Amardeep Singh, E.I.T.

Lead full lifecycle delivery of complex capital construction, major maintenance, and tenant improvement projects across government owned and leased facilities, ensuring alignment with approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives. Define project requirements with school boards and direct multidisciplinary teams including architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, and specialty consultants to deliver coordinated, compliant, and high performing project outcomes. Prepare and manage business cases evaluating capital development alternatives, supporting decision making through cost/benefit analysis, risk evaluation, and alignment with ministry priorities. Oversee project budgets, cost forecasting, expenditure tracking, and financial controls across all stages, ensuring optimal value realization within approved funding. Establish and manage project schedules with consultants, contractors, and internal stakeholders to meet operational requirements and critical milestones while minimizing downtime and service disruptions. Provide strategic communication through ministerial briefings, executive level reporting, and stakeholder correspondence on project status, risks, issues, and required decisions. Administer consultant and contractor agreements, oversee progress claims, review fee determinations, validate invoice payments, and resolve contract related disputes or delays. Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks impacting scope, cost, or schedule, ensuring proactive issue resolution and alignment with government legislation, procurement policies, and industry best practices. Successfully planned, managed, and delivered largescale capital construction and infrastructure programs exceeding $100 million, including design coordination, procurement oversight, construction administration, and commissioning.

• Facility Management: Direct and manage 43 buildings, covering a 2.7 million sq. ft. footprint, overseeing all facility maintenance activities, including repairs, improvements, and compliance with health, safety, and environmental standards. • Strategic Planning: Developed and implemented a comprehensive facility management plan for GEF Senior Housing, focusing on goal setting, resource allocation, and measurable outcomes. • CAPEX & Budget Management: Collaborated on a 3-year rolling CAPEX budget and strategic plan for equipment, infrastructure, and facilities, ensuring alignment with corporate and operational policies. • Capital Projects Oversight: Led the lifecycle of capital projects from design to completion, managing budgets, schedules, quality controls, and team staffing. Delivered capital projects valued between $150,000 and $20 million for Alberta Social Housing Cooperation and the City of Edmonton. • Procurement & Vendor Management: Oversaw all procurement processes, including RFPs, RFQs, and tendering through Alberta purchasing connections for capital renewal, lifecycle, and deferred maintenance. Established and maintained vendor relationships. • Preventative Maintenance: Developed a comprehensive preventative maintenance program, creating SOPs, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and managing external vendor contracts. • Financial and Project Controls: Defined and managed project budgets, implemented financial controls such as change management and cost forecasting, and ensured transparency through monthly progress reports for stakeholders. • Technology Implementation: Successfully implemented Yardi modules for construction, procurement, and maintenance management, enhancing operational efficiency. • Stakeholder Engagement: Represented facilities management in interdepartmental meetings and committees, delivering client-focused facility management services.

• Facilities Oversight: Led maintenance operations for three senior condominium properties totaling 800,000 sq. ft. in Etobicoke and Mississauga, reporting to the Vice President of Property & Asset Management. • Pre-Opening Management: Oversaw the pre-opening of a 406,500 sq. ft. property in Etobicoke, with 272 units comprising long-term care, senior residential, and condominium units. Reviewed construction drawings and provided input on schematics, equipment selection, and maintenance requirements. • Commissioning and Compliance: Developed and managed building commissioning plans with commissioning agents, covering mechanical, plumbing, electrical, low voltage, and kitchen systems. Ensured compliance with local codes, public health standards, long-term care regulations, and Ontario Fire Code requirements. • Budgeting and Capital Projects: Managed budgeting, forecasting, and reserve study projects, keeping the condominium board updated on progress. Oversaw capital expenditures and renovations, with project values ranging up to $1.5 million. • Technical Leadership: Demonstrated expertise in electrical, mechanical, plumbing, and building automation systems. Led a team of 8 technicians and 2 supervisors, setting key result areas and conducting annual appraisals.

Engineering Operations Management: Oversaw engineering for a 1.2 million sq. ft. facility with 351 hotel rooms and 128 serviced apartments across 28 floors, directly reporting to the hotel manager and regional director of engineering. • Financial Planning: Contributed to profitability by managing departmental budgeting, planning, and expense analysis. Reviewed capital expenditures and refurbishments up to $1 million USD. • Regulatory and Safety Compliance: Ensured adherence to Marriott International’s water, fire, and life safety standards. Maintained compliance with local codes and conducted quality assurance audits to uphold brand standards. • Life Safety & Contingency Planning: Established a life safety matrix in alignment with organizational standards and led legionella risk prevention initiatives, including emergency contingency planning and annual audits. • Team Leadership: Directed a team of 25 technicians and 2 supervisors, establishing key performance indicators and conducting annual appraisals to drive team performance. • Asset & Vendor Management: Managed operations of a $200 million asset, overseeing vendor relationships, contract management, and spare parts procurement.

• Engineering Operations & Pre-Opening: Led the engineering department for a 1 million sq. ft., 33-floor luxury hotel with 251 rooms in Business Bay, Dubai. Acted as the pre-opening engineer and departmental head in the absence of the cluster director. • System Testing & Quality Control: Oversaw testing and commissioning of all MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing) systems. Conducted snagging, raised defects with main contractors, and reviewed engineering systems against project specifications to ensure quality and compliance. • Fire Safety & Compliance: Maintained fire alarm cause-and-effect matrices, supervised third-party inspections for elevators and firefighting systems, and ensured adherence to local fire protection guidelines. • Preventative Maintenance: Implemented a preventive maintenance plan for guest rooms to meet high-quality audit benchmarks, coordinating closely with housekeeping and front office managers to maintain room standards. • Asset & Inventory Management: Conducted annual inventory audits and led maintenance reviews with the owner’s representatives to ensure asset quality and operational efficiency. • Quality Assurance & Inspections: Conducted weekly room inspections to uphold luxury standards and minimize defects, contributing to an exceptional guest experience.

Projects Undertaken at The Oberoi, Dubai . (Pre-Opening at The Oberoi, Dubai) Complete snagging of property in defect liability period, so that maximum defects can be rectified at contractors cost. Considerable benefit to the operator in optimizing the operational expense for first year of operation. Optimize owner’s capital cost for the setup of hotel operator and taking over owners asset from main contractor within the design specification. Reviewing the critical equipment operation as per the design document which is approved by the Mep consultant of the project. Raising service request form to contractors for non-performance and noncompliance of equipment’s. Commissioning and witness building management system. Commissioning of Guest Room management system. Commissioning and programming Lightning management system as per restaurant, public area requirements. Commissioning the central battery emergency system. Compliance to duration test. Involved and witnessed SCADA installation of secondary modulation of district cooling system. Chilled water balancing for maintaining a delta T of 9 degree Celsius which is an operational requirement for district cooling, in order to avoid surcharge on the chilled water. DEWA approval for internal modification of electrical power for roof top bar, Waka restaurant, Matto restaurant, Ballroom & hair dryer approval for guest room bathroom. Commissioning of entire kitchen & laundry equipment which includes critical equipment’s like pizza oven , beech griller , cold room , bakery equipment’s , combi ovens. Cross checking fire and cause effect matrix for the hotel as per approved layout from DCD. Firefighting pumps, Wet suppression system, Pre action system, fire hose reels, sprinkler, smoke detectors, heat detector, gas detectors, interlocking with Ansul hood protection system. Commissioning of fire alarm panel with 24*7 DCD for active communication with DCD control center.

Oberoi Hotels& Resorts

Diploma in mechanical engineering