25 N. Riverside Drive              Waterville, ME 04901               207-873-1911                             dcsawyer25@gmail.com

 

SKILLS/AWARDS

• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Google Earth and Visio.

• Bell System qualified on pole climbing, ladder safety, aerial lift and confined spaces.

• Over 25 years of Bell System training.

• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to instruct, guide and mentor others.

• Skilled at building excellent rapport with team members, clients and staff.

• Verizon 20 Year Award (no absences) – 2002.

• Verizon Sell One More National Award winner – 2006. 

• Morning Sentinel and KVAC Coach of the Year awards. 

• Ability to operate and maintain personal computers, networks, printers and laptops.

• 2012 Alfond Youth Center Volunteer of the Year for the restoration of Mini Fenway Park.

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

Maine Fiber Company – Contractor               Portland, ME                            August 2012 - Present

Outside Plant Engineer

• Consultant - Design fiber routes for new Maine Fiber Company subscribers.

• Provide Maine Fiber Company with cell site fiber routes and designs.

• Provide ongoing support on the three ring binder fiber network, finding, documenting and reporting construction deviations and changing field conditions.

 

AOS 92                                                                       Waterville, ME              March 2005 - Present

Mid Maine Technical School Substitute Teacher / Varsity Baseball Coach

 

Tilson Technology Management                             Portland, ME                            December 2011 – August 2012

Construction Manager

• Fiber route design components included aerial, underground, make ready, conduit, and bridge crossings for the Three Ring Binder fiber network, community anchor institutions and cell sites.

 

Fairpoint Communications (formerly, Verizon, Bell Atlantic, Nynex, New England Telephone, AT&T)

Augusta, ME                            December 1996 – January 2011

Outside Plant Engineer / Construction Supervisor                            

• Outside plant engineer for the 2nd largest geographic area in the State of Maine, including ten separate exchanges in Central Maine with over 40 municipalities, covering over 1,200 square miles.

• Field engineer for fiber and copper designs, cross-box upgrades, custom work orders, DSL expansion to legacy DLC locations serving residential and business customers.

• Led bonding and grounding instructional course for Maine outside plant engineers.

• Act as procedural and technical escalation point for customers and field operations.

• Coordinated work with all relevant departments, utilities and municipalities.

• Communicated effectively with engineering department, sales and the customer to track engineering work orders, and oversaw the construction phase to completion and hand-off.

 

Rated Journeyman Splicer / Service Technician October 1982 – December 1996

• Performed aerial and underground copper and fiber splicing, and OTDR testing and recording.

• Performed card replacement functions during new installations, upgrades and maintenance.

• Wired, built and worked on many types of multiplexer installations, upgrades and repairs.

• Built and administered digital cross connects for new multiplexor installations and upgrades.

• Built, powered, wired and tested associated equipment per engineering request for specific applications or requirements using electronic test equipment, measuring devices, meters and hand tools.

• Installed, repaired and maintained voice and data services to residential and business customers.

 

EDUCATION

University of Maine  A.S. Electrical Engineering