RICHARD J. KENT
1149 E. Desert Holly Dr.

San Tan Valley, AZ 85143

Phone: (207) 357-6523

PROFILE
§ 15+ years CAD experience  §8+ years GIS experience § 10+ years Topo Survey experience
§Excellent computer skills including hardware setup and office software

 

EDUCATION
I.W. Akerley Dartmouth N.S. - 1991 Building Technology Diploma
Cole Harbor District High School Dartmouth N.S.-Academic Studies

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Inte-Grat-ed Design Services 12/12 - present

Started employment as an independent contractor, became a full time employee in May of 2014. Provide computer drafting & design for wireless communication sites. Upgrade existing services such as tower and building equipment to provide new technology for the end user.

 

Mountain Ltd

CAD Drafter 02/14 – present

Drafting of hand drawn field notes provided by engineers for new fiber telephone services.

Senior Level CATV Design Engineer (contract): 01/02- 04/02
Designed Cable Television distribution systems following guidelines implemented by Adelphia Cable.
Make Ready Engineer (contract):05/01- 11/01
Worked with Central Vermont Power performing utility pole line design and attachment calculations.Duties included measuring geographical distances, shooting angles, document utility field inventories, research company records, and field note taking.

 

Kent Inspection & Design Services 06/07-05/14

Worked on an as needed basis developing drawings for cell tower and cabinet upgrades in a Mid-West market for companies such as Sprint and AT&T. In addition, provided home inspections, septic designs & CAD services for several disciplines such as civil and telecommunications.

 

Town of Rumford 10/05 – 05/14
Code Enforcement Officer/ Engineering Tech: Enforce municipal & state codes & ordinances, inspector of buildings, interior plumbing & subsurface wastewater disposal inspections, following the 2009 ICC codes. Review permit application submissions and inspect all new build and renovation projects. Conducted yearly school inspections, liquor license, hotel/restaurant safety inspections, mandated & complaint driven apartment unit inspections. Required to write reports of deficiencies and work with citizens & business owners toward acceptable resolutions within a reasonable time requirement. As required would provide survey & design for municipal infrastructure including storm drainage, sewerage disposal & water main location.

Deluca-Hoffman Inc 05/02- 10/05
Engineering Technician: Assisted the lead engineer with watershed delineation, site planning, design and CAD drafting of water, storm and sanitary sewer profiles as well as site grading. Utilizing Arcview, Autocad Land, and Hydrocad. Fieldwork included survey and inspections.

OSP Consultants
Make Ready Engineer Parsippany, NJ 12/00- 02/01
Perform utility pole line design and attachment calculations. Duties included measuring geographical
distances, document utility field inventories, and research company records. Field note taking.
CATV Designer Halifax, N.S, CA 3/00-12/00
Created CATV distribution designs, using digital strand maps, lode data software and guidelines provided
by the client.

Temporary Cad Manager/ Network Administration North Hollywood, CA 11/99-12/99
Reorganized the existing CAD department to properly meet deadlines, created and maintained a small QC department, conducted interviews to locate a permanent manager and provided basic troubleshooting of the network server.

AM/FM/GIS Technician And Field Engineer Sterling, VA 5/99-7/99
Responsibilities included digital reproduction of hand drawn notes using AUTOCAD and client based CAD software. Field note taking and redlining permit and construction drawings for underground fiber optic cable route construction.
AM/FM/GIS Production Supervisor Halifax, N.S., CA 8/98-3/00
Responsible for a group of 5-10 AM/FM/GIS technicians creating digital maps and facilities records for
advanced fiber optic and copper cable telecommunications networks. Also required to organize data and
encourage meeting deadlines with a high quality product.
AM/FM/GIS Technician 8/96 - 7/98
Responsible for creating digital maps and facilities records for advanced fiber optic and copper cable
Telecommunications networks utilizing: advanced digital techniques, aerial photography, satellite imagery, technologically innovative software systems and processes