Work

Where I've worked

Experience balanced across three areas: skilled trades, restaurant leadership, and warehouse operations — team training, production quality, safety, and keeping high-volume work moving.

Daniel Koen in a hard hat and hi-vis shirt on a fence crew jobsite
On a fence crew with Sunbelt Rentals, Nashville, 2024.
Sep 2026 — Present

Shift Leader · Moe's Southwest Grill

Duluth, GA
  • Hands-on shift leader supervising 2–3 crew members — working prep, service, and dining stations alongside the crew while directing the shift, coaching, and supporting new-hire training.
  • Run a clean, methodical, organized close: the store closes at 10 p.m. and the crew is out in 20–30 minutes on average.
  • Handle cash and drawer counts, opening duties, customer issues, and food-safety standards during high-volume shifts.

Previously Shift Leader at Moe's Southwest Grill, Nashville, TN — July to September 2026, in the same role.

Jun — Sep 2026

Apprentice Painter · Alabama Painting, GM Assembly Plant

Spring Hill, TN
  • Dispatched through IUPAT Local 456 for industrial painting during a scheduled plant shutdown and subsequent plant work.
  • Prepared surfaces by sandblasting, scraping, sanding, patching, caulking, taping, masking, and priming before finish coats.
  • Applied coatings with brushes, rollers, and sprayers; worked from ladders and scaffolding following lead-safe, PPE, and plant safety procedures.
2025

Assistant Manager · Wendy's

Suwanee, GA
  • Managed daily operations — opening/closing, service flow, labor coordination, and cash handling — supervising 3–5 employees per shift.
  • Cut drive-thru service time by approximately 20 seconds through crew repositioning and active floor management.
  • Shortened post-close from approximately two hours to 45–80 minutes with a repeatable closing workflow.
  • Completed food safety checks, drawer counts, deposits, inventory counts, and truck orders.
2024

Fence Installer · Sunbelt Rentals

Nashville, TN
  • Installed and removed temporary fencing (Moduloc panels, chain-link, gates, water barriers) for commercial, construction, demolition, and event projects — about 2 major or 5–8 small-to-medium projects per week.
  • Worked in 2–3 person field crews, regularly lifting 50–80 lbs in 8–12 hour shifts; operated post drivers, drills, hand tools, and pallet jacks.
2023

Warehouse Associate · Under Armour & Lightning Source / Ingram

Mt. Juliet & La Vergne, TN
  • Under Armour: operated second-level conveyor sortation with RF scanning, processing approximately 80–160 boxes per hour.
  • Lightning Source: book scanning, inventory sorting, pick-and-pack and palletizing, processing 60–80 books per hour in 10-hour shifts.

Earlier experience includes production at Stratas Foods, logistics at OnTrac, Shift Leader at McAlister's Deli, and customer service roles at McDonald's and Wash Factory Express. Full history is in my résumé.

Skills

What I do

Skilled Trades & Construction

  • Surface prep & coatings
  • Sandblasting
  • Spray / brush / roller application
  • Hand & power tools
  • Ladders & scaffolding
  • Lead-safe practices

Restaurant Leadership

  • Shift leadership
  • Training & coaching
  • POS & cash handling
  • Food safety
  • Opening / closing
  • Drive-thru operations

Warehouse & Operations

  • RF scanning
  • Sortation & conveyors
  • Picking & packing
  • Palletizing & pallet jacks
  • Quality inspection
  • Inventory counts

Get in touch

Based in Duluth, Georgia. The fastest way to reach me is email — I read and reply personally.