseries Atlanta, GA

Internship

• Worked closely with a field supervisor on an installation crew grading, planting, and coordinating subs.
• Operated various types of equipment, skid steer, roller packer, backhoe, and trencher.
• Completed Ruppert’s field supervisor training.
• Worked with their maintenance division doing basic maintenance work.
• Assisted completion of construction final punch list for the New World of Coca-cola, & LeJardin (the largest job on the books for Ruppert at that time.)
• Led a crew start to finish on two small installations in Columbus GA.
  
  May-Aug. 2005, ’06 The Greenery Oxford, MS
  Internship
• Performed and/or supervised landscape services including many types of hardscape installation: flagstone patios, stone borders, pergolas, design/build custom arbors, outdoor lighting repair, irrigation system design and installation, troubleshooting and repair, as well as planting, laying sod, pest management, and other maintenance operations.
• Supervised a crew of four (two Hispanic workers) assigning work, gathering supplies, performing pre-job surveys and reviewing work to be done with the crew as well as generally performing the lead job.
• I built custom arbors, lattice, stone walkways, and a flagstone patios.
  
  2002-2008 Nantahala Outdoor Center Mtn. Rest, SC
  Lead Raft Guide
• As trip leader I was responsible for groups of up to forty guests, leading them on a day of rafting down the wild and scenic class IV-V Chattooga River, along the border of South Carolina and Georgia.
• My duties included arranging transportation to and from the river, and establishing the overall safety “culture” for each trip on and off the water, and give my guest the experience they will never forget.
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  Education
  
  2002–2009 Mississippi State University Starkville, MS
  
• B.S., Landscape Contracting and Management.
• Received the Community Service & Outreach Award, May 2009.
  

Interests

• Eagle Scout of BSA Troop 100, Port Gibson MS.
• Hiked the entire Appalachian Trail, May-Oct. 2009
• Organic gardening, canoeing, kayaking, cycling, hiking, running, carpentry, amateur naturalist.
  mclemoresam@yahoo.com
  132 Josey Ave • Starkville, Mississippi 39759 • Phone (662) 418-0670
  
  

Success on the AT!!

!!Success on the AT!!

!Champagne on Springer!

!!Complete!!

!The blaze I was looking for!

It has been eleven days since Sallie and I completed our

(=!Flip/Flopin-AT-Thru-Hike!=)

2,178 - Two Thousand One Hundred Seventy-Eight

Miles Hiked*

*(Ran,Hopped,Waded,Vaulted,Slipped,Tripped,Swam)*

168 - One Hundred Sixty-Eight days of Vacation (as Isabel put it!)

13 - Thirteen Zero Days (days i didn't hike any trail miles)

4 - Four pair of shoes!

2 - Two Spoons
1- One Amazing Wife Supporting us from home!

Isabel at Amicalola Falls

Less than 1 mile to go!!

Stay tuned for more pictures! hopefully a slide show, videos, and more!

Sallie & I have begun to focus on training for a full marathon on February 28, 2010!

I feel like we are adjusting well to being back home. Sallie keeps her hunting skills sharp by spending hours chasing critters in the stick piles in the back yard as I restore order in the garden beds.