Gary Meunier
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Credentials
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EPA Refrigerant Certified, UNIVERSAL
Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA)May, 2001- Oct, 2024 -
ACR: Texas registered ACR technician (State of Texas)
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Amateur Radio License KE5RLU (FCC)
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Class D-2 Warm Air Heating Mechanic (State of Connecticut)
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Electrical HVAC/RFRG License (State of Washington)
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Gas Fitter License (City of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho)
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Gas Heating Mechanic License (City of Spokane, Washington)
City of Spokane, Washington
Experience
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Action Facilities Management
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United States
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Facilities Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Engineer
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Nov 2022 - Present
Chief Engineer Earl Cabell Federal Building and Santa Fe Federal Building in Dallas TX Chief Engineer Earl Cabell Federal Building and Santa Fe Federal Building in Dallas TX
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The Episcopal School of Dallas
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United States
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Primary and Secondary Education
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100 - 200 Employee
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Chief Engineer / Facilities Operations & Maintenance
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Nov 2006 - Apr 2022
Responsible for the maintenance, repairs, and continuous operation of building systems with over 308,000 sq.ft. in 10 buildings. Responsible for getting bids and managing capital projects and operating budgets, • Responsible for creating an equipment list and managing the CMMS (Computerized Maintenance Management System) work-order flow by, assigning PM tasks, repairs, and inspections of work orders to the appropriate internal maintenance person, or scheduling necessary third-party contractors to performed repair and maintenance work. • Responsible for multiple projects; remodeling classrooms, upgrading and replacing equipment: Including two new buildings under construction and working with General contractors (Like Beck and Hill and Wilkinson) in weekly meetings overseeing all MEP under new construction. • Responsible for managing the inspections and testing of fire/life safety systems on the fire alarm system, fire sprinklers & extinguishers, all elevators, and Boilers. Makes necessary repairs or additions to maintain optimal system performance as well as staying up to date with city and state licensing and certificates to keep up with code compliance. • Responsible for the Building Automation Controls (BAS); ESD has been using Inet-7 BAS for HVAC, lighting and access controls since 1998, and was being discontinued. After looking at several building controls, I recommended and started migrating to Schneider Electric’s new EcoStruxure BAS. As I have been learning to diagnose and program the building automation controls. I took classes and learned how to program Inet-7, as well as EcoStruxure and Tridium Niagara AX. Programmed BACnet mstp, BACnet IP, LON, Modbus rtu into EcoStruxure, and programmed graphic pages to help make operating more efficient. As I have been replacing rooftop air conditioners with mostly Trane Voyager units, at start-up I would configure the Trane rooftop unit to work with programming in EcoStruxure. Show less
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Johnson Controls
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Ireland
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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700 & Above Employee
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National HVAC Service Estimator
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Aug 2004 - Jun 2006
Responsible for all service estimates and proposed HVAC alternative solutions in a competitive environment to 4 JCPenney (JCP) regional managers responsible for 867 JCP stores nationwide. Worked between client JCP and 54 JCI district maintenance supervisors and 389 JCI HVAC technicians. • Increased accepted bids from 52% to 88%. • Analyzed the HVAC work in a priority matrix while creating proposals and reduced backlog and customer complaints while increasing operating efficiency of Johnson Controls 389 HVAC technicians in the field. Show less
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BILL JOPLIN'S COMPRESSOR SERVICES, INC.
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United States
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Heating Air Conditioning Service Technician
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Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
Troubleshooting, maintenance and repair all aspects of residential, commercial and industrial HVAC equipment and systems Troubleshooting, maintenance and repair all aspects of residential, commercial and industrial HVAC equipment and systems
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Siemens Building Technologies
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Spokane, WA
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Facilities Operations & Maintenance Supervisor
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Jul 2001 - May 2003
Responsible for facilities operations and maintenance of 400,000 sq. ft. for Agilent Technologies manufacturing and engineering facility. • Managed work-order flow using Maximo CMMS software by assigning work orders to the appropriate internal maintenance person, or scheduling necessary third-party contractors to performed repair or maintenance work. • Responsible for operating the Johnson Controls Metasys Building Automation Controls. • Troubleshooting, maintain and repair of all mechanical equipment including: - Chillers (centrifugal and screw-type), cooling towers, boilers and pumps. - Liebert computer/server room air conditioning and UPS back up systems. - Rooftop HVAC and refrigeration equipment - Emergency generators and fire pumps - Industrial rotary air compressors and centrifugal vacuum pumps - Elevators, fire/life safety systems. Show less
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Aire Serv Heating and Air Conditioning®
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United States
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Consumer Services
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100 - 200 Employee
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HVAC Service Manager/Technician
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Dec 1998 - Jul 2001
Responsible for service and sales of a rapidly growing HVAC service company serving the Spokane Washington area. • Hired technicians, installers and helpers. • Performed building analysis using Manual J heat load calculations to determine heat loss/gain to size equipment and design HVAC system. • System design, project management and start-up of heating and cooling systems. • Troubleshooting, maintained, and repaired residential, commercial and industrial HVAC equipment and systems, including rooftop package units and split system air conditioning and heat pumps, gas- and oil-fired furnaces and boilers, centrifugal and screw-type chillers, cooling towers, computer room A/C systems, VAV and fan box systems, Walk-In and Reach-In coolers and freezers, ice machines, HVAC DDC building automation controls, water source heat pumps and zone controls. Show less
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Education
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Collin College
Certificate, Supervisor Management -
Collin College
Certificate, Project Management -
1992 - 1992
Refrigeration School Inc
Certification, Air Conditioning/Refrigeration – Electro-Mechanical Technologies
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