Ace B. Hassen

**** ****** ******, ********, ** 60025

H: 847-***-**** • C: 847-***-****

Email: adk3xh@r.postjobfree.com

Buildings, Grounds and Facilities Maintenance

Dedicated and reliable professional, experience in buildings, grounds and facilities maintenance. Responsible for electrical wiring, plumbing, structural, heating, cooling and ventilation systems.

Inspect, maintain, install and repair systems at a wide range of buildings and facilities including processing plants, medical centers, schools, hotels, labs, community centers and municipalities.

Install and maintain gauges, switches, knowledge and use of levels, grinders, electric screwdrivers, welding torches, and a wide range of hand and power tools.

Provide hands-on management of sod replacement, driveway and curbside repairs, ditch and drainage clearance, snow plowing, cutting and trimming.

Communicate effectively with building owners, managers and personnel at all levels in a collaborative team effort to respond quickly to emergency calls and ensure conformity to safety / security standards.

Supervise the activity of crew members, technicians, sub-contractors, and landscaping personnel, including goal setting, problem solving, project inspection and performance evaluation.

Consistently meet deadlines as resource for setting and achieving cost, quality and efficiency goals. Monitor conformity to budget, select and order parts, supplies and equipment, and track inventory.

Proficient at reading and interpreting blueprints and technical drawings.

Microsoft Word, Excel, Internet research and email communications.

CURRENT EMPLOYMENT

The Woodlands of Morton Grove, 8340 Callie Avenue, Morton Grove, IL 60053, 5/2011 - Present

Building, Grounds and Facilities Maintenance

Perform troubleshooting, repairs and maintenance of electrical, plumbing, structural, and HVAC systems in The Woodlands luxury neighborhood comprised of 320 condominiums and 78 townhomes.

Ensure timely and accurate repairs, buildouts, rehabs and renovations in conformity with the quality expectations of Braeside Condominium Management, parent company overseeing The Woodlands.

Recognized for providing cost savings, time management and efficiency by identifying, developing and implementing projects such as the recent total heating system renovation project.

Establish excellent working relationships with the condominium management team, tenants, residents, and subcontractors as an approachable and reliable solution resource.

North Shore Country Day School, 310 Green Bay Road, Winnetka, IL 60093, 7/2005 - 2/2011

Buildings, Grounds and Facilities Maintenance

Responsible for troubleshooting, maintenance, installation and repair of all electrical, plumbing, structural, and HVAC systems for five buildings covering 160,000 SF.

Ensured timely and accurate completion of all repairs, buildouts, rehabs and renovation projects as hands-on solution resource to the Facilities Manager, district and administrative personnel.

Supervised five crew members and the activity of all sub-contractors, controlled the timely completion of all project phases to final walk off, reviewed project feasibility and provided recommendations.

Provided for the wiring and installation of all new technology including networks, servers, computers, VOIP, projectors and audio / visual equipment.

PROJECT FOREMAN

Project Foreman, Local 597, throughout greater Chicago and suburbs, 6/1981 - 7/2005

Crystal Lake Medical Center, Crystal Lake, IL; supervised construction and timely project completion.

Argonne National Laboratories, Lemont, IL; installed air handlers and replaced HVAC system.

Navy Pier, Chicago, IL; team member for reconstruction, three years general remodeling and renovations.

Chicago Public Schools, CPS, Chicago, IL; completed six school additions and service contacts.

Glencoe Public Schools, Glencoe, IL; completed life safety renovations

Wingate Hotel, Prospect Heights, IL; oversaw the hands-on project management of new construction.

Schaumburg Public Schools, Schaumburg, IL; completed life safety renovations

Senior Citizen Housing Building 67th and Harlem, Chicago, IL; new construction and project completion.

Great Lakes Naval Air Station, North Chicago, IL; completed heating renovation projects, four barracks.

Maria Convent, Chicago, IL; coordinated all subcontractors for building remodeling; supervised crew of fourteen pipe fitters for all heating and cooling repairs, installations and maintenance.

Peerless Confection Company, Chicago, IL; installed chemical feed to two boilers.

Outdoor Ice Rink, Chicago Park District, Warren Park, IL; new construction, 75,000 feet of one inch tube and 400 ton chiller.

Garfield Park Conservatory, Chicago, IL; installed new boilers and heating renovation.

Donald E. Stephens Convention Center, Rosemont, IL; installed all gas mains to roof top units.

Additional project repairs, renovations and installations:

Union Station, Chicago, IL, heating renovations in four buildings.

Thompson Center, Chicago, IL, repairs.

Daley Center, Chicago, IL, repairs.

State of IL Building, Chicago, IL, repairs.

77 West Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL, new construction.

McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, addition.

Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, new chiller, 4500 ton machine.

EDUCATION

Oakton Community College, Facilities Management and Engineering Certificate Course

Courses: Introduction to Facilities Management and Engineering; Blueprint Reading for Building Trades; CAD Introduction to Building Systems; Mechanical, Electrical and Security Systems; Building, Contracts and Liability Law; Energy Management and DDC Controls; Woodworking I & II; Home Inspection.

Washburne Trade School, Chicago, IL, graduated 1981

Francis X McCartin Training Center, five year apprenticeship

Pipe Fitters Local Union 597

OSHA Safety Course, 10-hour

LICENSES

Environmental Protection Agency Cross Connection Control Device (CCCDI) Inspector License, current

Home Inspection License, current

City of Chicago Journeyman’s Plumber’s License, current

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