Joseph E Baca

Hello! My name is Joseph and I am passionate about giving customers the best experience possible. I pride myself on taking great integrity and initiative in my work. I am a quick learner and I always bring a positive energy to those around me. I encourage you to reach out to my current employer as they would strongly vouch for my work ethic and character.

Experience

Whole Foods Grocery Team Member 10/2023- (present)

• Was trusted with maintaining the department on my own some nights from 6pm-10pm an ensured that I properly set up the overnight and opening shift crews. 
• Learned how to make signs, scan spoilage, scan donations, scan samples, make bales, and run cooler/freezer temperature checks.
• Ran dairy truck at 5am and ensured that the dairy section and dairy perimeters were as perfect as possible before the store opening time.
• Ran frozen freight in the PM shifts to help the overnight and morning crew for that section
• Coordinated with my department team trainer as much as possible to learn their duties and methods to the best of my abilities before applying for team trainer
• Consistently memorized where seasonal, new, and niche products were across departments in order to efficiently assist customers
• Greeted customers with positivity to ensure an easy, satisfying shopping experience for them
• Broke down and built displays as sales ended and new sales began
• Directed a few of our 1pm power fronts when leadership were in meetings

• Became a culture champion and punctually arrived at 6:00 AM for each shift to ensure a clean and properly stocked department before open
• Assisted Value Added/Production Team with production of cut fruits, veggies, and fresh squeezed juice.
• Assisted floor team with stocking and fronting product, as well as closing up whenever they needed it.
• Shadowed Supervisor Shawn Wolfe to learn about supervisor duties and general responsibilities of the closing shift.

• Diligently multi-tasked during shifts in which we were understaffed 
• Learned the responsibilities of numerous positions outside of my own job description in order to maintain the store standards 
• Safely and efficiently operated a forklift every day

• Worked as only intern on geosynthetics team led by Dr. Jeffery Kuhn, PH.D, P.E.
• Assisted Geosynthetic Technicians in the testing of geosynthetic material qualities such as: hydroconductivity, internal shear strength, shear strength, resistance to pullout under construction load, resistance to pullout under soil, connection strength of geosynthetic reinforcement and segmental concrete units.
• Was responsible for data entry regarding the and physical characteristics and qualities of soils and geosynthetic materials 

 University of Texas at Austin School of Civil Engineering 2017-2018 (3 semesters)

• Overall GPA before leaving: 2.3
• Completed Core Courses: Intro to Civil Engineering Systems, Differential and Integral Calculus, Principles of Chemistry I & 2, Engineering Calculus Based Physics

• Overall GPA: 3.9
• Class Rank: 10/355 (Top 3%) SAT Score: 1310