Sr. Program Manager/Construction Manager

 

 

Contact Info:

Floyd Green

705 W. Queen Creek Rd. #1105             

Chandler, AZ 85248

Home:   (480) 636-7366

Mobile:  (480) 528-1927

Email: floyd3750@yahoo.com

Email: Floyd.green@ericsson.com

 

 

Objective:

I am seeking a challenging senior position in a large construction or construction management firm commensurate with my management capabilities and experience.

 

Experience:

Thirty years in program management/construction management of large domestic and international projects.

 

Work History:

 

11/2012-presentConstruction Manager IIEricsson

 

Provide program and construction management services to Ericsson for AT&T Turf project on 1C LTE, 2C, 3C LTE overlays sites in Northern California market. Responsibilities include site acquisition, engineering, environmental, bid walks and award, construction and Acceptance. Responsible for all program and construction management activities required to implement 1C, 2C, 3C LTE and WCS in this market per AT&T Site Build Plan schedule and budget. My specialty is RXAIT installation, integration and troubleshooting RAN performance issues.

 

2/2012-11/2012Program Manager 1C/NSBGeneral Dynamics

 

Provide program and construction management services to General Dynamics for AT&T Turf project on 40 850/1900 1C UMTS overlays sites and 100 New Site Builds (NSB) throughout New Mexico and Colorado. Responsibilities include site acquisition, engineering, environmental, bid walks and award, construction and Acceptance. Responsible for all program and construction management activities required to implement 850/1900 1C UMTS and NSB in this market per AT&T Site Build Plan schedule and budget. My specialty is RXAIT installation, integration and troubleshooting RAN performance issues.

 

2/2010-1/2012Construction ManagerEricsson

 

Provide program and construction management services to Ericsson for AT&T Turf project on 1755 sites for 850/1900 UMTS overlays throughout Northern California and Nevada. Responsibilities include site acquisition, engineering, environmental, bid walks and award, construction and Acceptance. Responsible for all program and construction management activities required to implement 850/1900 UMTS in this market per AT&T Site Build Plan schedule and budget. Current specific assignment is to manage all (700+) RXAIT/MCPA sites. 95% of these sites are in San Francisco with the other 5% all over Northern California and Nevada.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/2008-2/2010Sr. Program ManagerTPS Inc. - Northeast Region

 

General Contractor providing program and construction management services to multiple telecommunications companies in the Northeast Region. Responsible for business development, contract negotiations, market office set-up and staffing, logistics, construction scheduling, construction execution and closeout process in all markets. Also responsible for the Safety, Quality and Training programs company-wide. Current clients include:

 

·   AT&T – Bechtel Turf Contract – Philadelphia

·   AT&T – Black & Veatch Turf Contract – Upstate NY

·   AT&T – Black & Veatch Turf Contract – NYC

·   Alcatel-Lucent/Cricket – Baltimore and Philadelphia markets

·   Alcatel-Lucent/T-Mobile – Baltimore and Philadelphia markets

·   Alcatel-Lucent/Sprint – Baltimore and Philadelphia markets

·   Ericsson – Baltimore market

·   Velocitel/T-Mobile – Philadelphia market

 

 

8/2008-10/2008Construction ManagerGeneral Dynamics – AZ, NM

 

Provide program and construction management services to General Dynamics for AT&T on New Site Build sites in Arizona and New Mexico. Activities include site acquisition, engineering, environmental, bid walks and award, construction and Acceptance. Responsible for all program and construction management activities required to build new cell sites per AT&T Site Build Plan schedule and budget.

 

1/2008-8/2008 Program ManagerParsons – Denver, Colorado

 

Provide program and construction management services to Nokia for T-Mobile on UMTS overlays at 375 cell sites in the Denver/Colorado Springs/Boulder/Ft. Collins metro areas. Activities include site acquisition, engineering, construction and Acceptance. Responsible for all program and construction management activities required to upgrade cell sites to the latest cellular technology per T-Mobile Site Build Plan schedule and budget.

 

8/2006 – 12/2007Program ManagerAramco Oil Co. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

 

Responsible to manage the $40B development and implementation of process control systems for Aramco oil field projects from inception to final acceptance. Also work with the Communications Division to assure proper communication networks are implemented to support control systems and other operational requirements.

 

10/2005 – 8/2006Project ManagerCitigroup – Silver Spring, Maryland

 

Owner representative for Citigroup managing construction and construction management of an expansion and upgrade to an existing Citigroup Data Call Center. This project included construction and commissioning of all mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), fiber optic communications systems, servers, Central Plant equipment (HVAC, chillers, cooling towers, emergency generators, emergency turbine generators). Primary interface with architect, engineering and contractor on all project matters. Responsible to process change orders and applications for payment.  Track and control project costs and contingency authorizations on a $75M Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Contract.

 

2/2005 – 10/2005Project ManagerCitigroup – Jacksonville, Florida

 

Citigroup (Owner) representative managing construction and construction management of a 650,000 sq. ft. Data Call Center. This project included construction and commissioning and testing of all mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), Central Plant equipment (HVAC and emergency generators), fiber optic communications systems, servers, CAT-6 data cable distribution. Primary interface with architect, engineering and contractor on all project matters. Responsible to process change orders and applications for payment.  Track and control project costs and contingency authorizations on a $100M Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP) Contract.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4/2004 – 1/2005Project ManagerBechtel Corporation – Pleasanton, California

 

Provided construction management services to Cingular Wireless for site acquisition, engineering and  construction of New Cell Site builds in the San Francisco Bay Area and Central Valley,  CA. Work activities included identifying candidates in search rings, coordinating these candidates with RF engineering, leasing best candidate, zoning, due diligence, construction of site/T1/power and turnover. Responsible for all activities to bring new cell sites "on air" per the Cingular New Site Build Plan schedule and budget.

 

7/2002 – 4/2004Market  ManagerBechtel Corporation – Syracuse, New York

 

Provided program and construction management services to Cingular Wireless on this $12M project for implementation of GSM technology on 424 cellular sites in the Upstate NY area. Work activities ranged from site audits through Turnover packages. Upgraded the DC systems on 400 of these existing sites and converted over 200 sites from MW to T1 back haul.

 

The Upstate NY market also included 35 “new build” sites down the Historic I-87 corridor from Albany to Poughkeepsie, NY. Work activities included identifying candidates in search rings, coordinating these candidates with RF engineering, leasing best candidate, zoning, due diligence, construction and turnover. Constructed and coordinated the network implementation of overlays, DC upgrades, radio adds and new builds with Nokia, the carrier-selected GSM equipment supplier for Cingular in this market.

 

 

8/2001 – 7/2002Project ManagerBechtel Corporation – Raleigh, North Carolina

 

Provided program management services to AT&T Wireless for the implementation of GSM technology on 136 cellular sites in the Raleigh/Durham area. Work activities ranged from site audits through Turnover packages. Teamed with Bechtel counterpart in Charlotte, NC to implement GSM technology across entire state of North Carolina. Constructed and coordinated the network implementation and drive testing activities with Ericsson, the carrier-selected OEM equipment supplier for AT&T Wireless in this market.

 

4/2000 - 5/2001Project ManagerBechtel Corporation – Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

 

Provided program management services to construct and turnover 6 fiber optic rings totaling 150 miles in the Ft. Lauderdale/Miami metro areas for AT&T and Metromedia Fiber Networks (MFN) joint venture. Responsible for all aspects on a turn key fiber optic job from route engineering and drawings, permitting with various municipalities, trenching and directional drilling, fiber cable installation, final testing and turnover of completed fiber optic rings.

 

4/1998 - 4/2000Prime Contract AdministratorLucent Technologies – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Administer the 200K, 300K and 500K GSM Contracts (1 million subscribers). The value of these three contracts totaled over $900M and included 2600 new cell site builds.  Responsibilities included:

]    Respond to all Client (Saudi Telecom) correspondence regarding these contracts.

]Develop Change Orders with the various elements (GSM, Civil, COM/IS, Data Networking) including extensions of contracts and associated costs.

]Interface with Saudi Telecom to expedite approval of Change Orders.

]       Track acceptance documentation regarding testing and acceptance e.g. System Qualification Tests (SQTs), Type Approvals (TAs), Preliminary Acceptance Tests (PATs), Preliminary Acceptance Certificates (PACs), Outstanding Items Lists (OILs), Field Evaluation and Inspection Plans (FETIPs), and Final Acceptance (FAC).

]       Update Contracts and Unit Price Schedules with approved Change Order pricing and changes to contract terms and conditions.

]       All Change Orders and Unit Price Schedules had to be submitted and approved in English and Arabic.

]       Directly supervised 6 persons; indirectly supervised 10-15 persons in a matrix organization across Elements (Long Distance, DMW, FON, COM/IS, ISP, etc.).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4/1997 - 4/1998Program/Construction ManagerLucent Technologies – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Responsible for program and construction services and acceptance of all Access (copper) projects for the Central Region of Saudi Arabia. Responsibilities included:

Prioritize, plan and schedule the entire Saudi Arabia - Central Region Work Plan to provide copper phone lines to new subscribers in accordance with schedules.

 

Duties included:

Supervise a large work force of subcontractors installing manholes and PVC conduit systems for Primary cabling from the Main Distribution Frame (MDF) to telephone cabinets and Secondary cabling from cabinets to subscribers. These projects also included fiber optic CAN rings from telephone exchanges to remote RISLUs (switches). Primary cables were installed from the RISLUs to cabinets and Secondary cables to subscribers. Supervise 20-30 Lucent (multi-cultural) inspectors in all aspects of construction inspection activities including Quality, Safety, testing and documenting unit price quantities for client invoices.

Interface with multi-cultural subcontractor personnel on all construction issues (permitting processes, work progress, Quality, Safety, scheduling, issuance of new work and invoicing). Ensure that completed projects are ready for testing i.e. Preliminary Acceptance Tests (PATs). Interfaced with Lucent Quality Department/permitting agencies/subcontractors/independent testing labs (compaction and asphalt testing) to assure the quality of the work. The improved results of this Quality Program facilitated timely issuance of construction permits that supported a schedule of 20-30 simultaneous Access projects.

Report construction progress monthly to Saudi Telecom (client).

Develop training programs for multi-cultural Lucent staff and subcontractor personnel on cable splicing, cable testing, splice closure preparation/integrity.

Review subcontractor claims for additional work (Change Orders) for entitlement and reasonability of pricing.
Directly supervised 20-30 multi-cultural Lucent personnel; indirectly supervised 1000-1500 multi-cultural subcontractor personnel.

 

The $4B Telephone Expansion Project #6 (TEP-6) had a 30% local content requirement, so there was a diverse multi-cultural work force that had to be trained and supervised to provide a large, complex telecommunications system for Saudi Telecom.

 

 

1/1995 - 4/1997Senior Project Engineer

Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff

Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel, Boston, Massachusetts

 

Responsible for engineering, design and construction management activities necessary to implement the system design for the $50M C22A1 Contract - Central Artery/Ted Williams Tunnel Integrated Traffic Control System. Responsible for construction inspection and testing activites for the traffic control systems in and around the Ted Williams Tunnel. This included, but was not limited to the following duties:

 

o     Installation/testing of the Integrated Traffic Control System computers.

o     Installation/testing of the Fiber Optic (SONET) Backbone equipment and cables.

o     Installation/testing of the Variable Message Signs (VMS).

o     Installation/testing of the Portable Variable Message Signs (PVMS).

o     Installation/testing of the Variable Speed Limit Signs (VSLS).

o     Installation/testing of Closed Circuit cameras and monitors (CCTV).

o     Installation/testing of Gas Concentration monitors in the Tunnel.

o     Installation/testing of electromagnetic traffic loops in the Tunnel.

o     Installation/testing of Overheight Vehicle Detectors (OVHDs)on the approaches to the Tunnel.

o     Installation/testing of sign supports and fixed signage on tunnel approaches.

o     Installation/testing of radio systems in Tunnel (and approaches) such as Boston Fire Dept., Boston Police, Tunnel Maintenance, etc.

o     Installation/testing of Fire Monitoring systems in the Operations Control Center (OCC) and tunnel Ventilation buildings.

o     Installation/testing of Security Monitoring Systems in the Operations Control Center (OCC) and tunnel Ventilation buildings.

o     Interfaced with Bechtel and Parsons Brinckerhoff design groups on all aspects of the project.

o     Directly supervised 5-6 B/PB staff; indirectly supervised 100-300 subcontractor/craft personnel.

 

9/1991 - 1/1995Assistant Resident Engineer

Bechtel/Parsons Brinckerhoff

Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program, Charleston, West Virginia

 

Responsible for engineering, design and construction management activities necessary to implement the system design for the $40M C8 Contract - Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program. These activities included construction and testing activities for the instrumentation and Process Control Systems required to measure and record real-time test data inside the Memorial Tunnel during full scale fire testing. This included, but was not limited to:

Interface with subcontractor/vendor on the design and implementation of the Process Control Computer System hardware, software and database design.

Design and implement database of digital and analog test measurements and calculations to be performed during and after fire tests.

Design and implement tabular and graphic reports of digital and analog test measurements and calculations from archived fire test data (post fires).

Supervise construction of instrumentation arrays and supports in tunnel. These instrument arrays consisted of airflow, temperature and gas concentration devices on steel supports designed to withstand temperatures from ambient to 2000 degrees Fahrenheit.

Supervise design and construction of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV) cameras and recorders for visual monitoring and recording of fires.

Supervise design and construction of insulation systems utilized to protect steel supports, instrumentation and CCTV systems during 10MW-100 MW fires. Performed heat transfer analysis on designed insulation systems to minimize cool-down times to support start of next fire test sequence in the shortest time period.

Supervise design and construction of fuel storage and distribution systems.

Supervise design and construction of fire suppression systems.

Interfaced with (and made presentations to) Dept. of Transportation (DOT) scientists, consultants and managers on all matters regarding the fire test program.

Assisted Parsons Brinckerhoff in development of a full-scale computer simulation program using collected fire test data. Prior to the Memorial Tunnel Fire Ventilation Test Program only theoretical data existed for use with computer simulation models. Utilizing actual data collected from live, full-scale fire tests, the existing theoretical computer models were corrected to more closely simulate actual conditions during tunnel fires.

 

2/1989 - 9/1991Sr. Control Systems EngineerWestin Engineering, San Jose, California

 

Responsibilities included design and preparation of plans and specifications for use in the construction and implementation of I&C, SCADA and DCS control systems on various water and wastewater projects.
Consulted with clients during the bid review process and made recommendations on selection of construction contractors. Consulted with clients on control strategy review meetings, database design, I&C vendor selection and specification, interfacing issues between digital control system and field final control equipment.

 

5/1988 - 10/1988I&C ConsultantCalcon Process Systems, San Ramon, California

 

Provided consultant services to design and implement the modernization of the primary East San Francisco Bay Municipal Utility District pumping plant. I designed a new control scheme  for pumping  and implemented this control scheme with a PLC/intelligent controller and associated programs that determined pump or siphon mode requirements based on wet well level and pre-defined low and high tide tables in San Francisco Bay instead of cycling pumps on and off continuously to control wet well level. Savings in power consumption on the utility’s large pumps paid the costs of the modernization within 60 days.

 

10/1986 - 5/1988Project ManagerPhoenix Control Systems, Phoenix, Arizona

 

Responsible for construction management, installation, and start-up of the $4M San Felipe Supervisory Control System for the Santa Clara Valley Water District in San Jose, California.

 

8/1983 - 10/1986Digital Data Systems ManagerAvco Electronics, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

 

Responsible for the construction, installation, start-up and testing of all computer systems at King Khaled International Airport (KKIA). This $20M contract provided computer systems for data acquisition, control, alarm and logging functions for various airport control systems such as Runway Lighting, Fuel Storage, Security, Fire Protection, HVAC and Power Supervisory Systems. Supervised a work force of 75-300 multi-cultural employees. Trained Saudi Nationals and Third Country Nationals on the operation and maintenance of the above systems.

 

9/1982 - 8/1983Sr. Control Systems EngineerJohnson Controls, Las Vegas, Nevada

 

Responsible for construction, installation, start-up and testing of all computer systems at the Alfred Merritt Smith Water Treatment Plant in Las Vegas, Nevada. This $10M contract provided automatic direct digital control of all plant processes, data acquisition, alarm and logging functions for the 400 mgd water treatment plant and 16 pumping stations. This system also provided a supervisory water flow optimization program in conjunction with "no operation" periods during high peak electrical demand hours.

 

6/1980 - 9/1982Control Systems EngineerJohnson Controls, Sacramento, California

 

Responsible for construction, installation, start-up and testing of all computer systems at Sacramento Regional Wastewater Plant in Sacramento, California. This $8M contract provided automatic direct digital control (with analog backup), data acquisition, alarm and logging functions for the 500 mgd wastewater treatment plant.

 

Other projects supported while at Johnson Controls:

 

GenentecGenetic Engineering and Gene Production Facility - South San Francisco, California.

Corn ProductsCorn Sugars Production - Stockton, California.

 

 

8/1979 - 6/1980Control Systems EngineerWismer & Becker, Sacramento, California

 

Responsible for construction, installation, start-up and testing of all computer systems for Metro Denver Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project in Denver, Colorado. This $4M contract provided direct digital control, data acquisition, alarm and logging functions for the Digester area of the Metro Denver wastewater treatment plant.

 

10/1978 - 8/1979Control Systems EngineerWismer & Becker, Sacramento, California

 

Responsible for construction, installation, start-up and testing of all computer and radio systems at Bureau of Reclamation Control Center, McCook, Nebraska. This control center provided direct digital control, data acquisition, alarm and logging functions of Bureau of Reclamation dam sites in Nebraska and Kansas.

 

2/1978 - 10/1978Control Systems EngineerWismer & Becker, Sacramento, California

 

Responsible for construction, installation, start-up and testing of all computer systems for Concord Wastewater Treatment Plant Modernization Project, Concord, California. This $5M contract provided automatic direct digital control, data acquisition, alarm and logging functions for the primary and secondary treatment areas of the Concord Wastewater Treatment Plant.

 

4/1977 - 2/1978Control Systems EngineerWismer & Becker, Sacramento, California

 

Responsible for the construction, installation, start-up and testing of all computer systems for Metro Denver Wastewater Treatment Plant Modernization Project in Denver, Colorado. This $9M contract provided automatic direct digital control, data acquisition, alarm and logging functions for the primary and secondary treatment areas of the Metro Denver wastewater treatment plant.

Other projects supported while at Wismer & Becker:

Dept. of Transportation, Fast Train Project, Pueblo, Colorado

Atchison Topeka Santa Fe (ATSF) Rail Welding Yard, Amarillo, Texas

Houston Fire and Police Emergency Communications Center, Houston, Texas

Los Angeles Highway Patrol Emergency Communications Center, Los Angeles, California

 

 

 

Management Skills:

Project Bidding and estimating

Project Planning/Execution Plans

Project Scheduling/Resource loading and leveling (Primavera)

Risk Assessment and Management

P&L Responsibility

Prime Contract Administration

Subcontract Administration

Partnering

Claims/Dispute Resolution

 

Software Skills:

Windows 2000, XP, NT, Vista, Windows 7

Microsoft Office Suite - Professional

Scheduling Software (Primavera, Microsoft Project)

AutoCad, VersaCad, Visio, Adobe

 

Technical Skills: 

Ericsson GSM, UMTS and LTE Equipment

Alcatel-Lucent UMTS and LTE Equipment

Nokia GSM, UMTS Equipment

Lucent GSM Equipment

Lucent 5ESS Switch

Instrumentation design, specification, selection, purchase

Digital Loop Systems (HART, Foundation Field Bus)

Digital Control Systems (various)

PLC-based Triple Redundant Emergency Shutdown systems (ESDs), such as Triconnex

 

Education:

Project ManagementProject Management (Bechtel)

Project Baseline/Change ControlProject Management (Bechtel)

American River Comm. CollegeElectrical Engineering

American Management Assoc.Project Management

ModComp Computer SchoolComputer operation/repair

Eastman KodakInstrumentation apprenticeship

No. Virginia Comm. CollegeGeneral education credits

Poseidon Missile “C” SchoolElectronics and computer systems

MK88 Fire Control “A” SchoolElectronics courses

Marysville High SchoolCollege Prep courses

(3 yrs. Electronics courses)

Languages:

Arabic – Conversational (limited)

 

References:

Fred WunderlichCitigroupfred.wunderlich@citi.com

Jack BradyBell Southjaxmail2@bellsouth.net

Bill OakleyRetiredtwinstwins@aol.com

 

Additional Info:

U. S. Citizen

Passport expiration: 22 May 2013

Vietnam-era veteran U.S. Navy (Honorable)

 

SUMMARY:

Salary History:100,000+ USD/Year

Current Career Level:Manager (Supervisor of Staff)

Work Experience:More than 30 years

Availability:After two week notice

Work Status:U.S. – Authorized to work for any employer

Abroad – will require sponsorship (visa)

 

 

 

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