Connecting Construction-Loving People
O’Shea recently hosted two students from the Capital Area Career Center for job shadow days. Matt Mangold and Logan Young were very interested in learning more about O’Shea Builders after David O’Shea III, Nick Clemens, and Dan Sullivan spoke to the CACC Building Trades students back in January.
The CACC visit is one of many school outreach efforts that O’Shea has undertaken over the past several months as part of our 2020 Strategic Plan initiative to build our “Farm Team” and help educate students about the many fulfilling career options in the trades. Since last October, members of the O’Shea field and office teams have visited Porta High School, Springfield High School, LLCC’s Highway Construction Careers Training Program, and CACC.
The shadow day enabled Matt and Logan to have an introduction to both the office and the field. The day started with a tour of the office and warehouse. From there, it was to the jobsites for the rest of the day.
Matt, a senior at Auburn High School, toured LRS with Superintendent Eric Knoles and then spent the rest of the day with Nick and the St. John’s Hospital (SJH) team learning about what it’s like to work in the construction field.
“My favorite part of the day was walking through past and current O’Shea jobs at SJH and seeing how each trade contributed to the projects,” Matt said.
And after spending the day with Matt, Nick was impressed with what he saw.
“Matt is very passionate about working in the trades, and we need this passion in the younger generation. He is also driven and enthusiastic about his future and willing to take full advantage of his opportunities,” Nick said.
Tim Lynch, carpenter foreman, saw his time with Logan, a senior at Pleasant Plains High School, as a way to give back.
“I enjoyed Logan’s shadow day. It was the perfect chance for me to give back for the time I was able to shadow the different tradesmen through the building trades class I was involved in,” Tim said.
During Logan’s day at MHS Baylis, he saw a new pharmacy being built and also toured other projects that O’Shea has completed.
“During our office tour, Logan seemed more reserved. But once we arrived to the jobsite, Logan’s eyes lit up, and he became much more engaged. That is his ‘happy’ place,” David said.
As we build our team, we hope to find more people who find their “happy” place in construction, too.