Turhan Erel

Entrepreneur, Facilities Services

Hi, I'm Turhan Erel. Welcome to my profile!

Turhan Erel's Bio:

Turhan Erel's Experience:

• President at Phoenix Building Maintenance

  August 2002 - Present | Northbrook, IL

  Founder & Vice President providing building maintenance, janitorial services and general contracting for commercial & healthcare facilities. With 56 employees on payroll our customers included Lake County Health Department, Jones Lang & LaSalle, Lieberman Property Management, Knowledge Learning Corporation and many others.

• Facility Manager at Cook County Department of Facilities Management

  August 2002 - August 2009 | Chicago, IL

  I was initially hired as a Specification Engineer for the Purchasing Agent of the Department. Later, given the responsibility of Technical Service Supervisor/Facility Manager and was assigned at the Cook County Jail. Cook County Jail Complex is made of 22 buildings and approximately 5 million square feet of space, holding about 10,000 inmates on any given day. Cook County Jail is one of the largest complexes of its kind in the country. The task of a facility manager is to oversee and run the day to day operation, keeping and maintaining the over exhausted facilities to accommodate the Sheriffs Office, the Criminal Courts and the Judges needs, States Attorney’s Office, Public Defenders Office and etc. The Facility Managers have the responsibility of overseeing 112 tradesman and 90 operating engineers. Reporting directly to the Director of Facility Management, Deputies and respective crews has an output of about 120,000 work orders annually. The responsibilities of the Technical Service Supervisor/Facility Manager include overseeing capital renovation projects with a budget ranging from $ 250,000 to $3,000,000.

• Owner at Turhan's Bay Import & Export

  1999 | Northbrook, IL

Turhan Erel's Education:

• Oakton Community College

  Associates Degree
  Concentration: BA

• Harold Washington College

  Certificate
  Concentration: Facility Management Skills

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