Robert J Burns

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Lake Elsinore, CA 92532

(Home) 951-***-**** (Cell) 951-***-****

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Communications Project Manager with 19 years experience in OSP/ISP/802.11 Wireless/UTMS construction disciplines. Experienced in Underground Substructure, Manhole placement, Handhole placement and Wireless Node Shelters. Proficient in time management, coordinating sub-contractors and scheduling personnel. Extensive knowledge in OSHA, FAR, NEC, IEEE, GO95, GO 128 and TIA/EIA standards.

EMPLOYMENT/SERVICE HISTORY

Crown Castle Contractor 06-18 to Present

Managed Contractors Installing Fiber Optic Cables. Managed all types of Communications Pole Transfers, Pole Installations, PoleRelocations Hand Hole Relocations I also Managed Contractors installing Anchors, Guyed Lines, Installing New Aerial Fiber including Lashing. Managed Many Fiber Outages All over the Los Angeles Market.

I now Taking Care of the Inland Empire Taking care of all Construction. I haveManaged many Controlled Outages Creating Change Management Tickets. I now have been put in Charge of the Inland Empire managing Many Contractors taking care of that Region Specifically.

I am on an on call Rotation with Several other Construction Managers managing all outages Throughout Los Angeles. I also perform Quality Control Visits and Update a Construction Tracker on the Performance of the Site Build.

Samsung Communications, 03-13 to 05-14

Construction Manager

Managed Contractors for Fiber Optic Back bone installations and Managed Wireless Contractors Performing Wireless Enhancements for Sprint in Salt Lake City Utah, Denver Colorado, Idaho Springs Idaho, St George Utah.

Managed as many a 15 different Contractors Performing New Builds including New Node Building New Pole Erections including Installation of Lines, Antennas, RRU’s both 850 and 1900.

Managed General Dynamics who also was in charge of Contractors. Assisted General Dynamics to Produce Close Out Documents and Upload them to The Server.

I also performed Site Surveys. I performed Quality Control Visitations and Reviewed all Close Out Documentation.

ALL NATIVE SERVICES,January, 2009 – December 2013

Quality Assurance/Field Lead/Deputy Project Manager

Oversee OSP/Sub-Structure installation, Quality and site determination surveys, including verification of conduits and pathways. Design and Implement strategies for improving pulling conditions. Site Superintendent in charge of (2) one a kind Communication Audits for the United States Marine Corps. Manage day to day OSP/ISP duties and interface with key USMC project personnel. Instrumental in several USMC IDIQ Projects throughout the United States.

Accomplishments:

1.Assistant Project/Quality Manager, MCALF Bogue Fields Infrastructure Upgrade project, overseeing the installation of a base wide sub-structure build.

2.Quality Assurance Manager, MCB Camp Lejeune Starling Towers project, overseeing an 11 mile direct buried plow job.

3.OSP Team lead, MCAGCC 29 Palms OSP Upgrade, overseeing the installation of 45,000ft of Fiber Optic Cable servicing 53 buildings.

SRES CONSTRUCTION, May 2008 – December 2008

Project Construction Manager Verizon FIOS Fiber Optic Installation.

Managed contractors and field supervisors during UMTS installation. Supervised the re-locating and upgrading of items that were installed incorrectly by previous contractors. In charge of all site walk surveys and re-engineering teams developed to determine proper routes and pathways for the deployment of aerial and underground fiber optic cable.

GENERAL DYNAMICS, September 2007 - May, 2008

Project Manager

Managed several contractors and vendors throughout the Sprint/Nextel New Build and modification construction process. As the lead project manager I was in charge of overseeing quality assurance and wireless construction. The position also required multiple site visits to ensure that the modifications were completed on time and under budget. I was also responsible for all of the scheduling, tracking, and procurement processes in the San Diego Market. I was also responsible for maintaining the construction tracker to update upper management of the construction on a day to day basis. The position required weekly meetings with Site Acquisition Managers to review construction drawings, lease amendments, permits and structural analysis. This position also required reviewing tower mapping, A & E Construction Drawings and Zoning drawings. After reviewing and making corrections I was responsible for signing off on the drawings as being deemed complete and correct.

GENERAL DYNAMICS April 2007 – September 2007

Project Construction Manager

In charge of New Build Installation of UMTS cabinets and conduit feeder routes, New Lines and Antennas. Managed numerous contractors and Vendors. Assigned 73 new build sites to construct from the ground up including Node Buildings and Wireless Shelters. All sites were completed on time and under budget. Maintained all construction trackers in order to update upper management on the day to day status of each site.

GENERAL DYNAMICS February 2005 – September 2007

Project Manager

Managed 5 construction managers and 4 contractors installing Cingular’s’ UMTS network. Reviewed all site acceptance documents. Scheduled all pre-construction meetings with contractors and A&E firms. Successfully built over 500 sites on time and within budget. The project included the installation of RCU and RETS on all UMTS sites. Many of these sites included GSM installation including ground up installation of Node buildings and wireless towers. Personally managed the installation of underground conduit for the fiber backbone and wireless coax.

BECHTEL COMMUNICATIONS, March, 2003 - September, 2004

Field Coordinator: For AT&T Wireless Division, Los Angeles, CA and San Diego,

December, 2002 - March, 2003

Construction Field Coordinator

Managed several contractors and reinforced accident policies and procedures. Maintained zero accidents. Scheduled and reviewed all the initial site survey walk downs. Reviewed all site acceptance documents. Scheduled all pre-construction meetings with contractors. Reviewed all sweep tests and rescheduled site construction and all contractor meetings weekly. Successfully built over one hundred sites in the Los Angeles and San Diego markets and over 20 new build sites in New York, including 850 overlay complex growth, simple growth, MHA installation and new build work including ground up installation of Node Buildings and wireless Towers..I Performed Quality Visits and Design Visits with AT&T and A&E firms. I Supervised the Work on new installation of UMTS equipment including new Node Buildings and wireless towers for the UMTS equipment. I supervised the installation of underground Conduit for the fiber optic back bone and wireless coax.

February 2002 - December 2002

Project Manager: For Cingular Wireless, Raleigh, N.C.

Managed all Field Coordinators and Subcontractors. Responsible for scheduling all QC and site construction visits. Scheduled all pre-bid walk downs. Reviewed all NTP’’s. Reviewed all sweep tests and site acceptance documents. Completed over 350 Cingular GSM enhancements. Meeting strict deadlines and coming in under budget.

February, 2001 - February 2002

Project Field Coordinator: For AT& T Wireless, Los Angeles, CA

Managed several contractors and scheduled all initial site survey walk-downs. Reviewed all site acceptance documents. Reviewed sweep testing. Scheduled site construction visits and weekly meetings with sub-contractors. Reinforced all accident policies. Performed walk-down visits, worked directly with contractors on GSM enhancements, including antenna installation and COAX installation. Completed over 150 enhancements in the Los Angeles and San Diego Market.

BURNS COMMUNICATIONS, February, 1998 - February, 2001

Senior Project Superintendent

Responsible for all aspects of the business, including: planning, staffing, directing and scheduling. Specialized in underground cable installation, as well as aerial installation. Responsible for all construction and termination of fiber and OTDR testing. Performed reel tests as well as pre-testing and final testing of fiber. Special Security Clearance for all branches of Military, specializing in Hybrid Fiber to the desktop. Involved in many repairs to existing fiber, including; splicing, testing and terminations.

EDUCATION/ TRAINING

Attended: Palomar College – San Marcos, CA

Major: Business Management

Attended: Advanced Career Training Vocational Institute, TCM

Hubbell Premise Wiring Certification

ERICSSON EC – 4 Fusion Splice Technician & Telecommunications

Siecor SC Unicam Certified Installer.

Andrews Connector Installation Certification & EMS Antenna Theory and Sweep Testing.

Troubleshooting – Norstar Meridian DR5 System Installation & Programming

AT&T Spirit installation & Programming

T1, T3, DSO-DS3, ISDN, TCP/IP & DSL

Fiber Optics Theory & Light Propagation

DWDM, SONET, FDDI & ATM

HP COAX Sweep Tester

Wiltron COAX Sweep Tester.

Training – Commscope and Andrews Connector Training

EMS Antenna Theory Training

Eupen Connector training

CERTIFICATIONS

BECHTEL Construction Management (In house certified)(6 week training)

Certified GN NETTEST OTDR Operation

3M certified Fiber Optic Technician

Anritsu Line Sweep Certification # F008785E - Anritsu Sweep Testing

Katherine Antenna Theory Certified

Certified Fiber Optics Installer and OTDR Tester # FOICA528

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