THOMAS W. O'NEILL III
Kendall Park, NJ 08824 E-Mail:
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Summary
Results-oriented Professional Manager with 22 years in increasingly
responsible positions in Athletics, Project Management, Engineering,
Facility and Construction Management. Major strengths include:
1. Project Planning/Organizing
2. Supervising Time Driven Results
3. Problem Solving/Adaptability
4. Customer Relations
5. Purchasing
6. Detail Oriented
Professional Experience
Assistant Athletic Director of Facilities, Princeton University,
Princeton, NJ (August 2006-current)
Direct nine person athletic ground crew in the daily operations,
maintenance, and event driven preparations of all athletic facilities
for 38 NCAA Division I varsity sports. Including, but not limited to
27,000 seat Princeton Stadium and newly built and dedicated soccer
facility, Myslik Field at Roberts Stadium.
Manage timely changeover of Jadwin Gymnasium's multipurpose main floor
for events such as basketball, indoor track meets and fencing meets,
as well as many other special catered events and meetings.
Establish, maintain and renovate 80 acres of varsity game fields,
practice fields, recreation athletic fields and adjacent landscaped
areas thru proper irrigation and IPM program control.
Maintain line and repair FieldTurf game and practice fields.
Coordinate athletic venues with television broadcast requirements for
national networks ESPN, ESPNU, YES, as well as Fox Soccer Channel.
Support game day preparations, cable and camera layouts with respect
to spectator safety and visual impact. Provide and maintain all
audio, video, high speed internet, and phone lines to and from the
broadcast truck.
Maintain/operate/troubleshoot all score board, pa and video board
systems.
Coordinate with campus wide emergency management snow removal from
pedestrian walkways, plazas and parking decks to field clearing for
early spring practices and games.
Perform hands on repairs of plumbing, electrical and carpentry as well
as utilizing in house trades and contractors.
Administer student disciplinary campus service duties for 10-15
students per semester as assigned by their respective deans.
Support and encourage safety culture.
Active member of the SEIU/Labor Management Committee.
Accomplishments:
o Institute electronic record keeping for all IPM work.
o Manage and maintain 16 donor fleet vehicles.
o Create active preventative maintenance program for utility
vehicles, carts and tractors to production mowers and fine finish
mowers, improving equipment reliability.
o Established parts stock room.
o Realign and condense practice field arrangements reducing lining
requirements and manpower.
o Reduced unnecessary overtime while maximizing productivity.
Independent Contractor, Brown Dog Construction, Kendall Park, NJ
(September 2003-August 2006)
Self employed Home Improvement Contractor specifying and installing
windows, doors, bathrooms. Subcontracting or performing the duties of
carpentry, roofing, plumbing, electrical, HVAC, and/or painting
services.
Associate Research Scientist II, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ
(April 1999 - September 2003)
Facility and Equipment Engineer with responsibilities to the following
areas: Organic synthesis pilot plant batching intermediate as well as
final steps in API production for clinical trials, Hydrogenation Suite
utilizing or off-gassing hydrogen during batch processing,
Fermentation Pilot Plant producing and harvesting bacterial/fungal
cells.
Organic Synthesis Pilot Plant Accomplishments:
o Manage group of (5) union operations personnel in equipment shop
keeping duties, portable equipment cleaning and storage, and
process area cleanliness.
o Maintain process systems in ready state, schedule routine and
emergency repairs as required.
o Monitor thermal oxidizer for continuos operation and emission
compliance.
o Lead a team of union mechanics in process equipment setup for
unique batch processing within a GMP Facility.
o Create SOP's for new equipment purchases.
o Manage the generation and execution of IQ/OQ validation documents.
o Specify, propose and execute capital equipment purchases.
o Maintain and enforce safe work practices within an electrically
classified Div1 Class I & II hazardous areas.
o Manage/plan yearly maintenance shutdown operations
o Create and execute IQ/OQ documents for tank farm validation.
o Optimized process heat/cooling system maintenance during yearly
shutdown
o Design new warehouse/maintenance shops for all Pilot Plant
Operations portable process equipment, oversee construction, and
schedule move.
Fermentation Pilot Plant Accomplishments:
o Technical lead $5M GMP Fermentation Containment Lab Expansion
Project
o Perform 30/60/90 design reviews as well as HAZOP reviews.
o Validate Process Air, Plant Air, Clean Steam and DI water systems.
o Maintain fermentation process equipment including reactors ranging
from 10L-4000L in ready state.
o Coordinate yearly maintenance shutdown operations and NIST
traceable instrument calibrations following site compliance.
o Design and implement I/P valve upgrades to existing fermentors
eliminating solenoid steam valve failures.
Facilities Engineer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, New Brunswick, NJ (August 1998
- April 1999)
Contract position within the Technical Operations Maintenance group
supporting PRI's Organic Synthesis Pilot Plant.
Accomplishments:
o Champion the operation of B53 Pilot Plant Syltherm heat transfer
system. Monitor the moisture content and recommend procedures for
drying. Develop operation and maintenance training manuals for
technical operations staff.
o Complete work order system audit identifying manpower needs and
deficiencies.
o Complete central steam distribution valve mapping indicating
confined space hazards.
o Investigate and propose filtering options for pond water cooling
towers to reduce tube fouling.
Project Manager, Getinge/Castle, Inc., Lakewood, NJ. (October 1992 -
June 1998)
Manage the design and manufacturing of pharmaceutical GMP Steam
Sterilizers and Glassware washers. Duties include: customer
submittals, architectural equipment arrangements, development of
engineered drawings and bill of materials, PLC development, design of
special systems, material specification and procurement, installation
coordination, and validation documentation.
Accomplishments:
o Instituted a standard sterilizer design based on customer
specifications. This simplified ordering procedure resulted in
additional sales totaling $3M during 1997.
o Controlled the development of Barrier Technology Integration
between Sterilizer, Isolator, & Vaporized Hydrogen Peroxide
Generator resulting in sales to an emerging worldwide market place.
o Introduced Isolator and Sterilizer Integration thru International
and Domestic sales seminars.
o Manage Overseas Manufacturing of Steam Sterilizers in an ISO 9000
environment.
o Directed Jordan Valves to develop and test a revised sanitary steam
pressure reducing valve (Jordan MK96 soft seat) useful to the
industry. The new valve seat will maintain the correct pressure
downstream under low-flow and no-flow conditions.
Project Manager/Engineer, PJM Mechanical Contractors Inc., Princeton, NJ.
(February 1988 - August 1992)
Primary involvement consisted of Turnkey multi-boiler residential HVAC
systems, and the coordination of design-build commercial/industrial
projects. Project work included HVAC design, fire protection, ATC
control design, panel assembly, steel design, steam and process piping
layout, and sheetmetal design.
Quality Controller, NWL Transformers, Bordentown, NJ. (June 1987 - August
1987)
Responsibilities included inspecting engineered assemblies for
conformance to military specifications, and electrical testing of
completed transformers. Revised inspection procedures outline.
Professional Skills
AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suite, Maximo, Delta V DCS
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology,
Trenton State College, Trenton, NJ
Keywords:
Facility operations, scheduling, building systems, Athletics, FieldTurf,
Duraspine, monofilament, bluegrass, pitch, IPM, Daktronics, Colorado Timing
Systems, video board, public address system, pesticide, fertilize,
pharmaceutical, mechanical engineer, reactor, fermentor, bioreactor,
separator, homogenizer, centrifuge, tumble dryer, tray dryer, autoclave,
sterilizer, cytotoxic, containment, clean room, clean steam, CIP, SIP,
syltherm, DI WFI water systems, cryogenic reactors, video boroscope, Delta
V DCS system