William Irish
Overland Park,KS
Summary
Dynamic Director of Maintenance with a proven track record at Brookdale Senior Living, enhancing operational efficiency by 22% through strategic energy management initiatives. Skilled in facilities maintenance and team leadership, I excel in project management and regulatory compliance, ensuring safety and quality standards while fostering a collaborative work environment.
Overview
33
33
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director of Maintenance
Brookdale Senior Living
Overland Park, USA
02.2023 - Current
- Company Overview: This ia an Independent living community. There are 269 apartments.
- I manage a team of maintenance workers to maintain and improve the property.
- We do emodels of all rooms and all aspects of maintenance.
- I also abstained a pool operators license as an agreement for employment.
- This place was a complete mess when I started being many months behind on paperwork and inspections.
- I have streamlined a lot of things here from boxes of supplies all over into a stockroom status and we keep up monthly on all.
- This ia an Independent living community. There are 269 apartments.
Director of Maintenance
Glennwood Pegasus
Overland Park, USA
11.2021 - 02.2023
- Company Overview: This is an assisted living and Memory care Facility.
- I was the only Maintenance person to manage 144 apartments.
- I was the project manager over all the renovations provided with vendors.
- I completed all work orders in a timely manor and was still able to keep all aspects of life safety in compliance.
- My only reason for leaving is that I did not see Pegasus senior living as a whole going in the right direction from what I had seen over the past 10 years of me being a Director of Maintenance.
- This is an assisted living and Memory care Facility.
Director of Maintenance and Environmental Services
Brookdale Rosehill
Shawnee, USA
11.2016 - 11.2021
- Company Overview: This is a 134 bed community with 90 skilled/long-term and 44 AL.
- I enjoy the diversity of my career.
- I have organized and maintained the Life Safety book.
- I ensure work orders get done in a timely manner.
- I minimize the amount of vendors coming in by doing all we can in house.
- I am constantly learning more about everything that needs to be done.
- I have implemented many preventive programs to lower cost in the future.
- I have budgeted over the last year to change lighting to led to lower energy cost.
- So far I have made it 22 % more efficient.
- We are the only one listed in the top 10 nursing communities in US News and we are a 5 star rating.
- This is a 134 bed community with 90 skilled/long-term and 44 AL.
Director of Maintenance
Brookdale Senior Living
Topeka, USA
09.2015 - 11.2016
- Company Overview: I maintained a 39 bed Facility.
- I kept and maintained records for State and Fire Marshall Inspections.
- I remade the Fire Safety Book and maintained all reports, drills and inspections.
- I help in any way I could to enrich the lives of our residents.
- I have served coffee and even ran the life Enrichment when the leaders were out.
- I love working for BSL it's not just a career but a way of life.
- I maintained a 39 bed Facility.
Maintenance Director
Tanglewood Nursing and Rehabilitation
Topeka, USA
03.2013 - 09.2015
- Company Overview: Maintain a 54 bed facility to State and Fire Marshall Standards.
- Maintain records on Fire safety and Budget, IL, SNF.
- I took Westwood Manor (Tanglewood) from 2 sheets of maintenance violations to 2 minor infractions at the next State review.
- Maintain a 54 bed facility to State and Fire Marshall Standards.
Refrigeration technician
Berrys Arctic Ice
Topeka, USA
02.2007 - 10.2012
- Company Overview: Service over 1500 customers in a 170 mile radius.
- Design, print and put on decals.
- Refurbish ice merchandisers.
- Service over 1500 customers in a 170 mile radius.
Building maintenance / Refrigeration
Lindy spring water & ice
Topeka, USA
06.2004 - 02.2007
- Company Overview: Learned from scratch all operations of 25 ton ice machines.
- Berrys Artic Ice bought Lindy spring Ice and I was included in the contract.
- Learned from scratch all operations of 25 ton ice machines.
HVAC technician
KENDALLS HEATING AND COOLING
Topeka, USA
02.2002 - 05.2004
- Service and install HVAC units.
- Laid off do to no work.
HVAC technician
Cooper
Topeka, USA
03.2001 - 06.2002
- Service HVAC units.
- Started off good but my last few weeks I was only getting 20-25 hrs.
HVAC technician
Latta
Topeka, USA
03.1998 - 12.2000
- Service and installed HVAC units.
- Company bought and all employees were laid off.
HVAC Technician
Stryker co
Topeka, USA
09.1994 - 03.1998
- Service and install HVAC units.
Maintenance Technician
Midland management
Topeka, USA
04.1992 - 08.1994
- Building maintenance on several complexes in Topeka.
- Serving more than 2500 customers.
Education
Some collage credit - Computer Science
Brian Career College
Topeka, KS03.2004
Some college credit hours - Building Mechanics
Washburn Tech
Topeka, KS01.1992
High school diploma or GED -
Skills
- Negotiation
- Supervising experience
- Facilities maintenance
- Low voltage
- Teaching
- Forklift
- Computer Literacy
- Team development
- Mentoring
- Construction painting
- Leadership
- Maintenance
- Equipment Repair
- SharePoint
- OSHA
- Microsoft Word
- BEST PRACTICES
- Sales
- Long term care
- Universal EPA license
- Sage
- HVAC
- Industrial Maintenance
- Purchasing
- Quality management
- Project management software
- Pricing
- Construction
- Program management
- Precision measuring instruments
- Team management
- CMMS
- SAP
- Plumbing
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Communication skills
- Refrigeration
- Asset management
- Data management
- BUDGETING
- Electrical Experience
- Programmable logic controllers
- Computer skills
- Carpentry
- Microsoft Powerpoint
- Customer service
- Financial acumen
- Contracts
- Administrative experience
- Customer relationship management
- Word processing
- Cost control
- Conflict management
- Power tools
- Management
- Air conditioning
- INSPECTIONS
- CPO
- Property management
- Troubleshooting
- Maintenance management
- Senior leadership
- Crew management
- Microsoft Project
- Management reporting
- Memory Care
- Facilities management
- Environmental issues
- GMP
- Hand tools
- Project management methodology
- Environmental Services
- Strategic planning
- Schematics
- Microsoft Excel
- Analysis skills
- Pool Maintenance
- Interviewing
- Microsoft Office
- Microsoft Outlook
- IT
- Preventive maintenance
- Project management
- Regulatory compliance
- Vendor management
- Work order management
- Inventory control
- Safety inspections
- Energy efficiency
- Team leadership
- Budget management
- Effective communication
- Problem solving
- Time management
- Employee training
- Fire safety systems
- Lockout and tagout procedures
- Plumbing repairs
- Budgeting and cost control
- Pool maintenance
- Equipment troubleshooting
- HVAC systems
- Energy management
- Landscaping management
- Maintenance planning
- Multitasking
- Complaints handling
- Clear communication
- Timekeeping
- Attention to detail
- Microsoft office
Certification
- EPA Universal Certification, Present
- Building Mechanics, 05/92 to Present
- All building skills, Present
- EPA Refrigeration Certification, Present
- Certified Pool Operator, Present
- CPR Certification, Present
- Certified Facility Manager, Present
- Air Conditioning Certification, Present
- OSHA 10, Present
- HVAC Certification, Present
- EPA Type II, Present
- Driver's License, Present
- Forklift Certification, Present
- EPA Certification, Present
- LEED Certification, Present
Personal Information
- Stillwater, OK
- Tulsa, OK
- Wichita, KS
- Authorized To Work: US for any employer
Timeline
Director of Maintenance
Brookdale Senior Living
02.2023 - Current
Director of Maintenance
Glennwood Pegasus
11.2021 - 02.2023
Director of Maintenance and Environmental Services
Brookdale Rosehill
11.2016 - 11.2021
Director of Maintenance
Brookdale Senior Living
09.2015 - 11.2016
Maintenance Director
Tanglewood Nursing and Rehabilitation
03.2013 - 09.2015
Refrigeration technician
Berrys Arctic Ice
02.2007 - 10.2012
Building maintenance / Refrigeration
Lindy spring water & ice
06.2004 - 02.2007
HVAC technician
KENDALLS HEATING AND COOLING
02.2002 - 05.2004
HVAC technician
Cooper
03.2001 - 06.2002
HVAC technician
Latta
03.1998 - 12.2000
HVAC Technician
Stryker co
09.1994 - 03.1998
Maintenance Technician
Midland management
04.1992 - 08.1994
Some collage credit - Computer Science
Brian Career College
Some college credit hours - Building Mechanics
Washburn Tech
High school diploma or GED -
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