JACQUES RABE              2(6)

 

 

 

 

Name                       Jacques Rabe

Email                       mfjc87@yahoo.com

Phone                       +1 360 292 9902

Date of Birth            5/22/1987

Place of Birth          Johannesburg, South Africa

Home Town             Charlotte, NC

Current Location     Lakeland, Florida

Education                 Brighton High School, UT

 

 

Summary

 

I have been working in Telecoms for about 9 years and have a good understanding of construction and implementation / integration through to customer quality acceptance. I work hard, learn fast and welcome challenges.

 

I have lived in the US for over 10 years and I am a US Permanent Resident Green Card Holder.

 

 

 

 

 

 

CERTIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

 

Level 3 Field Engineer Nokia 4G LTE

Level 3 Field Engineer Nokia 2G

Level 2 Field Engineer Nokia 3G

Osha 10hr

RF Awareness

Eupen coaxial & connector installation training

RFS L&A training

DAS, iDAS, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, GSM, PCS, AWS

First Aid

ComTrain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

 

3/2014 - Present                             Jacobs – T-Mobile Maintenance

                                          Lead Wireless Engineer

·         Manage 2-man crew completing various trouble tickets and other site maintenance issues.

 

2/2014 - 3/2014                             BAN Wireless – Sheraton Downtown Dallas

                                          Team Lead

·         Installed remote radio heads, transport racks and modules according to RFDS.

·         PIM test with Anritsu 750Mhz, 850Mhz and 1900Mhz

 

10/2012 - 9/2013                             Lemcon USA – T-Mobile PCS Project

                                          Lead Wireless Engineer / Field Supervisor

·         Manage and supervise civil and tower General Contractors daily and update line managers with build progress

·         Direct GC’s on site build according to RFDS site plans

·         Supervise and manage progress of Basic Construction, vendor equipment requirements, Towers, Lines and Antennas

·         Compiling Bill of Materials and Ordering of materials

·         Updating of milestones in customer database

·         Perform pre construction site walks with customer

·         Perform post construction site walks with customer

·         Perform installation, commissioning, integration and call testing of Nokia 2G, 3G and 4G LTE Flexi Modules of the PCS and AWS bands

·         Fiber testing with JDSU Fiber tester

·         Completed RF Awareness training

·         NSN BTS Field support during cut-over activity (day rate)

·         Troubleshooting site and network issues including line/antenna alarm clearing (Tiger Team).

·         Site documentation control – Daily site reports to managers

 

10/2011 - 03/2012               Towercomm Atlanta - Sprint/Ericsson LTE

              Construction Manager

·         Manage and supervise civil and tower General Contractors daily and update line managers with build progress

·         Supervise and manage progress of Basic Construction, vendor equipment requirements, Towers, Lines and Antennas

·         Perform pre construction site walks with Ericsson CM’s

·         Perform post construction site walks with Ericsson CM’s

·         On site management and supervision of tower and civil crews and on site safety.

·         Compiling Bill of Materials and Ordering of materials

·         Direct GC’s on site build according to RFDS

·         Review closeout packages and ensure punch list items have been cleared.

·         Update milestones in database

·         Material list review and ordering

 

All previous projects were while employed with Lemcon

 

08/2011 - 10/2011                            Lemcon Zimbabwe - Econet/Kentrox Remote Monitoring

                            Network Engineer

·         Perform integrations of Kentrox RMM-1400 to Optima server via CLI.

·         Give training of the Optima Site Management tool to Econet.

 

02/2011 - 07/2011                            Lemcon USA - AT&T 2G Upgrades

                                          Lead Wireless Engineer / Construction Manager

·         Troubleshooting site and network issues including line/antenna alarm clearing.

·         Manage and supervise civil and tower General Contractors daily and update line managers with build progress

·         Manage and supervise progress of Basic Construction, vendor equipment requirements, Towers, Lines and Antennas

·         Direct GC’s on site build according to RFDS site plans

·         Compiling Bill of Materials and Ordering of materials

·         Perform surveys on AT&T site containing Nokia 2G Ultrasites.

·         Perform night and day integrations, upgrades and TRX harvesting on Nokia 2G Ultrasites.

·         Site documentation control.

 

08/2010 - 02/2011                             Lemcon South Africa - Cell C 3G IP Overlay

                            Network Engineer

·         Send out daily reports of site statuses.

·         Load License Key’s and perform SW Upgrades to Flexi modules via top level user interface.

·         Nokia Flexi Integrations with field engineers

 

03/2010 - 08/2010                             Lemcon Sweden - Telenor IP Swap

                            Lead Wireless Engineer / Construction Manager

·         Manage and supervise civil and tower General Contractors daily and update line managers with build progress

·         Manage and supervise progress of Basic Construction, vendor equipment requirements, Towers, Lines and Antennas

·         Direct GC’s on site build according to RFDS site plans

·         Troubleshooting site and network issues including line/antenna alarm clearing.

·         Configuration and integration of Ericsson IP Mini-Link MW Hops

·         Performed night and day swaps from NSN ATM Based Ultra site to NSN IP Based Flexi Node-B’s on DAS & iDAS networks.

·         Site documentation control – BTS documentation, site checklists

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

01/2010 - 02/2010                             Lemcon Canada - Globalive/Wind Call-P Project

                            Lead Wireless Engineer / Construction Manager

·         Manage and supervise progress of Basic Construction, vendor equipment requirements, Towers, Lines and Antennas

·         Direct GC’s on site build according to RFDS site plans

·         Manage and supervise civil and tower General Contractors daily and update line managers with build progress

·         Installed and configured Nokia Siemens Networks HiD IP Switches.

·         Performed commissioning, integration and call testing of Nokia 3G Flexi modules for 1700mhz and 2100mhz.

·         Troubleshooting site and network issues including line/antenna alarm clearing

·         Site documentation control – BTS documentation, site checklists,  NOLS/E-PM

 

10/2009 - 12/2009                             Lemcon USA Corp - TMO AWS 3G Roll Out

                            Lead Wireless Engineer

·         Installed, commissioned, integrated and call tested Nokia 3G 2100mhz (AWS) Flexi modules.

·         Troubleshooting site and network issues including line/antenna alarm clearing

·         Managed activities for two markets with 6 techs in my team.

·         Site documentation control

 

09/2009 - 10/2009                             Lemcon Canada - Globalive/Wind Call-P Project

                            Network Engineer

·         Installed Nokia Siemens Networks HiD IP Switches.

·         Performed commissioning, integration and call testing of Nokia 3G Flexi modules for 1700mhz and 2100mhz.

·         Site documentation control – BTS documentation, site checklists,  NOLS/E-PM

 

08/2009 - 09/2009                             Lemcon USA Corp – Altai WiFi for Times Square Alliance

                            Network Engineer

·         Deployed free public Wi-Fi in Times Square and Rockefeller Center using Altai Wifi base stations.

 

05/2009 - 08/2009                            Lemcon Canada - Bell & Telus Call-P Project

                            Field Engineer

·         Perform commissioning, integration and call testing of Nokia 3G Flexi Modules for 1900mhz and 850mhz.

·         Troubleshooting

·         Site documentation control – BTS documentation, site checklists,  NOLS/E-PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

02/2009 - 05/2009                            Lemcon Brazil - Site Supervision Project – Oi Brazil

                            Field Engineer/ Documentation Auditor

·         Performed supervision site visits of Nokia 2G & 3G Flexi Module installations

·         Site documentation control – BTS documentation, site checklists,  NOLS/E-PM

·         Supervision of  Antenna system installations

 

05/2008 - 02/2009                            Lemcon USA Corp - NSN/TMO UMTS Project- Dallas RIC

                            RIC Engineer/Documentation Specialist

·         Managed documentation duties within the RIC.

·         Perform RIC duties: Integrated Nokia 3G Flexi and did troubleshooting on 2G & 3G sites remotely.

·         Load License Key’s and perform SW Upgrades to Flexi modules remotely.

 

 

07/2007 – 05/2008                             Lemcon USA Corp - NSN/TMO UMTS Project – Atlanta GA

                            Field Engineer/BTS Auditor

·         Perform quality control on SAQ/CW and TI documentation, enter results into NOLS/EPM quality module

·         Perform pre construction site walks

·         Update MoMa and EBOQ/FPQ’s and create CMF’s

·         Check General Contractor close out packages and photos, upload to NOLS/EPM

·         Perform quality audits on swap and new builds in the Carolinas for NSN/at&t

·         Attended NSN 3G Basic and Flexi Boot camp certification courses – Qualified as Level 2 Technician

·         Perform Day-Rate services to NSN as a Documentation Assistant for the National at&t TDMA Removal Project

 

01/2006 – 06/2007              Lemcon USA Corp - Nokia/Cingular Carolinas Swap & BAU Project

BTS Auditor

·         Perform BTS quality audits on swapped sites, new build and growth sites uploading of audit results into the NOLS/EPM quality module

·         Electronic site folder checking and approval. Follow up site visits to verify punch list clearance.

·         Performed on site quality supervision at the Carolinas BTS rack & stack facility, building and commissioning Nokia Ultrasite BTS as part of the quality assurance process

·         Entering the Project milestones in E-PM

·         Uploading of E-Sitefolder in the documentation part in NOLS.

·         Assist the Market Assistant regarding the project documentation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

07/2005 – 12/2005              Lemcon USA Corp - Nokia/Cingular Carolinas Swap Project

BTS Auditor Trainee 

·         Attended Nokia Ultrasite certification courses and qualified as a level 3 technician.

·         Received training on and performed BTS quality audits, uploading of audit results into the EPM quality module.

·         Electronic site folder scrutiny and follow up visits to sites to verify punch list clearance.

·         Completed Eupen coaxial & connector installation training