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James Kear 

Last updated:  03/17/15

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Resume Headline: James Kear - Cabling Infrastructure

Resume Value: q9pbejxf92bjby84   

  

 

 

Resume

For James Kear

 

 

03/17/15

 

 

 

To whom it may concern

 

Attached is my resume. 

 

I am currently a member in good standing with BICSI and am a Registered RCDD (152535R), which is valid through12/31/2015. 

 

Thank You

 

Jim Kear

858-610-9222


 

James N. Kear

Experience

07/01/14 – Present  ISymetry, Atlanta, GA

Facilities Infrastructure Engineer : Contracted to World Wide Technologies

§    I am responsible for the drawing and checking of cabling infrastructure facilities for existing Dignity Health Hospitals in California.  I draw the rooms and facilities and provide my management with the specified drawing packages.  I back and cross check the other disciplines so that the WWT Discovery and Design team puts forth the best product for the customer to plan their electrical, cable and infrastructure sizing.  I provide design services for the rack elevation portion of the submittal package including the electrical and UPS installation portion.  I work the Dignity provided base drawings into formats capable of being utilized by the AP survey teams, and help integrate the results into the final Design Delivery Product.

05/01/13 – 5/20/14  Communication Wiring Specialists, Inc., San Diego, CA

Estimator/Project Manager

I was responsible for estimating and managing jobs from $500 to $500,000.  I work closely with the estimating team and assist with overflow.  I provide project costing and billing from the time a job comes in the door till the closeout is complete and the project billed.  I am fully proficient in AutoCAD and can create As Built drawings and submittals.

 

§    8/1/11 – 06/15/12    Advanced Communications Solutions, Inc., San Diego, CA 

Estimator/Project Engineer – Advanced Communications Solutions, Inc 

§    Responsibility for all major estimates for a cabling contracting firm, takeoffs, costing of materials, subcontract work and rentals. I would be responsible for the design and costing of Structured Cabling, as well as inside and outside plant construction.  Jobs are analyzed using AutoCAD to do takeoffs and keep records for later project management use.  Each potential project is thoroughly detailed so that when the job is awarded, the project team can proceed easily with the installation.

04/28/09 – 8/1/11    Vector Resources, Inc., San Diego, CA  858-546-1014

Project Manager/Project Engineer – Vector Resources, Inc 

§    Responsibility for the project costing for Vector’s $35 million dollar Year 12 E-rate contract with San Diego Unified School District.  The design was received from one of several field engineers and the process was to format that information so that the customer would see one consistent set of information for each of the 61 schools in our contract.  The information from several sources would be reduced into one cost sheet that would be presented to the customer for approval.  Responsibilities included field verification of the engineering drawings on both the design and as built phases, design of site specific engineering solutions.

 

§    09/01/08 – 02/05/09  Volt Telecommunications Group, Corona, CA  951-493-8924

Structured Cabling Estimator – Volt Telecommunications Group 

§    I was responsible for the design and costing of Structured Cabling, Inside and Outside plant construction, for both internally generated jobs through our electrical department and externally from the outside via the various bid boards available and our outside sales staff.  Most jobs are analyzed using AutoCAD to do my takeoffs and keep records for later project management use.  Each potential project is thoroughly detailed so that when the job is awarded, the project team can proceed easily with the installation.

 

 

 

03/07-08/08    COX Communications, Rancho Santa Margarita, CA   949-546-2606

Field Construction Coordinator – Cox Communications Business Services 

§    I was responsible for the design and costing of Coax and Fiber customer feeds. The job function is to estimate the cost involved in getting COX network cabling into the customer’s facilities.  This involves walking the site and interfacing with the customer on design issues, as well as any plant construction required to get the cabling to the customer.  After the design is established, I modify existing AutoCAD system drawings to reflect the proposed construction, and estimate the cost.

03/2006 – 8/31/2006          TEK Systems   San Diego, CA                       858-320-2700

Contracted to Cox Communications, San Diego

Fiber Planner – Cox Communications Business Services

§    I was responsible for the design and costing of Coax and Fiber Can We Serves. The job function is to walk the site and interface with the customer on design issues for network construction projects.  I would take off the design either from drawings or direct facility walks and provide a detailed costing. 

03/2005 – 01/2006          COM Services, Inc.   Irvine, CA                       949-681-1522

Telecommunications Estimator

§    I was responsible for the design and costing of all inside and outside plant cabling for Voice, Data and CATV construction.  I would walk the site and interface with the customer on design issues for network construction projects.  I would take off the design either from drawings or direct facility walks and provide a detailed material listing and scope of work for the Project Management team to begin construction. 

§    I provided both submittal and as-built AutoCAD drawings and documentation as per the contract documents.  I was the leader in processing test results and providing the required information to the customer as per the contract documents.

§    Provided training and leadership for the installation and project management teams, so as to raise the company skill level.

09/2002 – 03/2005          Engineering and Professional Services Corp.   Columbia, MD

Systems Engineer

§    I provided engineering support and quality control functions for the Base Area Network/Local Area Network portion of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI).  A total 360,000 seats are planned for this project.  I made visits to Navy and Marine Corps sites throughout the western US to provide the local design and construction teams with the latest information and criteria so as to best build their portions of the network. 

§    I was the western US authority for the design and implementation of all cabinet and UPS installations.  I was the authorizing authority for the western US for all cabinet/UPS purchases and movements.  I worked with my counterpart in the eastern region to manage the disposition of equipment so as to provide the EDS/NMCI management team with the most cost effective solutions.  I did the engineering and load calculation design work on the second generation of cabinets that were required for the project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

05/2001 03/2002          Main Communications Corp.                      Santa Rosa, Ca

Contracted to SBC Datacomm working in Los Angeles, CA

Quality Assurance Engineer/Safety Manager/Project Manager

§    I provided engineering support and QC/QA for the Los Angeles Unified School District Fiber Optic networking program (E-rate Year 3).  During the time that I was on the project, I visited over 120 LAUSD schools located in districts 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. 

§    As a QC/QA engineer I visited schools to provide an RCDD’s engineering support to the local project managers.  I provided the PM with information so as to help solve the difficult problem of placing cabinets in a school environment within a seismically active zone.

§    I interfaced with the project structural engineer so as to provide the district with the installation that they expected under the criteria that they demanded.

§    I was project manager on 3 high schools in the project. I was charged with the construction of network cabling and electrical work at these high schools.

 

 

01/1998 – 05/2001Pacific ComtelEscondido, CA

SR. Design Engineer/Estimator

§    Estimator/Engineer ISP/OSP Construction and Installation

§    Responsible for the design and costing of all inside and outside plant construction for Voice, Data and CATV installation company. 

§    Designed large scale fiber optic and copper cable plant for Private and Public customers. Conducted site surveys for ISP/OSP construction and design. 

§    Coordinated engineering design changes and system outages with construction and service departments.

§    Performed conflict resolution to the satisfaction of property owners, their agents and tenants.

§    Tested for and received BICSI RCDD certification, April 15, 2000.

 

1993 – 1998Sim J. Harris Communications   San Diego, CA

Design Engineer/Estimator

§    Drawing of AutoCAD as built drawings for Heavy Outside Plant Installation Company.

§    Provided engineering and installation support for Fiber Optic, Copper and CATV installation.

§    Acted as planning liaison with city agencies and utility companies to collaborate construction projects

§    Provided Traffic Control design and City Permitting for city wide fiber optic installation project by Time Warner Cable.  The traffic control design was achieved by field visits to establish the site criteria, followed by my doing AutoCAD drawings and then representing the company and the franchise utility.

 

1990 – 1993Intersect Solutions Inc.San Diego, CA

Design Engineer - Project manager

§        Inside Plant Estimator and Engineer.

§        Project manager for ISP fiber optic and copper cable installation.

 

 

 

 

 

1987 – 1990Datalink Solutions Inc.San Diego, CA

Telecommunications Technician

§    Fiber Optic and Copper cable installation for a San Diego cable installation company

 

1983 – 1987Science Applications International  San Diego, CA

Computer Operations Supervisor - Communications Technician

§    Local and WAN data communications.

§    Configured and installed data communications hardware and cabling to provide mainframe communications for the SAIC scientific computing community

§    Data switch installation and management.

§    Built, configured and installed the companies backbone data switching equipment to connect the local campus to locations around the company

§    Mainframe Operations Supervisor for the scientific computing community.

     (Digital Equipment Corp. DEC-10 and VAX computers)

 

Skills and Training

 

 

 

 

§    BICSI RCDD.

§    Microsoft Office

§    AutoCAD 2012

§    Data Center and Network Infrastructure construction.

§    Ability to learn and utilize new technologies immediately.

Education

 

§    1976–1980              Grossmont JC              El Cajon, CA

§    AA General Education.

§    Graduated Honors.

 

References:

 

Matt StoverTelecom Concepts, LLC Eagle River, AK              (907)-382-1608

Tom CylkowskiVector ResourcesSan Diego, CA              (858) 546-1014

Steve HansenCox CommunicationsRancho Santa Margarita, CA              (949) 546-2480

Raymond MallorySunwest ElectricLake Forest, CA              (714) 412-5090

 

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Job Title

Company

Experience

FIT Engineer

World Wide Technology, Inc

- Present

 

Additional Info

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Desired Salary/Wage:

70,000.00 - 100,000.00 USD yr

Current Career Level:

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Years of relevant work experience:

More than 15 Years

Date of Availability:

Immediately

Work Status:

US - I am authorized to work in this country for any employer.

Active Security Clearance:

Inactive Clearance

US Military Service:

Yes

Citizenship:

US citizen

 

 

Target Job:

Target Job Title:

Cabling Engineer/Estimator

Desired Job Type:

Employee
Temporary/Contract/Project

Desired Status:

Full-Time

 

Target Company:

Company Size:

Industry:

Telecommunications Services
Computer/IT Services

Occupation:

Building Construction/Skilled Trades

·         General/Other: Construction/Skilled Trades

Installation/Maintenance/Repair

·         Equipment Install/Maintain/Repair

·         Wire and Cable Install/Maintain/Repair

 

Target Locations:

Selected Locations:

US
US-CA-San Diego

Relocate:

No

Willingness to travel:

Up to 50% travel

 

Languages:

Languages

Proficiency Level

English

Fluent