SAMSON PAGUAGAN

• Led maintenance operations across 100+ stores, facilities, and head office, ensuring optimal functionality and safety standards.
• Oversaw building and store systems, including HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, and plumbing.
• Developed preventive and corrective maintenance plans, work schedules, and technician assignments.
• Supervised maintenance technicians, ensured quality of work, and addressed training and staffing requirements to maintain operational efficiency.
• Oversee maintenance renovations, refurbishments, relocations, and facility-improvement projects.
• Prepared scopes of work, technical specifications, cost estimates, and proposals.
• Monitored labour, spares, parts, and contractor consumables and replacement costs.
• Enhanced technician scheduling and route planning, minimising delays and overtime for improved service delivery.

• Coordinated mechanical works from design to installation, ensuring compliance with project specifications for retail sites.
• Collaborated with project stakeholders to identify and resolve issues, facilitating timely project completion.
• Coordinated preventive maintenance across multiple Turkish locations, enhancing operational reliability for store sites.
• Inspected sites and tracked progress for materials workmanship compliance.
• Prepared work scopes and detailed cost estimates for evaluation.
• Managed logistical support for sites at Mother Ignacia, SM Pulan, and Hacienda Luisita.
• Organised support for UST store project works delivery.

• Managed engineering teams by delegating tasks, assigning work, and monitoring activities to ensure timely project completion.
• Directed engineering-team activities and oversaw building facilities, electromechanical systems, maintenance, renovations, and fit-out projects.
• Coordinated project planning, validated budgets, engaged contractors, and monitored progress to ensure project alignment with objectives.
• Managed engineering budgets, meticulously tracking expenditures and justifying costs to senior management.
• Monitored project schedules, capital expenditures, and operating and maintenance budgets against actual spending.
• Managed the resolution of engineering issues, applying expert problem-solving skills to overcome challenges swiftly.
• Reviewed and approved engineering designs and documentation, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and feasibility.
• Reviewed mechanical works from design through implementation, facilitating successful expansion of Rustan’s Gateway.
• Directed the maintenance and upgrade of engineering equipment, ensuring operational reliability and compliance with safety regulations.
• Coordinated with cross-functional teams to optimise project outcomes, fostering collaboration and innovation.

Prepared detailed reports and presentations on engineering activities, findings, and outcomes for executive review.

• Inspected HVAC refrigeration cooling towers, chillers, and electrical panels, maintaining compliance with safety and operational standards.
• Supervised MEPF contractors, ensuring installations aligned with drawings and specifications.
• Coordinated fit-out and renovation projects, evaluating quotations and collaborating with operations teams and service providers for effective project delivery.
• Planned preventive and corrective maintenance while managing office services within budget.

Monitored environmental compliance regulations as Corporate Pollution Control Officer.

• Supervised maintenance of mechanical, electrical, and architectural equipment across Tokyo outlets, ensuring operational readiness and compliance with safety standards.
• Standardised preventive-maintenance practices for stores and central commissary, improving consistency and reducing downtime across locations.
• Reviewed service reports and equipment histories, recommending targeted maintenance improvements to enhance equipment reliability and performance.
• Prepared maintenance reports, repair plans, and service schedules for stores and the commissary.
• Coordinated outlet renovations, site inspections, punch-list follow-up, and work with contractors, designers, consultants, and suppliers.
• Prepared project estimates and monitored repair, maintenance, and renovation expenses.
• Monitored warehouse stock and prepared purchase requests.
• Served as Pollution Control Officer, coordinated environmental matters with DENR, and monitored sewage-treatment-plant operations.

• Supervised equipment maintenance for 7-Eleven and retail clients including Guess, PenShoppe.
• Scheduled and managed cleaning and maintenance of food-service equipment across 82 Max’s Restaurant stores to maintain operational standards.
• Tested and commissioned equipment for new and renovated stores.
• Monitored project progress and ensured store compliance with installation schedules.
• Coordinated punch-list rectification and developed in-house equipment estimates for timely project completion.