As Director of Facilities and Grounds I brought structure and accountability to the Maintenance Department. With the development of a Maintenance Data Base, which will provide us with historical maintenance data, and the development of a teamwork atmosphere, productivity has increased 45% while staying within the budget.
Managing the maintenance team, which is responsible for all maintenance and upkeep of a 67-acre resort.
All aspects of supervision and management to include hiring, termination, discipline, employee evaluations, conflict resolution, and scheduling.
Reviewing and coding vendor and contractor invoices.
Project management of large-scale projects involving vendors and contractors. Cost of these projects range from $25,000 to 1.3 million Dollars. This includes bid review and contractor selection, quality control, budgetary restraints, scheduling, and coordination.
Working closely with the General Manager on issues such as budget constraints, resort needs, and a 20-year capital expenditure budget/list. As a part of the Executive Committee, I give input to resolutions in other departments.
Huber Real Estate
Wenatchee, WA
General Manager
01.2019 - 01.2021
Job overview
All aspects of supervision of the maintenance technicians and office staff to include hiring, training, scheduling, discipline.
Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Office to update policies and procedures.
Meet with potential new clients.
Communicate with property owners about budgeting, policies, and questions in general.
Communicate with tenants about compliance violations, late payments, and dispute resolution.
Scheduling Mid Tenant Compliance Inspections.
Conduct non-compliance follow up inspections.
While working as the General Manager I developed a new invoicing procedure that increased invoicing efficiency by 75%.
Colville Tribal Police Department
Nespelem, WA
Patrol Sergeant
05.2014 - 05.2018
Job overview
All Law Enforcement duties to include, but not limited to: Identify and deter crime through proactive patrol and community involvement.
Respond to various calls for service and crimes in progress, emergent and non-emergent.
Traffic control.
Paper service.
Investigate various crimes and calls for service to identify the suspect, develop probable cause, apprehend and arrest the suspect.
Complete written reports detailing the investigation and discoveries.
Meet with prosecutorial staff and defense staff to prepare for trial.
Provide detailed testimony in court during trial.
Work in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigations with large scale investigations and/or serious crimes against people.
Coulee Dam Police Department
Coulee Dam, WA
Patrol Officer, Training Officer
01.2012 - 05.2014
Job overview
All Law Enforcement duties to include, but not limited to: Identify and deter crime through proactive patrol and community involvement.
Respond to various calls for service and crimes in progress, emergent and non-emergent.
Traffic control.
Investigate various crimes and calls for service to identify the suspect, develop probable cause, apprehend and arrest the suspect.
Work in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigations with interstate crimes involving cyber stalking and fraud.
Naval Base Kitsap Police Department
Bremerton, WA
Patrol Officer
09.2011 - 12.2011
Job overview
All Law Enforcement duties to include, but not limited to: Identify and deter crime through proactive patrol and community involvement.
Respond to various calls for service and crimes in progress, emergent and non-emergent.
Traffic control.
Investigate various crimes and calls for service to identify the suspect, develop probable cause, apprehend and arrest the suspect.
Provide base security and enact anti-terrorist measures at the Entry Control Points.
Coulee Dam Police Department
Coulee Dam, WA
Detective
06.2002 - 09.2011
Job overview
In addition to all aspects of patrol, I was responsible for the investigation of all major crimes including, but not limited to, homicide, burglary, arson, robbery, rape, theft (larceny), assaults, narcotic offenses, sexual assaults, child abuse, fraud, domestic violence, and property damage, cyber related crimes.
These investigations entailed the following investigative steps (in part): Processing a crime scene for evidence to include, but not limited to, latent prints, trace evidence, DNA and Biological evidence.
The collection, processing, and storage of collected evidence while maintaining a chain of custody.
Developing a sound investigative plan, at times with a multi-agency approach.
Interviewing witnesses and victims to elicit testimonial evidence.
Forensic interviews with juvenile witnesses and victims.
Interrogating suspects to elicit a confession.
Writing, applying for, and executing search warrants to collect physical evidence.
Writing, applying, and utilizing a one party content wire order to intercept and trap conversations between confidential informants and suspects.
Work in partnership with the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) with interstate crimes involving cyber stalking and fraud.
Work in partnership with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in the investigation of narcotic distribution.
Work with Confidential Informants in undercover narcotic distribution investigations.
Tim's Towing / 76 Station
Grand Coulee, WA
Assistant Manager
05.1998 - 06.2002
Job overview
Performed troubleshooting, diagnostics, and repair of all vehicle systems, including mechanical, electrical, HVAC, exhaust, and fuel systems, on residential and fleet cars and trucks.
Maintenance included scheduled oil changes as well as a full complement of servicing and repairs on gas and diesel engines, automatic and standard transmissions, coolant systems, and heating and air-conditioning systems.
Other work performed included engine upper-end rebuilds and replacements, and service and repairs of brakes, exhaust and muffler systems.
Light welding, as needed.
Drove, operated, and maintained fleet tow trucks and recovered stranded vehicles.
Performed maintenance on the station property and facilities.
Maintenance on the car wash included rebuilding and replacement of gear boxes.
Stretch-Vent Packaging
Ontario, CA
Production Supervisor / Industrial Mechanic
03.1995 - 08.1997
Job overview
Built, from scratch, 2 machines designed to mass-produce manufacture plastic produce bags.
Working alone, with minimal supervision, and carefully following blueprints and schematics, assembled both machines, including all structural, mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic components.
Set up, operated, and maintained plasma cutters, oxyacetylene torches, and MIG, TIG, and SMAW (shielded metal-arc) welding equipment.
Operated and maintained lathes, mills, drill presses to fabricate needed parts, including bearing shafts for gear boxes, shafts for pneumatic presses, brackets, safety guards, and parts of frame-support brackets.
Did design, shaping, turning, boring, grinding, milling, layout, and assembly of finished pieces, meeting exact tolerance and all functional requirements.
Following assembly, ensured proper functionality of all systems, fine-tuned them, and installed both machines in the production plant.
As a key part of the maintenance team, handled inspections of and repair work on all systems of the 18 large-scale production machines.
This included the identification and correction of problems causing mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and structural malfunctions.
Skillfully performed periodic preventive and unscheduled maintenance, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and repair of industrial equipment, including rebuilds and servicing of gear boxes.
Also handled all types of building maintenance, as well as some pipefitting and rigging work.
Vanguard Plastics Corporation
Ontario, CA
Industrial Mechanic
09.1994 - 03.1995
Job overview
Inspected and repaired all systems of large-scale production machinery, including the identification and correction of problems causing mechanical, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, and structural malfunctions.
Skillfully performed periodic preventive and unscheduled maintenance, diagnosis, troubleshooting, and repair of industrial equipment, including rebuilds and servicing of gear boxes.
Fabricated parts, including bearing shafts for gear boxes, shafts for pneumatic presses, brackets, and safety guards using lathes and other milling equipment.
Read and interpreted schematics to troubleshoot electrical issues with machinery.
United States Air Force (AF)
Malmstrom AFB, MT
Certified Mechanic / Heavy Maintenance Dock Chief
07.1984 - 09.1994
Job overview
As a Certified Mechanic, I conducted inspections and performed repairs and maintenance work on all systems involved in KC 135 aircraft, including electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, mechanical, and structural systems, to ensure proper functionality and safety, even in extreme conditions.
Performed routine preventive and unscheduled maintenance, as well as gear box work.
Used diagnostic test equipment, tools, and schematics to locate and evaluate problems.
Conducted scheduled inspections to ensure all systems and equipment functioned properly, wrote trouble reports for any issues encountered, and repaired or replaced parts that required maintenance.
Inspected work performed by Level 7, Level 5, and Level 3 mechanics and cleared aircraft repairs as flight ready.
Maintained accurate records about all repairs and maintenance work performed.
Inventory experience included maintaining secure inventories of all tools, hardware (including fasteners), and repair supplies and materials used in the inspection/heavy repair hangar, as the Consolidated Tool Kit (CTK) room supervisor.
Built an entire CTK from scratch as Dock Chief.
As the Maintenance Coordinator, was responsible for ensuring that needed materials were ready for maintenance and that work was completed as scheduled.
Routinely operated various heavy equipment, including forklifts and large tow vehicles used to tow aircraft.
Trained extensively in and followed lockout/tagout procedures on a daily basis; as the Maintenance Coordinator and as a Dock Chief, I was responsible to ensure that lockout/tagout procedures were strictly followed.
Demonstrated construction skills by remodeling a large aircraft hangar to create work office, break rooms, CTK room, etc. Did sheet rocking, framing, plumbing, scaffolding, and related work.
Duty titles included Maintenance Team Member, Assistant Crew Chief, Aircraft Inspection Team Member, Maintenance Coordinator, Assistant Dock Chief, and Dock Chief.
Held and maintained a secret security clearance.
In addition to general aircraft maintenance I was responsible for coordination of repair efforts of numerous specialty repair shops.
I also had numerous security responsibilities, including flight line and aircraft hangar security.