Bruce E. Brandt

**** ****** ***.

Wantagh, NY ***93

516-***-****

ef45v5@r.postjobfree.com

PROFILE:

** ***** ********** ** ******* office telephone switching equipment, including all types of cabling. Able to work effectively as part of a team or independently. I am able to learn new skills in a timely manner.

Work well under emergency condition such as after 9/11.

* Highly motivated * Quality minded

* Organized * Computer knowledgeable

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Sears 6/25/04 to present

QMT (Quality Maintenance Technician (4/30/07 to present)

All building maintenance- lighting, plumbing, maintaining floor and ceiling tiles, heating and cooling systems, and all other aspects of maintaining buildings.

Assistant Store Manager for In Store Support (6/1/06 to 4/29/07)

Lead team to insure that store signs, ads, prices are correct, do plan-a grams for new merchandise, order new merchandise, schedule associates to do signing, put up displays, do mark downs.

Brand Central Lead (Asst. Manager for Home Appliances & Electronics) (6/26/05 to 6/1/06)

Maintain sales floor, schedule associates, order and check merchandise, handle return sales, handle problem sales of customers, keep updated records.

Sales Associate (6/25/04 to 6/25/05)

Selling electronics on the sales floor (TV’s, radio’s, phone’s etc.)

Lucent Technologies 6/7/1997 to 6/20/2004

Operation Manager 12-00 to 6/20/2004

• Established well-defined objectives for employees to reinforce progress of job.

• Perform job planning such as labor and material scheduling, manpower and skills requirements to meet customer’s completion date.

• Perform job completion review functions for turnover of job to customer.

• Established ongoing customer communications to facilitate installation performance levels to those expressed by the customer.

• Identified any material problem, such as ordered wrong or not ordered, to keep job running on time to meet customers date.

• Maintained accurate records of time spent for time tickets and billing of job to customer.

• After 9/11, supervised the recovery of the Verizon building at 140 West Street running part of the restoration job. Working 7 / 12 for 16 weeks straight under difficult and hazardous conditions. Working side by side with Verizon engineers in a team effort reengineered the job as it proceeded per Verizon request. This included adding additional cable rack, changing cable runs and locations to MDF, and relocate DSX1 and DDM locations. Maintained records of all changes, extra work done, lost time due to building conditions, kept accurate record of installers time, test records and the turning over of systems to Verizon.

Installation Technician 6-97 to 12-00

• Installed of 5ESS and 5ESS 2000 switching bay equipment, including, cable rack and iron work that needed be to installed to customer specifications.

• Installed various types of equipment in Verizon CO and Bethpage and Hicksville Cablevision offices (5ESS and DASCS, including, cable rack and iron work that needed be to installed to customer specifications.

• Led installation crew as Foreman, assigned work, maintained records, check quality, established good working relationship with customer contacts to assure customer satisfaction.

Inter Face Cable and Assemblies 2-95 to 6-97

Data Technician

• Installed Cat5, coax, and fiber optic cables for LAN Network computer systems.

• Terminated fiber optic cable, Cat5 and coax cables per customer’s specifications for LAN

Network computer systems.

• Led installation crew as Foreman, scheduled work, kept records, maintained customer contact to assure customer satisfaction.

Sentinel Diversified Industries Inc. 7-94 to 2-95

Service Technician/Locksmith

• Installed and serviced of ATM card reader systems for lobbies for various banks.

• Installed CCTV for ATM lobbies for various banks.

• Installed and pinned Medeco locks, cut keys.

Amstar Communications 1-94 to 5-94 (Temp.)

Communications Technician

• Cabled, jacked and installed phones for new Meridian system for FAA offices.

• Ran tests on switch and coordinated cut over of new phone system.

Brandt’s Wallpapering 1991 to 1993

Self-employed

Wallpapering, removal, painting and odd jobs.

American Telephone and Telegraph, AT&T 12-84 to 8-91

Communications Technician

High Frequency Circuit Order Provisioner 1998-1991

• Managed, prepared and coordinated customers orders for in-house wiring, provided local

assignments, maintained up-to-date records, researched and resolved discrepancies, wired and tested T1’s and T3’s using T-Bird to complete new orders.

• Designed and trained people in new procedures to process work more efficiently.

Stockroom Manager 1987-1989

• Managed and maintained AT&T building stockroom at 811 10th Ave., handled the purchasing and receiving of supplies, shipped equipment out for repairs, maintained records for inventory, prepared vouchers for billing.

• Saved money by find different means of having monitors fixed. ($450 per to $50 per)

Switching Control Center (SCC) 1984-1987

• Monitored and maintained #1ESS offices using basic UNIX, generated out-of-service trouble tickets, ran routine diagnostic tests, repaired troubles.

Western Electric 5-79 to 12-84 (Transferred to AT&T per Divestiture)

Installation Technician

• Installed 1ESS and 1AESS switching bay equipment, including, cable rack and ironwork that needed be to installed to customer specifications.

• Run and wired cable, spliced cable, and soldered per installation specs for completion of job.

• Led installation crew as Foreman, assigned work, maintained records, check quality, established good working relationship with customer contacts to assure customer satisfaction.

A & S Department Store 6-77 to 5-79

Appliance Repair Shop 5-78 to 5/79

• Repaired Washers, dryer, etc. to be resold at clearance center.

Sales clerk 6/77 to 5/78

• Worked in men’s shoe department selling shoes.

Chemical Bank 9/73 to 6/77

Teller/Head Teller

• Cashed check and all other types of transactions.

• Opened new checking, savings accounts and safety deposit boxes.

• Filled in for head teller when out or on vacation including ordering & shipping money, proving tellers and branch clearance at end of each day.

Education

Baldwin High School

Graduated 1973

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NON-PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

Free & Accepted Masons

Member of Wantagh Morton Lodge # 63 since 1976. Participated on fund raising committees. Officer from 1983, elected Master in 1992 and 2002. Former Chairman of the Finance Committee, Children Holiday Party, Youth, Member of Long Range Planning, Drug Free School Zone Committee, Children’s Video ID Program, and District Youth Chairman.

International Order of DeMolay

Was Past Master Counselor of Wantagh Chapter in 1973. An advisor since 1975. Held various positions including ritual, and Awards Advisor, Chapter Dad, and Chairman of the Advisory Council. Honors include Chevalier, Cross of Honor and Legion of Honor.

Boy Scouts of America

Assistant Cub Master And Cub Master 1998-2001, Pack 321, served on various committees. Member of the Order of the Arrow.

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