Kenneth J. Bardin
Ashburn,VA
Summary
Dedicated Maintenance Manager offering 10+ years of successful team management in maintenance-driven roles. Adept at scheduling facilities maintenance to minimizing downtime and safety hazards. Well-versed in equipment troubleshooting and repair with focus on quality and efficiency.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Data Center Engineer and Operator/ Critical Facility Technician
AWS
11.2023 - Current
- Amazon front line responder for hands-on electrical and mechanical operations and troubleshooting
- This equipment includes, but is not limited to, stand-by diesel generators, switchboards/switchgears, UPSs, PDUs, AHUs, pumps, motors, VFDs, and building automation systems
- Operate and maintain mechanical, electrical, generator, and fire/life safety equipment within the data center
- Troubleshoot facility equipment and rack-level events within internal SLAs
- Provide support to Data Center Operations technicians
- Perform root cause analysis of equipment failures
- Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work
- Help collect data and submit for Capital Expenditure Authorization budgeting
- Write various procedures (MOP, SOP, EOP)
- Take daily operational readings of all mechanical and electrical equipment through routine rounds/log to include but not limited to temperatures, voltages, currents, etc
- Ensure all safety procedures are adhered to while performing work
- Utilize internal CMMS to manage building workflows and spare part inventory
- Supervise contractors who perform servicing or preventive maintenance
- Use of BMS and EPMS control systems and data collection/trending
- NFPA70E Cert
- Identified opportunities for cost reduction in power consumption through careful analysis of cooling requirements and equipment utilization rates.
Maintenance Department Manager
Cintas
02.2023 - 11.2023
- Functioned as Maintenance Department Manager, Electrical Technician, PLC Technician, Maintenance Mechanic, Facilities Maintenance and Assistant to the Plant manager
- Manage a team of Maintenance Technicians, Waste Water Technicians, Janitorial staff and helpers
- Managed the Maintenance Budget on a monthly and projected yearly basis needs for maintenance projects, ensuring cost-effective solutions without compromising quality or safety.
- Help collect data and submit for Capital Expenditure Authorization budgeting
- Waste water testing and proper paperwork submitting for Waste water Certificate
- Responsible for proper maintenance and monitoring of the facility boiler and associated systems
- Management of company Preventative , Work orders, Asset tracking for predictive maintenance, Machine repair and PM work scheduling, inventory control and time/hour cost, using company CMMS MaintainX (Previously we used Emaint)
- Responsible for the Maintenance team personnel scheduling, training and evaluation/reviews
- Training examples including but not limited to LOTO, Arc Flash, Graceport, NFPA70e and Hot work
- Responsible for maintenance of company backup generator systems, Fire and alarm systems and small UPS units
- Responsible for maintaining and repair of HVAC, RTU and Air handlers
- Responsible for the hiring and monitoring of contractors associated with all facility projects and building repairs
Maintenance Department Manager
Oldcastle APG/CRH Americas
05.2021 - 02.2023
- Functioned as Maintenance Department Manager, Electrical Technician, PLC Technician, Maintenance Mechanic, Facilities Maintenance and Diesel Mechanic
- Responsible for overall operation and maintenance of all electrical, mechanical and HVAC equipment facility-wide
- Responsible for multiple teams of two or more personnel at multiple Old Castle Facilities
- Responsible for the hiring and monitoring of all contractors brought to facilities
- Maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of all equipment and machinery facility-wide with high level of reliability and performance
- Assignment and monitoring of daily duties for maintenance personnel
- Employee scheduling, training, evaluations, discipline
- Assist maintenance personnel with any electrical and mechanical repairs when needed
- Implementation and training of plant personnel in facility-specific lock-out/tag-out procedures
- Instruct employees in forklift operation and classroom training certification
- Monitoring and molding of company OSHA policies for the facility and machinery
- Creation and implementation of all daily, weekly and monthly inspections of plant machinery and facilities
- Creation and monitoring of all plant machinery repair, upgrades and preventative/predictive maintenance for facility and all machinery
- Implementation and maintaining of computer maintenance program (CMMS - Maintenance Connection) to assist with time tracking and cost of upgrades and repairs, as well as associated labor
- Meet daily with management to discuss ongoing upgrades and repairs, and their effect on daily production
- Meet daily with plant manager to monitor overall spending as related to the monthly budget
- Responsible for monthly Maintenance Department budget management of approximately $60K-$80K per month
- Active member of company safety committee
Maintenance Manager
Bo-mer Plastics
01.2014 - 05.2021
- Functioned as Maintenance Department Manager, Electrical Technician, PLC Technician, Maintenance Mechanic and Facilities Maintenance
- Responsible for overall operation and maintenance of all electrical, mechanical and HVAC equipment facility-wide
- Maintenance, troubleshooting and repair of all equipment and machinery facility-wide with high level of reliability and performance
- Assignment and monitoring of daily duties for maintenance personnel
- Creation and implementation of all daily, weekly and monthly inspections of plant machinery and facilities
- Creation and monitoring of all plant machinery repair, upgrades and preventative/predictive maintenance for facility and all machinery
- Implemented and maintained a computer maintenance program (CMMS-IGOR) to assist with time tracking and cost of upgrades and repairs, as well as associated labor
- Meet weekly with other management personnel to discuss maintenance department needs and its effect on plant productivity
- Assisted maintenance personnel with any electrical and mechanical repairs when needed
- Implemented and trained plant personnel in facility-specific lock-out/tag-out procedures
- Instructed employees in forklift operation and classroom training certification
- Monitoring and molding of company OSHA policies for the facility and machinery
- Member of company safety committee
Maintenance Technician
Bo-mer Plastics
04.2012 - 01.2014
- Electrical, mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic preventative and predictive maintenance of all facility machinery
- High and low voltage, single to multi-phase electrical work
- AC/DC motor control systems, cabinet and panel work
- PLC and ladder logic design: Mostly Allen Bradley SLC and micrologic
- Other modern and legacy models also used
- HMI troubleshooting, design and implementation
- AC/DC variable speed/frequency drives
- Instrumentation and relay panel logic
- Personnel supervision
- Welding
- Building maintenance: system, utility, HVAC, plumbing and electrical maintenance
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Music performance and education
State University of New York At Oswego
Oswego, NY01.2011
Skills
- Maintenance Department Management Experience (7 years)
- Electro-Mechanical (10 years)
- Programmable Logic Controllers “PLC” (10 years) Programming, design, design and troubleshooting
- Preventative Maintenance control (10 years) Design, implementation, transferring using CMMS systems
- Med Voltage (10 years)
- Low Voltage (10 years)
- Electrical Experience (10 years)
- Mechanical Experience (10 years)
- Hydraulics (10 years)
- Industrial Maintenance
- Schematic / Blueprint Reading
- Hydraulics / Pneumatics
- NFPA70e - CPR/First Aid Certified
- Operator / Controller Certification
- Procedural Process creation / implementation
- Equipment installation, repair retrofit and upgrade
Timeline
Data Center Engineer and Operator/ Critical Facility Technician
AWS
11.2023 - Current
Maintenance Department Manager
Cintas
02.2023 - 11.2023
Maintenance Department Manager
Oldcastle APG/CRH Americas
05.2021 - 02.2023
Maintenance Manager
Bo-mer Plastics
01.2014 - 05.2021
Maintenance Technician
Bo-mer Plastics
04.2012 - 01.2014
Bachelor of Arts - Music performance and education
State University of New York At Oswego
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