Larry W. Bailey CMIII

172 Gardners Grove Drive

McDonough, Georgia 30252

(404) 406-3705 Mobile

 larrywb@bellsouth.net

 

OBJECTIVE

To acquire a position with a growing company that will utilize my management and leadership skills and challenge my abilities in all areas of Construction/Project Management. Strong abilities to lead, teach or guide where & when needed. 

 

SUMMARY

·   CIVILS- Clearing, Grading, Tower Foundations (mat/pier, spread footings, caissons), Concrete Pad Work, Retaining Wall Systems, Electrical/Grounding System Installations, Fencing/Landscaping, Site Maintenance, Boring, Trenching, Paving, Equipment & Shelter Transportation & Setting, Utility and Telco Construction, Erosion Control, Geo’s, T-1 Upgrade, Power/Telco H-Frames and Common Demarks.

·   TOWER- New Construction & Tower Erection to include (Self Support, Monopoles/MonoPines, Flag Poles, Light poles, Billboards, Church Steeples, Guyed Towers and Stealth Installations), Antenna and Line Installation, Equipment Installation, Sweep Testing Modifications, Roof Top Work, Vaults, Structural reinforcement and strengthening, Tower Mapping, Tower Decommission, Tower Lighting, Microwave Hops, Path Alignments

·   15 years of Construction/Project Management within the wireless industry.  Working with clients such as T-Mobile, Crown, Nextel, SBA, Sprint, Metro PCS, Cingular, AT&T, LA Unwired, Powertel, VoiceStream, Verizon, GTE, Alco/Charter Communications, Pac 17, Bectel, Law Engineering, Triton, Tritan, SunCom, Mountain Union, WFI and ClearWire.

·   Able to handle multiple projects at one time ranging from $35,000 to $750,000 and staying within budget and time frames.

·   Excellent managing, negotiating, and leadership skills with use of diplomacy. 

·   A team player at meeting customer needs, problem solving, mediation, and motivation.

·   Ability to learn new areas of business at a rapid pace.

 

EXPERIENCE

Ericsson Construction Manager Cart/TN AWS/LTE/PCS                                                         May 2015 to Present

Responsibilities include completion of daily scheduling.  Monitor all construction work in the field. Monitor and address quality issues in the field in regards to construction. Coordinate day and night activities with all market contractors including Verizon managed groups.  Provide daily updates as to site readiness.  Coordinate punch walks with SP & ASPs.  Help troubleshoot any issues with Verizon techs in order to resolve trouble tickets as promptly as possible. Attend meetings with Verizon. When needed conduct the daily bridge. Responsible for all activities and scheduling of the Tiger Team to correct and eliminate any issues that would impair market launch. Responsible for site scoping walks, build BOMs, upload into Site Handler and CAM tool as well as monitor CART Tool.

 

Jacobs Engineering CM/PM                                                                                                              April 2014 to May 2015

Responsible for all aspects of cell site construction for Ericsson/Sprint 65MHZ Alabama and Florida Panhandle (Gulf Market). Manage all day to day construction and tracking of project as well as trouble-shooting for successful launch of market sites. Helped with maintaining and delivery of needed materials. Managed SPs & ASPs as well as in-house crews. Use element manager to set & reset rets. Responsible for scheduling VPW (Virtual Punch Walk) and follow-up on any punch items. Responsible for entire TMO (T-Mobile) AAV project covering Alabama and Georgia, from scheduling to construction and permitting.

Ericsson  C-Spire LTE   Verizon LTE Contractor                                                                          August 2013 to April 2014

Responsible for all aspects of cell site construction for C-Spire LTE in Mobile Alabama and Florida Panhandle. Manage all day to day construction and tracking of project as well as site re-design and trouble-shooting for successful launch of 140 sites. Helped with maintaining and delivery of needed materials and RBS cabinets as well. Managed 4 SPs & ASPs., Smart Laptop testing & integration.

MyCom USA AT&T LTE                                                                                                                  June 2013 to August 2013

Responsible for all aspects of the West Virginia Mycom/AT&T market with over 200 sites and growing. Budget and timeline management as well as managing the day to day with 5 field CMs and 6 civil technicians, hiring and firing responsibilities of my personal as well as GCs. I have one office manager that reports to me and helps me keep the tracker actuals and projections on course.

Contractor FCM NSN/TMO Modernization                                                                                    Sept. 2012 to June 2013

Responsible for  managing 195 plus sites for TMO fiber and LTE installs as well as the C&I person during cut overs, help the BTS engineer and GC integrator to trouble shoot fiber, FSME, ESMB, FXFB during cut. Attended C&I class, passed with 99 1/3 points.

Contractor Lead CM BV/OC-SNV/Samsung                                                                                   May 2012 to Sept. 2012

Manage all aspects of building SNV cell sites including Field CMs and GCs as well as building PORs and BOMs for said sites.

Ericsson Private Contractor Regional Construction /Project Manger – Verizon LTE               April 2010 to May 2012                                                                                                                

Lead CM Verizon LTE Tennessee - Conducted seventeen crews to complete 44 sites in twelve days in order to meet commitment to Verizon. Responsible for building BOMS/MOPS, training GC’s how to upload all documentation in Site Handler, review all close out documentation, have GC’s correct punch items, ensure project stays within budget , excess equipment is returned to warehouse and ensure GC’s are correctly running PM and sweep test according to Verizon specifications.

Ericsson ClearWire                                                                                                                     

Ericsson private contractor working for Clear Wire deploying their license save project all over the United States, Puerto Rico, and Alaska. Deploying their WI-FI network as well as bringing T1 and backhaul to the sites. Designed the BOM and the BOM  process through Tesco   as well as building material SOW. Approve CD’s and set up BSS process for NIC material. Change order approval and execution. Monitoring and updating ClearVision and spread sheet rearrangement within CV

Ericsson Sprint Network Vision                                                         

Ericsson Private Contractor for Sprint Network Vision. Transferred from Ericsson ClearWire to Ericsson SNV project in Atlanta Georgia as Construction Manager. Responsible for all aspects of 3G & 4G Construction Management of set number of sites.

Manage all dates forecast and actual in Site Handler for said sites as well as the financials and PO's. Manage the A&E firms doing the A&E walks and audits with each firm and redlining the CDs to make all necessary corrections. Walked all sites with the AAV vendors as well as redlining AAV plans to determine what is needed to bring fiber, microwave, or copper to accomplish communication needs at each site.

Coordinate with GCs, NAL and other parties to set up crane, boom truck and permissions to do hot slide, cold slides or no-slides as necessary to set new cabinets.

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Private Contractor                                                                                         June 2009 to April 2010

Private contracting through third party vendors; Leadcom, Seneca, Westower, to do pre-cons and post-cons, site walks, and bid walks plus consulting on Project Management as well as Construction management on Verizon, Alltel, T-Mobile, Towercom and some Motorola. I helped put together tracking and closeout needs and requirements. For the last 6 months I have been doing PM/CM work on a Clear Wire project for their WI-FI nationwide build.

 

Private Contractor Atlanta AT&T MODS                                     March 2008 to May 2009                                    

Project Construction Manager .PM/CM over all field CM’s in the process of full site audits for AT&T, and RFDS redlines. Processing quotes for site mods and the decommissioning of old TDMA equipment.

Responsibilities include field management for civil construction and process for building OOM’s, FAB’s as

per AT&T specs. Full spectrum training of rookie CM’s from pre-cons, quotes to site construction and punch walks. Review, correct and QA site audits done by others using pictures and information gathered at the sites. I performed complete ground-audits as a one man team including pictures and site sketches as well as electronic input to local company drive. Manage Ret project from po to completion as well as ordering antennas and material and resolving issues on sites with access problems and landlord disputes.  .

 

Private Contractor Atlanta T-Mobile UMTS                             February 2007 to March 2008                     

Project Construction Manager .PM/CM over all field coordinators in the process of full site audits for T-Mobile through Nokia, as well as producing field site sketches for the purpose of determining proposed locations for Nokia Flexi-Cabinet in combination with Purcell Power Cabinet.  Responsibilities include field management for civil construction and process for building BOQ’s, FPQ’s as per T-Mobile and Nokia specifications. PM over 2G/3G site construction, UMTS, site inspections, in charge of as many as 25 crews

and10 construction managers, as well as managing other PMs along with 5 different trackers governing all the construction, scheduling, and site inspections.

  

Ericsson Cingular UMTS                           June 2006 – February 2007

Responsibilities include completion of daily scheduling.  Monitor all construction work in the field.  Coordinate with Telco and power providers in order to schedule and provide utilities for each site.  Monitor and address quality issues in the field in regards to construction.  Work with power provider, Telco provider, and contractors to resolve said issues.  Provide other market CM’s with daily task and scheduling.  Coordinate day and night activities with all market contractors including Cingular managed groups.  Provide daily updates as to site readiness.  Assist CM’s with set-up and scheduling of site scrubs in order to provide CCI, Emerson, and Parsons with proper information in order for them to complete their part of the UMTS project.  Coordinate punch walks with CM’s and contractors.  Help troubleshoot any issues with Cingular field techs in order to resolve trouble tickets as promptly as possible.  Help out with scrubs, Telco issues, and quality assurance within the Charlotte and Greensboro UMTS market. Attend all meetings with Cingular and BellSouth to help speed up the process of NIU re-lo’s. When needed conduct the daily bridge. Responsible for all activities and scheduling of the Tiger Team to correct and eliminate any issues that would impair market launch.

 

Compass Technology           February 2006 – June 2006

Contract directly to Cingular as Transport Field Engineer.  Responsible for all Telco coordination between BellSouth, Cingular, and contractor up to and including assisting night NIU re-lo’s.  Maintained balance between Cingular, BellSouth, and contractor as to issues and scheduling for the appropriate actions to complete the job.  This was all pertaining to the UMTS Cingular project in the Carolina’s.

 

Morrison Hershfield/Atlanta                                               January 2004 – February 2006

·   Responsible for all aspects of project management of Nextel co-lo’s and raw land cell sites in the Georgia build-out. Responsible for all aspects of Construction Management for green field and co-locates of wireless communication sites. Work directly with Area Manager to expand customer base and maintain existing customers, as well as help develop all aspects of this market. Manage all paperwork and subcontractors associated with all Projects in the field while adhering to clients’ timelines. Responsible for pricing and control of budget of $100,000.00+ projects.

 

John Wieland Homes and Neighborhoods2002 - 2004

Neighborhood Production Coordinator

·   Responsible for electronic and manual ordering for homes under construction, permitting, inspections, neighborhood updates to corporate, and invoicing.  Work directly with 5 builders.  Responsible for coordinating construction of homes with subs and vendors as well as track all paperwork associated with same.  Work with Excel and Word to process all documents and P.O. corrections/updates through intranet.  Project consists of approximately 400 homes.

INS Inc.              2001 - 2002

South East Senior Project Manager

·   Responsible for all aspects of Construction Management for green field and co-locates of wireless communication sites. Work directly with Area Manager to expand customer base and maintain existing customers, as well as help develop all aspects of this market. Manage all paperwork and subcontractors associated with all Projects in the field while adhering to clients’ timelines. Responsible for pricing and control of budget of $100,000.00+ projects.

 

Alpha Omega (Crown Castle USA)2000 - 2001

Construction Manager, Tower Attachment Program

·   Manage all aspects of construction management for the Atlanta Market.

·   Managed subs to ensure timelines were met and safety requirements followed.

·   Responsible for pre-con meetings with all parties involved.

·   Maintained accuracy of budget and follow through of punch lists.

·   Inspection of sites for safety issues, quality of work, and to see that company policies are being followed.

 

 

Clear Communications, Inc.  Atlanta, Georgia 1997 - 2000

Senior Project Manager

·   Managed assigned sites from inception to completion, from permitting to C.O., as well as completion of punch list when necessary. 

·   Managed, trained, assisted, and evaluated Junior Project Managers and Project Managers with their sites.

·   Bid walks as well as helping determine pricing for purposes of quoting and billing.

·   Assisted Operations Manager in the process of scheduling all Project Managers, Civil, Lines and Antennas, and Tower crews.

·   Use of my mechanical and electrical background to aid the electrician and civil crews, as well as doing actual wiring (interior and exterior), cadwelding, grounding, digging, site layout.  Also, assist tower crews when they are short handed, (building ice bridges, running cat head and assembly of antennas, etc.) 

·   Assist client Project Managers in redesign of site layout when I see a better way to make it work.

 

Dixon Tom-A-Toe, Forest Park, Georgia 1995 – 1997

              Senior Maintenance Technician/Supervisor

·   Second in Command of Maintenance Department, under Plant Engineer. Supervise and schedule maintenance employees for 3 shifts.

·   Repair and Programming of Equipment, including wiring electric motors, programming CVP z 1200 computers, use of PS and LS switches (proximity and limit) DC and AC Controllers

·   Training other mechanics, paperwork, decision making, monitor freon refrigeration computers and temperature controls, maintain Strantrol Automated Chemical disbursement systems, also repair of printers, copiers, and calculators

 

Weisz Graphics, Chapin, South Carolina1994 – 1995

              Print Technician

·   Responsible for setups and quality of product from start to finish (decals, slats, advertisements, and four color process)

·   Repair of press and heat system

 

Johnson Control Inc., Columbia, South Carolina1991 – 1994

              Production Mechanic Lead

·   Responsible for setups, repair and modifications of RHB’s and support equipment in the process of making two and three litre, sixteen and twenty ounce plastic bottles; Manage all production data and turn in sheets for 3 shifts.

·   Use and repair of LS and PS switches and electric motors.

·   Worked directly with plant engineer.  Responsible for production records and forecast for four shifts.

 

EDUCATION

 

Miller/Troll Fall Protection and Competent Person One/Certified Trainer, 2001

              Hayssen School of Weight, Command, and Packaging, 1997

              Georgia Southern College, 1971

              Monroe Area High School, 1970

·   RF Protection Training

·   TRW Basic Lighting

·   Business Administration

·   Insurance Calculation

·   Defensive Driving

·   Supervisory Training

·   Employee Relations

·   RHB Technician School 

·   Forklift Driving

·   Pole Climbing

·   Basic Electronics