Darryl Ford

• Watch Engineer performing, preventive corrective maintenance, servicing one million sq feet
• Monitoring BAS and all related equipment for repair and maintenance
• Perform testing, PMs on BAS controls such as VAVs and valves
• Associated equipment, performing corrective and preventative maintenance on, 1000 ton chillers, medium pressure hot water boilers, UPS batteries, Dry cooler chillers, 1200 ton cooling towers, small and large pumps, Fire alarm systems, fire pumps, plumbing systems, and electrical switchgear
• Perform PM and repair maintenance of large Data Center which includes CRAC HVAC units, raised floors, and pre action fire suppression system
• Monitor all resources and ensure optimal utilization for same and achieve all customer objectives and provide support to all equipment and perform calculations and implement various plans for HVAC
• Proficient in generating HVAC calculations such as cooling/heating load calculation, ducting and piping sizing, and pressure drop calculation, sound calculation.

• Managed several accounts providing boiler plant manpower to NAVSAC sites.
• Monitored Project Progress and Set Deadlines
• Evaluated Project Performance
• Ensure Stakeholders Satisfaction
• planned resources, handled finances, organized business documents related to project
• Visited customer sites weekly
• Interviewed, hired, and managed manpower for several customer sites

Managed and maintained two high rise corporate office buildings mechanical and electrical systems.

• Supervised 4 building engineers.
• Worked closely with vendors and internal sourcing to establish relationships, fostering new opportunities, solutions and cost saving
• Conducted routine and ongoing assessments of system operations by performing tests, rounds and analyzing data
• Determined necessary steps to bring systems into compliance with design
• Managed and scheduled equipment and system preventive maintenance programs to verify contractual compliance
• Completed annual capital budgeting, invoice review and approval and weekly work schedules
• Established procedures for corrective and preventive maintenance
• Optimized performance of facility machinery through calibration and repairs

• Plans monthly safety training meetings to ensure machines and equipment are operated and worked on safely
• Communicates operational issues and changes to staff and operations manager on regular basis
• Coordinates and monitors vendor maintenance for large repairs
• Monitored systems controls
• Ensures timely response to work requests while routinely monitoring productivity
• Follows customer and company procedures to maintain a work environment in a neat and orderly condition
• Inspects property, interior, exterior, and systems for conformance to product specifications
• Prepares and administers preventative maintenance work orders
• Remodeled some BMS operations to increase efficiencies of equipment and conserve energy
• Supported technicians in equipment maintenance, training, and repair
• Troubleshoots DDC controls for BAS systems, using Metasys program
• Makes schedules and processes timesheets for employees in department
• Supervises a group of six people in this 750,000 sf commercial building
• Provides outstanding customer service.

• Data Center Engineering Operations Technician for 250,000 Sq ft
• Server Farm
• Operate and maintain mechanical and electrical equipment
• Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures
• Troubleshooting of facility and rack-level events within internal SLA
• Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work
• Worked a 12-hour shifts
• Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment
• Utilize internal CMMS to manage building workflows
• Associated Equipment: 20 -2.5 mega, watt, Caterpillar Gen Sets
• 80 120 ton Evaporative cooling, Trane package units
• 36 480 volt UPS units Eaton 9395
• 17 -600 volt switchboard panel with PLC controls, Square D
• ATS-Rack, and floor size
• 50 hp Ingersoll Rand Air compressors
• Data Center Engineering Operations Technician (EOT) is responsible for operating and maintaining all electrical, mechanical, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center
• EOT serves as a technical resource to support Amazon within its owned and operated data centers
• Datacenter equipment that supports mission-critical servers must maintain better than 99.99% up time
• EOT’s are also tasked with driving innovation while reducing operational costs in facilities
• EOT’s are Amazon’s front line responders for hands-on electrical and mechanical equipment troubleshooting and operation
• This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchgear, UPS’s, PDU’s, AHU’s, chillers, cooling towers, chemical treatment systems, pumps, motors, VFD’s, and building automation systems.

• Managed over 220 accounts, and visited clients weekly
• Sold High-end tools to auto shops and mechanics
• Managed revenue, budget, and profit margin
• Managed inventory worth over $200.000 a month
• Managed receivable and payable accounts
• Designed and implemented promotional programs
• Attended monthly sales meetings and yearly sales conventions
• Maintained a neat and orderly mobile store
• Managed accounting programs and reports.

• Maintain all electrical, mechanical, life safety, and plumbing systems in a 250,000 square foot class A office building
• I track and manage electrical and environmental operations of the property to maintain its LEED Gold rating and 98% Energy star rating
• Assured maintenance activities are complete using assistance of various productivity-enhancing tools such as handheld Blackberry, PDAs, or similar devices
• Performed daily routines to complete preventative maintenance tasks, work order requests, and/or building alarm systems (BAS) response & management issues
• Maintained two day Response to tenant calls in courteous and efficient manner
• Interfaced with tenants regarding their maintenance or HVAC operations needs
• Assisted in operation and management of life safety and fire protection systems
• Performed required monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, and annual life safety inspections
• Insured daily rounds are completed by staff members by checking operating logs and meter readings for assigned task
• knowledgeable and experienced in use of building automation systems (BAS) with active experience with Siemens Insight Systems
• routinely checked operating parameters and alarm status of systems within assigned property
• Respond to systems alarms and anomalies correcting operating deviations
• Controlled monitored and troubleshoot reciprocating liquid chillers, compressors, DX coolers, and EVs
• Communicated Internal contacts include Property Manager, Director of engineering, Lead Engineer, office staff
• External contacts include tenants, contractors, and vendors.

• Supervised 3 HVAC technicians and 1 electrician providing corrective and preventive maintenance for 850,000 sq
• Feet of Bio research facility
• I was responsible for efficiency of work production
• Worked with CMM software to track work orders
• Utilize EMS systems such as Tracer, Siemens Apogee, to monitor HVAC equipment from office and home
• Associated equipment: Three 750 ton Trane Central Vac chillers, three 150 hp steam boilers, TWO 850 ton BAC cooling towers, five Aerco lo NOx modular hot water boilers for domestic water, five re-heat and pre-heat hot water boilers 22 VFDs, six 100,000 CFM Buffalo AHU with72” heat wheels, one 1000 KVA Gen
• Set, one 500KVA Generator set
• VAVs
• Helped maintain building LEED silver certification with, 600-gallon fuel storage tank, Oil separator tank, pumps, and motors associated with chillers and air movement equipment
• Supervise three engineers, as well as contractors and cleaning services, manage and monitor contractor work as well as tenant space improvements
• Maintain air balance in building spaces such as clean rooms and labs
• Maintained strict water treatment for boiler, cooling towers, Labs, and chillers systems
• Maintained critical air and temperature standards for labs and animal research spaces
• External contacts include tenants, contractors, and vendors
• Financial Responsibility: Was responsible for recommending and procuring general maintenance proposals up to $250,000.00
• Responsible for annual budget of 1,200,000.

• Chief Engineer for 365 room 5-star hotel with 1 million-plus sq
• Ft
• Of space
• Direct and organize work of 15 maintenance and engineer level personnel
• Distribute work and schedule work orders using CMMS work order system
• Track work proficiency and time of building maintenance to report to general manager and Director of Engineering
• Purchase and track materials using purchase order system with 96,000 dollar monthly budget
• Monitor and sign off timesheets for employees
• Manage and control Energy Management system Siemens 600 with Apogee controlling two Trane 850 ton chillers and several air handler units
• Worked on high-pressure steam boiler and six hot water boilers
• Attend morning management meetings to report work progress and get business updates
• All done while maintaining good employee morale
• Use Espresso maintenance system to track work orders Prepared schedules for maintenance team according to hotel business
• Controlled hours of maintenance team and extra work performed by contractors
• Stood in for Director of Engineering when absent
• Coordinated all duties of maintenance team such as handling disturbances/breakdowns chillers, boilers, cooling towers, air-conditioning fans, pumps, automatic control systems, electricity, sanitation, hot and cold water system
• Participated in tests all fire prevention systems
• Made use of drawings, using these to assist with any problems or new installations taking place
• Supervised maintenance team and workers outside contractors and emphasis on quality according to hotel standards
• Assured that utility plant, rooms and all areas are kept clean tidy at all times
• Kept watchful eye on energy management of electric, gas, water and how much energy was used and if this can be reduced in any way without bringing discomfort to guests
• Ensured that preventive maintenance program is working satisfactorily and that paperwork and logbooks/sheets for all testing (emergency lighting, fire alarm, sprinkler system) are kept up to date
• Kept constant attention to security and safety regulations while fully aware of local law risks procedures
• Trained team members according to standards in RISK manual.

• Johnson Controls Integrated Facility Maintenance division as a facility engineer at EDS mission-critical site
• A 430,000-sq
• Ft
• Building in Herdon Va
• That provides mission-critical power for FAA NOC command, and data center operations
• Facility has N-1 redundancy, battery backup, a UPS system, two feeds from the local power company, and employed the use of static switches
• HVAC system employed use of large DX cooling, and CRAC units
• Power, 1000 kva static UPS serving six 208 volt sts, two 2000 kW diesel generators, transferred by large ATS
• Siemens BAS system, with water detection throughout the raised floors
• Maintained electrical wires and cables in raised flooring
• Ran new circuits and made up whips for new connections
• Maintained and repaired large glycol cooled Liebert CRAC units that provided cooling to 30,000 sq
• Ft
• Of data center space for FAA NOC, and EDS server labs
• Also maintained 30 to 60-ton RTUs made by Mammoth, and York
• Operated BAS to control HVAC systems
• Tracked and responded to work requests using the Maximo CMMS program
• Troubleshot and repaired DDC controls, and VAVs
• Performed maintenance on medium and high voltage switchgear, cleaning, and testing for hot spots
• Also performed similar maintenance on ATS
• Exercised and performed routine maintenance and inspection of diesel generators
• Ordered parts and tools needed for shop
• Maintained daily water treatment figures, while testing water weekly
• Troubleshoot modular furniture for electrical problems noted by tenants
• Worked at XM Satellite Radio in N-1, tier 4 data center, highly secured mission-critical digital broadcast center
• Maintained several package HVAC units as well as CRACS.

• Assisted in management of a 450,000 sq feet Commercial office properties in Tyson Corner VA
• Supervised staff of four maintenance personnel employee time cards
• Coordinate tenant requests and
• Perform routine inspections of mechanical spaces and equipment
• Troubleshoot and perform preventive maintenance to chiller units, large DX systems, high-speed air handling fans with VFDs, Vortex Dampers relief, and supply dampers
• PM of six centrifugal chillers Carrier& Trane, four 100 ton DX systems, electric & pneumatic VAV system, Carrier moduline VAV system, high-pressure gas-fired boilers & one electric and three cooling towers
• Systems are totally automated into Carrier EMS system
• Troubleshoot and repair electric controls for various equipment, maintenance of four-pipe system.

Engineer at Herndon Corporate Center and "The Barr Building"

• Responsible for interior, exterior, electrical, and mechanical systems of properties
• Maintained 11 RTU, & 96 heat pump units
• Hired and monitored several contractors for the needed work maintaining low cost and high quality
• Worked on budgets and line by line estimates for the next fiscal year
• Supervised a team of eight cleaners, one porter, and four security guards
• Helped coordinate tenant recreational events
• Communicated on a one to one basis with tenants while representing the management company
• Operated High & low-pressure boilers, hot water and steam; cooling towers, water treatment maintenance, centrifugal pumps, and air handling units
• Worked on water source heat pumps as well as air to air split system heat pumps
• Experience with pneumatics; experience with Johnson Controls Landis and Stafea Energy Management Controls
• Repaired compressors and motor controls Participated in county inspections
• Worked with Johnson Controls Energy management system
• Maintained computer room AC units (Liebert)
• Supervised four persons and set up an automated maintenance program at the new facility.

• Avionics Technician E-5 - Responsible for eye-level repair of navy avionics equipment, trained in basic electronics, able to troubleshoot to a circuit board and beyond, supervised highly visible Auxiliary Emergency generator shop for support of FA-18 and A6 Aircraft
• Supervised two E-4 Airmen in CSD shop
• Worked in cleanroom environment for instrument repair
• Supervised aviation Nicad battery shop