Jose Antonio Espinoza Gamez

**** ******* **. *******, ** 33063

Phone: 305-***-**** - Email: ad3pfx@r.postjobfree.com

Profile

Extensive experience in engineering and management, with development leadership and problem-solving skills, in different kind of industries such as Hospitality, Automotive, Maintenance of Airports, Projects, Chemical Process, Paper Manufacturing, Textile Manufacturing.

Professional Experience

Self-employee Mar 2020 – Present

Fontainebleau Hotel, Miami Beach Florida. Dec 2018 – Mar 2020 Chief Engineer

Manage daily maintenance and projects activities of buildings (resort & condo), restaurants, swimming pools, nightclubs, guest & meeting rooms, kitchens equipment, refrigeration equipment, lighting, ventilation air conditioning (HVAC), water treatment systems, water heaters, chiller, cooling towers, boilers, elevators, escalators.

Frequently attendance of general operation meetings of hotel and daily assistance of department operational meetings.

Serve as lead on different maintenance projects

Ensure compliance with hotel safety standards.

Oversee preventive maintenance of equipment in hotel.

Participate in hiring process of staff.

Assignment, supervision, and control of contractors.

Self-employee Nov 2015 – Dec 2018

Intercontinental Miami Hotel, Miami, Florida.

Assistant Chief Engineer May 2013 – Oct 2015

Manage daily activities of the maintenance department, interior and exterior of building, hotel rooms, laundry and kitchen, refrigeration equipment, lighting, heating, ventilation air conditioning (HVAC), water treatment systems and swimming pool.

Schedule and oversee preventive maintenance of guest rooms.

Serve as lead on different maintenance projects.

Manage and follow purchasing activities in the department toensure inventory of parts, tools, supplies, equipment for perform maintenance activities in efficient manner.

Frequently attendance of general operation meetings of hotel and daily assistance of department operational meetings.

Hiring and supervision of contractor for projects of modifications and maintenance activities.

Serve as Manager on Duty of hotel as required.

Accountability: This job is 2nd in command of maintenance/engineering operations of hotel. Serve as Director of Engineering in his absence.

Achievements: improvement of A/C control system through replenishment of defective devices and equipment parts. Initialization of study for improvement of all power generation systems in building. Implementation of LED lighting system for energy saving. Improvement of fire extinction system through replenishment of defective sprinklers.

Intercontinental Miami Hotel, Miami, Florida.

Engineering Purchase Agent Feb 2012 – May 2013

Requisitions/purchase orders for parts and material support of maintenance at hotel.

Electronic expenses tracking checkbook in accordance with department codes.

Maintain required inventory and supplies for the department.

Communication with vendors regarding pricing and delivery of required materials, parts, and certain projects.

Assist in the setup of new vendors.

Coordination with Accounting Department to ensure all purchases is complete and paid in timely fashion.

Reports expenses to Director of Engineering, and report accruals to Accounting Department.

Achievements: reduction at minimum of labor time for pick up parts. Improvement of checkbook control. Better organization of parts in the storage room and existence of minimum stock

Totum Cars Miami. Used Car Sales, Doral, Florida. Oct 2010 – Jan 2012

Sales Manager.

Supervision of personnel and contractors for maintenance of vehicles.

Sales and customer services activities.

Development and implementation of controls and procedures for sales.

Purchasing parts for maintenance of vehicles.

Elaboration and control of advertising.

Support and control of credit operations.

Auto Class of Miami. Used Car Sales, Miami, Florida. Feb 2006– Sep 2010

Manager

Store Manager: 1 employee, 1 technician, 1 specialized personnel, and contractors for maintenance of vehicles.

Coordination of sales activities and customer services, foreign and domestic market.

Management of purchase parts for maintenance of vehicles and payment activities for suppliers.

Development and control of advertising of vehicles.

Support and control of credit department.

Intercontinental Miami Hotel, Miami, Florida. Jul 2005 – Jan 2006

Assistant Chief Engineer

Managing group of 20 certified technicians including hiring, performance review, daily supervision, salary administration, mentoring, and training.

Development method of controls and implementation of preventative maintenance for guest rooms. Achieved a substantial and significant reduction in corrective maintenance.

Development, implementation, control, and supervision of projects for improvements the facilities of the hotel, including selection of general contractors. Supervision of daily maintenance activities.

Participant of the Managing Board of the Hotel, including daily meetings and periodically function as the General Manager on Duty of the hotel.

Customer service participating in meetings and providing technical assistance to customers.

Auto Class of Miami. Used Car Sales, Miami, Florida. Dec 2003– Jul 2005

Manager

Managed of 3 employees, technicians, specialized personnel, and contractors for maintenance of vehicles.

Responsible for coordinating sales activities and customer services, foreign and domestic market.

Development and implementation of controls and procedures for sales.

Management of purchase parts for maintenance of vehicles and payment activities for suppliers.

Development and control of advertising of vehicles.

Support and control of credit department.

A&S Ingenieros S.A, Venezuela. Jun 2001 – Jul 2003

Project Manager

Managed group of contractors, 4 technicians and 6 specialized personnel.

Projects of electrical installations, middle and high voltage.

Projects of mechanical installations in food and paper industries.

Installation of towers for communication system.

Simon Bolivar International Airport, Venezuela. Aug 2000 – Jun 2001

Electromechanical Division Manager

Manager of 100 persons: employees, engineers, technicians, and specialized personnel. Including hiring, performance review, daily supervision, salary administration and training.

Project for recuperation and upgrade of air conditioning main system (5,600 Ton capacity) reaching full capacity of the system. Chillers, Cooling Towers, Pumps, etc.

Recuperation and improvement of luggage handling system in terminals.

General organization of automotive workshop and rebuild of some vehicles.

General organization and control of warehouse of replacement parts of equipment.

Selection, recruitment and supervision of general contractors. Tenders process for projects.

Eka Chemicals de Venezuela C.A. Akzo Nobel Group. Nov 1992 – Aug 1999

Factory of Hydrogen Peroxide, Swedish Process. - Venezuela.

Maintenance Manager

Managed a group of 12 employees, technicians, and specialized personnel. Including hiring, performance review, daily supervision, salary administration, and training.

Manager and coordinator of all maintenance activities in plant, including mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, buildings, transportation, warehouse, communication systems, air conditioning systems, chillers, heat exchangers, pumps, gas and air compressors, steam boilers, forklifts, cooling tower, computerized production control system (Bailey), etc.

Implementation and enforced ISO 9000 engineering procedures.

Main responsibilities: mechanical installation in project for increasing 50 % production capacity of plant. Development and implementation of preventative and corrective maintenance system in plant. Execution and control of pressure testing of iso-tanks for product transportation, Bureau Veritas certification procedure. Modification and adaptation of a safety release valve in bulk-tanks. Customer technical assistance. Technical assistance to branch in Colombia. Elaboration and control of annual budget of maintenance department. Selection, recruitment and supervision of general contractors.

Implementation of preventive maintenance with achieving reduction of non-programmed shutdowns time in plant of 30%.

Education

CAD – Arts Digital Institute, Miami, FL.

MBA - Management & Strategic Leadership. Universidad Metropolitana, USA.

Postgraduate study of Management for Engineers, IESA, Venezuela.

Bachelors in mechanical Engineer, Universidad de Carabobo, Venezuela.

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