Maintenance Management

Albert Lay

Email: *********@********.***

Address: **** *********** ****

City: Hillside

State: IL

Zip: 60162

Country: USA

Phone: 630-***-****

Skill Level: Management

Salary Range: $100,000

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Job History / Details:

Albert M. Lay

5114 Butterfield Road

Hillside, Illinois 60162

Cell Phone - 630-***-****

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Professional Skills: Facilities Maintenance Management and Construction

I am an experienced professional in facilities maintenance management, engineering and construction. I have a varied background comprising healthcare settings with multiple properties, as well as experience in manufacturing environments which include plastic injection molding operations, food processing and packaging, colleges/universities/school district physical plants, and retirement homes. I have managed department budgets well over five million dollars and personnel in both union and nonunion environments. I have a broad knowledge of building codes, compliance standards for Joint Commission, OSHA, NFPA, and IDPH. I am competent in all aspects of project development and planning and able to meet expected target dates of completion. I have created systems necessary to bring resolution to facility maintenance and repair issues without extending budgeted dollars.

Business Experience:

Dec. 2005 - Present - Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital

Director of Facilities Maintenance/Construction

Responsible for all facilities engineering compliance regards to CMS Surveys, Joint Commission Accreditation, Security Management, Clinical Engineering Maintenance Programs, Facility Safety Programs/Safety Policy Review, Facilities Maintenance and Repair, Internal/External Construction Management, Life-Cycle Costing, Contract Management, Shipping and Receiving, Laundry Services, Grounds Services, Facilities Capital Budget Development, Energy Management, Green Initiatives, and Environmental Services. Duties also include collaborative responsibility to V.P. Corporate Facilities/Construction for the health system network.

Accomplishments:

* Completed 3.5 million dollar expansion of Behavioral Health Hospital/Office Space

* Performed 1.5 million dollar infrastructure replacements of mechanical/electrical equipment due to safety and end of life.

* Organized facilities department to ensure personnel development and improved productivity.

* Successful management of Joint Commission - Management of the Environment of Care Surveys with only supplemental findings.

* Successful development of network CMMS program for all corporate properties.

* Reduced outsourcing of maintenance contracts by $155,235.00

Oct. 2002 - Dec. 2005 - Mercy Hospital and Medical Center

Manager of Plant Operations and Maintenance

Responsibilities included the management of facilities maintenance programs and engineering departments with a focus on project management, preventive maintenance, life-cycle cost analysis of equipment, safety compliance and enforcement, campus security, new equipment installations and biomedical equipment maintenance and repair coordination.

Accomplishments:

* Completed project management of the renovation of a level four emergency room incorporating in-house labor to reduce construction expense. Budgeted $2,000,000.

* Organized facilities maintenance programs to align with healthcare standards for hospital licensing and accreditation regulations.

* Constructed operational budgets to eliminate waste and reduce outsourcing by $250,000 using competent in-house personnel in lieu of maintenance agreements.

* Improved facility safety programs that lead to a decrease in maintenance employee injuries by 75%.

* Resolved state IDPH K-Tag deficiencies and Joint Commission findings for The Management of the Environment of Care.

* Developed a Five Year Capital Plan to improve the hospital infrastructure.

* Maintained Joint Commission e-SOC findings and resolved each item to anticipated schedule of completion.

Sept. 2000 - Oct. 2002 - United Plastics Group, Incorporated

Facilities Maintenance Manager

Responsibilities encompassed the repair and maintenance of plastic thermal extruders and other related production equipment along with building systems regards to central air-conditioning, process water treatment, warehousing, minor construction, shipping and receiving, parking, housekeeping and grounds.

Accomplishments:

* Completed successful relocation of CNC machinery to China for new business start-up.

* Project managed successful installation of six rooftop split units to manufacturing plant.

* Constructed new clean room for quality control of electronic circuit boards.

* Reduced outsource expenses through performing where applicable this work to in-house staff.

* Developed preventive maintenance program for plant production equipment to extend equipment life-cycle.

Aug. 1998 - Sept. 2000 - Montgomery Place

Director of Maintenance and Security

Responsibilities encompassed the repair and maintenance to the infrastructure and equipment of fifteen story assisted living facility with Alzheimer and Dementia units. I coordinated the preventive maintenance/renovation to resident apartments, grounds care, electrical system inspection and testing, air-conditioning chillers and fan coil units maintenance, central phone switch management, packaged boilers, security staff management, housekeeping, and food service personnel. I performed record keeping of all documented compliance records for IDPH and City of Chicago licensing.

Accomplishments:

* Organized building safety and security department policies and procedures.

* Performed and coordinated major project construction.

* Managed facility compliance issues for accreditation and licensing purposes.

* Developed resident fire safety program in association with the City of Chicago Fire Department.

Mar. 1995 - Aug. 1998 - Vencor Hospitals, Incorporated

Director of Plant Services

My responsibilities entailed the management of the Northlake, Illinois facility and the oversight of facilities in Chicago and Sycamore, Illinois. Duties comprised the directing of facilities maintenance managers on operational maintenance and repairs and the supervision of major construction projects or in-house build-outs, further served as Regional Safety Officer for all four locations.

Accomplishments:

* Project managed a three million dollar 23,000 square foot inpatient bed tower addition.

* Successful Joint Commission Survey on The Management of the Environment of Care

* Successful IDPH occupancy review of the new inpatient bed tower.

Aug. 1994 - Mar. 1995 - Elkor Properties Inc.

Director of Physical Plant

I was responsible for the management of all plant operations and repair for an 800+ apartment complex in Bolingbrook, Illinois. Oversight for all capital improvement projects, custodial operations, skilled maintenance staff, and a contract landscaping service

Accomplishments:

* Completed renovation of 350 tenet apartments

* Coordination of all construction contracts and service vendors. Lowered outsource costs by 50%. Annual savings of $90,000 dollars.

July 1988 - Aug. 1994 - ServiceMaster Company

Director of Facilities

Responsible for new account start-ups and the management of various facilities maintenance accounts in the mid-west area, comprising Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, and West Virginia, primary focus on the education market. My role was to coordinate the implementation of the Service Master Management Systems. Duties included the assessment of the physical plant, environmental service, the evaluation of major pieces of fixed equipment, grounds care, and energy management retro-fits. A great deal of time was also given to employee development and education.

Accomplishments:

* Central University - project managed $39,000,000 capital improvement project for student dormitories.

* Performed new start-up of new 1.2 million dollar company contract with Madeira School District in Cincinnati, OH.

* Organized facilities maintenance component for District 65 of the Evanston Schools, Illinois

Sept. 1980 July 1988 - Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke`s Medical Center

Maintenance Control Manager

I managed the facilities maintenance programs for the medical center, directing a workforce of 162 skilled and semi-skilled personnel. I also shared a role in the development and review of capital development projects, life-cycle costing of all fixed equipment, coordination of all energy management strategies on the efficient use of water, sewer systems, electrical kilowatt reductions, bulk natural gas purchase, and the documentation facility maintenance programs for the accreditation process

Accomplishments:

* Coordinated $340,000 million dollar hospital expansion called the Atrium Project

* Managed elevator replacement in the Jelke Building - $650,000 dollars.

* Replacement of four cooling towers - $240,000 dollars

* Replacement centrifugal 350 ton chillers - $1.2 million dollars.

* Assisted in the development of an in-house CMMS program to improve client service delivery.

* Operational oversight of in-house commercial laundry services

* Collaborated in the three year survey process of Joint Commission Management of the Environment of Care

Education:

Chicago State University - Studies in Special Education (3) years.

DeVry Institute of Technology - Completed diploma program in Industrial Electronics

University of Phoenix - Bachelor of Science Program - pending completion

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