Cam Loos

• Oversee Planning, Design, Construction, Facilities, and Inspections of 420 Parks, and nearly $1B in capital improvement program construction execution. Project examples are pool, recreation centers, multiuse trails, new parks, playgrounds, pavilions, community gardens, deck parks, Cotton Bowl football stadium, museums, Fair Park, and may other horizontal and vertical projects.
• Develop and implement departmental policies and procedures.
• Manage community engagement initiatives to enhance public participation.
• Lead interdepartmental communications to streamline project collaboration.
• Prepare reports and presentations for city leadership on program outcomes.

Facilities Engineering

• Conducted detailed analyses of construction engineering standards for evaluating the physical condition of structures; units; community spaces; utilities including fire protection, elevators, and emergency power; location-based grounds, parking lots, and roads; and health and safety items such as air quality, flammable materials, and electrical hazards.

Program/Project Management

• Resolved matters involving significant and controversial issues during reviews and evaluations of architectural, engineering, and facilities management plans and documents related to the complex design features, materials, and constructions techniques used in multifamily and public housing properties.
• Developed, analyzed, and evaluated new or modified program management policies, regulations, goals, or objectives. Developed procedures and systems for assessing the effectiveness of program and management processes. Performed high level inspection protocol research and analyses that require certified engineer specialized experience on issues pertaining to inspection protocol and made recommendations for enhancing the inspection protocol and process.

Acquisitions and Contract Management

• Reviewed unusual and advanced inspection and engineering techniques for physical condition assessment of residential and commercial structures. Completed comprehensive site inspections and evaluations of contract inspectors using HUD's Uniform Physical Condition Standards protocol to determine compliance with uniform standards emphasizing life-threatening health and safety hazards.
• Performed as a nationwide Subject Matter Expert (SME), a technical consultant and troubleshooter for multifaceted, nationwide issues related to visual and computerized detection of building and inspection deficiencies, recognizing systems failures related to foundations, structures, framing, exteriors, roofing, plumbing, electrical, heating and air conditioning, water systems, hazardous materials including asbestos and lead-based paint, and site.

Facilities Engineering

• Led coordination of 100+ person space allocation realignment.
• Liaised with Ops and Maintenance contractor for 100+ trouble calls weekly.

Program/Project Management

• Managed facility construction expansion project of $380M.
• Capital improvements of multiple projects which increased facilities management, efficiencies, and operations.
• Excelled in submittal review, RFI generation and response, and drawing and specification interpretation.
• Local subject matter expert (SME) for civil, environmental, and structural engineering issues as well as cost and schedule creation and review.
• Reviewed and verified RFP and design specifications.
• Adhered to safety requirements from OSHA, CFR, and the EM-385.

Acquisitions and Contract Management

• Obtained input, developed customer requirements, and planned acquisitions strategies.
• Wrote numerous statements of work and performance work statements.
• Created Independent government cost estimates (IGCEs) of complex levels, performed extensive market research, and collaborated with professionals both internal and external to the agency.

Facilities Engineering

• Supervised staffs of 40+ facilities personnel improving operations.
• Streamlined trouble call process (reduced number of steps and eliminated delays), improved customer satisfaction (USMC General recognition), and decreased response time (average of 31%) across all 3 types of service calls.
• Managed airway, wastewater, water, and all utility monitoring and upgrades.
• Managed modernization of multiple utilities for medical facilities, housing, and admin buildings at significant savings and user improved experience.
• Led effort to upgrade $800k facility switch gear and main control panels to provide more reliable and modern electrical utility service.

Program/Project Management

• Managed numerous MILCON projects upwards of $100M contract value and briefed flag/SES level shareholders.
• In charge of all levels of compiling customer requirements, design, development, testing, production, and BRAC relocations/demolitions.
• Supervised teams upwards of 50 people of various types ranging from enlisted military to blue collar skilled laborers to degreed engineers.
• Participated in numerous expeditionary maritime prepositioning exercises leading offshore petroleum distribution system set up, demonstrating for foreign governments, and extensive military dive experience.
• Created designs, operating/emergency procedures, and modernized highly sophisticated dive, submarine, and underwater/hyperbaric research facilities as Program Manager for acquisition with Earned Value Management (EVM).
• Performed extensive research on human subjects and military equipment via modelling and sampling data as well as used experimental designs and statistical methods to analyze the data to develop dive charts, equipment limits, and production tolerances.
• Responsible for planning amphibious ship maintenance, avails, repairs and airport facilities as needed valued at $50M annually.
• Conducted post award kickoff meetings. Reviewed daily submittals. Verified quality assurance of quality control. Reviewed designs. Verified and monitored schedule and cost progress. Approved invoices. Led partnering meetings.
• Maintained classified data and proprietary technologies/designs for projects related to US and foreign underwater military equipment and personnel.
• Led a large program for product improvements and testing by collaborating with professionals from multiple agencies and nations on planning and execution of validation and verification (V & V) of dive equipment and system components for manufacture and implementation into military use; done via leading Lean Six Sigma Projects and operating and emergency procedures.
• Systems Engineer/Program Manager for successful rollout of Special Warfare Shallow Water Combat Submersible (SWCS).
• Adhered to safety requirements from OSHA, CFR, and the EM-385.

Acquisitions and Contract Management

• Developed customer requirements, created RFP and design specifications.
• Wrote over 50 statements of work and performance work statements.
• Considered Subject Matter Expert (SME)technical authority (TA) by peers and superiors for dive and submarine facilities as well as acquisitions, evaluation, negotiations, and execution as Contracting Officer Representative (COR).
• Created extensively long RFPs and extremely large cost estimates ($100M+).
• Lead 10s of Technical Evaluation Boards (TEBs) and Source Selection Evaluation Boards (SSEBs) and conduction over 50 technical evaluations.
• Found multiple quotes (market research) and wrote sole source justifications.
• Made 50+ justifications & approvals (J&As) and upward obligations (UpObs).
• Managed facility service contracts (FSC) such as hospital janitorial, landscaping, and preventative maintenance of major HVAC equipment.
• Referred regularly to both the FAR and DFARS for contract management.

Program/Project Management

• Financially managed numerous research grants upward of $10M value.
• Analyzed accounts and cleared millions of dollars in unreconciled billing/invoicing.
• Performed detailed account analysis of major research funds for scientists.

Acquisitions and Contract Management

• Obtained input and developed customer requirements.
• Wrote numerous statements of work and performance work statements.
• Wrote extensively long RFPs and performed extremely large cost estimates.
• Referred regularly to both the FAR and DFARS for contract management.

Facilities engineering

• Managed staffs of 40+ facilities personnel.
• Designed remote airport runway water retention system to provide drinking water for an entire island.

Program/Project Management

• Managed numerous Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) projects upward of $45M contract value.
• Led team of geologists, chemists, and engineers in installing 100’s of miles of buried pipeline to extract dirty fuel in the soil.
• Supervised teams of upwards of 50 people of various people ranging from blue collar skilled laborers to degreed engineers.
• Created and managed $2M government auction of surplus material.
• Analyzed accounts and cleared millions of dollars in unreconciled invoicing.
• Led an environmental and geotechnical clean-up and restoration of Midway island valued at $45M via extracting millions of gallons of leaked jet fuel from WWII from the ground and removing and containing DDT, DDE, and PCB laden soil and providing electricity for Midway Island.
• Led post award kickoff meetings. Created submittals. Verified quality assurance of quality control. Reviewed designs. Verified and monitored schedule and cost progress. Approved invoices. Led partnering meetings.
• Compiled, reviewed and verified customer requirements, RFPs and design specifications.
• Adhered to safety requirements from OSHA, CFR, and the EM-385.

Acquisitions and Contract Management

• Wrote numerous cost proposal RFPs and performed cost estimates.
• Conducted market research and wrote sole source justifications.
• Performed justifications and approvals (J&As).
• Created numerous contract and subcontract modifications.
• Complied with all government regulations including FAR and EM-385 for contract management.