Matthew Gougeon
Oshawa,ON
Summary
Adaptable professional with a quick-learning ability and a talent for adjusting to new environments. Skilled in rapidly acquiring new knowledge and applying it effectively. Driven by a passion for continuous learning and successfully navigating change.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Junior Project Manager
EJP Contracting
Whitby, Canada
2024.09 - Current
- Assist in Project Planning and Scheduling: Support the development and maintenance of project plans and schedules, ensuring timely and cost-effective completion of projects.
- Team Collaboration: Work and communicate closely with owner, subcontractors, suppliers, and clients to create scope of work, plan and complete inspections, and manage client relationships.
- Quality Assurance: Help monitor construction activities to ensure they meet industry standards and project specifications.
- Resource Allocation: Aid in the management of resources, including labor, materials, and equipment, to optimize project efficiency.
Lunch-Time Supervisor
Durham District School Board
Oshawa, Canada
2023.12 - Current
- Tasked with keeping large groups of children safe from themselves and outer sources.
- Support students in various settings to provide lunch break supervision daily.
- Organizing group and individual play, managing large groups.
- Approach all situations with empathy and patience, providing feedback when possible.
- Connect with students, assisting with current issues, problem-solving, and teachable moments.
General Handyman
Private Business Owner
Beaverton, Canada
2020.01 - Current
- Prepared facilities wedding/banquet, assisting with the working parts of a café and two AirBnB’s. Full scope includes 4 different properties/locations.
- Seasonal property maintenance, demo, painting, design, & constructing.
- Designed and built small projects based off need.
- Repaired, organized, and assembled while sourcing components creatively.
- In a day designing decorating schemes, making espressos, and building a deck, many hats were worn.
- Expert customer service at counter with customers or building something to improve the experience.
Technical Installer
Forum Athletic Products
Bolton, Canada
2022.01 - 2022.06
- Installed all working structures for gymnasiums, bleachers, wall pads, basketball & volleyball systems, gym curtains and more.
- Expert at engineering practical organization and worksite tidiness for each specific job.
- Read drawings, machined parts on site, detailed painting, use of all power tools and construction machinery.
- Dealt directly with business owners and investors. Problem solving is the number one required skill with this position.
Assistant League Convener
Oak Ridges Slo-Pitch Softball
Richmond Hill, Canada
2009.01 - 2020.12
- Integral part in growing into one of the largest local recreational sports leagues.
- Community relations; promoted positive team culture by fostering strong relationships among players, volunteers, staff, and fans.
- Created custom schedules of all six regional leagues including over 120 teams.
- Maintained all related documentation and communication of every member.
- Consistency creating organizational methods for documentation, scheduling tactics, and inventory/equipment necessary for the league.
- Feedback often occurred in the moment harboring a constant state of improvement.
Transportation Design Team
The Regional Municipality of Durham
Whitby, Canada
2019.04 - 2019.09
- Used a high level of discretion with some projects given the nature of the budgetary or contractual requirements.
- Extensive knowledge of road networks, traffic patterns, and historical data.
- Collaborated with seasoned professionals to design, markup, red-line, and correct any changes applicable to live construction drawings and documents.
- Consulted with other departments such as construction and water wastewater.
- Worked on multiple projects at any given time; followed scope and specifications, service contracts, control schedules and quality standards.
Territory Manager
Scandinavian Tobacco Group
Peterborough, Canada
2016.09 - 2018.04
- Proactively driving sales, through existing customer growth and/or generating new prospects & leads.
- Large territory spanning southeastern Ontario.
- Managing and developing an assigned customer base using CRM software.
- Handle customer complaints in a positive and constructive manner.
- Attended training courses in relation to all products and procedures, made product knowledge a priority.
- Accountable for tracking of all sales material, presentations, schedules, and daily reports.
Territory Sales Representative
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group
Greater Toronto Area, Canada
2009.06 - 2016.07
- Attend sales meetings weekly, presenting ideas, discussing success, in a team atmosphere. Supervising co-workers.
- Proactively driving sales, through existing customer growth and/or generating new prospects & leads.
- Persistent with product knowledge and local market research.
- Built and maintained strong relationships with clients, understanding their needs and providing appropriate solutions.
- Using common sense and relativity as tools for closing. Connecting with customers to drive sales.
- Focus on achieving forecast objectives along with KPI’s on distribution, volume, trade, and net sales.
- Performed route service tasks as needed, such as launching material or installing new displays and merchandising mechanisms.
Education
Civil Engineering Tech -
Durham College
Oshawa2020-02
Skills
- Customer relationship management
- Community engagement
- Project management
- Problem solving
- Team collaboration
- Effective communication
- Attention to detail
- Conflict resolution
- Time management
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft office
- Public speaking
- Data analysis
- Technical Aptitude
Timeline
Junior Project Manager
EJP Contracting
2024.09 - Current
Lunch-Time Supervisor
Durham District School Board
2023.12 - Current
Technical Installer
Forum Athletic Products
2022.01 - 2022.06
General Handyman
Private Business Owner
2020.01 - Current
Transportation Design Team
The Regional Municipality of Durham
2019.04 - 2019.09
Territory Manager
Scandinavian Tobacco Group
2016.09 - 2018.04
Territory Sales Representative
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Group
2009.06 - 2016.07
Assistant League Convener
Oak Ridges Slo-Pitch Softball
2009.01 - 2020.12
Civil Engineering Tech -
Durham College