Project Manager Construction

Bruce Voss, P.Eng.

587-***-**** ? lower Mainland, bc ? Canada

*****.****@**.***

Objectives

TO PROVIDE PROJECT MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS FOR ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN THE

DESIGN AND SERVICE OF WIRELESS AND/OR OTHER SYSTEMS FOR INDUSTRIES IN THE

VARIED FIELDS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS, OIL & GAS, MINING, MANUFACTURING,

ETC.; WHERE SPECIALIZED TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE AND APPLIED EXPERIENCE IN THE

MANAGEMENT OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS WILL COMPLEMENT AND ENHANCE MY

CUSTOMERS' OFFERINGS, MY EMPLOYERS' SUCCESS, AND ADD SOCIETAL VALUE.

Core competencies

< 19 YEARS EXPERIENCE AS A TELECOMMUNICATIONS ENGINEER, PROJECT MANAGER,

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER, AND TECHNICIAN.

< Managed cell site implementation from cradle to grave.

< Experienced in the wide variety of Canadian site build environments

from prairie to mountain, urban, rural and industrial settings.

< Exceptionally effective in determining customer needs.

< Valuable creator of innovative solutions, passionate and inspired

group leader and team player.

< Thrives in an ever changing environment.

< Accomplished ability to absorb new technical data and apply this

learning as solutions to problems or issues anywhere along the project

lifecycle.

< Consistently meets or exceeds aggressive schedule and quality

requirements.

< Effectively manages contractors to produce efficiently.

< Expertly initiates, plans, executes, and closes projects.

< Mastery of Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project.

Professional Experience

TRILINKS COMMUNICATIONS INC 2012-PRESENT

Operations Project Manager - oil & gas radio com, ROGERS wireless, tower

construction, design build services, public and private networks, SCADA,

LAN/WAN, IPT, ACS, CCTV, radio, etc.

< Responsible for defining scope-of-work and authoring RFQs for various

communications projects

< Responsible for mitigating risk and managing correction of site

deficiencies

< Responsible for designing and authoring MSAs and SLAs

< Leveraged relationships for partnering and cooperation with people

across different lines of business

< Selected and managed external site acquisition, engineering,

geotechnical, general contract and other vendors.

< Managed tender process for site construction awards.

< Developed relationships with a variety of highly skilled contractors.

< Responsible preparing pricing to matrix pricing framework and

providing extremely competitive quotes.

< Responsible for construction project builds in various harsh Canadian

environments

< Reviewed drawings and other technical documentation for accuracy and

application.

< Managed documentation and scheduling required for multi-vendor site

builds.

< Tracked necessary metrics - ability, quality, schedule, cost, etc. for

vendors.

< Responsible for the inception of projects in Northern BC & AB mining

and oil & gas sites

TELUS 2011-2012

Build Project Manager - (200 sites, 3000 activities) HSPA Upgrade/Overlay,

LTE network build, network sustainment projects.

< Responsible for the implementation of HSPA and LTE sites from cradle

to grave

< Responsible for managing correction of site issues, emergencies, and

maintenance for existing sites

< Leveraged relationships for buy-in and cooperation with real estate,

municipal, RF, equipment engineering, power, financial,

administration, operational, and others people within the organization

throughout implementation process.

< Selected and managed external site acquisition, engineering,

geotechnical, general contract and other vendors.

< Managed tender process for site construction awards.

< Developed relationships with a variety of highly skilled contractors.

< Responsible for adhering to matrix pricing framework and obtaining

extremely competitive quotes.

< Responsible to build roof top to mountaintop sites - monopoles, guyed

towers, self support towers, wood poles, greenfield, etc.

< Reviewed drawings and other technical documentation for accuracy and

application.

< Managed documentation and scheduling required for collocated site

builds.

< Tracked necessary metrics - ability, quality, schedule, cost, etc. for

vendors.

< Took on role of PM for complex and large client driven projects

(Northern BC mining and gas sites) seamlessly incorporating cell sites

into corporate sales deals with other products.

Alcatel-Lucent 2010-2011

Construction Manager - SHAW cell network (120 sites).

< Responsible for the implementation of WCDMA sites from site

acquisition to customer handoff in Vancouver and Calgary.

< Responsible for collaborating with site acquisition, real estate, RF,

engineering, administration, construction, commissioning and other

groups in order to prioritize, schedule, and complete site

construction.

< Responsible for creation of BOMs, organizing power service, compiling

close-out documentation.

< Reviewed drawings and other technical documentation for accuracy and

application.

< Responsible for building roof top and greenfield sites.

TPC, Inc. 2009-2010

Operations Manager - TELUS HSPA build Alberta (80 sites).

< Managed crew to install and test: Andrew/Katherine Antennae Systems,

Huawei 3805/3804 RRUs, 2 x 24 core Multi-mode 62.5um fibres on

communications towers 20m - 100m.

< Reviewed drawings and other technical documentation for accuracy and

application.

< Rigged guyed and self support towers in order to install equipment.

< Installed RET Cables; RET motors, LDF 4 to LDF 7 Coax, Connectors,

Antennae, steelwork and brackets.

< Troubleshot and tested fibre, coax, connectors, antennas, set

azimuths.

< Quickly completed and documented deficiency list fixes.

< Authored close out documentation including photographs, sweep test

results, measurements, etc. for customer.

D.C. Contracting 2005-2009

Project Manager - General Construction.

< Managed projects related to the renovation and construction of

commercial and residential structures.

< Financial controller for bids, analysis, reporting.

< Reviewed drawings and other technical documentation for accuracy and

application.

< Quickly completed and documented deficiency list fixes.

< Authored close out documentation including photographs, measurements,

etc. for customers.

NewLook Construction 2001-2005

Design Architect - General Construction.

< Consulted on design and implementation of various key construction

projects.

< Managed projects related to the renovation and construction of

commercial and residential structures.

< Financial controller for bids, analysis, reporting.

< Provided variegated solutions to complex design issues, impacting

design, construction, cost, and ROI.

< Reviewed drawings and other technical documentation for accuracy and

application.

< Authored close out documentation including photographs, measurements,

etc. for customers.

Nortel Networks 1994-

2001

Memory Model and Flow Developer

< Enhanced and supported memory block design compilers (Cadence, SKILL).

< Expedited modular embedded memory deliveries into COT ASIC flow.

< Maintained and improved memory delivery infrastructure (PERL, C).

< Created custom memory models and test benches (Verilog).

< Circuit simulation, characterization, schematic entry, and layout work

(Hspice, Spectre, Cadence).

CAD Tool Designer

< Supported PCB CAD design environment through the creation of cost

saving early design simulation and optimization tools (for example:

signal integrity analysis tool, thermal analysis tool, design reuse

repository tool) (UNICAD, Lisp).

PCB Layout Co-op

< Integrated UNISOLVE SI tool into use among the group members.

< Created a group web server to track designs in layout progress.

GUI Development Co-op

< Designed and developed the UI for 4D based project management

software.

Education

1993-1998 CARLETON UNIVERSITY OTTAWA, ON

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer/Electrical

Relevant academic courses and projects:

LICENCE TO PERFORM HIGH RISK WORK - WORK SAFE WA RA CLASS WL2685709

EXP 2015

Working at Height, Certificate II - ESI Generation Sector, Training

Accreditation Council (Australia) 2009

Basic, Intermediate & Advanced Rigging. Certificate II - ESI

Generation Sector, TAC (Australia) 2009

Logical Effort, Network Processing ICs, Low Power Design Techniques

- tutorials, ISSCC 2001

Physical Realization Of Complex Systems Designs As IBM ASICs, 2001

IBM High Performance eDRAM Tutorial/Overview

IBM Blue Logic Cores For Networking Applications, 2001

IBM ASIC Design For Test Overview & Low Power Design With IBM

ASICs, 2001

Perl Introduction, 2000

Influence Edge, 2000

Primetime Timing Analysis, 2000

Deep Knowledge in Verilog Verification - Qualis 2000

High Level Design using Verilog - Qualis 1999

ASIC Design Process Overview, 1998

Intro to Working with Verilog, Qualis 1998

Microelectronics Bridge Camp (Analog and Digital IC Design) -

Carleton University 1998

First Place in the Autonomous Robotics Competition Project 4th year

EE, Carleton University 1998

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, 1997

Interests

SCUBA

music production

skiing/snowboarding

canoeing

cooking

volunteer for Big Brothers, CNIB.

Bruce Voss

587-***-**** ? LOWER MAINLAND, BC ? CANADA

*****.****@**.***

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