Ben F. Cravey

US citizen, reside in North Texas bfcravey@gmail.com ~ LinkedIn Profile

Thirty five years National and International Construction Management

Manager Employee Relations / Construction

Eighteen years managing large telecoms projects

  · FTTH and HFC Manager responsible for engineering, construction and performance.

  · Conflict Manager – Productivity, Profit & Performance Driven

  · Manager Employee Relations & Industrial Relations

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Bechtel Projects Manager / Employee Relations Onslow, Australia (6/2012 to 11/ 2015)

Deputy ER Manager/ Wheatstone LNG/ Chevron / IR, ER, Recruiting, Camp, Transportation

Bechtel Employee Relations Manager

Guinea Africa (8/ 2008 to 6/ 2012)

ER Manager/ GAP / Guinea Alumina/ IR, ER, Recruiting, Camp, Transportation, Community

Bechtel Area Manager

Area Manager/ IOC/Iron Ore Canada/ Accommodations projection and camp construction

Bechtel Industrial Relations Manager

IR Manager/ TCO/Enka JV for Chevron / Industrial Relations, Leadership Training

Bechtel BD Coordinator

BD Coordinator / Bechtel business development/ Prepared RFP packages for GBU

Bechtel OSP Area Project Manager

Labrador, Canada (4/2008 to 8/2008)

Tengiz, Kazakhstan (11/2006 to 4/2008)

Frederick, Maryland (05/ 2006 to 10/2006)

Baghdad, Iraq (6/ 2003 to 7/2006)

Area Project Manager/ IIRP/ USAID/ Switch install, fiber optic construction, Leadership Training

Bechtel Cellular Area Manager

Project Manager/ WIN Project/ Western Integrated/ Switch install and Network FTTP

OpTel Director Construction

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (2/2002 to 5/2003)

Market Manager/ AWS GSM Overlay/ AT&T/ Cellular tower upgrades throughout northeast USA

Bechtel OSP Project Manager

Director Construction/ OSP/ MDU Video and Data/ National hardline, microwave construction

Falcon International Director Construction

Construction Manager/FTTP for AT&T/ Neighborhood fiber to the premises project

Vision por Cable de Mexico OSP Project Manager

Dallas, Texas (7/2001 to 01/ 2002)

Dallas, Texas (1/1999 to 6/2001)

Sao Paulo Brazil (4/1996 to 12/1998)

Director Construction/ MDU Video and Data/ CanBras Telecoms/ National construction project

Intl Fiber Con OSP Construction Manager

Tijuana Mexico (4/1994 to 6/1995)

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San Diego, California (7/1995 to 3/1996)

Project Manager/ HFC/ OSP/ neighborhood aerial construction at border towns

Prime Cable (Cox) Director Construction

OSP CATV SF, MDU construction/ includes hotels and outlying cities.

Klamath Cable General Manager

OSP CATV SF, MDU construction/ includes hotels and outlying cities.

Mission Cable (Cox) Staff Engineer

General Manager/ CATV system operations/ owner operator of rural business

Community Cable Project Manager

Las Vegas Nevada (12/1988 to 4/1994)

Klamath, California (5/1981 to 9/1988)

Las Vegas Nevada (7/1979 to 4/1981)

San Diego, California (3/1973 to 6/1979)

Staff Engineer/ CATV city and county OSP, MDU, Headend and network construction

Schenck Utilities Construction Lineman

Lineman and Supervisor / CATV aerial OSP, Headend and network construction

Special Contributions

Bechtel M&M / Subject Matter Expert

Brisbane, Australia (3/2014 to 4 2014)

Provide workforce services Business Development response to Mongolia, Oyu Tolgoi RFP

Bechtel M&M / Subject Matter Expert

Johannesburg, South Africa

Port Louis, Mauritius (5/2010 to 6/2010)

Investigate availability of qualified SMP craftsmen for the Guinea Alumina Project.

Bechtel Civil/ Subject Matter Expert

Cluj-Napoca, Romania (3/2014 to 4 2014)

Investigate possibility of violent industrial action by workers in Romania similar to Tengiz.

Bechtel OG&C / Training Manager

Organize leadership training for Kazakh craft as a result of violent industrial action.

Bechtel BNI / Six Sigma Champion

Facilitate PIP to resolve conflicting interests during closeout of IIRP

Bechtel BNI / Training Manager

Education

  · Liberal Arts

  · Front Line Management

  · Project Management

  · Associate Arts Degree

  · Conflict Management

1969 El Paso, Texas

UT, El Paso

1974 San Diego, California Mission Cable

1975 San Diego, California Mission Cable

1976 San Diego, California Grossmont College

1989 Las Vegas, Nevada

Prime Cable

Organize and conduct supervisor training for English speaking Iraqi Engineers.

Amman, Jordan (5/2005 to 7/ 2005)

Baghdad/ Basra Iraq (4/ 2004 to 4/ 2005)

Tengiz, Kazakhstan (11/2006 to 5/ 2007)

El Paso, Texas (3/1971 to 2/1973)

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