Outside Plant Engineer

Level 3 Communications

Tamarac, FL

April 2010 – Present

·         Responsible for daily operations of the outside fiber plant, including but not limited to, engineering, permitting, site acquisitions, designing and maintaining of new fiber rings, node inserts, and existing fiber facility relocations for all markets. 

·         Maintains the security of the outside plant underground network throughout each market by managing cable locating contractors.  This includes protecting our high profile dark fiber customers such as Sprint, Verizon, Comcast, Cogent, Google, and Windstream.

·         Attend progress meetings and coordinate with key project stakeholders to ensure workmanship quality of installations by vendors meet all technical specifications with respect to the customer’s expectations and seeing it all through final completion.

·         Assist Risk Management to coordinate the signing and approval of the Building Access Agreement for customer’s sites and premises.

·         Review and approve civil engineering plans to be submitted for construction.  Perform markup of Civil plans to be used as RGB’s (Red, Green Brown) markup for FDOT roadway improvements and utility protection.

·         Maintain training of OSHA and company requirements.

Construction Manager

Cable Wiring Specialists, Inc

Hollywood, FL 

Jul 2003 – March 2010

·         Coordination of OSP construction and installation services.  Manage the daily operations of 5 underground crews, 6 aerial crews, and 7 sub-contractors in the construction, installation, repair or placement of fiber, coax, and low voltage wire.  Site inspections to assure quality of work and installation.

·         Drive scheduled activities to ensure all disciplines involved are meeting the goals and objectives of the project.  Award merits to individuals with outstanding performance.  Also, discipline anyone that does not meet company standards.  Recruit new associates and train to best practices to maintain company strength.

·         Provide cost estimates of outside plant construction and interior low voltage wiring for contract labor, materials, permit fees, and other Right of Way or Utility Easement costs to be incurred.  Assess and control charges to all activities and sites.

·         Attend meetings with customers, developers, and other utilities to schedule the construction and installation of the piping and cabling infrastructure for telecommunications.  Meet with city officials to insure all permits required are applied and as-builds submitted.

Quality Control Designer/Drafter

AM Broadband

Sunrise, FL

Feb 2003 – Jul 2003

·         Review and approve RF design for new construction and upgrades. 

·         Design sites, properties, and premises for customer builds. 

·         Digitize permit applications for submitting to municipalities. 

·         Coordinate post design changes and approve all as-build documentation.

Field Construction Coordinator

Various Cable MSO’s through Buyouts and System Trades

Jones Intercable, Comcast and Adelphia

Savannah, GA and West Palm Beach, FL

Feb 1997 – Feb 2003

·         Issue work for maintenance and new build projects to sub-contractors.  Oversee the production and report progress to project manager.

·         Inspect quality of construction and installation.  Notify deficiencies to be corrected by appropriate sub-contractor and re-inspect.

·         Works closely with Site Acquisition and Implementation planners to carry out design and installation.

·         Oversee Site Acquisitions, Overbuilds, and Upgrades to increase revenue and subscriber base.

·         Resolve customer complaints generated by construction or service interruption.  Provide site supervision during risk of disturbances to customer is high.  Manage and visit multiple construction sites.

·         Engineer relocation projects to determine new routes and costs for labor and materials.  Provide relocation bid proposals to be paid by the private developers.

·         Maintain, repair and replace faulty cable, electronics and other CATV equipment to provide the best quality picture for customer service.

·         Educate customers in the use of digital converters and television programming.

·         Up sell premium channels by informing customers of recent special packages.

Sergeant E-5

US Army

Various Duty Stations

Jul 1988 – Feb 1997

·         Troubleshoot faulty electronic equipment to make component level repairs with the use of signal generators, oscilloscopes, soldering iron, and voltmeters.

·         Training Leader for all First Aid and First Responders.

·         Accountable for over two million dollars of test equipment for the AH-64 Apache Helicopter.

·         Leader for eight other soldiers; mentored them in physical and educational training to further their careers.

·         Awarded the Presidential Merit for outstanding service during Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

2004 – 2007              Broward Community College                            Davie, FL

·         Civil Engineering Technology, A.A.S., with Honors

1999 – 2000              Armstrong Atlantic University                  Savannah, GA

·         Computer Science

1984 – 1988              Temple High School                                          Temple, TX

AutoCAD and other GIS drafting programs

Microsoft Office including Access, Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Project, & Visio

QuickBooks Enterprise Solutions

Sunshine State One Call of Florida

National Cable Television Institute

Military Basic Non-Commissioned Officers Training & Primary Leadership Development Course

Florida East Coast (FEC) Railroad Safety and Compliance Training