Ben Barker

Cell. 805-***-****

Email: acytgs@r.postjobfree.com

Professional Experience

Facility Manager/Chief Engineer/Project Manager

Certifications: EPA Universal, OSHA 10, Material Handling

Software skills include: PowerPoint, Excel, Word, MS Project, Visio, Outlook, various CMMS systems and BMS/EMS

systems.

Oak Grove School District November 2016 February 2017

Position Building Maintenance Worker

Provide maintenance services to 24 district schools to include: HVAC, Electrical troubleshooting, Mechanical repairs and other

duties assigned.

Emcor/Viox December 2015- February 2016

Position Facility Maintenance Lead Consultant (Temporary only)

Client: Lam Research, Inc., Fremont, CA (900,000 sq. ft., 5 buildings)

Assisted with a total plant shutdown in December and assigned duties to facilities engineering crew.

Trained entry level engineers on HVAC, lighting and other facets of the trade to help with meeting contract obligations

Cushman and Wakefield April 2014 November 2015

Position Chief Engineer

Client: Symantec Corporation (World Headquarters), Mountain View, CA (1.3 million sq. ft., 13 buildings)

Managed the Facilities Engineering group by directing, assisting, training and satisfying the client s difficult facility issues.

Maintaining accruals, monthly budget forecasting, monitoring contract labor, work orders and purchase orders.

Re-instituted the weekly safety meetings by engaging all members of the facility group including facility managers, technicians and

engineers as an open forum.

Instrumental in two emergency electrical shutdowns by coordinating replacement of a large transformer and investigating a burned

electrical buss bar incident that was improperly installed during a building construction project prior to my hire.

Key member of new TI construction projects by setting MEP requirements and performing quality control inspections during

construction and commissioning including UPS systems, a parking structure solar installation, and cafeteria upgrades.

ISS Facility Services, Inc. March 2012 May 2013

Position Project Manager - -

Client: Hewlett Packard, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale and San Mateo, California

Responsible for demolition and restoration of office complexes vacated by HP acquired companies to meet the satisfaction of

master landlords and property management leases.

Created transition spreadsheets in conjunction with MS Project to track progress of work by coordination of HP Global Real

Estate, contractors, ISS resources to complete projects including the total remodel of the Sunnyvale, Maude Ave buildings (400,000

sq. ft.). This included weekly progress updates to stakeholders. Maude Ave T.I. project completed three weeks early.

Raytheon Corporation January 2010 July 2011

Position - Project Engineer Lompoc & Goleta, California

Re-written entire preventive maintenance program to include newly installed equipment, emergency procedures that were integrated

in the SAP and MP2 systems that increased equipment uptime by 85%. This included the creation of Raytheon ESH certified job

hazard analysis for each PM procedure that highlights key safety elements.

Upgraded the Lompoc facility (65,000 sq. ft.) warehouse storage areas by installing upgraded storage racks, providing inventory

management of critical spares and storage of critical wafer production equipment awaiting deposition.

Project engineer on facilities upgrades at both locations for any facility upgrades.

Pride Industries June 2009 October 2009

Position - Interim Facilities Manager

Client: NASA Dryden Research Center, Edwards AFB, CA

Interim contracted Facilities Manager to promote a smooth transition for the new maintenance OEM maintenance contractor for all

facilities maintenance on 62 buildings and 8 hangers (8.6 Mil. Sq. ft.).

Turned around the inadequate maintenance practices that caused contract termination by the government through training and

implementing random quality checks on technicians. This also included corrected documentation on the following: Tracking KPI s

monthly, Refrigeration Management, Equipment History, Work Order Management, Inventory Management, Purchase Order

Management, Reliability Centered Maintenance (RCM), Time Cards, and Quality/Safety.

Supplied Space Shuttle support when landing at Edwards AFB and daily flight operations facilities building support as required by

scope of contract.

EnerNOC July 2008 October 2008

Position: Project Manager Central California Region and parts of Massachusetts

Managed new utility provider sites located in central California by completing all documentation on CRM and utility companies.

Performed on site surveys and implementation of monitoring equipment used in utility Demand/Response events. Provided

coaching of utility providers to reduce their energy consumption by alternate procedures above their contract curtailment if production

and extreme temperatures prohibit curtailment of equipment to stay within the megawatts stated in their contract with the utility

company.

Spaceport System International, LP, Inc. July 2004 - February 2008

Position - Facilities Operations Manager/EHS Vandenberg AFB/Lompoc, CA, (385,000 Sq. Ft., plus launch site)

ESH Manager for 1.5 years as additional duty to ready for a major corporate audit. SSI awarded ITT EHS Gold certificate after 2007

audit.

Provided change agent management to upgrade systems readiness, and overall facility capabilities of the Integrated Processing

Facility (IPF) by changing reactive maintenance practices to predictive techniques that produced 98% equipment uptime during

campaigns by the National Reconnaissance Organization (NRO), the U.S. Air Force and NASA that use the IPF to process their

satellites prior to launch on Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. Approved all purchases in equipment.

Project Manager for many IPF building & launch site upgrades to stay abreast of changes in space vehicle designs and requirements,

to include the accelerated schedule of completing a new launch gantry for space launch complex 8 three months early as required by

the U.S. Air Force. Within two years, designed HVAC for a clean room, modifying the gantry taller to accept a larger rocket without

modifications to accept retired Minute Man 1 & 2 space vehicles used in prior launches.

On site liaison to government and civilian satellite/launch customers with initial integration and during processing campaigns.

EMCOR Group, Trammel Crow Company May 2001 - July 2004

Position - Chief Engineer

Client: Compaq Computers & Hewlett Packard Corporation, Cupertino. California

Provided leadership, assistance, and training for ten engineers who maintained all of H.P. s Cupertino and Fremont

California locations ( 2.3 Million sq. ft.,13 buildings) by enhancing existing generators, ups systems, electrical & HVAC systems

through preventive maintenance, and equipment upgrades worth $18 million dollars that supported 6 major main frame computer

hubs.

Ensured a seamless transition for facility operations from Compaq to H.P. during their yearlong business acquisition.

Key project consultant to consolidate the campus BMS systems upgrade worth $1.7M

Performed all research for purchased parts and accessories required to keep the equipment in maintainable condition.

Flour Facility & Plant Services March 1997 - May

2001 Position - Shift Supervisor/Senior HVAC/Alternate Utility Plant Supervisor

Client: IBM San Jose, California

Supervised, maintained and operated newly installed HVAC equipment used in the ISO class 5 clean rooms of IBM s $35 billion dollar

disk drive head manufacturing complex.

Continually loaned out to other IBM campuses to train & guide entry, mid-level technicians in problem solving complex HVAC

systems, pneumatic controls, and start BMP s within each campus.

Identified several architectural design problems with the new 35,000 cfm dehumidifiers being installed by addressing the lack of

serviceability issues of the design and projected placement of the equipment. Because of this action, assigned to the Project Design

Review Team to protect project schedules and prevent design oversight in future projects.

Alt. Utility Plant Supervisor that provided high pressure steam, chilled water and compressed air to all major manufacturing buildings.

Also managed the EPA/CFC program for three IBM campuses and the main utility plant by controlling inventories, monitoring

usage, totaling 45,800 tons of refrigeration capacity with no violations.

Foxboro, ICT, Inc. October 1996 - March 1997

Position - Facility Manager/Coordinator San Jose, California

Managed & maintained all building (70k sq. ft.) and sensor manufacturing equipment by directing maintenance crew, and service

contractors.

Completed bidding process for new janitorial and landscape contractors to replace non-existent programs by old vendors to promote

exceptional hygiene in clean rooms and to enhance building appearance at a reduced cost savings annually.

Managed all hazardous waste stream products as required by the EPA and local government agencies. Started precious metal

recycling with projected $175,000 in payback to the company.

Personally replaced entire chemical waste management electronic control system that neutralized Hydrofluoric acid waste, saving

$10,000 a month in chemicals.

Note: Notified by Foxboro Headquarters that the San Jose operation was being moved to China

Education:

Community College of the Air Force, Operations Management, 1985.

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