JAMES CARROLL
Guelph,Canada
Summary
Results-driven Brick/Stone Mason with 14 years of hands-on experience in custom masonry, structural repairs, and new construction. Proven ability to deliver high-quality work, manage job sites, and provide excellent client service. Additional expertise in operating heavy equipment, precision agriculture technology and golf course maintenance supervision. Exceptional leadership, safety focus, and ability to work independently or as part of a team in demanding environments.
Overview
2027
2027
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Brick/Stonemason
Pamar Masonry
Hamilton, ON
10.2024 - 03.2026
- Constructed custom stone and brick structures, ensuring precision and adherence to design specifications.
- Operated and maintained masonry tools and equipment, promoting safety standards on job sites.
- Collaborated with clients to understand project requirements and deliver tailored solutions.
Block Mason
Medi Group
Toronto, ON
02.2023 - 08.2024
- Constructed block walls with precision and attention to structural integrity.
- Operated masonry tools and equipment safely and effectively.
- Assisted in layout planning for block installations to ensure accuracy.
- Collaborated with team members to complete projects within deadlines.
Brick/Stonemason
Anton Glasnovic
Kitchener, ON
2020 - 02.2023
- Constructed custom brick/stone structures, ensuring precision and adherence to design specifications.
- Oversaw project workflows, ensuring timely completion while maintaining quality standards.
- Implemented process improvements to enhance efficiency in stone cutting and installation tasks.
- New construction of residential homes
Heavy Equipment Operator/Process Plant Operator
Arkell Ridge Sand & Gravel
Arkell, ON
05.2018 - 11.2020
- Operated heavy machinery for excavation, grading, and site preparation.
- Conducted routine maintenance checks on equipment to ensure operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with crew members to execute project timelines safely and effectively.
- Monitored equipment performance and identified issues for timely resolution.
- Ensured compliance with safety regulations while operating heavy machinery daily.
Brick/Stone Mason
Sloot Construction
Arkell, ON
11.2015 - 03.2018
- Custom brick/stone/block masonry work
- Responsible for transportation of equipment to site and initial inspection of operations.
- Ability to mix materials and repair or construct brick/stone/block projects of all natures.
- Erect scaffolding or other installation structures such as boom lifts.
Brick/Stone Mason
Ace Masonry
Guelph, ON
03.2012 - 11.2015
- Examine brickwork or structure integrity to determine solutions.
- Custom masonry work in conjunction with repair.
- Responsible for transportation of equipment to site and initial inspection of operations.
- Ability to mix materials and repair or construct stone projects of all natures.
- Erect scaffolding or other installation structures such as boom lifts.
Precision Agriculture Technician
Decisive Farming
Irricana, AB
09.2012 - 04.2015
- Collect information about soil or field attributes, yield data, or field boundaries, using field data recorders and basic geographic information systems (GIS).
- Create, layer, and analyze maps showing precision agricultural data, such as crop yields, soil characteristics, input applications, terrain, drainage patterns, or field management history.
- Demonstrate the uses and applications of geospatial technology, such as Global Positioning System (GPS), geographic information systems (GIS), automatic tractor guidance systems, variable rate chemical input applicators, surveying equipment, and computer.
- Daily equipment maintenance, driving logs, disinfection between growers to prevent contamination, load/unload testing vehicles on/off trailers as well as maintain soil samples and their records.
Brick/Stone Mason
Sloot Construction
Arkell, ON
11.2009 - 10.2012
- Custom masonry work with stone/brick/block
- Responsible for transportation of equipment to site and initial inspection of operations.
- Ability to mix materials and repair or construct stone projects of all natures.
- Erect scaffolding or other installation structures such as boom lifts.
Maintenance Supervisor
Greystone Golf Club
Milton, ON
04.2007 - 09.2010
- Operate vehicles and powered equipment, such as mowers, tractors, skid steer, mini excavators, twin-axle vehicles, snow blowers, chain saws, electric clippers, sod cutters, and pruning saws.
- Maintain or repair tools, equipment, or structures, such as buildings, greenhouses, fences, or benches, using hand or power tools.
- Mix and spray or spread fertilizers, herbicides, or insecticides onto grass, shrubs, or trees, using hand or automatic sprayers or spreaders.
- Maintain irrigation systems, including winterizing the systems and starting them up in spring.
- Inspect completed work to ensure conformance to specifications, standards, and contract requirements.
- Monitor project activities to ensure that instructions are followed, deadlines are met, and schedules are maintained.
- Train workers in tasks such as transplanting or pruning trees or shrubs, finishing cement, using equipment, or caring for turf.
- Daily course maintenance and setup to the highest standard, responsible for final say on all tee deck/pin placements as well as the quality of all other staff duties (bunkers raked, no cutting errors, trash collected..)
- Hosted several Canadian Tour events where attention to fine detail and the quality of course maintenance/setup had to be completed at the highest professional level.
Education
Ontario Secondary School Diploma -
John F. Ross
Guelph, OntarioSkills
- Exceptional team work skills/leadership abilities
- Excellent communication skills in English and French
- Experienced with multiple types heavy machinery/tools in construction
- Excellent time management and organization skills
- Great hands on skills gained through many work experiences
- Great physical shape for manual jobs
- Can work long hours and live on the road have worked on the road for 8 months with 70-80 hr weeks
- Can work efficiently with little or no supervision
- Repair skills
- Brick/Stone/Block masonry specialty
Languages
English
Native or Bilingual
French
Native or Bilingual
Certification
- WHIMIS Training
- Working at Heights wah-36013
- Fall Arrest
- Worker Health and Saftey Awareness in 4 steps.
- Valid G License
- Post Secondary Education
- Liuna 183 union member
Timeline
Brick/Stonemason
Pamar Masonry
10.2024 - 03.2026
Block Mason
Medi Group
02.2023 - 08.2024
Heavy Equipment Operator/Process Plant Operator
Arkell Ridge Sand & Gravel
05.2018 - 11.2020
Brick/Stone Mason
Sloot Construction
11.2015 - 03.2018
Precision Agriculture Technician
Decisive Farming
09.2012 - 04.2015
Brick/Stone Mason
Ace Masonry
03.2012 - 11.2015
Brick/Stone Mason
Sloot Construction
11.2009 - 10.2012
Maintenance Supervisor
Greystone Golf Club
04.2007 - 09.2010
Brick/Stonemason
Anton Glasnovic
2020 - 02.2023
Ontario Secondary School Diploma -
John F. Ross