Resume for Norman Palmer

May 2006 until April 25^th 2014:

As an Outside Plant Design Engineer for CenturyLink I was responsible for all plant additions and modifications in the Springfield, Florence, Marcola, Leaburg, Blue River, Lowell and Oakridge wire centers.

Typical Activities:

Observed NESC and RUS standards.  Used CenturyLink PEG guidelines.

Designed work in the OSPFM data base.

Utilized OSPFM, LFACS, CIMAGE, POLES and TIRKS. 

Developed solutions and negotiated billing for customer requested changes to our network.

Coordinated work with state, city and county transportation districts. 

Obtained all required permits.  Coordinated private rights of way.

Satisfied all schedule requirements.

Priced and obtained funding for construction projects.

Negotiated with construction, contractors, customers and government entities until the lowest cost, practical solution was found.

 

High points from earlier job history:

Inside plant engineer for XO Communications in Beaverton, Oregon for two years.  During this period I also installed electronic equipment and quality checked contractor work.

OSP Planner for five years in Denver Colorado.  I was also an OSP planner in Idaho.

Managed a workgroup for Malheur Bell that performed central office maintenance, assignment, OSP engineering and repair dispatch functions. 

Managed an OSP engineering group in Idaho.

 

Sample projects from last assignment:

1-- Major highway projects required conversion of the extensive 15 mile long feeder system along Highway 58 from copper to fiber fed systems.  The design required placement of approximately 9 miles of underground, buried, and aerial fiber along with supporting structures, as required.  Highway conflicts with existing copper cables also required replacement of cross connects and sections of copper distribution.  The additions were designed to simplify future addition of FTTN. The planned FTTN additions were later accomplished on associated projects.

2—Backbone fiber job along Main Street to the exchange boundary, approximately 12 miles to the east.   This job placed ribbon fiber, inner duct, aerial fiber, and set up laterals to intended fiber distribution sites.  Follow up lateral FTTN jobs placed fiber and VDSL systems into all profitable sites in east Springfield (approximately 25 sites).

3—Backbone fiber project to serve north Springfield.  This was an urban ribbon fiber extension through approximately four miles of questionable missing conduit.  This involved removing underground copper and fiber cables after transferring working service.  The conduit then had to be repaired for reuse for the new backbone fiber system.   Follow up project placed laterals and FTTN equipment for 10 FTTN sites.  Future work will continue the FTTN build out to all other profitable sites.

4—GPON projects (LDAs and MDUs). 

5--Numerous FTTT site build outs and customer driven fiber and equipment additions with typical problems and time frame concerns.