KEN RAWLS, JR.
Galion, Ohio ****3
610-***-**** ********@**********.***
Objective
Obtain a long-term position with a firm that allows full utilization of my engineering skills and experience, as well as mechanical and electrical knowledge coupled with my leadership abilities and strong problem-solving skills.
Experience
10-20 – Present- U S Facilities, Inc. -Ashland, Ohio
Project manager at The Salvation Army Ray & Joan Kroc Corps Community Center
Manage the janitorial and maintenance of 66,000 sq ft community center.
Manage and operate a 100,000 gallon indoor waterpark
Commercial pool operator license
Pool pumps, filters, VFDs
Pool Chemistry
HVAC
Exhaust Fans
Commercial Kitchen Equipment
Indoor Soccer Field/Fieldhouse
Indoor Basketball Gym
Fitness Gym
Boilers
Manage a crew of maintenance and janitorial staff
Work within a budget
Invoicing
Account Payable software
Excellent Client Relations
11/16-10/20- Thermodisc/Emerson Electric- Mansfield, Ohio- Automated Manufacturing Maintenance/Facilities Maintenance.
Provide maintenance and repair to all automated production equipment, as well as facility maintenance.
Pneumatics
Electrical
Mechanical
Hydraulics
Schematics
PLC
Strong leadership skills
Strong problem-solving skills
6/15 –11/16 – Stoneridge Controlled Devices – Lexington, Ohio – Maintenance Technician.
Provide maintenance and repair to all production line equipment.
Pneumatics
Electrical
Mechanical
Automation
PLC
Hydraulics
Schematics
Strong problem-solving skills
7/14 -6/15 – Bucyrus Precision Tech, Inc – Maintenance Technician
Provide maintenance and repair to all production line equipment. This includes lathes, grinders, deep hole drilling machines, robots, and gantries.
PLC
Electronics
Hydraulics
Motor-Generators
Grounding
Steel Fabrication
Schematics
Strong problems solving skills
10/13 – 7/14 Elite Building Services, Wilmington,DE
Project Manager for Construction Support Team
Hire and manage crew
Work under General Contractors safety standards
Responsible for construction clean-up for 1.8 million square foot information data storage facility.
3/10- 10/13 TriTech Applied Sciences, Inc. - Construction Support Technician
Support the needs of the U. S. Government in international diplomatic missions.
Procurement of materials and tools
Logistics
HVAC
TSS, BAS, Fire Alarm
Motor-Generators
Grounding
Steel Fabrication
Interior Finish Work
Bend, install, and support conduit, including Rigid
8/08- 3/10 American International Contractors, Inc. -Special Projects -Electrician Foreman
Supervise all electrical installations during the construction of the new American Embassy Project in Riga, Latvia.
Underground utilities, duct-banks, manhole/hand-hole construction
Switchgear- primary and secondary voltage
TSS, BAS, Fire Alarm
Emergency Generators and Motor-Generators
Bend, install, and support conduit, including Rigid
Manage local electricians and cleared American electricians to perform all electrical installations
9/06- 7/08 Zachry/Caddell Joint Venture Electrician Foreman
Manage a crew of ten electricians through the installation of conduit and wire pulls for the High Voltage Switchgear, TSS security, lighting, power, fire alarm, controls and automation, seismic restraints, and telecom systems of the American Embassy Project in Beijing, China.
Organize work for 10 electricians to pair each one’s strengths with tasks that maximizes the amount of work performed
Keep track of time, work performed, and material used.
Maintain open dialog with project engineers to obtain information about problem issues in a timely manner to minimize downtime of work.
Set switchgear, pull wire and terminate
Bend, install, and support conduit, including Rigid
BAS controls and lighting contactors
Bus duct
Read and interpret prints to lay out conduit, pull boxes, and power schemes
6/06-8/06 Caddell Construction Co. Electrician
Install conduit and pull wires for the TSS security, lighting, power, fire alarm, controls and automation, and telecom systems of the secure areas of the American Embassy Project in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Read prints and interpret to lay out conduit, pull boxes, and power schemes.
Bend, install, and support conduit
Pull wire and provide temporary lighting and power.
12/05- 5/06 HITT Contracting, Inc., Electrician/Building Automation
Provide utility and main power to the NOX of the American Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Also, pull and terminate all control and power for Siemens BAS system.
Install Switchgear, ATS, MTS and AVRs. Pull and terminate all necessary wire.
Coordinate wire pulls through man-holes, duct-banks and transformers to provide power to the main building.
Install and understand Siemens Building Automation Systems
Install DDCs, run conduit and all devices of Building Automation System and pull wire and terminate all controls, including pressure monitors/transmitters, and CO2 monitors.
Bend conduit and pull wire, trim out receptacles and lighting circuits.
6/04 –6/05 J A Jones/ Fluor Government Group, Electrician/Building Automation.
Manage and install conduit and pull wire for the electrical, telecommunication, fire alarm, and building automation systems, including related power, for the American Embassies in Sophia, Bulgaria; Yerevan, Armenia; and Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Install and understand Siemens Building Automation Systems.
Installing switchgear and associated wire pulls.
Installing conduits and wire, electrical panels, and fire alarm equipment.
Installing all electronic, electrical and mechanical instruments, sensors and devices of the building automation system in the classified areas of the embassy compounds.
Organize the termination of all Direct Digital Control panels and programming each device to ensure proper calibration and load capacity
Coordinate the installation and calibration of flow transmitters for chilled water and hot water systems, including orifice-plates and understand piping flows and charts.
Supervise local workers so adequate understanding of the systems is achieved to ensure proper installation in the non-secure areas of the embassy compound.
Read and understand prints, drawings, and riser diagrams of the systems.
1/04 – 6/04 Alpha-Atlantics Unlimited, Compressor Tech. Spring, TX
Perform preventive and field maintenance on natural gas compressors at on-site locations where compressors are utilized in oil production.
Changing oil and filters.
Insure proper calibration of output pressure and gas sales-line pressure for maximum performance.
Break down and rebuild compressors in a shop environment in preparation for utilization in the field including stripping down and painting unit, working pressure tests, replacing piston rings and seals, tuning engine, calibrating automated devices and pressures.
4/02 – 1/04 Aramark/ServiceMaster, Facilities Supervisor Houston, TX
Supervise the operations and maintenance of the Harris County Jail buildings.
Managing four technicians in two secure facilities, including complete plant operations, an industrial kitchen, full laundry facilities, and an automated personal property storage system.
Manage outside contractors to ensure all obligations meet the scope of the contracts.
Install and manage the installation of electrical components of new 6,000 bed detention facilities.
Build and maintain relationships with key clients and tenants to understand and meet their expectations.
Personally provide quality control of all maintenance issues to meet company and client expectations.
Assist in the management of a Service Response Center including a computer-aided maintenance management system.
Troubleshooting additional Aramark facilities in other states to assist and guide a new team in aligning the core operational responsibilities of a new contract.
3/95 – 4/02 PM Realty Group, Lead Engineer Houston, TX
(Formerly CB Richard Ellis and Radler Enterprises)
Responsible for all operations and maintenance of multiple office buildings.
Centrifugal chillers, helical screw chillers, water pumps.
Diesel fire pumps, water treatment, emergency generators, plumbing.
Cooling towers.
Interior build out construction.
Scheduling preventive maintenance, annual budgets, and utility costs.
Energy management systems.
Insure the installation of electrical, mechanical, and plumbing systems of build-out construction project meet with building standard specifications.