JAMES E. BARRETT
**** *. ******** **., ********, AZ 85225
OBJECTIVE
To establish a stable management team and complete projects and budgets to
a positive end result. 40 plus years experience in commercial and
residential construction from estimating, scheduling, and coordination of
budgets to completion. GC licenses in the following states: AZ, CA, OR,
WA, NM, CO, UT over the years.
EXPERIENCE
June 2013-January 2014
Nexius Solutions
. Construction Manager
. Oversee and manage construction of AT&T new site builds and
LTE overlay on existing sites.
. Prepare bids, BOM's and receive quotes from vendors in
preparation for upcoming site builds.
. Meet with customer for punch walks and site turnover
. Prepare closeout documentation for final competition of each
site as assigned to me.
. Assist other CM's as needed on their sites.
Alcatel-Lucent August 2009 - April 2013
. April 2011 to April 2013 Construction manager for the Calabasas,
CA. and Phoenix, AZ Network Vision Project Sprint. Transferred
from CA to Phoenix in April 2012 to start the Arizona office up
for the Network Vision Sprint Project.
. Turn Key construction management of the Sprint project with over
600 sites on air between the two markets
. Construction Manager San Francisco Market
. Turn Key manager of new build for T-mobile.
. Site acquisition, fees walk, design, building permits, budgets,
thru competition of building sites for 2-G and 3-G installation.
Oversee construction activities and sub contractors to on air
General Dynamics November 2004 - April 2009
. Project Manager, Phoenix, AZ (March 2007 - May 2009)
Turn Key co-location build sites for Sprint/Nextel/AT&T
In charge of ordering plans, engineering, review of engineering,
order towers,
Power/Telco, all materials, and all budgets through new build
project.
Manager of the construction team, throughout project completion
to the end of the contract.
. Construction Manager, Albuquerque, NM (February 2005 - March 2007)
Turn Key new build sites for Cingular.
In charge of ordering of plans, engineering, review of
engineering, tower,
Power/Telco, materials, budgets through co-location.
Manager of the construction team, through project completion.
. Market Manager for UMTS Project, Sacramento, CA (Nov. 04-Feb. 05)
In charge of completion of UMTS install for Cingular project.
PowerPlus Utility August 2005 - September 2005
. Director of Operations, Phoenix, AZ
In charge of the completion of existing contracts and operations
of FST.
FST Consulting International Inc. July 2002 - August 2005
. Director of Operations, Phoenix, AZ
Project management and scheduling of operations for Arizona and
expanding markets.
Budgeting, profit and loss statements.
Customer, subcontractor and vendor relations.
Bidding, estimating and contract administration.
American Tower Services 1997 - 2002
. Arizona Area Manager, Phoenix, AZ
Management and scheduling of Project Managers, crews and office
staff for Arizona, Nevada and Utah offices.
Bidding, estimating and contract administration.
Customer relations and vendor relations.
Project operations, management and scheduling.
Build and maintain raw land, roof top, co-location and cellular
PCS sites.
Built up a reliable business relationship with customers such as
Western Wireless, Sprint, PCS, MCI Communications, Cox
Communications and AT&T.
Microwave Tower Service, Inc. 1982
. Tower Technician, Salem, OR
Installation of monopoles, microwave repeater sites and
maintenance of towers in excess of 1000 ft.
Tower foundations.
Site Improvements.
James Barrett Framing and Siding 1975 - 1997
. General Contractor, Salem, OR
Residential and commercial construction with contracts up to
$600,000.
Tenant improvements.
Project management and site development of several sites at
once.
Managed up to 25 employees concurrently.
Successfully managed a small business for 23 years.
EDUCATION
1969 - 1971 Southern Oregon College Ashland, OR
. Business Administration