Senior Facilities Manager

Brian T. Warnet

**** ******** **. *****: 980-***-****

Charlotte, NC 28214 email: *******@****.***

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

May 2015 – January 2016 – Sheraton and Le Meridien

Complex Director of Engineering

• Accountable for all craft’s quality, quantity and tracking of routine and preventative maintenance for 604 rooms

• Responsible for distribution and quality control of all craft work requests for mechanical systems, kitchen equipment,

ice machines, refrigeration and life safety systems.

• Monitor and justify multiple spend categories for the expense budget for routine maintenance and utilities.

• Manage all internal hotel projects to include scope development, budgeting, bidding, contracts and implementation.

• All major equipment repairs and capital planning is organized and presented to the building owners.

• Institute cost saving initiatives and monitor ROI’s that have been identified and implemented.

• Manage, coach and provide mechanical, plumbing and electrical technical support for 2 supervisors and 23 craft workers.

September 2012 – April 2015 – Belk, Inc.

Manager, Stores Facilities

• Oversee all routine and preventative maintenance. Manage all capital work for 320 Belk stores and corporate facilities.

• Develop scope and project manage 11.2M in capital budget work for major store upgrades and repairs.

Manage extensive remediation projects related to water intrusion and waste issues.

• Monitor preventative maintenance programs for multiple trades within the retail environment.

• Develop and justify multiple spend categories for a $29M expense budget for routine maintenance and $43M for facility utilities.

• Monthly, quarter and year end meetings with finance to review budget spend and explain all budget variances.

• All quote and invoice approvals are facilitated by web-based maintenance management system.

• Institute cost saving initiatives and monitor ROI’s that have been identified and implemented.

• Manage, coach and provide mechanical, plumbing and electrical technical support for eight maintenance coordinators.

December 2010 – August 2012 – Designer Shoe Warehouse Store Maintenance

Stores Facilities Maintenance Manager

• Responsible for all routine maintenance and project work for 347 DSW locations.

• Responsible for initiating contracts for housekeeping, elevator/escalator, landscape/plowing, trash and HVAC.

• Coordinate and approve all Capital work for major store repairs.

• Implemented Buzzsaw for blueprint historical documentation management for project and infrastructure investigation.

• Initiate, implement and monitor preventative maintenance programs for HVAC, generator, lighting, and electrical.

• Develop zero base $7M budget for routine maintenance. Provide accruals and reports monthly on spend.

• Direct needed repairs through web-based software. All quote and invoice approvals are facilitated by the system of record.

• Institute cost saving initiatives that have been identified and drive to defined spend targets.

• Manage and provide direction and support for 2 Maintenance Coordinators.

November 2006 – December 2010 – Limited Brands Store Maintenance

Account Manager Facilitysource / Manager, Store Maintenance

• Assign and direct all routine maintenance work requests for 3000+ Limited Brands locations.

• Manage and provide technical assistance for five maintenance coordinators covering the United States and Canada.

• Coordinate and approve all Capital work for major store repairs.

• Initiate, implement and monitor Preventative Maintenance programs for multiple trades within the retail environment.

• Utilize Tririga document management system for blueprint management and lease abstract research.

• Assist each fiscal year in developing a $30M budget for routine maintenance. Provide reports monthly on spend.

• Institute cost saving initiatives that have been identified and monitor and report on savings targets.

• Manager providing direction and support for five maintenance coordinators.

July 2003-September 2012 - Jerome Schottenstein Center / Value City Arena(Ohio State University)

Engineering and Housekeeping Director

• 750,000 Square feet, Sports and Entertainment Facility

• Department leader for Engineering and Housekeeping managing ten full-time craft workers and 2 salaried staff members.

• Initiated and coordinated all regulatory inspections for the life safety, elevators, escalators and fire sprinklers.

• initiated all capital requests and implementation. Scope, bidding, contractor review and award.

• Responsible for specifying replacement equipment for mechanical systems and initiating scope and contracts for installation if necessary. Managed scope and budgets for all routine expense and projects.

• Responsible for all engineering operation related to setup and conversion for, Basketball, Hockey and concert events.

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1981 – July 2003 - Walt Disney World Company

Walt Disney World Engineering Services – Chief Engineer Resorts Division

• Department head responsible to managed 40+ cast members and four managers

• Accountable for all craft’s quality, quantity and tracking of routine maintenance, project requests

and scheduling. Top balanced scorecard results 4 out of 12 months for all resort properties.

• Lead member of the Disney Resort utility awareness program for partnering and sharing of ideas. For a single property, this program resulted in a 35% savings for the first year and 44% two years after inception.

• Responsible for all material coordination and budget tracking for engineering and housekeeping warehouse supplies.

• Oversaw all on-the-job training and tracking, routine, preventative room maintenance, Kitchen Equipment and HVAC/R and recordkeeping for all refrigerant.

• Utilized SAP for all purchasing of refrigeration, kitchen, paint, carpentry, masonry and electrical supplies for the facility

• Team Leader for Kitchen Equipment selection committee for all Walt Disney World resorts

locations. This committee standardized equipment utilized, reducing repair parts costs by 50%.

• Responsible for initiating outside vendor contracts for mechanical systems, kitchen equipment,

ice machines, refrigeration and life safety systems.

• Utilized Maximo CMMS for tracking work orders, project requests and history tracking.

• Developed a kitchen equipment diagnosis and repair training program to minimize repair time and labor expense. Labor savings of 40% that funded additional training initiatives.

• Worked at the following Walt Disney Resorts / Grand Floridian, Polynesian, Yacht and Beach Club, Wilderness Lodge, Fort Wilderness Campground, Old Key West, Port Orleans Resort (Opened Property) and Coronado Springs (Opened Property).

COMPUTER SKILLS

Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Word, Frontpage, Excel, PowerPoint and Access. HVAC control systems (Trane Tracer, Carrier CCN, Seimens Apogee & Site Controls and Automated Logic Web Control. Experience with multiple maintenance management systems such as MP3, Maximo, Service Channel, Officetrax, Work Oasis and fmPilot.

EDUCATION

• University of Phoenix – September 2010 / Bachelors degree in Business Management / GPA 3.48

• Valencia Community College / Building Construction Technology

• Valencia Community College / Electronics Engineering Technology

PROFESSIONAL TRAINING

• Professional Retail Maintenance Association (PRSM) – RFMP Certification

• EPA section 608 Universal Certification / P2E22516905DAE850

• R-410A Technician Certification / 64F70D4B1CACAE850

• PM Technician Certification / 7CD3CE2040EAE85L0

• Forklift Train-the Trainer Certification

• Clemson University Professional Maintenance Development - Maintenance Control and Management Systems

• University of Central Florida Professional Development - Maintenance Management in a changing environment

• University of Florida Professional Development - Energy Efficiency for Florida’s Hospitality Industry

• Disney Management Development Program - Completed program in 1992

• Mid-Florida Technical Institute/Disney University - Completed Supervision 1 and Supervision 2 Programs

• Carrier Corporation - Completed course in Carrier CCN, Configurations and Best Programming

• Plumbers Union/Local 803 - Completed courses in Pneumatics, Advanced Pneumatics, Commercial Refrigeration and Kitchen Equipment repair and maintenance

• Mid-Florida Technical Institute - Completed course in Numerical Control and Robotics.

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