William Simon
Project Coordinator
Amsterdam, NY 12010
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Experienced in managing projects from start to finish. Expert in quality assurance and satisfaction of customer requests. Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Outside Plant Engineer
ASG inc. - Ogdensburg, NY
June 2019 to December 2019
Make-ready. Pole measurements, develop new pole lines. Terminal placement. Addresses, drop routing and distances.Used laser, height stick, measuring wheel, iPad with GIS. Suggested tree trim, obstacle removal.underground procedure: ...trench, etc.
Outside Plant Engineer / Field Surveyor
Blue Jay Communications - Cleveland, OH
October 2017 to December 2018
Outside Plant Engineering. Establishing best routes for fiber and copper from plant to I.T. room. Drew plans and using Excel design completed each assignment. Outside Plant Engineer
RJE Telecom - Albany, NY
December 2017 to May 2018
Performed Make-Ready for Verizon. Completed Pole surveys for double wood. Measured attachment heights of all clecs and proposed permitting. Checked for compliance with RUS and other construction parameters as NESC code.
Splicer
White Mountain Cable Construction - Concord, NH
August 2017 to September 2017
Temporary assignment splicing fiber, copper, and coaxial cables. Building actives and passives. Field Engineer/ Surveyor
NX Utilities - Philadelphia, PA
April 2017 to June 2017
Temporary position. Established cabling routes from HUB to modem. Included outside and inside plant engineering.
Field Engineer
CCI - Chicago, IL
December 2016 to April 2017
Mapping existing design of Comcast CATV. Measured all distances and inventoried all passives, actives in each node. Drew findings on final maps to submit to drafters. Project Coordinator
Gerrish Global Industries-Comcast
June 2014 to November 2014
Seymour, CT 06483
• Field survey of Comcast inside and outside plant, plan construction of plant. Design using Bentley Redline and VISIO, Scope of Work
using EXCEL spreadsheets, assign work to contractors for completion. Redesign outside plant to match requirements of
other utilities, pole transfers, and wreck-out.
Engineer, Simon
1099c Work - Windsor, CT
May 2008 to June 2014
06095 • Walk-out, as-built, and strand mapping. Design of cable plant for upgrades. New-builds. Highway and roadway telephone pole
shifts. Equipment changes.
Foreman/Supervisor
Rocky Mountain Fiber Plus - Newington, CT
April 2007 to May 2008
06111
• Planned and supervised splicing and coaxial upgrades. Performed quality control inspections on all work performed by contractors. Completed Multi-Dwelling-Units upgrades for digital tier products. Used system design maps to plan for upgrades and new-builds. Call-Before-You-Dig. On-call pole hits and storm damage. Ingress checks and repairs.
Cox Communications Technician
Cox Communications Manchester CT. - Manchester, CT June 1997 to May 2003
Install and repair of residential analog and digital service. Upsales were a very important part of the job. I was number one in sales for months. I was promoted to Plant Maintenance and performed in that role for three years.
Plant Maintenance Technician
Cox Communications - Manchester, CT
June 1999 to March 2003
Troubleshooting trouble calls. Reverse and forward sweep . Ingress detection and repair, power supply maintenance. Upgrade actives and passives to reflect digital change-out from 450 MHz system. Splicing. Node balance. Telephony troubleshooting. Replace damaged cable;underground and aerial. Telecom Technician I.B.E.W. Local # 7 Springfield, Mass. I.B.E.W. Local # 7 Springfield, Mass. - Springfield, MA May 1999 to September 2000
Ran CATV5 and CAT6 in commercial and government building to upgrade internet access. Terminated on 66 blocks and punch downs. Ran wire on raceways to I.T. locations. Programmed and tested continuity and shorts and grounds on each termination.
I/R Technician
Southern New England Telephone - Hartford, CT
June 1997 to February 1998
Installation and repair of plain old telephone. Attended pole climbing and electrical safety school at CT. Light and Power Co.
Education
J.D. in Law Student
University of Wales - Aberystwyth, UK
2003 to 2006
Engineering Student
Trinity College - Hartford, CT
1983 to 1987
Diploma
Windsor High School - Windsor, CT
1977
Skills
• COAX and copper termination,fiber, power supply maintenence.Ingress detection and repair, design and plant modification, troubleshooting system, ladder cert, flagging certetc., (10+ years)
• Excel (6 years)
• Telecom (10+ years)
• Project Management (7 years)
• Site Survey
• Maintenance
• Electrical
• blueprints
• Troubleshooting
• Hand Tools
• MS Office
• Cabling
• Project Coordination
• Visio
• Telephony
• Climbing
• Microsoft Excel
• Construction Experience
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Outlook
• WAN
• Active Directory
• LAN
• VoIP
• VPN
• Network Support
• QA/QC
• GIS
• Network Firewalls
• DNS
• Operating Systems
• Linux
• VMWare
• Disaster Recovery
• NEC
• Construction
• Telecommunication
• AutoCAD
• TCP/IP
• Microsoft Windows
• DHCP
• Microsoft Windows Server
• Microsoft Exchange
• Help Desk
• Load Balancing
• Technical Support
• Microsoft SQL Server
• Network Administration
• System Administration
Certifications and Licenses
American Ladder Institue
August 2017
Certification in the use of all ladders.
Pole Climbing and Electrical Safety Connecticut Light and Power Southern New England Telephone.
July 1997
Climbing poles
Additional Information
COMPUTER & OTHER SKILLS
• Microsoft Office, Excel, VISIO, Bentley Redline
• Drafting
• Project Management
• Mathematics
• Field Engineering
• Cable Splicing
• Telephony
• CAT-5 Cabling & Termination
• Telephone Pole Climbing & Electrical Safety