John Rumble
Coventry
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in commercial driving and logistics, known for safe driving in adverse conditions and strong record keeping skills. Demonstrates a customer-oriented approach with empathy and adaptability, ensuring high levels of client satisfaction. Possesses a strong mathematics aptitude and organisational skills, contributing to efficient logistics management. Career goals include advancing within the logistics sector while continuing to enhance customer service excellence.
Responsible Individual with positive, committed work ethic seeks position in caretaking and maintenance role. Takes direction well to achieve tasks to instruction. Plans and prioritises workload to meet changing job demands.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
Work history
Caretaker/Maintenance Assistant
Powerleague Coventry
2025.11 - 2026.02
- Maintaining the pitches and looking after the site, ensuring a clean and tidy environment for service users. Weekly checks including fire alarms, and water safety. Liaising with contractors ensuring they go to correct areas.
- Taking care of 8 AstroTurf pitches of various sizes, making sure they are safe to use. Involving brushing them with machinery and applying crumb to them.
- General maintenance of the site including keeping everywhere clean, tidy and litter free.
- Weekly safety checks including fire alarm testing, fire extinguisher checks, fire door checks, legionella and water temperature checks.
- Escorting and liaising with any contractors on site.
- Occasionally opening up the building when necessary.
Maintenance Officer
Woodland View Rehabilitation Unit, Meriden
2018.05 - 2025.08
- General maintenance of the facilities within the hospital grounds ranging from day to day tasks to liaising with contractors whilst following safety procedures to ensure the wellbeing of staff, contractors and service users.
- Overseeing Planned Preventative Maintenance checks regarding legionella. Including water temperatures, boilers, clarifiers and general safety of the water system in the building
- Various equipment checks including fire extinguishers, lighting and kitchen equipment
- Weekly fire alarm drills and supervision of fire evacuations
- Escalating any issues to management, arranging contractors to complete any work necessary and supervising them whilst on site
- Maintaining health and safety inside the building, such as replacing defective door handles and dealing with blockages in service user rooms e.g. showers and toilets.
- Maintaining the grounds outside, cutting lawns and general upkeep of outside space.
- Painting rooms, offices and corridors to maintain a clean environment.
- Accurate record keeping of all safety checks.
Recovery Support Worker
Woodland View Rehabilitation Unit, Meriden
2017.05 - 2018.05
- Ensuring the health and safety of service users within a mental health institution whilst maintaining a calm and well mannered approach to both residents and colleagues.
- Following Health & Safety, Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and Data Protection policies
- Supervision of service users in the unit as well as home visits and medical appointments
- Observation of medications being administered
- Record keeping of service users and incident reporting
- Restraint of service users during incidents
7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver
ScS – Gielgood Way, Crosspoint Business Park, Coventry
2016.04 - 2016.12
- Responsible for the safe and efficient delivery of furniture to the homes of customers as well as forward planning of delivery routes, critical thinking skills and excellent customer service.
- Loading and unloading delivery vans whilst maintaining safe and secure loading methods
- Working as part of a team to ensure all jobs are completed within a timely manner
- Accurate record keeping and filing of paperwork
- Completing pre and post-trip safety inspections, recording and reporting any defects and malfunctions
- General upkeep of the warehouse
Cash in Transit Driver
1 Channel Way, Coventry, CV6 6RH
2015.07 - 2016.04
- Secure transportation of cash to various businesses. A high risk process that required following strict protocols and attention to detail.
- Loading and unloading of delivery vans
- Verification of each delivery against shipping instructions before delivering to customers
- Contacted customers prior to delivery to confirm and coordinate delivery times
- Submitted receipts and money received from deliveries at the end of each shift
- Communicated customer complaints, requests and feedback to company management
- Fostered positive working relationships with customers by responding to their questions and concerns
- Accurate record keeping and completion of paperwork including receipts and delivery information
Delivery Driver
Yet Sun Hong – 1 Alpha Business Park, Deedmore Road, Coventry, CV2 1EQ
2006.01 - 2015.07
- Wholesale distribution of frozen and ambient goods to Chinese restaurants, collecting/handling cash and driving/delivery logistics.
- Contacting customers prior to delivery to confirm and coordinate delivery times
- Loading trucks and securing items to prevent damage during transportation whilst practising safe and secure loading methods
- Completing on-time deliveries by choosing the best and most efficient routes
- Operated material handling equipment such as fork lift trucks (Counterbalance and Reach) and electric pump trucks
- Completed pre and post-trip safety inspections, recording and reporting any defects and malfunctions
Education
CSE's - English, Maths, Science,History, Geography, PE
Caludon Castle Secondary School
Coventry 1973.09 - 1978.07
Skills
- Safe driver in adverse conditions
- Commercial driving expertise
- Recordkeeping
- Customer-orientated
- Strong mathematics aptitude
- Organised
- Logistics knowledge
- Empathy
- Adaptability
Hobbies
Keen football supporter and previous management of a children's football club, Enjoys going for regular walks to maintain health and fitness, Enjoys socialising
Timeline
Caretaker/Maintenance Assistant
Powerleague Coventry
2025.11 - 2026.02
Maintenance Officer
Woodland View Rehabilitation Unit, Meriden
2018.05 - 2025.08
Recovery Support Worker
Woodland View Rehabilitation Unit, Meriden
2017.05 - 2018.05
7.5 Tonne Delivery Driver
ScS – Gielgood Way, Crosspoint Business Park, Coventry
2016.04 - 2016.12
Cash in Transit Driver
1 Channel Way, Coventry, CV6 6RH
2015.07 - 2016.04
Delivery Driver
Yet Sun Hong – 1 Alpha Business Park, Deedmore Road, Coventry, CV2 1EQ
2006.01 - 2015.07
CSE's - English, Maths, Science,History, Geography, PE
Caludon Castle Secondary School
1973.09 - 1978.07