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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.• Instituted engineering reports and regular staff meetings to increase communication, idea sharing internally and with property management.

• 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.• Generate scopes of work for multiple projects, organize project bidding and create summary spreadsheets.• Headed up the LEED project attaining a gold rating for a 2 million square foot building.

• 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 engineering group addresses all equipment maintenance, service calls, testing, certification and miscellaneous requests from Oracle employees in every department as well as coordinating daily with the facilities team and construction planners. • 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. • Completely overhauled Santa Clara campus PM system covering over 1800 pieces of equipment. The results of this major project reduced staffing hours required, reduced overtime expenditure, maximized efficiency, allowed the ability to forecast schedule demands and parts needs, and transitioned PM record keeping to a paperless system. • Implemented emergency response training for engineering staff, consisting of classes, training on troubleshooting critical equipment, and performing hands on emergency response drills.• Lead the training and professional/technical growth for the engineering department as well as the building facilities department, including scheduling, developing content and conducting several trainings personally.

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 than 4 years.Won BOMA's prestigious TOBY award for 2009Initiated over $200K annually in tenant bill backs utilizing meters and electrical calculationsGenerate R&M and utility budgets.Design and implement PM programs. Supervise the daily operations of high-rise and mid-rise towers including repair and maintenance of all building systems. Initiate safety and housekeeping programs. Manage, supervise and train the engineering and security staff

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 communicated with contractors, vendors and tenant facilities personal to ensure smooth building operation and security.Repined door locks for an entire 12 story building and half of another 13 story buildingRepaired/calibrated numerous pneumatic VAV boxes reducing energy costs and increasing building comfort

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 programSet up equipment lists and preventative maintenance schedules in the Angus maintenance system for fifteen buildings

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 maintenance system and initiated machine upgradesSet up and customized DataStream MP2 to maximize information retrieval

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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