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California, United States

Houston, TX, US

• Manage the day to day engineering operations for 630,000 square feet of office space, two parking garages and an onsite cafeteria.
• Have made major changes to the building automation operations resulting in a reduction of electrical usage of 55% or $1,150,000, reduction in gas usage of 26% or $19,000.
• Completed many in-house repairs to equipment that had been previously deferred or would have typically been outsourced.
• Put together the scope of work and supervised the replacement of five 115-ton packaged units and one air cooled chiller.

Belmont, California, US

• Manage overall engineering operations for 6.5 million square feet of commercial office space throughout the bay area.
• Oversee large engineering projects including over $7,00,000 in HVAC renovations.
• Generate SOP’s covering chemical treatment, HAZMAT, maintenance, uniform policy and time off.
• Conducted an RFP for contracted engineering services company wide.
• Deal with personnel issues, hiring, transferring and letting go of engineering staff.
• Develop training programs to both increase technical knowledge and to attain mandatory certifications for engineering staff.

• Manage overall engineering operations for 6.5 million square feet of commercial office space.
• Develop policies and procedures in the areas of fire life safety, daily operations and safety.
• Generate and maintain preventative maintenance programs using Angus software.
• Organize and often conduct training sessions for engineering.
• Communicate with property management on a regular basis to alter goals and change priorities to best fit the campus needs.
• Give technical input for construction projects, power shutdowns, equipment upgrades and building automation programming.

• Supervise thirteen engineers in the day-to-day operations, maintenance and repair of over 1 million square feet of office space, data center, cafeteria and lab space. As Oracle is an owner/operator the on-site.
• Maintain the operation of a 5,000 ton chiller plant that serves the data center and campus labs.
• Responsible for the preventative maintenance, repair and service calls for equipment and fixtures in campus cafeteria facilities.
• Develop annual and five year budgets for engineering operating and capital expenditures, ensure budget compliance throughout the year.
• Implemented changes to the campus systems that reduced utilities by $650,000 annually and designed future capital projects that will save an additional $500,000.
• Founded Oracle Sustainability committee.

San Francisco, California, US

Managed two major construction projects that exceeded $1,000,000 including a lobby renovation, tenant improvements and market ready build outs Initiated changes that reduced gas consumption by 57%, electrical usage by 38%, and water by 60% in less than four years reducing operating expenses by $265,000.Increased the Energy Star score from 79 to 97 in less.

Set up equipment lists and PM schedules in the ABM web PM program for a 250,000 ft2 high-risePerformed maintenance and repair of all building systems including HVAC, fire life safety systems and emergency generator systems. Conducted thorough daily rounds. Initiated and completed work orders for discrepancies throughout the building.Monitored and.

Initiated and completed many tasks and repairs that were previously contracted to third party vendors.Maintained, repaired and troubleshot HVAC units and control systems.Supervised Maintenance Technician and outside contractors. Established and maintained good relations with customers and vendors.Implemented lock-out/tag-out and illness/injury prevention.

Audited and refurbished SMT (high-speed chip placement) equipment returning from lease. Trained personnel on operation and troubleshooting of manufacturing equipment.Created and maintained spreadsheets for returned equipment bill-backs and inventory.

Supervised technicians and conducted maintenance and repair of SMT and other assorted manufacturing equipment. Managed and scheduled technician workloads. Interviewed and screened technical applicants. Attended production meetings and provided equipment status reports. Performed inventory control and tracked repair/spare parts. Developed a preventative.

Washington, DC, US

Supervised nine-man crew in preventative and corrective maintenance on two guided missile-launching systems. As Launcher Captain, ensured personnel safety and system operations. Maintained constant system readiness, quality assurance, and hazardous materials disposal.

Various Courses, Building Engineering

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