Chance Renkel Cellular: 678-***-****

**** ********** ***** *****: abgikh@r.postjobfree.com

Cumming GA, 30040

OBJECTIVE:

Experienced and creative individual with a record of success in project management and construction.

Process techniques, with strong logistical, interpersonal and organizational skills.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE:

• Management - Extensive successful management experience with responsibilities in diverse areas of; RF design

management, structural and foundation modifications, site acquisition, zoning, procurement, construction and

maintenance. Proven ability to clearly communicate and lead remote and locally based teams to achieve the

objectives.

• Problem Solving - Proven ability to recognize root cause issues for analysis and resolution by the cognizant

responsibility. Promoting a freethinking environment, facilitating team growth through recognition and idea

sharing.

• Communication - Persuasive communicator with well-developed presentation and negotiation skills. Proven

ability to conduct training with colleagues, customers and staff.

ACOMPLISHMENTS:

• Professional recognition by achieving rapid advancement into positions with increasing responsibilities.

• Managed the successful build and launch of 350 cell sites for the Sprint build out in the Dallas/Fort worth markets

in one year.

• Successfully managed and assembled a team to build a green field 180’ 3ST to have on air in seven days to beat

zoning changes.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATION:

• I have twenty six years telecommunications construction experience to include ten years of management.

• Vast knowledge of new site development, stealth design, structural modification of tower and

foundations, Gin pole, microwave alignment, advanced GSM, UMTS, LTE and additional carrier

installation and construction management.

• Six years of Ericsson installation of, 2106, 3106, 3206, 800/1900 DNB, RRU-S=LTE and RRU-H=GSM/UMTS

additional carrier and antenna sharing.

• Microsoft, Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Project.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

AT&T Mobility/Towers

August 2012 – Present

Construction Manager

• Construction Manager over structural modifications of all AT&T-owned towers.

• Interact with Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint on a daily basis regarding their installation modifications.

• Manage the day to day operations and reporting of 16 general contractors and 4 architectural engineering firms

including negotiations and approvals of change orders and reviewing and approving closeouts.

• Host and facilitate conference calls with vendors and carriers.

• Assist with problem solving and troubleshooting issues that arise during modification process.

Ericsson

June 2012 – Present

Construction Manager II

• Construction Manager of the Ericsson/Sprint Network Vision project in Atlanta Ga.

• Track and manage all construction dates on 70 sites. Manage dates by walking the sites, looking into Ericsson

site handler for all appropriate documentation is approved, to determine if the plan date with the forecast date will

make the actual date, if not determine if it can be brought in our pushed out.

• Preform preconstruction AAV and construction walks with A&E firms. Redline pre and post construction drawings,

review all closeout documents and approve or reject.

• Capture out of scope cost before construction begins.

• Submit construction line items for purchase orders and build bill of material request.

Atlantic Tower Services

Feb 2012 – June 2012

Project Manager

• Project Manager of the Ericsson/Sprint Network Vision project in Atlanta Ga.

• Implemented the day to day scheduling and managing of all of our in house tower crews and subcontractors,

along with processing time tracking, cost analysis of in house personnel.

• Site walks for structural and foundation modifications for American tower, Crown Castle and modification

drawings.

• Ordering of company materials for stock, capturing out of scope cost and securing approvals on such work.

• Responsible for the LTE, UMTS and Additional Carrier in the Georgia market.

• Maintained all current Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile standards and protocols.

• Responsibility to ensure all tower crews were certified in all aspects of training, including Anritsu, Comtrain tower

safety, First Aid, CPR, Blood Borne Pathogens, AED, 10 & 30 hour OSHA training.

Gibson Technical Services

Oct 2010 – Sep 2011

Project Manager

• Project Manager for LTE, UMTS and Additional Carrier Southeast Region

• Implemented the day to day scheduling and managing of all of our in house tower crews and subcontractors,

along with processing purchase orders to vendors, time tracking, cost analysis of in house personnel, site walks

for structural and foundation modifications, approving NSB and modification drawings, ordering of company

materials for stock, capturing out of scope cost and securing approvals on such work.

• Responsible for the Goodman projects, General Dynamics, Compass and NSORO LTE, UMTS and Additional

Carrier in the Southeast region.

• Maintained all current AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile standards and protocols.

• Responsibility to ensure all tower crews were certified in all aspects of training, including Anritsu, Comtrain tower

safety, First Aid, CPR, Blood Borne Pathogens, AED, 10 & 30 hour OSHA training.

Goodman Networks

Oct 2009 – Oct 2010

Senior Construction Manager NSB

• Designed and managed green field sites, colocation, and structural, foundation modifications for AT&T mobility.

• Day to day activities were, manage, track, implement and maintain the tracking of construction activity on all

active cell sites, to implement procedures, assist the other construction manager with their problem and find

solutions for or problems.

• Manage material logistics, review sweep test, closeouts and RET reports.

• Other responsibilities included but not limited to trouble shooting multiple alarms, reconfiguring internal and

external jumper, antenna sharing kits and preformed a financial true up at the end of each job which in tallied

negation of adding dollars as well as taking away.

General Dynamics

Feb 2008 – Oct 2009

Construction Manager/GA UMTS

• Managed a constant 7.5 million dollar budget in Georgia, assigned matrix pricing to contractors.

• Qualify all civil construction and tower subcontract crews.

• Perform all feasibility structural modification walks on co-location sites and raw land design walks.

• Manage the review and redline process of all construction drawing and identified all out of scope items per the

master contract pricing between AT&T and General Dynamics.

• Captured all out of scope pricing and made sure it was included in the cost to complete.

• Reviewed all of the cost to complete budgets.

• Reviewed and approved all invoicing for UMTS construction in Georgia.

• Tracked all movement of the construction as well as handled the day to day operations of the site supervisors.

Tower 2000 Inc.

Jul 2007 – Feb 2008

Project Manager

• Responsible for business development, forecasting work, cash flow, cost control, bidding of all work, construction

material orders, daily crew scheduling and office personal management.

• A&E walks for structural modifications on broadcast tower as well as PCS.

• Have an eighty percent success rate of winning bids and also brought in over a half a million in new business.

• Have knowledge and have worked in sage software for estimating and cost to complete with an average of thirty

percent profit margin.

• Developed and implemented multiple scopes of work for almost every aspect of wireless, UHF, VHF and

broadcast work.

General Dynamics

Jul 2005 – Jul 2007

Construction Manager

• Managed a constant 7.5 million dollar budget in Tennessee, assigned matrix pricing to contractors.

• Qualified construction and tower crews.

• Preformed all structural modification walks and bids.

• Reviewed all construction drawing and called out all out of scope items per the master contract pricing between

Cingular/AT&T.

• Captured all out of scope pricing and made sure it was included in the cost to complete.

• Reviewed all of the cost to complete budgets to make sure we were making our numbers for the markets.

• Reviewed and approved all invoicing for construction in Tennessee.

• Reviewed all closeouts before handing them off to AT&T.

• Tracked all movement of the construction as well as handled the day to day operations of the site supervisors.

• Reviewed all bill of materials and tracked all materials to make sure they were in the warehouse when the job

started.

General Dynamics

Mar 2004 – Jul 2005

Construction Supervisor

• Cell site design and management for the Cingular project in Tennessee and Kentucky.

• Overseen site qualifications and the construction of raw land and co-location cell site construction from beginning

to end and coordinate power and Telco.

• Responsible for ordering towers, antennas and lines, coax, and miscellaneous items for cell sites.

Mears Group Inc.

Mar 2002 – Mar 2004

Drilling Foreman

• Setting up and overseeing horizontal drill sites.

• Managing mud system and crew.

• Work closely with customers and manage paperwork for entire job.

Spectrasite Communications

Apr 2001 – Mar 2002

Construction Manager

• Qualify sites for Spectra Site in the Iowa and Nebraska market for Nextel.

• Preformed bid qualification walks, site design, closeouts review.

• Oversee construction of the cellular sites.

• Qualify and oversee contractors and arrange power and Telco for Spectra Site and Nextel.

• Order site materials.

• Responsible for T1 placement and microwave alignment.

• Interface with RF at Nextel.

Voicestream Wireless

Feb 2000 – Apr 2001

Project Manager

• Responsible for all PCS cell site design and construction in the Rocky Mountain Region.

• Qualify and oversee contractors in the field.

• Draft and implement scope of work, structural modification on towers and foundations

• Responsible for ordering and inventorying material.

• Responsible for design of electrical and grounding systems, T1 placement, microwave alignment and interface

with RF on a daily basis.

• Work with site acquisition on locating and qualifying PCS lease candidates.

Steve Harris Construction

Oct 1998 – Feb 2000

Heavy Equipment Operator/Concrete Construction

• Operated heavy equipment on street construction and finished concrete.

Valmont Industries

Sep 1996 – Oct 1998

Project Manager

• Responsible for Sprint PCS cell site design, construction and structural modifications on colocations in the Dallas/

Ft Worth market to include over 350 cell sites.

• Experience with Nortel BTS’s. Qualified and oversaw contractors in the field.

• Responsible for concrete placement, structural modifications, electrical installations, and T1.

• Installation and tower erection in addition to antenna placement and alignment as well as RF cabling.

• Oversaw placement of site grounding systems.

• Implemented scope of work. Responsible for Bill of Materials, closeouts and construction overview of bids.

• Interfaced with RF Engineering and warehouse personnel.

Communications Equipment Specialist

Mar 1994 – Sep 1996

Site Superintendent of Installation Services

• Oversaw a tower crew for tower erection, structural and foundation modifications, installation of antennas, tower

grounding systems and RF cabling as well as testing of cell sites for insertion loss.

• Some cell site design.

Cellular One

Feb 1992 – Mar 1994

Site Superintendent/ Inventory Coordinator

• Had responsibility for a tower installation crew who installed antennas and RF cabling.

• Implemented scope of work.

• Cell site design and installation on rooftops, water tanks, grain silos as well as all structural modifications site

audits and implementation.

• Responsible for ordering antennas, RF cabling and miscellaneous parts to include proper tracking and shipping.

Twin Towers

May 1985 – Feb 1992

Tower Foreman

• Responsible for tower crew assembling and stacking of 3ST, KST, M36, M42, M46 and M54 towers. Installation

and alignment of microwave and cellular systems.

• Oversaw and placed tower anchors and building foundations.

• Managed and preformed structural and foundation upgrades on old towers.

Certifications: OSHA 10 hour and 30 Hour, CPR, First aid, Andrew, Comscope, Anritsu

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