Facilities Operations Manager

Associate Degree in Mechanical and Electrical Technology

Community College of the Air Force, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL

Supervisor Safety Training Course  ▪  Beginning-Level Leadership and Management Course  ▪  Advanced Electrical Power Generating Equipment Troubleshooting Course  ▪  Bare Base Generator (Diesel)  ▪  Electrical Power Production Apprentice Course  ▪  Supervisor Safety Training Certification  ▪  Electrical Power Production Craftsman/Level 7  ▪  Hazardous Materials Control Monitor  ▪  Confined Space Awareness  ▪  Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) Health Care Provider Level Certification  ▪  Safety/Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Certification Training  ▪  Lockout/Tagout Theory and Operation

Facilities Operations Analyst       12/2018 to Present

Lockheed Martin, Bethesda, MD

Inspect and perform routine and scheduled maintenance on a wide variety of facility electrical pieces and heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment to support military employees deployed overseas. Maintain functional awareness of all systems to act quickly to identify, troubleshoot, and diagnose issues within the system to ensure minimal downtime and system outage. Perform on-the-spot repairs during electrical system outage and machinery malfunction. Perform regular tests to electrical systems, equipment, and machinery, both to spot potential problems and to ensure that systems are operating at their highest possible levels of functionality. Ensure mission operations have available power by providing and operating primary and backup generators.

Superior Accomplishments:

• Supported military units through facility management for thousands of soldiers deployed overseas.
• Analyzed power infrastructure to increase power productivity by over 50% by freeing up equipment that was not in use.
• Identified major flaw in base power plant operations, preventing critical power plant shutdown that would have brought crucial special operations to a halt.

Electrical Power Production Superintendent                        09/2016 to 11/2018

Vectrus, Incirlik Air Base, Turkey

Managed day-to-day operations and maintenance planning for electrical infrastructure supplying power to critical air base in Turkey. Managed a team of 50 electricians and generator operators ensuring the upkeep and performance of power supply equipment valued at over $15M, including generators, transformers, switchgear, and power distribution lines. Directed, planned, and coordinated operation, maintenance, planning/scheduling, and staffing to meet base power production needs. Conceptualized, scoped, planned, and completed project deliverables valued at over $30M, including development of budgets, implementation plans, schedules and timelines, status updates, staffing statistics, issue tracking, and final reports. Developed objectives and goals for each project while identifying timeline, scope of work, and key contributors. Defined plans of action and milestones for project progress, while ensuring any changing priorities and organizational goals were addressed in planning. Ensured all team members were provided training opportunities to ensure key roles in projects were filled with qualified staff.

Superior Accomplishments:

• Planned and delivered emergency generator training for 94 personnel, reducing power interruption time by 75%.
• Oversaw completion of over 450 generator inspections, ensuring 100% compliance with Air Force regulations.
• Provided supervision and leadership to six crews with more than 60 personnel during multiple power outages on base keeping over 180 critical generators online to support contingency operations throughout the region.

Electrical Power Plant Superintendant   03/2015 to 09/2016

Chugach Federal Solutions, Anchorage, AK

Supervised a team of five employees implementing a $35M project to improve and maintain power supply and delivery equipment to U.S. Air Base on Wake Island, a remote three-square-mile U.S. territory located in the western Pacific Ocean. Oversaw emplacement, operation, and maintenance of entire electrical infrastructure for the island. Coordinated various phases of electricity generation, maintenance, load scheduling, fuel supply and efficiency. Implemented project management concepts to conceptualize, scope, plan, and construct project deliverables throughout the project life cycle, on budget, meeting all timelines. Developed implementation plans, schedules and timelines, status updates, staffing statistics, issue tracking, and final reports. Monitored and managed all progress on project deliverables, communicating updates to superiors and to base leadership.

Superior Accomplishments:

• Provided oversight on major $2M project to install two-megawatt solar power plant to provide power throughout the island.
• Served as project manager for switch gear upgrade at radar site to restore power, keeping 6K-square-mile air traffic control system operational.

Electrical Power Production Leader           12/2005 to 03/2012

U.S. Air Force, International Locations

Provided leadership and guidance to a team of three crew members operating and maintaining generators, switch gear, and other electrical infrastructure on the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base in North Carolina from 2008 to 2012 and at Lajes Air Base in Portugal from 2006 to 2008. Managed daily workload of team, establishing and monitoring work performance of employees. Maintained broad knowledge base of industry standards in mechanical and electrical operation of powered support systems, occupational safety standards, and Air Force rules and regulations, to ensure team’s work complied with all requirements and team remained safe. Facilitated training for employees to develop work skills and to foster team cohesion. Inspected work completed by crews to ensure a high quality of work performance. Coached team on complex troubleshooting techniques to maintain generator systems. Developed shop procedures, policies, and protocol for team to follow.

Superior Accomplishments:

• Ensured Balad Air Base was provided with the power it needed to allow continuous communication to all troops in Iraq and part of Afghanistan without interruption.
• Conceptualized, gained approval for, and implemented training program to promote safety requirements, leading to zero discrepancies during major wing-level inspection.