Christian Ostern
Duluth
Summary
Dedicated Maintenance Supervisor 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. History of maintaining smooth and efficient building operations. Proficient in HVAC, plumbing and electrical systems. Always looking at the big picture when planning maintenance activities, including budget limitations, performance requirements and codes standards.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
HUD Housing Property Maintenance Director
Terracorp Financial Corp
08.2021 - Current
- Created and implemented maintenance program to optimize operational efficiency and reduce downtime.
- Monitored priorities and liaised between maintenance team and management, delegating tasks to complete on time.
- Verified building areas were working optimally and kept clean.
- Sourced outside contractors for special projects and oversaw bidding and selection processes.
- Supervised safety, prevention and fire protection programs.
- Delegated tasks to carefully selected employees in alignment with resource management goals.
- Monitored building systems and directed preventive maintenance.
- Established clear procedures for handling repairs, planning maintenance and completing building updates.
- Procured pricing information from various vendors to support cost-effective purchasing.
- Managed efficient teams of up to 3 employees.
- Provided guidance to management regarding project bids for onsite improvements.
- Worked frequently with mechanical and plumbing systems to complete knowledgeable inspections and skilled repairs.
- Reviewed technical documentation to complete equipment maintenance and repair.
- Established and documented protocols for preventive maintenance procedures, decreasing equipment issues and reducing downtime
- Contributed to development, implementation and execution of maintenance programs.
- Assessed operating conditions and adjusted settings to maximize performance and equipment longevity.
- Developed and implemented building operations and maintenance policies.
- Created work schedules and set up training for 3 employees working on Maintenance equipment.
- Conducted training, licensing and vehicle inspections for new employees.
- Rolled out improved training programs for maintenance employees.
- Implemented scheduled maintenance, retooling production status sheets and driving a number of tasks to achieve scheduling effectiveness
Maintenance Technician III
Commonbond Communities
09.2018 - 2021
- Completes orders
- Completes basic building repairs related to air conditioner units, air exchange systems, electrical work, carpentry, fixtures, plumbing, appliances and windows
- Completes preventative maintenance, grounds maintenance, basic housekeeping tasks and general upkeep
- Assists in prioritizing work orders and monitoring maintenance of buildings and equipment
- Prepares vacant units as assigned
- Responsible for on call emergency maintenance service as scheduled
- Communication with management, contractors and tenants to perform preventative maintenance schedule
- Produce on call schedule
- Deal vendors and contractors
- Interacts with residents, vendors and fellow employees in respectful and professional manner, treating others with dignity and empathy
- Works with management to ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws
- Clear, concise communication with property manager and regional maintenance supervisor on work schedule for assigned sites, purchases, work order and unit turnover status, on-call work and preventative maintenance
- Daily safety meetings
- Follows all CommonBond safety policies and local, state and federal regulations
- Inspects equipment before each use; uses personal protective equipment when necessary
- ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
- Ensures timely completion of all assigned work orders
- Completes basic building repairs related to air conditioner units, air exchange systems, electrical work, carpentry, fixtures, plumbing, appliances and windows
- Completes preventative maintenance, grounds maintenance, basic housekeeping tasks and general upkeep including painting apartments or touch ups as need
- Assists in prioritizing work orders and monitoring maintenance of buildings and equipment
- Prepares and cleans vacant units as assigned
- Responsible for on call emergency maintenance service as scheduled
- Interacts with residents, vendors and fellow employees in respectful and professional manner, treating others with dignity and empathy
- Works with management to ensure all activities are conducted in compliance with applicable local, state and federal laws
- Clear, concise communication with property manager and regional maintenance supervisor on work schedule for assigned sites, purchases, work order and unit turnover status, on-call work and preventative maintenance
- Follows all CommonBond safety policies and local, state and federal regulations
- Inspects equipment before each use; uses personal protective equipment when necessary.
Maintenance Technician
Villa Marina Health and Rehabilitation
08.2017 - 07.2018
- Maintenance on all 9 buildings
- Flipping Apartments after move outs
- HVAC , AC, and understanding of boilers and Air handler units
- Documentation of daily assignments
- Electrical, plumbing, sheetrock drywall, remodeling and flipping apartments
- Remodeling apartments after tenant moves out and redoing bathrooms, tile, etc
- Responding to emergency calls(ON CALL SCHEDULE) TYPE OF MIND
- Painting most of villa Marina and villa Rita
- Kept an eye on surveillance on Piedmont Apartments
- Mow and maintain grass
- Keep good relationships with residents
- Operate heavy machinery
- Preventative Maintenance fix and maintain everything including making sure wheelchairs are up to order apartment maintenance, flipping and remodeling
Estimator, Painting and Drywall Supervisor
Northstar Painting and Sandblasting
08.2009 - 01.2017
- Residential and commercial Painting
- Interior painting
- Exterior Painting
- Handle customer services
- Sandblasting
- Bid and do estimates on projects
- Plow snow for residential contracts
- Drywall, Mudding and Tapping
- Documented all repair created schedules and ran a crew of 10 employees
- Oversaw company projects
- REO Property preservation, construction, maintenance, repairs, winterization etc.
- Take inventory in shop of paint, tools, sprayers, sandblast media (sand)
- Painted/Sandblasted commercial and residential projects
- Order new inventory when equipment runs low
- Operated Hydraulic lifts, forklifts, Pettibone, cranes, skid steers
- Made repairs on drywall, hardwood floors, siding, roofing
- Sandblasting for Fraiser shipyard
- Plow snow for residential contracts
- Commercial/residential
- Interior/Exterior on houses
- Documented all repair created schedules and ran a crew of 10 employees
- Oversaw company projects
- REO Property preservation, construction, maintenance, repairs, winterization etc.
- Take inventory in the shop of paint, tools, sprayers, sandblast media (sand)
- Painted/Sandblasted commercial and residential projects
- Order new inventory when equipment runs low
- Operated Hydraulic lifts, forklifts, Pettibone, cranes, skid steers
- Made repairs on drywall, hardwood floors, siding, roofing
- Sandblasting for Fraiser shipyard
- Plow snow for residential contracts
Maintenance Technician
Sherman and Associates
03.2014 - 09.2016
- Supervise and Perform Maintenance on Multiple Apartment properties and Buildings
- Complete morning meetings with Upper management and Maintenance team
- Perform safety meetings every morning and assign daily tasks
- Communicate with residents about rent, emergencies, maintenance issues and other issues
- Set up and present apartment showings for guests and future residents
- Keep track of Maintenance budget weekly
- Receive bids and hire out designated projects for contractors
- Set up monthly maintenance schedules and on call system
- Create daily, weekly, monthly and semiannual maintenance goals, strategies, safety tests and preventative maintenance plans and communicate them via email and verbally to Management as well as maintenance team
- Go over and sign apartment leases with residents, cooperate with co-workers and residents in times when eviction is needed
- Maintain and repair boiler and water heaters
- Daily duties include Electrical, Plumbing and HVAC
- Complete work orders that include fixing Thermostats, heating problems, dishwashers, Ovens, Sinks,
- Showers, leaks, doors etc.
- Install new outlets, Switches, GFI's, general maintenance on apartment turnovers
- Maintain garages
- Shovel and salt sidewalks
- Perform minor and major repair of all
- Buildings and equipment
- Perform scheduled preventive maintenance on building mechanical equipment; inspect belts, check fluid levels, replace filters, etc.
- Calibrate and repair pneumatic systems
- Replace broken windows; repair doors, door locks and closet doors
- Repair electrical
- Repair refrigeration equipment Repair leaks, plumbing etc.
- Turn over, repair, paint vacant apartments
Signalman
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
11.2011 - 06.2014
- Maintain records of scheduled maintenance procedures
- Operate computers which control and monitor mechanical equipment and utility systems
- Respond to emergency maintenance requests as requirements
- Welded I-joints to rail to make track circuits
- Wired up circuits in signals
- Ordered Broken electronics, grave, dig permits, track warrants and PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) daily
- Participate in HAZMAT, Electrical Fundamentals Training, safety Courses
- Trenched in track wires and cable underground with heavy machinery (Trencher, Backhoe)
- Wired, Maintained and installed cabins, lights, gate mechanisms with 24 volt DC current
- Documented/ Ran tests on finished assignments to ensure all equipment was up to standard
- Worked safely in compliance with all FRA(Federal Railroad Administration) regulations
- Operated Boom on Boom truck
- Operated backhoe
- Maintain and repair backhoe, boom truck, trencher etc..
Education
Associate of Arts - HVAC Installation And Repair
Northwoods Technical College
Superior, WI08.2021
Associate of Arts -
Lake Superior College
Duluth, MN05.2013
Vocational - Electrical Equipment Installation And Repair
Electrical Fundamentals
St. Charles, IL03.2013
High school diploma - Any
Duluth East High School
Duluth, MN06.2010
Skills
- General electrical
- HVAC Repair
- Department Leadership
- Safety Management
- Inspect Completed Work
- Building Painting
- Structural Repairs
- Maintenance Planning
- Industrial maintenance
- Plumbing
- Troubleshooting
- Electrical
- Electrical Experience
- Refrigeration
- Facilities Maintenance
- Heavy Equipment Operation
- Landscape Maintenance
- Backhoe Operation
- Customer Service
- Boiler Operation and maintenance
- Automotive Repair
- Carpentry
- Equipment Repair
- Snow Plowing
- Welding
- Remodeling
- Drywall
- Lawn Care
- Computer Networking
- Blueprint Reading
- Machine indicators in order to ensure safe and appropriate operation Full results: Familiar Indeed
- Paint, Industrial Maintenance
- Maintenance, Property Maintenance, Apartment Maintenance, Handyman, Facility
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Understanding and applying mechanical concepts and processes
- Identifying differences in materials, following instructions, and detecting details among distracting
- Basic maintenance and repair
- Performing basic repairs and maintenance for apartment complexes, office buildings, and other
- Tendency to be dependable and come to work
- Mechanical skills: Monitoring
- Hazard Monitoring and Management
Additional Information
- Looking to advance in a great Career Duluth, MN Maintenance, Boiler's License, Painter, Remodeling, Drywall, exterior painting. Maintenance state of mind. Duluth, MN 55807 Authorized to work in the US for any employer
- Boiler License: Special Engineer # SP766030 - 02/04/2020 to Current
Certification
- Driving With Care Education Certificate
- Boiler License: Special Engineer # SP766030 - 02/04/2020 to Current
- Fair Housing for Maintenance Professional Certificate
- Union Pacific Railroad On Track Certificate
- OSHA General Industry
- Workplace Safety Certificate
- Harassment Prevention for US Employees Certificate
- Material Safety Data Sheet Certificate
- Introduction to OSHA Certificate
- Hazmat Prevention for US Employees Certificate
- Hazardous Material Handling and Storage Certificate
- Chemical Hazard Communication Certificate
- Electrical Safety Awareness Certificate
- Healthcare: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Certification
Timeline
HUD Housing Property Maintenance Director
Terracorp Financial Corp
08.2021 - Current
Maintenance Technician III
Commonbond Communities
09.2018 - 2021
Maintenance Technician
Villa Marina Health and Rehabilitation
08.2017 - 07.2018
Maintenance Technician
Sherman and Associates
03.2014 - 09.2016
Signalman
UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY
11.2011 - 06.2014
Estimator, Painting and Drywall Supervisor
Northstar Painting and Sandblasting
08.2009 - 01.2017
Associate of Arts - HVAC Installation And Repair
Northwoods Technical College
Associate of Arts -
Lake Superior College
Vocational - Electrical Equipment Installation And Repair
Electrical Fundamentals
High school diploma - Any
Duluth East High School
- Driving With Care Education Certificate
- Boiler License: Special Engineer # SP766030 - 02/04/2020 to Current
- Fair Housing for Maintenance Professional Certificate
- Union Pacific Railroad On Track Certificate
- OSHA General Industry
- Workplace Safety Certificate
- Harassment Prevention for US Employees Certificate
- Material Safety Data Sheet Certificate
- Introduction to OSHA Certificate
- Hazmat Prevention for US Employees Certificate
- Hazardous Material Handling and Storage Certificate
- Chemical Hazard Communication Certificate
- Electrical Safety Awareness Certificate
- Healthcare: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Certification
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