Wasim Khal

913-667-2086

 

Tenured Project/ Construction Manager with 20 years of experience in the Wireless Tower industry.  Responsibilities have included management of Site Acquisition Entitlement Compliance, Zoning,  A&E and Construction Management.  Very experienced in all aspects of tower and antenna mod construction.  Skilled professional in leading teams to accomplish goals on time and within budget.

 

 

JMA (Contracted to T-Mobile Dallas TX Jan 2014 to present

Technical Project Manager III

Contracted to facilitate aggressive T-Mobile Microwave & AAV Fiber to Cell Site project in Dallas TX Market.

Coordinated with Development on Entitlement Completes as well as Notices to Proceed to Construction. Worked extensively with site acquisition vendors to ensure compliance and on time completions.

 

Responsible for Construction Drawing, Structural Analysis reviews and Modification Management. Led site scoping meetings, reviewed out of scope pricing, site surveys, punch walk deliverables and close out packages. Responsibilities also included oversight of site builds, integration and alarm clearing.

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

T-Mobile Homer Server

 

 

PNT Consulting (Contracted to T-Mobile St Louis June 2012 to August 2013

CM/PM III for the St Louis Market.

 

Contracted to facilitate aggressive T-Mobile Modernization project in St Louis Region.

Coordinated with Development on Entitlement Completes as well as Notices to Proceed to Construction. Worked extensively with site acquisition vendors to ensure compliance and on time completions.

 

Responsible for Construction Drawing, Structural Analysis reviews and Modification Management. Led site scoping meetings, reviewed out of scope pricing, site surveys, punch walk deliverables and close out packages. Responsibilities also included oversight of NSN site builds, integration and alarm clearing.

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

T-Mobile Homer Server

 

 

April 2011 –Dec 2012

Golden State Utility Company

Division 6 Construction Manager

·              Responsible for subcontractor bid packages

o       Civil Site Construction Bids

o       Tower Site Construction Bids

o       Electrical Site Construction Bids

o       Review of out of scope requests.

o       Approved all invoices for payment, negotiated final invoicing amounts to reach final invoice pricing  

·              Generating of scopes of work for construction

o       Civil Construction

§      Tower foundation installation procedure

§      Site configuration and layouts

§      Commercial power coordination

§      Telecommunication coordination

§      Building permit applications and submittals

o       Electrical Installations

o       Tower Installations

·              Schedule Site Construction

Civil Subcontractors

Electrical subcontractors

Lines and Antenna subcontractors

Generator installation subcontractors

 

·              Processed closeout documents

o       Ensuring site construction was performed to construction drawings

·              .    Scheduled all subcontractor work

o       Civil constructions (concrete pads, tower foundations)

o       Electrical construction ( site electrical service installation ( A/C)

o       Tower construction ( new tower erections, equipment adds to existing towers)

·              .    Pre and Post Construction walks

o       Identifying any “Out of Scope” items not covered by construction drawings

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Create Work Breakdown Structure

Create Process Procedures

 

 

September 2010- April 2011

Fusion Solutions

Ericsson National Quality Department (quality auditor)

Prepared policies and procedures to be a field construction manager

Management of internal civil audits of over 5200 AT&T sites (Ensuring that corrections were completed)

Coordination of internal 3^rd party Audits for over 300 sites.

 

Ensured that the National and Market standards are enforced in all Markets that Ericsson is operating in.

Trained and mentored 25 construction mangers on field procedures

 

Inspection and auditing of the following areas

1.                     Site Construction

2.                     Site Closeout Packages

3.                     Service Provider Performance

4.                     AT&T National Constructions Standards are followed

5.                     Held meeting with contractors to outline deficiencies of completed site work. Negotiated back charge amounts for other to complete deficiencies. Negotiated out of scoped pricing for contractor returned items to be completed.

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

AT&T Casper Server

Ericsson Site Handler Server

 

April 2009-June 2009 July 2009 to July 2010 T-Mobile

UMTS Market Manager & AAV Market Manager

 

Management of Multiple General Contractors

Overall responsibility for quality of site construction, site close documentation and acceptance by Market RF and Network Operations.

Management and direction of the 4 construction managers for the UMTS build-out of the St Louis Market

Overall management and scheduling of 191 AAV sites. Work with Site Acquisition Companies for sites lease compliance, easements, consent letters and Carrier NTP’s. Created the “Scope of Work”, equipment H-Frames design & power / telco routes.

Single point of coordination between Construction Contractors, Network Operations, Network RF engineering.

Achieved all Regional Market level and Local Market level goals

Conducted daily site deployment meetings, tracking over two hundred plus sites

 

Reviewed and submitted for approval all Out of Scope pricing. Negotiated out of scope pricing with contractor before submitting for regional approval.

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

T-Mobile Homer Server

AT&T Casper Server

 

2005-2008 Crescent S Tower Services

Owner General Manager

 

Management of Multiple General Contractors

Overall responsibility for Quality Close outs and acceptance by Carrier, RF and Network Operations.

Purchase order requests and payment

·   Managed subcontractor labor and site construction

1.                  Site Acquisition

2.                  Civil Construction (Tower Foundations, Equipment Concrete Pads, Shelter Concrete Pads)

3.                  Tower Construction ( Review of Tower Erection Drawings)

4.                  Equipment over lay

5.                  New Equipment Installation

6.                  Review of Constructions Drawings for Material and Equipment Take offs

7.                  Ran all Accounts Payable and Accounts receivable

8.                  Negotiated all Out of Scopes for all projects.

9.                  Reviewed and negotiated all original contractor PO amounts

 

Management of day to day operations of Crescent S Tower Services

·   Performed all bids, job walks, pre and post construction walks, close out documents, oversee accounts payable and accounts receivable

·   Crescent S Tower Services has Performed new site construction and site maintenance for the following companies (Sprint PCS, Nextel, Metro PCS, and Fitjitsu)

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

2004-2005 CH2MHill

Construction Manager 2

 

Performed the duties required of the Construction Manager

·   . Supervised Field Construction Coordinators daily activities

·   . Scheduled site work to be Performed

·   . Scheduled all materials from supplier to site for delivery

·  . Reviewed subcontractor invoicing and change orders

·  . Reviewed site completions closeouts for civil construction

·  Coordination of site entitlements ( Zoning, Leasing, Structural Analysis)

·  Reviewed and negotiated all out of scopes prior to submittal for approval.

·  Reviewed and negotiated original contract PO amount based on SOW for each site

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

 

2002-2005 Crescent S Tower Services

Operations Manager

Management of Multiple General Contractors

Overall responsibility for Quality Close outs and acceptance by Carrier, RF and Network Operations.

·   Purchase order requests and payment

·   Supervised subcontractor labor and site construction

·   Site Acquisition

·   Civil Construction (Tower Foundations, Equipment Concrete Pads, Shelter Concrete Pads)

·   Tower Construction ( Review of Tower Erection Drawings)

·   Equipment overlay

·   New Equipment Installation

·   Review of constructions drawings for material and equipment take-offs

·   Ran all Accounts Payable and Accounts receivable

·   Negotiated all Out of Scopes for all projects. Also Negotiated Original Contract PO amounts

 

Coordination of daily operations

 

·   Bid all work

·   Tracked accounts receivable and accounts payable

·   Processed closeout documents

·   Scheduled all subcontractor work

.     Pre and post construction walks

.     Sweep test of lines

.     Installed PCS, Cellular, and Microwave coax cables

.     Site maintenance for Sprint

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

2001-2002 Big Horn Towers Inc.

Owner and General Manager

 

Management of Multiple General Contractors

Overall responsibility for Quality Close outs and acceptance by Carrier, RF and Network Operations.

Purchase order requests and payment

 

 

1        Supervised subcontractor labor and site construction

2        Site Acquisition

3Civil Construction (Tower Foundations, Equipment Concrete Pads, Shelter Concrete Pads)

4        Tower Construction ( Review of Tower Erection Drawings)

5        Equipment over lay

6        New Equipment Installation

7        Review of constructions drawings for material and equipment take-offs

8        Ran all Accounts Payable and Accounts receivable

9        Negotiated all Out of Scopes for all projects. Also negotiated all Original Contract PO amounts.

 

 

·                       Bid all work

·                       Accounts receivable and accounts payable

·                       Processed closeout documents

·                       Scheduled all subcontractor work

·                       Pre and Post Construction walks

 

Big Horn Towers Inc. performed turnkey construction for the following companies

·  .     Nextel

·  .     Sprint

·  .     Voice Stream

·  .     Verizon

·  .     Dobson Cellular

·  .     Cingular

·  .     AT&T

·  .     Vertical Partners

a.   Ensured compliance with all site acquisition requirements

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

2000-2000 AirTel LLC

Operations Manager

 

·  .  Supervised field construction coordinators daily activities

·  .  Scheduled site work to be performed

·  .  Scheduled all materials from supplier to site for delivery

·  .  Reviewed subcontractor invoicing and change orders

·  .  Reviewed site completions closeouts for civil construction

·      Negotiated Out of Scopes for subcontractors.

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AirTel LLC Performed turnkey construction for the following companies

·  Nextel

·  Sprint

·  Voice Stream

·  Verizon

·  Dobson Cellular

·  Cingular

·  AT&T

·  Vertical Partners

o  Site acquisition ( Nepa, Shipo, Zoning Board Meetings, Land Lord searches)

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

1999-2000 The Becca Affiliates Group

Construction Project Manager

 

    Bid all work

·               Processed closeout documents

·               Scheduled all subcontractor work

·               Pre and post construction walks

·               Scheduled site work to be performed

·               Scheduled all materials from supplier to site for delivery

·               Reviewed subcontractor invoicing and change orders

·               Negotiated for final invoicing approval

·               Reviewed site completions closeouts for civil construction

·               Coordination with site acquisition ( Nepa, Shipo, Zoning Board Meetings, Land Lord searches)

The Becca Affiliates Group Performed turnkey construction for the following companies

·               Nextel

·               Sprint

·               Voice Stream

·               Aerial Communications (over saw 400 site retrofits for Voice Stream/T-Mobile        accusation of Aerial Communications.)

South Texas Regional project manager overseeing new cell site construction (Sprint, Nextel, Verizon, Voice Stream)

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

1998-1999 Western Wireless

New Construction Manager (Wyoming and Colorado)

·              .    Processed closeout documents

o       Ensuring site construction was performed to construction drawings

·              .    Scheduled all subcontractor work

o       Civil constructions (Concrete Pads, Tower Foundations)

o       Electrical construction ( Site Electrical Service Installation ( A/C & D/C )

o       Tower construction ( New Tower Erections, Equipment adds to existing towers)

·              .    Pre and post construction walks

o       Identifying any :Out of Scope” items not covered by construction drawings

·              .    Scheduled site work to be performed

·              .    Scheduled all materials from supplier to site for delivery

·              .    Reviewed subcontractor invoicing and change orders

·                   Negotiated all out of scope pricing as well as original contract PO amounts

·              .    Reviewed site completions closeouts for civil construction

·              .    Site Acquisition (Nepa, Shipo, Zoning Board Meetings, Land Lord searches)

 

Special Project completed:

. Attended zoning board meetings for the permitting process.

. Oversaw the construction of two new switches for the cellular systems. Costs of each switch was $20,000,000.00

 

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

1998-1998 Big Horn Towers

Owner General Manager

Job Descriptions:

Over saw all aspects of daily operations

·               Bid all work from site construction drawings

o        Civil construction ( Tower Foundations, Equipment Concrete Slabs, Shelter Concrete Slabs)

o        Power conduit and Telco conduit installations

o        Electrical service installations

o        Tower erection / Tower colocations

·               Managed accounts receivable and accounts payable

·               Processed closeout documents

·               Scheduled all subcontractor work

·               Pre and Post Construction walks

·               Sweep Test of lines

·               Installed PCS, Cellular, and Microwave coax cables

·               Site maintenance for Sprint

 

Subcontracted to work in Florida (Omni-point) New York (Nextel, Voice Stream) Texas (Sprint)

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Visio

MS Power Point

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

1996-1998 Metrocom Wireless

Crew Chief / Field Engineer

·   Built and stacked Guide Towers, Self Support Towers, Monopole Towers, and Lattice           Monopole Towers.

·   Installed the following systems Cellular, PCS, Microwave 2 GHz through18 GHz.

·   Managed multiple Civil/Electrical/Tower construction crews building Cellular tower sites from construction drawings of all tower types.

Additional Skills used in this position

MS Office

MS Word

MS Excel

MS Outlook

Adobe Acrobat Pro

 

1994-1996

Held various positions as Tower hand

Building and stacking all types of towers (With crane and Gin Pole)

Installation of tower equipment based on site construction drawings

 

Additional Skills

 

MS Office over 20 years of working with this software

MS Word over 20 years of working with this software

MS Visio over 5 years of working with this software

MS Excel over 15 years of working with this software

MS Power Point over 10 years of working with this software

T-Mobile Homer Server over 3 years working with this server

Ericsson Site Handler Server over 2 year working with this server

Sprint Sitara over 3 years working with this server

AT&T Casper Server over 3 years working with this server

 

Villanova University

Certificate for Essentials of Project Management February 2013

Certificate for Mastering of Project Management May 2013

Certificate for PMP Prep June 2013

Certificate for Master of Applied Project Management June 2013

Certificate for Essentials of Government Contracting August 2013

 

1987-1993 USMC   (Honorably Discharged)

1.                     Good Conduct Metal with star

2.                     Served in Desert Shield

3.                     Served in Desert Storm

 

1984-1987 HSCHS (High School Diploma)