Project Manager/Estimator                                                         January 2011-April 2015                       

BT&I, LLC Hackensack, New Jersey    

• Reviewd project proposals plans, prepared project estimations & shop drawing. Coordinated site walksthroughs and activities to resolve parties proprietory front end issues.
• Responsible for project procurement, scheduling, maintaining, monitoring project progress,  generating and maintaining project documentation, progress tracking and task management.
• Managed the coordination and overall intergration of technical activities in  telecom projects. Conferred with management and field staff to discuss project specification and procedures. Reviewed and approved project blueprints and design changes, assessed project feasibility by analyzing technology, resources needs and market demands.
• Designed and delivered end to end solutions (functional and intergration for contracting entity).
• Presented and explained proposals and reports to clients. Assisted in different stages of installation and configuration of contracting entity's system optimazation.
• Reviewed and revised subcontractor progress payment; ensuring compliance with state building codes.
• developed and implemented policies, standards and procedures for engineering/upgrading and technical telecom work.
• Prepared budget cost estimates and proposals.
• Managed, negotiated and approved subcontractors agreements for antenna systems modification work
• Prepped scope of work sheet, leveling sheets and contracts. Developed and managed construction schedules using MS project and Primavera. Reviewed design changes and presented change orders and oversaw completion of close-out documents.
• Created and modified quality control SOPs for safety procedures/precautions, providing ongoing support for filed personnel.

Rigging Foreman                                                         February 2010-December 2010

North Slope Telecom, Anchorage, Alaska                                          

• Installed Communication systems for BP, Conoco Philips, and Exxon on the Tundra of the Artic Ocean.
• Installed RF dishes for microwave links to drill rigs.
• Installed Bogners for improved network performance on phase 2-3 white out conditions’ emergency communications.
• Inspected antenna towers in preparation for upgrades.
• Tested lines and antenna systems using Anritsu equipment.
• Installed CAT-5 & 6 cables using RJ-45 and RJ-46 Tools.
• Learned how to install TNC & BNC connectors.
• Built Communication towers on ice roads for microwave shots from drill rigs to headquarters in Houston, TX. Via the North Slope using spud wrenches, tuggers and chain falls.
• Member of Tiger Team troubleshooting AT&T sites’ RDUs’, PIMing antennas. And replacing jumpers.

Ironworker/Rigger                                                             October 2008-December 2009   

NMCI, Hackensack, NJ.                                                                      

• Ran lines and antennas for Verizon, T-Mobile, and AT&T cut overs.
• Lamped & re-lamped medium intensity lighting systems on smoke stacks & towers.
• Pathed microwave antennas systems for major sporting events.
• Preformed system sweeps on site cut-over’s using Anritsu equipment.
• Upgraded various UMTS/LTE antenna systems for AT&T.
• Swept antenna systems using Anritsu 331D test equipment.

Heavy Rigger Foreman                                                      January 2007-September 2009

T-Comm., Dallas, Ga.                                  

• Ran lines and antennas on various tower structures for T-Mobile, SBA, & Nextel.
• Trained new employees in PPE and climbing procedures, In field ans well and training classes. Trained workers also in essential knot tying.
• Rigged, de-rigged large gin pole for stacking jobs.
• Swept coax cables for line and antenna systems using Anritsu equipment.
• Inspected antenna towers for local tower owners.
• Responsible for all site work, including raw builds, civil work, and BTS cabinets.

Rigger Foreman                                                                            June 2005-January 2007

O.T. Lighting, Holly Springs, N.C.

• Stacked, lamped, painted and maintained tall broadcast towers and Doppler radars across America.
• Down stacked outdated towers using large gin poles.
• Re-lamped high/medium intensity lighting systems for 2-way towers.
• Built foundations, and shelters for entire job site.
• Mapped AM towers for structural analysis.
• Swept circular waveguide hard lines using Anritsu equipment.
• Hung bay & high definition antennas using large gin poles and helicopters.
• Supervised two successful tower crews, involved in stacking, and L & A work.
• Trained new employees in tower climbing safety.
• Preformed structural analysis work for company’s bid proposals.
• Preformed all site work from excavating, to building shelters for radio/TV stations.
• Supervised tower painting crews.
• Swept coax cables systems using Anritsu equipment.

Rigger/Welder                                                                                  July 1993-April 1999                                                       

LeBlanc, Suffolk, Virginia, Canada, Houston Texas.

• Learned how to run lines & antennas, stack broadcast towers, and jump gin poles.
• Welded plate metals for various machine parts.

Shop Hand                                                                                         June 1987-Sept 1990

Southern Tower Services, Suffolk Virginia

• Learned how to tie knots, rig hardware for towers, wrap pre-forms to gyed wires, operate skid winches, tuggers, and capstan.
• Learned how to safely climb 2-way tower, and work in a stressful high altitude envionment.

Education

Plate welding, and blueprinting                                                                             1994

• P.D. Pruden, Suffolk, Va.

Communication technology                                                                                         1988

• Warwick High School, Newport News, Va.

Construction Management                                                                               1988-1993

• Paul D. Camp College/Hampton University

Union Ironworker Apprenticeship                                                                    1993-1995

• Norfolk, Virginia, Local 79