Daryn Dimmick
OSP Specialist
Northampton, PA ***67
*********@*****.***
• 9yr. U.S. Air Force veteran (SSgt./E-5) with over 21 years of extensive experience within the telecommunications industry specifically in the installation, construction, and maintenance of outside and inside plant facilities and related systems.
Willing to relocate: Anywhere
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Laborer/Operator
Maple Sugar Camp - Johnson, VT
September 2016 to March 2023
Process maple trees from sap to syrup.
Outside Plant Technician
Spread Networks LLC - Northampton, PA
March 2013 to August 2016
• Responsible for the outside plant fiber optic network performing a wide range of complex assignments requiring innovation and judgement on major and multiple projects making independent decisions demonstrating excellent interpersonal skills acting as a team leader, and mentoring and training other technicians.
• Supervise the performance and safety of construction work such as digging holes, placing poles, laying cable in the ground, unreeling, pulling and stringing wire and cable in aerial, buried and underground plant systems.
• Supervise and perform work with heavy-duty power equipment and hand tools in the construction, repair and maintenance of network facilities by loading tools and equipment onto trucks and/or trailers.
• Communicate with customers, supervisors and senior management and staff to help maintain company policies, codes and guidelines for job status updates and issues surrounding daily activity reports.
• Created and promoted a team environment by encouraging fellow technicians to help each other and be participative and interact with total quality management principles and safety practices.
• Responsible for locating the underground customer network facilities and supervising any excavation activities involved such as trenching, plowing or boring. Fiber Splicer
Stamm Cable
April 2012 to March 2013
Fiber Splicer
• Spliced single mode fiber in working network rings by utilizing a Sumitomo fusion splicer and cleaver.
• 2002 to 2012 I was seriously sick and disabled.
Fiber Optic Technician III
Qwest - Reading, PA
July 1998 to July 2002
Responsibilities:
• Managed and maintained the Reading, PA MOR/AMP facility site which involved the Nortel OC-192 electronics, DC battery power plant, 50kW generator, HVAC, environmental alarms and fire suppression systems throughout the entire facility including the multi-tenant facilities.
• Managed and maintained a 90 mile, 96F cable route by performing monthly, quarterly and annual preventive maintenance testing and inspections utilizing an OTDR and storing traces on diskette.
• Monitored contractors on hot-cut fiber splicing for AT&T project. Cleaned, cleaved and tested fiber optic cables using a fiberscope and operated a Vignettist CMA-4000 OTDR and Wettest Power Meter and Light Source for verifying db levels and span-loss totals involving critical telecommunications circuits and systems.
• Interfaced and coordinated scheduled and emergency call-out maintenance and testing activities with Frontier, GTE, Adelphia and Alltel technicians occupying the multi-tenant rooms within the facility
• Coordinated with Norfolk Southern Rail Corporation by scheduling excavation and construction activities with utility companies and contractors on excavation activities and various railroad projects while determining cable relocation strategies with Qwest construction personnel. OSP Field Technician
Litenet Inc - Quakertown, PA
September 1997 to June 1998
Responsibilities:
• Spliced copper cables using 3M/MS2 and 710 connector modules.
• Spliced SM fiber optic cables using Siecor M90 Fusion Splicing Machine, and experienced using Keptel and 3M splice closures.
• Performed Pa One-Call cable mark-outs and construction digging monitoring for MFS/WorldCom on Conrail R.O.W./ Qwest project.
• As-built inside and outside plant building and cable route facility records. OSP Technician
NEXTLINK PA - Wyomissing, PA
November 1996 to September 1997
Responsibilities:
• Spliced copper cables using 3M/MS2 connector modules.
• Spliced SM fiber optic cables using Fujikora FSM-50S Fusion Splicing Machine, and experienced using Keptel and 3M splice closures.
• Inspected inside and outside plant construction performed by contractors.
• Project Manager for five regeneration sites: HVAC, security, bonding, grounding, iron work, DC power, fire suppression, generator, fiber panels, supplementary alarms and as-built records.
• Developed and performed a preventive maintenance inspection checklist for existing regeneration sites, POP's, access nodes and outside aerial and underground cable network systems.
• Tested fiber cable using during pre/post construction using the Tektronics OTDR and stored traces on diskette.
• Responsible for cable locates, pole transfers, route surveillance, cable outages/emergencies.
• Implemented Method of Procedures (MOP) for fiber hot-cut and maintenance outages on equipment. Utility Operator
U.S. Generating Co
April 1995 to November 1996
Responsibilities:
• Operated fuel conveyor system to supply coal to power generating plant and coordinated the flow of 80 truck's per day delivering coal and leaving with ash utilizing a CAT 980 loader, CAT 436B backhoe, forklift and skid loader.
• Utilized the lock-out/tag-out system while performing maintenance on equipment and machinery. Cable Splicing Specialist/E-5
U.S. Air Force, Griffiss AFB Rome NY, Yokota AB Japan - Vandenberg AFB, CA April 1986 to April 1995
Responsibilities:
• Engineered copper, meteorological, video and coaxial cable systems.
• Managed cable maintenance work center and planned daily work assignments.
• Coordinated and monitored cable installation projects as a quality control inspector.
• Supervised and evaluated crew members to ensure compliance with standards.
• Maintained 2,777 miles of copper cable and 102 miles of fiber optic cable.
• Spliced and installed copper and fiber optic cables in aerial, buried and underground systems.
• Spliced fiber optic cables using fusion and mechanical methods and sealed in enclosures.
• Spliced copper cables utilizing PIC-A-BOND and 710 Modular splicing systems.
• Analyzed cable outages using test equipment to identify circuits and locate faults.
• Calculated pressure leak locations using graphs and mathematical formulas.
• Processed OJT records on computer for 36 maintenance personnel.
• Interpreted and up-dated cable plant drawings and facility records.
• Trained personnel on the operation, service, and safety of special purpose vehicles.
• Operated 10-TON dump truck, hi-reach bucket truck, cable reel trailer, cable reel truck, trencher and backhoe.
Education
Diploma in Management/Project Management
Career Academy - On line
March 2014 to June 2014
General coursework in Construction Management
Northampton Community College
September 2007 to January 2013
General coursework in Electronic Systems Technology Community College of the Air Force - Montgomery, AL 1995
High school diploma in Automotive Technology
Northampton Community College - Bethlehem, PA
August 1985 to December 1985
Certificate in Automotive Mechanics
Northampton Area Senior High School/Bethlehem Vocational Technical School 1985
Skills
• Maintenance
• Customer Service
• Estimating
• Outlook
• Scheduling
• Sales
• Word
• Construction Management
• Cabling
• Bucket Truck Experience
• Telecommunication
• Quality Management
• Heavy Equipment Operation
• Backhoe Operation
• Project Coordination
• Inside Sales
• Automotive Repair
• Quality Assurance
• Blueprint Reading
• Brake Repair
• Project Management
• Construction
• Mechanical Knowledge
• Suspension
• Mechanic Experience
• Construction Experience
• Oil Change
• Pricing
• Surveillance
• Basic Math
• Fiber Splicing
• Time Management
• Transmissions
• Alignment
• Communication skills
• Construction inspection
• Microsoft Outlook
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Office
• Microsoft Word
• Supervising experience
• Landscape maintenance
• CAD
• Low voltage
• Tree trimming
• Diesel engine repair
• Carpentry
• Computer networking
• Welding
Military Service
Branch: Air Force
Service Country: United States
Rank: Staff Sgt./E-5
April 1986 to April 1995
Cable Systems Specialist
Certificate in Installation, Maintenance, Testing and Splicing of all cable types. Certificates in Supervision and Leadership.
Certified as a Quality Control Representative of Telecommunication Projects. Served as Assistant Non-Commissioned Officer in Charge of Cable Maintenance work center at Griffiss AFB in Rome, NY.
Commendations:
Received a Professional Performer award by the Inspector General Inspection Team Additional Information
SKILLS:
o Outside Plant
o Troubleshooting
o Fiber Optics
o Team Lead/Training
o Inspector
o Heavy Equipment Operation
o Customer Service
o Safety Oriented
o Cable Locating
o Testing Equipment
o Blue Print Reading
o Hand/Power Tools
o Cable Splicing
o Quality Control