Facility engineer

Michael L. Varney ********@*******.***

Colorado Springs, CO

Facility engineer: preventative maintenance/design/assessment of Antarctic science labs & physical plant, also US commercial and Defense Department (US and overseas) facilities. FEMA Public Assistance-PA disaster recovery on facilities mechanical/electrical/plumbing-MEP systems and site civil construction, also assessment team member, project estimates for repair or replacement, also mitigation recommendations. Used RS Means Costworks estimating software. Working knowledge of MEP, fuel gas & fire protection codes: ICC, UMC, UPC, NFPA. Fault diagnosis & repair of HVACR & MEP systems, also equipment 1 & 3 phase electric power & control systems. Title II QA/QC on new building & renovation projects. MEP ROM estimates & specifications, drafting of SOW and RFP for repairs/replacement equipment. Built bedroom evaporative cooler, installed split system air conditioner in parents’ home.

AECOM '08-'15

US, Australia, Japan Mechanical engineer

Contract transition team member at Pine Gap, AUS DOD site for MEP, site infrastructure assessment. Assisted project managers with RFI, RFP, troubleshooting, documentation. Did client requested SOW for proposed projects. Balanced constant flow office air conditioning system. Title II QA/QC @ Misawa AB, Japan on HVAC renovation of data center CRAC units, underground hydronic hot & chill water piping, also Fort Carson, CO 3 & 4 story modular construction barracks and Company Operations Facility on LEED materials, MEP systems. Vendors shop drawings, submittals RFI documentation. Design review of building mechanical systems also core & shell construction to LEED, applicable building codes on local and Federal Government facilities. Team member on site assessments for MEP systems of TX border patrol stations, federal parks, Air Force bases and Nevada Test Site. FEMA Public Assistance-PA disaster recovery on facilities MEP systems: ’08 Iowa storm damage & flooding in Cedar Rapids & state wide; Hurricane Katrina/Rita in New Orleans and state wide; Hurricane Sandy-NYC, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten & Long Island. Assessment, estimate, mitigation of: college campuses, churches, fire station, offices, clinics, theaters, Brooklyn Battery & Queens Midtown tunnels, public housing, roads, parks, other site civil construction and specific equipment.

• Received FEMA commendation for 45 facility replacement/repair projects valued at $14.7 million for Hurricane Katrina New Orleans recovery.

Raytheon Polar Services '06-'07 Centennial, CO Mechanical engineer HVACR system designs for Antarctic facility: replacement air handlers (5) for 250 person dorm, heating boiler & unit heaters for fire station, new modular offices (5) oil fired forced air furnaces. Used Trane Trace 700 for HVAC load estimates. Frozen food container refrigeration system redesign for severe cold weather service with Carrier tech rep. As-built drawings of jet fuel piping for helipads based on site experience, photo documents. Review of materials submittals for steel piping fittings to ASME/ANSI standards.

• Emergency retrofit of jet fuel filtration systems (Velcon) for USAF remote airfield.

Northrop Grumman Technical Services '03-'06 Schriever AFB, CO Facilities/project engineer

Tenant finish offices HVAC design, project coordination & repair on reheat VAV & chill water fan coil systems, computer room air conditioning.

• Project engineer on restroom renovations: new showers & lockers, HVAC, sinks & counter tops, toilets, partitions, all handicap accessible. Worked with architect, contractors, maintenance department from design to commissioning.

• Diagnosed cooling shortfall of data center CRAC unit: replaced unit chill water piping (from parallel to counter flow) and control valve to restore cooling.

• Diagnosis of freeze up on 100% OA steam pre heat coils by steam trap re-piping, retrofit of low leakage face & bypass dampers, actuators logic.

DMJM H+N '02-'03

NASA Ames Research Center & Moffett Federal Airfield, CA Mechanical engineer Site assessment, documentation and re-design of campus buildings potable water piping systems to limit legionella bacteria, also cooling towers and water heaters.

Johnson Controls '02

Charles Schwab call centers, Englewood & Glendale, CO Facilities engineer

Call center facilities, on call 24/7. Supervised, coordinated maintenance on MEP equipment at 3 facilities including generators, UPS system & batteries, fire suppression/alarm system and DX CRAC units, plumbing water/wastewater. Assisted on Certificate of Occupancy for facility from local building department.

• Inspected kitchen exhaust ducting; documented no cleaning access, wrong duct metal. Roof top fan was replaced with simplified 1st floor fan/duct system.

Raytheon Polar Services 2000-'01

Englewood, CO and McMurdo Station, Antarctica Senior project manager Plan review of wastewater plant mechanical/piping systems and recommended spare parts for same. Recruited facilities engineers, MEP tradesmen for contract work.

• Rehired original design & project engineer on contract to repair station power plant heat recovery system faults and re-commission system, train personnel on operation.

Antarctic Support Associates '94-2000 NSF Crary Lab, McMurdo Station, Antarctica & Englewood, CO Facilities engineer Operation & maintenance, supervision of craftsmen on Antarctic science lab physical plant: walk-in environmental & freezer rooms, incubators, -40F freezer cascade refrigeration systems, fume hoods & room pressure control systems, two sea water aquariums and pumps with sea water inlet. Redundant oil fired LP steam boiler for 100% OA steam pre-heat coils, AHU steam coils, humidifiers, water heaters, shell and tube heat exchangers for secondary glycol heating to unit heaters, VAV reheat coils.

Programed HVAC DDC, archived operational parameters for facility trends. Maintenance of critical power system with diesel gen set, ATS. All facility work was under client configuration management. Set up factory training for tradesmen on specialized equipment. Did as-built drawings, made equipment technical documents library. Assisted on fire protection system certification, station facility maintenance shop, and other duties as assigned.

• Revised pre-action valve assembly with check valve to stop air leaks, nescience alarms.

• Assisted on Y2K compliance of lab, station equipment, transition was uneventful.

• Coordinated annual boiler, pressure vessel, crane and burner inspection for sites.

• Designed time delay power-on relays to stop power surge after outage for appliances with refrigeration compressors to prevent damaging short cycling.

• Award for reducing annual fuel oil use by 1/3 by lower boiler pressure, steam trap repair, sealing air infiltration leaks and revised oil burner operation from modulating to Low-High fire reducing complexity, maintenance cost.

Military Service

U.S. Army Reserve Construction surveyor on buildings, roads, initial site survey. Pneudraulic technician on AH-64 helicopter. Sergeant E-5, honorable discharge.

Education

Texas A & M University Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering Technology

TAMU Physical Plant HVACR Journeymen apprenticeship: pneumatic/electric control systems troubleshooting & repair, also refrigeration systems-ice machines, incubators, walk in freezers & environmental rooms, chillers, air conditioning split & package systems. Gas and electric furnaces, chill and hot water systems controls and pumps, fans, motors-1 & 3 phase power, air handlers, VAV and constant flow air systems. Universal refrigerant recovery certification.

RS Means Costworks 2014 construction estimating software for commercial mechanical, electrical, plumbing equipment.

CU, Denver Graduate architecture course on building construction, CSI specs.

CU, Colorado Springs Online course for Excel 2013.

Red Rocks Community College, Golden, CO HVACR system design and construction codes- UMC, UPC, IMC, IFGC. Electrical control system schematics & troubleshooting, steam heating system design & piping.

ASHRAE- American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers membership since 1994. Home study HVAC fundamentals course.

HVACR factory schools on Siebe building DDC system, Webster oil burners, Revco cascade refrigeration system freezer (-40 F), Stirling Cryogenics liquid nitrogen plant, Copeland refrigeration compressors service, design, operation.

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