Working at the local Rent A Center; Matt enjoyed his assistant manager position, and enjoyed meeting new people every day in retail, but the temporary layoffs and day-to-day sameness of the work environment made it hard to stay excited about what he was doing…

In March of 2012 he was going on a 3-month layoff and he saw a Help Wanted sign that pointed him to just the change of pace and job security he was looking for.
Matt took a job with Miller Well Drilling as a tech assistant and quickly showed aptitude toward the work and a desire to grow in the company. He is now one of our key Filter Technicians, but has also helped with sales, pump service, and water treatment design and installation, all the while picking up more and more State certifications.
In that short time, he has shown himself to be competent, caring, and energetic worker, eager to grow in skill and responsibilities within the company.

One of the biggest reasons for this drive is the fact that he genuinely likes helping people:

There was a weekend when I was on call and typically it doesn’t entail a late night working, however this one call I went on at 5 pm (one of my first by myself) ended up being a pump pull. There was an elderly lady with two very young grand-babies so it was super important to me to make sure I fixed the issue before I left. It ended up being a late night, however the feeling of gratification from helping out someone in a tough situation not only from a fixing their water perspective but also because the office staff was amazing about helping work with them financially. Things like that make me proud to be a part of the MWD team.

For someone in his mid-20’s he seems to be more conscientious and level-headed than most of his peers. He’s been in Cherokee County since he graduated High School, where he was Captain of the Drill Squad and the best shooter of the rifle team in Army J.R.O.T.C. His love for shooting is only eclipsed by his love for UGA sports and his 5- year-old son.

Matt says his favorite thing about working at MWD is the people he works with, and the many opportunities he has to assist people in our community by fixing their water quality issues or restoring their water when it goes out.

That’s why we call him a “Hometown Hero”.