Jim Byrd: Facilities Manager in Tacoma, WA

Managed a portfolio of 13 sites to include multiple spaces located at Seatac Airport Approximately 550,000 Square feet (not including significant exterior responsibilities) and a budget of approximately $9 million. Including the Airline's headquarters, Flight Training Center, Data Center, Hangars, Lounges, Offices, and Boarding bridges. Services provided include: Integrated Facilities Management, Business Analytics, Landscaping, Janitorial, Boarding Bridges, Pest control, Sodium glycol plant management, MEP, and Vendor Management. Directed self-performed work for Mobile Building Engineers of varied trades. I developed the team into a model where they were able to better self-perform tasks that would have previously been sent to vendors, such as Electrical, Painting, Airplane boarding bridges, and Sodium glycol plant maintenance thus providing a cost avoidance of approximately $1mil annually but more importantly growing the airline's trust in our Engineers to perform critical tasks that kept them in the air. I was often called upon to provide quantitative reports pertaining to efficiencies of labor and craft utilization compared to KPIs/SLAs, SWOT reports to our leadership and proposals for capital improvement projects or budgetary considerations. In this role we would often provide emergency response and successfully provide solutions to critical concerns that would negatively affect the entire organization. During this time, I was awarded the Spirit of Sodexo national award for our team's on time integration of an acquired large airline and its assets into our systems.