MICHAEL W. OBRIEN
Cocoa Beach,FL
Summary
Dynamic facilities management professional with extensive experience in large-scale operational oversight and strategic planning. Proven ability to optimize resources and drive efficiency while consistently meeting and exceeding organizational objectives. Successfully managed numerous capital projects valued at over one million dollars, demonstrating a strong track record of delivering results. Committed to fostering collaborative team environments and mentoring emerging leaders to advance their careers.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Director of facilities and Operations
Sodexo
02.2025 - 07.2025
- Responsible for day to day activities will all facilities related tasks.
- Task included but not limited to Elevators, Cranes, Building systems, janitorial staff, security, and community supported events.
- Responsible for maintaining and planning budgets
- Managed all safety trainings for the team.
- Managed all vendor contract
- Responsible verify we stayed on budget and all projects were allocated correctly.
- Partnered with the client daily to make sure all their needs are being met.
Director of Project and Maintenance
RPA
06.2024 - 02.2025
- Responsible for planning and scheduling multiple projects at 1 time
- Responsible for building and training of team members
- Managing for projects quality and completion on budget and on time
- Building teams and team moral
- Responsible for tracking of the project documentation
- Responsible for safety trainings and compliance
- Managing all needed parts and equipment
- To communicate all project and work progress with upper management.
- Ensuring all vendors and team members are working in sync and on schedule.
- Developed and implemented strategic plans to achieve organizational goals and drive growth.
- Improved team performance through mentoring and coaching, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
Maintenance Manager
C&W Services
12.2020 - 07.2024
- Managed 8 Amazon locations across the country, ranging from Massachusetts to Chicago and Texas. Managed 80 people.
- Responsible for Control, Mechanics, Junior Mechanics, and Assistant Managers.
- Worked with site leadership and corporate leadership on implementing new Initiatives.
- Rebuilt and redeveloped the entire parts cages and maintenance cage to be following Amazon standards after it was found to be out of compliance.
- Managed all my locations to be top preforming sites on the metrics.
- Developed a tech to be accepted into the rise program to be an Assistant Maintenance Managers.
- Trained several techs to become Assistant Maintenance Managers and a new Maintenance Manager.
- A key part of 4 new building Launches with construction groups and building maintenance teams through construction
- Manages building codes and company policies.
- Managed all training compliance.
- Managed BMS system and managed the sites efficiently
Facilities & Maintenance Manager
Milliken Corp
10.2019 - 12.2020
- Managed the entire building maintenance, ground maintenance, and equipment for two facilities.
- Responsible for all the maintenance contracts for two facilities.
- Responsible for hiring all maintenance staff for two facilities.
- Responsible for all the safety trainings.
- Created from the ground up a maintenance pm management system.
- Reduced spending by 35% over a year and a half.
- Improved equipment up time by 20%.
- Started a new Safety team for the facilities.
- Lead several constructions project.
- Managed all building codes and policies.
- Reviewed drawing and plans to verify compliance.
- Managed all training compliance.
- Lead a Team of 8.
Maintenance Supervisor
TJX Corporation
11.2012 - 10.2019
- Lead a team 18 of union maintenance mechanics and electricians.
- Responsible for hiring, and corrective action for employees per the union contract.
- Responsible for leading safety within the maintenance shop.
- Lead several new equipment installs projects.
- Responsible for 3 building layout projects.
- Lead a project to replace the floor in our 400,000sq/ft racking area, which included all new racking and FLS system.
- Part of a contract negotiation.
- Part of two high safety committees.
- Managed all the PMs for the business.
- Managed all building codes and policies.
- Reviewed drawing and plans to verify compliance.
- Managed all training compliance.
- Managed the BMS system efficiency to maximize savings
Maintenance Manager
Spincraft
01.2010 - 01.2012
- Responsible for multiple sites.
- Managed the union maintenance department.
- Reduced scrap by 45% and increased our payback from 65k to 135k.
- Reduced down-time by 30%.
- Managed all building codes and construction projects
Education
Bachelor of Science - Operations and Project Management
Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NHCertificate - Facilities Management
Wentworth Institute
01.2012
Skills
- Managing multiple complex projects simultaneously
- Managed multiple site locations across the country
- Manage, train, coach and mentor staff
- Skilled in operations of high-speed production equipment
- Expert in setting up preventive maintenance programs/CMS systems
- Strong mechanical skills
- Strong trouble shooting and problem-solving abilities
- Lean Manufacturing training
- Skilled in MHE equipment
- Performing annual training
- Strong project management skills
- Yellow Belt
- NFPA70E
- OSHA10
- OSHA 511
- BMS systems
- CMS systems
- AutoCAD
- Solid Works
- FaciliWorks
- MP2
- Lean training- Yellow Belt
- ISO 9001 and 14001
- Microsoft project
- Minor in electrical, plumbing, and carpentry
- Lock Out Tag Out training
- Arch Flash training/train the trainer
Accomplishments
- Decreased unplanned downtime from 85% to 97%
- Was able to decrease scrap from 15% to 5%
- Reduced unplanned spending by 10%
- Increased company paybacks
- Reduced spending by 8%
Timeline
Director of facilities and Operations
Sodexo
02.2025 - 07.2025
Director of Project and Maintenance
RPA
06.2024 - 02.2025
Maintenance Manager
C&W Services
12.2020 - 07.2024
Facilities & Maintenance Manager
Milliken Corp
10.2019 - 12.2020
Maintenance Supervisor
TJX Corporation
11.2012 - 10.2019
Maintenance Manager
Spincraft
01.2010 - 01.2012
Certificate - Facilities Management
Wentworth Institute
Bachelor of Science - Operations and Project Management
Southern New Hampshire University