Jeff Szalkowski

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Rochester, NY ***17

585-***-****

abn52w@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE/SKILLS

Seasoned, Facility/Property Manager. Commercial/ Residential, with 20 + years of experience

managing large scale Class A office, manufacturing, College facilities & housing, apartment

complexes and Health care organizations. Supervise & manage, Buildings & Grounds staff,

Superintendents, EVS Managers, maintenance, trades, grounds, office personnel, custodial, sub-

contractors & vendors. Maintain excellent tenant/landlord, customer, student and local

community relations a with diverse group of personnel such as medical professionals, business

owners, executives, CEO’S, CFO’S, HR Management, administrative & educational faculty

professionals and families of a diverse clientele.

Seeking a challenging, and rewarding professional opportunity that will utilize & benefit from an

extensive successful background in, MANAGING, MOTIVATING, LEADING, TEACHING,

DIRECTING AND SERVICE WITH LOYALTY, to ensure above average, functionality of

the built environment by integrating people, place, process, technology and team work. I am an

honored U.S. Army Veteran.

Professional Experience

Temporary Position Sodexo Corporation @ Weinberg Campus 2700 N. Forest Rd.

09/2012-12/2012 Getzville, NY

Manager of Facilities Engineering

600,000 sf cleanable space at an independent, assisted senior living and total care, 44 acre

community with 706 independent and assisted living apartments, physical therapy center

with gym, spa, pool, also available to non residents, a theater and other amenities

entailing all facets of high quality senior care/living and of mechanical, environmental &

facilities engineering management. My team consists of a mechanical staff of 8. 55

Environmental Services (EVS) techs. 3 EVS supervisors, a working foreman,

Environmental Health & Safety Manager, Assistant Facilities Manager and Office

Administrative Assistant. I work daily with the Dietary & Food Services management

team.

2006-2009 Herkimer County Community College Herkimer NY

Assistant Director of Facilities and Operations

This position was initially created for the challenge of totally restructuring the maintenance

operations for the newly acquired College’s Housing Corporation, along with assisting the

Director of Facilities with daily operations and maintenance/repairs of the College

buildings/grounds and several on-going, year round scheduled events. Total responsibility of

Housing, (240, 4 bedroom, furnished apartments, summer camps, develop & manage capital

improvement projects including the clerking of the 12 million dollar Library addition/renovation,

green initiatives that gained media attention and solicitation our green initiative achievements

from other prominent college campuses in NYS. Special event planning & implementation.

Managed a multitude of on-going campus capital improvement projects, building inspections,

mechanical troubleshooting & supervision 0f Union trades and student part-time employees.

1985-2005 Beckenstein Enterprises (183 Eastern Park Realty Corp.) East Hartford CT.

Senior Property Manager (same employer different location)

Assisted with the sale and transfer of The Hartford’s, North Eastern Sales & Service, Processing

Center in N.Y. Promoted & transferred to Springfield, MA. to restructure, improve all residential

& commercial properties, customer relations, occupancy, late rents, negotiate leases, hire new

maintenance staff & manage a 760,000 SF mixed office, industrial & manufacturing business

complex including a 100,000 SF, highly secured environmentally controlled medical supply

warehouse for Bay State Hospital. Increased revenues by 30% and achieved a 90 % occupancy

rate from 60% within 8 months. Oversee the maintenance and management of a separate 350 unit

apartment complex. Conducted comprehensive engineering/structural building inspections of all

company owned properties in preparation for sale due to Mr. Robert Beckenstein’s (owner)

passing.

1985-2005 Beckenstein Enterprises New Hartford, NY

Senior Property Manager & Corporate Facilities Adviser

Base managed 100k sf Hartford Insurance North East Platinum Processing

Center, also performing regional remedial corporate managerial, property,

tenant & facilities issues.

• Developed programs for preventive maintenance to enforce high standards of

cleanliness, safety/security, energy management and fire prevention.

• Implemented on going energy conservation measures, computerized EMS.

• Reviewed architectural plans to ensure compliance of specifications with

contractors on multiple construction and renovation projects.

• Conducted cost studies and estimates on various aspects of operations,

maintenance, and repairs, in compliance with allocated budgets. Develop,

plan, execute and manage capital budgets.

• Evaluate & recommended purchase of maintenance materials, equipment

& supplies as needed to ensure a constant state of readiness, using the bid

process for supplies & services.

• Facilitated screenings and interviews for maintenance & management.

Commended achievements pursued on my own initiatives beyond expectations. Attain PILOT, NYS Economic Development

incentives, NYSERDA grants & energy enhancement savings, design/install EMS-energy management systems & computerized work

order/preventative maintenance systems, increase occupancy rates by increasing company public awareness through simple free

community Public Relations, maintain the functionality of a college library during a comprehensive 2 year remodel,

renovation/addition, successfully shuffling 175,000 books, fully operational offices, classrooms & personnel during the construction

period saving the college $255,000 in anticipated expenditures. Started a campus wide Green Club that gained media attention and a

NYS Dept. of Energy Conservation grant to install a food compost site. Organized community weekend fall and spring park clean up

days with student & staff volunteers. Organized a college staff, classic rock band that performed for the colleges 4th of July

celebration and for local charitable fund raising events. Arranged through the NYS Dept. of Corrections to hire select inmates to

paint college properties, saving thousands of dollars. Negotiate through Human Technologies Corp. a local Mental Health agency

that employs developmentally disabled people to perform summer cleaning of all housing properties. Redesigned the exterior

landscape, housing complex signage (new logo), building aesthetics that prompted a new housing brochure that resulted in full

occupancy with a waiting list. Guided the Weinberg campus through a flawless comprehensive NYS Dept. of Health inspection within

my first 2 months of employment, with no prior heath care organization experience.

EDUCATION

MOHAWK VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE UTICA, N.Y.

( AOS ) Associates of Occupational Studies. Trades skills, HVAC and Business Management.

U.S. ARMY. 3 yrs. Active, 4 yrs. Reserves. Combat Engineer/instructor & CDECSOG,

Combat Development Experimentation Command Special Operation Group. Basic to

advanced leadership courses, (OCS) Officers Candidate School.

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