Jon Le Beau
Clarksville
Summary
Skilled Landscape foreman specializes in grounds management and landscape maintenance. Thrives in both self-directed and collaborative working environments. Strong knowledge of equipment operation and safety. Expert fairway mower!
Skilled Nordic/Cross Country snow groomer.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Greenskeeper
City Of Minneapolis Parks Board
04.2024 - Current
- Contributed positively to the overall golfer experience with consistently well-maintained bunkers and hazard areas.
- Trained new employees on proper equipment use, safety protocols, and best practices in golf course maintenance.
- Enhanced course conditions by implementing effective maintenance practices and timely turf management.
- Increased golfer satisfaction with diligent attention to detail in maintaining greens, tees, and fairways.
- Maintained healthy turf conditions through careful application of fertilizers, pesticides, and fungicides according to industry standards.
- Facilitated timely repairs on damaged playing surfaces due to adverse weather events or vandalism incidents quickly restoring the area back into playable condition.
- Ensured consistent playing surfaces with regular aeration, topdressing, and verticutting procedures.
- Improved course aesthetics by trimming trees, pruning shrubs, and managing landscape plantings as needed.
- Enhanced customer service by addressing golfer concerns promptly regarding any issues related to the course conditions or its surroundings.
- Collaborated with golf course superintendent to develop strategic plans for ongoing maintenance projects and improvements.
- Incorporated golf course industry trends and innovations to stay up-to-date with new techniques and technologies for efficient greenskeeping.
- Preserved wildlife habitats within the golf course property through responsible land management practices.
Overnight Stocker
Walmart
02.2023 - 11.2023
- Maintained proper storage of overstock items, keeping backroom areas organized and accessible for future use.
- Removed all boxes and related trash from sales floor and processed through compactors.
- Enhanced store appearance for better customer experience through meticulous shelf stocking and arrangement.
- Used dollies and pallet jacks to unload and organize merchandise from delivery trucks.
Tractor Operator
PRIDE Industries
03.2022 - 11.2022
- Maintained [Type] tractor in good working order and regularly inspected and cleaned attachments.
- Moved equipment between job locations, following traffic rules to prevent incidents and quickly reach new sites.
- Operated hydraulic and mechanical controls to expertly move and control powerful attachments.
- Drove equipment from one site to another to deliver tools and complete jobs.
Landscape Maintenance Supervisor
Spanish Peaks Mountain Club
06.2019 - 03.2021
- Planted bulbs, trees, bushes and flowers for residential and commercial clients.
- Maintained routine landscaping schedules to boost lawn health.
- Used trimmers and chainsaws for grounds maintenance, brush clearing and tree removal and thinning.
- Monitored weekly and daily scheduled tasks to achieve desired workflow speed.
- Assessed pest damage and safely used appropriate pesticides for mitigation and control.
- Answered questions and addressed customer concerns according to rigorous timetables, supporting diverse lawn health and landscape development requests.
- Removed weeds, hazards and debris from common pathways to improve usability.
- Cultivated soil and added fertilizer, compost and amendments.
- Maximized water conservation, checking sprinkler spray angles and testing digital controller performance.
- Performed multiple landscaping tasks, including planting, watering, mulching and edging.
- Identified plant diseases and researched methods for mitigation.
- Trimmed greenery, shrubs and hedges to maintain uniform appearance.
- Rearranged planting beds and flower gardens seasonally.
- Inspected machinery to spot damage and note needed maintenance repairs.
- Provided expert lawn care, mulching, aerating and trimming around walks, walls and flower beds.
- Arranged winter decorations, holiday lights, wreaths and garlands.
- Identified and removed invasive plants and noxious weeds for garden aesthetics and ecosystem health.
- Mulched gardens, placed sod and adjusted soils to provide optimal growth potential.
- Applied weed and pest control chemicals to lawns, protecting grass growth and improving appearance.
- Developed lasting customer relationships and grew network over time.
- Transferred materials to designated areas using hand trucks, electric carts and wheelbarrows.
- Maintained grounds by trimming, weeding and general clean-up.
- Handled hedge, bush and shrub trimming.
- Operated landscaping equipment with focus on safety and machine longevity.
- Used shears, pruners and chainsaws to prune and trim hedges and shrubs.
- Mixed and sprayed fertilizers, herbicides and insecticides onto shrubs, trees and grass.
- Applied mulch to garden beds for protection against weeds and unwanted growth.
- Operated skid steers, wheel loaders, forklifts and yard goats.
- Opened containers with steel cutters, claw hammers and other hand tools.
- Mowe fairways, tee boxes and greens.
- Groomed snow using a 2019 Piston Bully 100
Mortgage Banker
Self Employed
02.2009 - 03.2019
- Evaluated client financial positions and identified most appropriate banking products.
- Located and pre-qualified customers for mortgages.
- Worked with underwriters to fix application problems and resolve issues.
- Reviewed loan files and updated to match current standards.
- Networked with realtors and current clients to generate referrals.
- Produced and executed loan packages.
- Implemented sales strategies that established relationships with realtors and CPAs.
- Fielded customer complaints and provided solutions.
- Explained different types of loans pertaining to client situations.
- Oversaw scheduling of timely loan closing to satisfy home builder and borrower needs.
- Assisted clients with improving financial health by counseling on issues such as excessive spending and borrowing.
- Monitored pipelines to track and log status of loans.
- Developed prospects for new loans by conducting cold calls weekly.
- Proactively identified solutions for customers experiencing credit issues.
- Explained very technical financial information to applicants in easy to understand language.
- Assessed aging accounts and initiated collection strategies based on conditions.
- Established plans and payoffs for customers' loans, prioritizing control of overall costs.
- Supervised loan personnel and motivated to maintain customer service and performance standards.
Education
Associate of Arts - Business
Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CA07.1987
Skills
- All aspects of residential landscape and golf course maintenance
- 10 Years of outside sale experience
- 15 Years of Residential Mortgage experience
- Nordic/Cross Country snow groomer
Timeline
Senior Greenskeeper
City Of Minneapolis Parks Board
04.2024 - Current
Overnight Stocker
Walmart
02.2023 - 11.2023
Tractor Operator
PRIDE Industries
03.2022 - 11.2022
Landscape Maintenance Supervisor
Spanish Peaks Mountain Club
06.2019 - 03.2021
Mortgage Banker
Self Employed
02.2009 - 03.2019
Associate of Arts - Business
Chaffey College
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