Quality Assurance Engineer

Todd M. Paulding email: **********@***.***

**** ******** **** ********* ****, Jacksonville, FL 32244

Phone: Home 904-***-**** or Mobile 803-***-****

Objective:

To acquire the current posted opportunity with your company in Telecommunications.

Professional Summary

A Telecommunications Professional with FCC License GROL + Ships Radar Endorsement, with RF, HF, DAS, and VSAT communications, wireless & wire line Equipment, (MAC) and (SERVICE), of various PBX/CBX, 1A1/1A2, Key, Video, VOIP, SCADA, CCTV, CATV, Security Systems, Electronic Telephone Systems, Trade Floor Turret systems and LAN WAN networking, with extensive experience in managing small to large-scale installation projects, (Wireless & Wire-line) from start to finish, to include Cell Tower Erection, Modification and upgrades, Central Office Transport equipment, DACS, DSX, DWDM, T1/T3, OC3-OC192, DS0-DS3, POTS, Cross Connects, & Rack Installation national and international experience, strengths in quality assurance, managing vendors and/ contract staff. With a thorough knowledge of standards and codes, BICSI, OSHA, ANSI, EIA, TIA, IEEE, NEC, & NERC, A dependable team player with a "can do" attitude who is committed to top quality craftsmanship and service.

Professional Experience

TravCom Inc – Jacksonville FL, 8/2016 – Present

Cell Site Equipment Installer

Contract position responsible for the prewire of the cabling and equipment that’s used to provide remote network monitoring of power and generator equipment at Verizon cell sites throughout Northern and Central Florida.

Talascend – Jacksonville FL, 02/2016 – 07/2016

(OSP) Fiber Design Fielding Engineer

Contract position with Bechtel Corporation, responsibilities include the review of existing fiber plant design against actual field conditions, and provide comments and notes for design information updates. Notate preferred locations for new facility structures (vaults, drop vaults, cabinets, etc. Perform investigations of adverse ground conditions and obstructions (such as utilities, poles, trees, etc.) for final (OSP) Fiber Plant Design.

GENESIS NETWORK SOLUTIONS – San Antonio TX, 2014 – 2016

Level IV Installation Crew Lead

Contract position 100% travel, as an installation supervisor / crew lead decommissioning Lucent 5ESS and Nortel DMS switches at AT&T facilities throughout the nation, conduct pre installation site surveys, develop Bill of Material (BOM), provide daily project reports, to include scheduling work flow and maintaining quality and safety.

TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONTRACTOR – 2013 – 2014

EF&I - Central Office Equipment Installer Level III

Contract Position Responsible for the installation and de-installation of a variety of equipment using authorized blueprints and diagrams for the Optical Network equipment and cabling installed in central offices throughout the greater Tampa area such as AT&T and Verizon, applying AT&T TP76300 and Verizon Installation Standards - IP72202 along with Telcordia Quality Concepts.

DUKE ENERGY – St. Petersburg FL, 2011 – 2013

Telecommunications Implementation Coordinator

Contract Position; responsible for providing oversight for the installation of the Telecommunications cabling, infrastructure, and support of multiple locations and or substations. responsible for the construction and installation of the Telecoms equipment involved in the Department of Energy (DOE) funded DSDR (Distribution System Demand Response) Smart Grid / SCADA project. Coordinate MPLS leased circuits and communication infrastructure with the local Telco. Ensuring all materials for construction are on the job site when needed, Coordinates with provisioning. Manage contractors and operations personnel involved with the Construction and implementation of ‘assigned’ projects.

EXPERIENCE CONTINUED

PARSONS CORPORATION – Angola Africa, 2010 – 2011

Telecommunications Quality Assurance Principal

Contract position, Bechtel ALNG Project Soyo Angola, responsibilities included creating the quality plans and procedures using ISO 9000 and ISO 9001 for the assigned project with the Oil and Gas industry to ensure the following meet all requirements during the construction process: Tower Erection, SCADA, Trunk & Marine Radio, DAS, CCTV & CATV, Intrusion Detection, Access Control, PA/GA, VOIP, LAN/WAN, Structured Cabling, UTP / Fiber Optic installation, & PBX/PABX for Parsons customer MSTelcom / Sonongal Oil; at the Angola Liquid Natural Gas Facility.

TekSystems Inc, / EXI Parsons 2006 – 2010

Wireless / Central Office Equipment Installation Technician

Contract position, with EXI Parsons and other Telco Vendors; Responsible for the installation and programming of a variety of equipment, PBX, Transport equipment, Fiber Mux, DACS, and DSX Channel banks, installation and de-installation of Optical Network equipment and cabling, Nokia, Ericsson, and Nortel, RNC, BSC, BTS wireless & wire line Telecommunications switches and Rack & Stack equipment in central offices throughout the Nation, for customers such as Verizon, AT&T, Cingular, Sprint, and T-Mobile, to include installation of Flexi equipment, FCOA cabinets, and H-Frames for T-Mobile wireless RBS sites.

LOCKHEED MARTIN, Crete Greece; 2003 – 2006

SL-100 DMS Switch Maintenance Engineer

Department of Defense Contractor, Naval Support Activity; Monitor & maintain Nortel DMS-SL-100/200, Programming SERVORD POTS, ISDN, & Meridian Business Sets. Verify & input switch revisions in associated TABLES as directed by the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Monitor, install, troubleshoot T-1 trunks D-4 channel banks (DSX) & associated interface equipment. Respond to network alarms and customer trouble reports, test and clear host alarms; In-depth troubleshooting on subscriber lines to determine fault and fix action. Responsibilities also included Moves, Adds and Changes (MAC) maintenance and administration of the following, Meridian Mail 13, Meridian SL-1 option 61 and all other telecom equipment and peripheral devices, inside and outside cable plant, Fiber & Copper and the corresponding records for NCTAMS on the Souda Bay Naval Base, Crete Greece.

TELLABS OPERATIONS, INC, Newport News., VA 1998 - 2002

Quality Auditor / Site Supervisor

Responsible for managing the installation of the Tellabs TITAN 5500 & 532 High-Speed Digital cross connect systems (DACS) in Central Offices throughout the Nation from start to completion. This included 100% travel to supervise and/or audit the installation vendor personnel at customer sites applying the most stringent installation standards, and Telcordia Technology Quality concepts, provided a single point of contact between the customer and the installation vendors, Conducted site surveys, aided in the preparation of the Installation Engineering Specifications, developed Bill of Material (BOM) Ensured that all necessary equipment for the installation had been ordered and was on-site, prepared detailed methods of procedure (MOP), made daily progress reports, and conducted in-process and final installation audits to assure accurate equipment installation and customer satisfaction.

EDUCATION:

1987 - College Diploma / Associates: Electronics Technology – Columbia, SC

(PTI) Professional Training Institute

1985 - Some College: Computer Science and General Management – Columbia, SC

Rutledge College

1982 - Military Training: Wire Line Communications – Augusta, GA

United States Army Communications School

CERTIFICATIONS:

GRAVITEC SYSTEMS INC, – Certified Tower Climber & Rescue

OSHA 30 Hour Construction Safety Course – Certificate of Completion

FCC License – GROL = General Radiotelephone Operators License + Ships Radar Endorsement.

EXI Training Center – Ericsson / Nokia wireless switch Installation practices, and central office procedures

Tellabs Technical Training and Education Center - TITAN 5500 Architecture; TITAN 5500 Acceptance Test Basics; TITAN 5500 Lab

Trumpeter Electronics, Inc. – Certificate of Achievement / BNC Interconnect Product Training Course

Telcordia Technologies – Certificate of Achievement / Professional Installation Methods Central Office Installation Quality Control.

Nortel Meridian Information Products – Certificate of Achievement / Northern Telecom Meridian SL-1 Moves, Adds and Changes options 11 – 61, 81C.

Siecor Engineering Services - Formal instruction and training - fiber optic installation and splicing for LAN, Building and Campus Applications

Honeywell Security Systems - Formal instruction and training on the Delta 1000 security system and peripherals

Comdial Communications Systems - Formal instruction and training on the electronic key & voice mail system installation and maintenance

Harris Digital Training School - Formal instruction and training on the installation, maintenance and programming of the Harris Digital 400/110/1200 PBX systems.

AT&T/ Avaya/Lucent - Certificate of Achievement / System 85 PBX Switch Administration Course

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