Weston Riegel
Battle Creek
Summary
Proficient in facilities maintenance with a strong background in equipment repair and troubleshooting. Specializes in plumbing, building repair, and HVAC, ensuring optimal performance of facility systems. Focused on preventive and corrective maintenance in industrial and commercial settings, prioritizing efficiency and accuracy. Dedicated Facilities Technician with over five years of experience in mechanical maintenance and safety compliance. Skilled in troubleshooting, power tool proficiency, and general repairs, ensuring optimal facility functionality and safety. Results-driven Facilities Technician ready to contribute to efficient facility operations.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Facilities Technician
Pasadena Villa
Battle Creek
12.2025 - Current
- Manages outside environments, snow and ice removal, landscaping, building maintenance, and repair.
- Performs repairs of the facility, vehicle, or grounds in a timely manner.
- Manages the safety and risk reduction of facilities equipment, manages hazardous materials, and maintains and inspects fire safety equipment and utilities.
- Plumbing repairs, smoke detectors, air conditioners, filters, caulking, tile repair, painting, and grout.
- Performs maintenance of grounds, trimming, planting, watering, and maintaining ponds and fountains.
- Performs and/or coordinates housekeeping.
- Maintains walkways, decks, gutters, patios, and exterior lighting.
- Maintains PPE and building materials.
General Maintenance
Parker Hannifin
Kalamazoo
03.2025 - 11.2025
- Safety personnel for traffic in the parking lot or crane lift of equipment overhead.
- Organized storage area for maintenance supplies, while maintaining inventory records.
- Installed new fixtures and appliances in accordance with safety regulations.
- Performed general maintenance tasks such as painting, carpentry, plumbing, and office supply removal.
- Maintained existing landscaping by pruning, mulching, and gathering, and removing litter.
- Applied paint, stain, or varnish to equipment and buildings with brushes and rollers.
- Painted or repaired roofs, windows, doors, floors, woodwork, plaster, drywall, or other parts of building structures.
- Provided groundskeeping services, such as landscaping and snow removal.
- Install safety shields on machines.
- Transport supplies or building materials to and from the warehouse or store.
- Build or set up desks, chairs, tables, and office equipment.
- Use multiple different hand and power tools.
Facilities Maintenance Technician
Stanley
Battle Creek
09.2022 - 03.2025
- Cleaned or lubricated shafts, bearings, or other parts of machinery.
- Performed routine maintenance by inspecting drives, motors, or belts.
- Clean wash RTU condensers.
- Assisted in HVAC repairs, including blowers, shafts, and fans.
- Change HVAC filters, belts, and lubricate bearings.
- Prepare walls for painting, drywall patching.
- General maintenance of building paint, remove walls, safety signs, etc.
- Floor repairs abhor safety posts.
- Parking lot repairs, snow removal, and salt.
- Irrigation sprinklers for the lawn.
- Cleaning of cooling towers, monitoring chemicals, and water treatment systems.
- Condo repairs, appliances, plumbing, and minor repairs.
- Plumbing of buildings, toilets, sinks, and faucet repairs.
- Remove and replace machines.
- Use of multiple power and hand tools.
- Performed minor carpentry work, such as replacing doors or repairing flooring.
- Change, fix, and replace ballasts in lighting.
- fix garage doors and openers
Facilities Maintenance Associate
Denso Manufacturing
Battle Creek
05.2019 - 05.2022
- Received merchandise into the warehouse, relocated products using forklifts and cranes.
- Moved, organized, and arranged products to improve efficiency.
- Performed walkthroughs and inspections on facility infrastructure, buildings, utilities, and lawn for erosion.
- Managed and directed construction, operations, or maintenance activities at special projects.
- Safety and accident prevention programs should be conducted prior to the start and end of each day, and meetings should be attended daily.
- Operated hand tools and power tools to make minor maintenance repairs, and to maintain grounds and walks.
- Identified problems during daily work inspections, and addressed concerns.
- Maintained clear and safe workspace areas to meet OSHA standards.
- Repaired minor carpentry and plumbing issues to return toilets and sinks to functionality.
- Cleaned vents and replaced filters to verify proper airflow.
- Maintained compliance with internal and regulatory safety standards.
- Removed snow from sidewalks, driveways, and parking areas.
- Changed air conditioning filters to improve indoor air quality and help the HVAC system perform properly.
- Safety personnel for ladders, forklifts, lifts, and fire watch.
Lead 2 Tech
Denso Manufacturing
Battle Creek
07.2016 - 05.2019
- Documented daily production data and submitted accurate time logs to keep management up to date.
- Set up machines for various jobs to maintain compliance with manufacturing thresholds, and waste reduction initiatives.
- Lubricated parts, and performed minor maintenance to improve machine function.
- Conducted preventive maintenance on the process line, and quickly resolved production problems to minimize downtime.
- Prepared the machine for production processes by equipping it with the required tools and parts.
- Completed written reports of problems and necessary repairs to forward to management and maintenance personnel.
- Maintained assigned equipment, and performed daily inspections to increase equipment longevity and cut costs.
- Monitored and observed the production line to watch for pile-ups and jams.
- Operated a forklift to place finished products on skids and transport them to the warehouse.
- Established and adjusted feed rates and cutting parameters to keep operations in line with production demands.
- Manipulated controls to set, activate, and adjust mechanisms on machinery.
- Verified production orders prior to starting set-up.
- Detected workpiece defects and machine malfunctions, maintaining apparatus to prevent future issues.
Education
Certifications - Commercial HVAC Systems
Skillcat
Austin, TX09-2022
Certifications - Industrial Maintenance Technology
RMTC
Battle Creek, MI07-2019
Skills
- Power tool proficiency
- Appliance installation
- Electrical troubleshooting
- Drywall repair
- Controls management
- Plumbing expertise
- Painting skills
- Code compliance
- Equipment repair
- Maintenance planning
- Troubleshooting abilities
- Training and development
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Critical thinking
- Mechanical aptitude
- Supervision and leadership
Timeline
Facilities Technician
Pasadena Villa
12.2025 - Current
General Maintenance
Parker Hannifin
03.2025 - 11.2025
Facilities Maintenance Technician
Stanley
09.2022 - 03.2025
Facilities Maintenance Associate
Denso Manufacturing
05.2019 - 05.2022
Lead 2 Tech
Denso Manufacturing
07.2016 - 05.2019
Certifications - Commercial HVAC Systems
Skillcat
Certifications - Industrial Maintenance Technology
RMTC