JAMES DODGE
Sautee GA ***** Cell 404-***-****
Email:************@*****.*** Home706-***-****
EXPERIENCE
****-**** ********** ** ******** for LTE project
LTE Construction Manager
Responsiable for scheduling SOV walks with ASP
Responsiable for uploading information into Site Handler
Responsiable for scheduling Pre & Post construction walk with ASP
Responsiable approving ASP submitted drivers,and BOM
Responsiable for assisting Site Aquisiton team with any construction questions
Responsiable for maintaining schedule for multiple LTE sites under construction
Responsiable for (Redlining 90% drawings)
Responsiable for (Redlining RFDS) if there were changes
Reponsiable for close out document approvale from ASP’s to
Responsiable for attending A&E design walks with local A&E firm as well as AT&T RF to determine best design for LTE equipment to go
DC power plant construction management for DC power plant to support LTE
2004-2009 WIRELESS WERKS USA
Senior RF field Engineer Construction Manager
Responsible for , quality inspections for AT&T Mobility, performed quality inspection of newly installed Ericsson 2206, 2106, and entire antenna RET system. Provide photos and documentation to customer to support findings
Responsible for scheduling crews for installation of the True Position E911 system, and site surveys Cingular Wireless sites
Performed Ericsson (Site Acceptance Audit/ Site Survey) for LA market and provided documentation to customer including photos to support any findings.
Performed UMTS overlay audits for AT&T Mobility using Swift Trac/ Audit Master program
Responsible for scheduling “Tiger Teams” crews to assist customer with RF optimization of various sites in the LA market report directly to RF with close outs
Responsible for responding to trouble tickets to perform various repairs, site surveys, and inspections at various carriers owned and privately owned tower site.
Responsiable for managing LTE field construction for GTA in Guam. Pre construction walks material ordering and post construction close outs
1998-2004 E.W.I Inc. Sautee Ga.
President/ Project Supervisor
Attended bid walks, performed a pre-construction survey to determine customers needs for installation, submitted detailed proposal to customer for approval
Manage project from start to finish, scheduled delivery or pick up of customer provided installation materials, scheduled start date of crews and reported daily progress of installation to customer, informed customer of completion date, worked with customer to schedule a QC meeting.
Attend all QC/punch out meetings
Specializing in sweep testing and troubleshooting of cell sites using ANRITSU Site Master, Repairing Andrew connectors
Assist in optimization and expansion, and site surveys of network with various PCS carriers SPRINT PCS, Cingular Wireless, T-Mobile
Assist Tower crew, in daily job tasks, tower safety plan, assist in installation of antenna mount, coax cables, grounding of coax, termination of coax, and sweep testing of lines and antennas. Prepared sweep reports for customer and submitted close out package which contained sweep reports and installation pictures. Assisted crews in installation of Self supporting towers, Monopoles and Guyed towers to various carriers Sprint PCS, AT&T Wireless, American Tower, SBA Towers, Crown Castle Int., Verizion Wireless, Signal One Towers
Responsible for “Lighting Calls” & repairs of lighting system. On-call 24/7 to mobilize after receiving a trouble ticket for a lighting issue, trouble shoot lighting system and made repairs as necessary to clear ticket
Responsible for maintenance and repairs for various PCS providers. On-call 24/7 to mobilize after receiving notice to troubleshoot and repair issue, then report site status to customer. Sprint PCS/ AT&T Wireless
Cingular GSM overlay in southeast / Installation of Nokia cabinets installed GPS system for E 911 / Installation of Nokia cabinets which includes securing of cabinet to designated location inside building wiring of AC and grounding, fabricating of jumpers and routing of jumpers to main feed lines, sweep testing on jumpers and main feed lines
Site inspections on Cingular GSM overlay TN, Puerto Rico, Fla.resposiable for site audit and inspection, gathered site info for customer
Part of Audit team in Puerto Rico performed (High Level BTS & site audit) for Nortel Networks, experienced in S8000 & S12000 series BTS.Tested T-1 lines performed sweep test over GSM frequency band, performed TML testing, visual inspection on BTS and antenna and coax installation, compiled data which included pictures and submitted to customer
Responsible for material inventory as well as purchasing
Installation, Integration of (Nokia Ultra Site, Nortel S8000/s12000 UMTS) equipment
Installation, and site survey of private wireless networks (802.11) via in building or point to point
1997-1998 LGI Construction Inc. Cumming, Ga.
Project Manager
Bid Walks, attended customer scheduled bid walk, to compile information on customer requested installation, submitted detailed quote to customer reflecting vendor costs and profit mark up.
Pulled construction permits, electrical, concrete, visited local permit offices and filled necessary forms to be eligible for receipt of permits. Meet with local city or county inspectors to inspect work performed buy sub-contractors.
Hands on with tower crew, supervised crew during installation of antenna mounts, antennas, and coax. Assisted civil crew in overall site layout, concrete form layout, grounding system installation, Telco power rack installation, and site compound gravel layout.
Develop job budget, assisted upper management in determine cost of completion of job and profit margin,
Assist upper management with purchasing of required materials, ground rods,#2 tin ground wire, concrete (for foundation) coax accessories, antenna mounts and any additional materials not provided by customer.
Develop construction schedule of each individual site from start date to completion date, to customer sign of on site completion
1996-1997 Harris Development Group Atlanta, Ga.
Division Manager
Hired to develop in house tower crews, interview and hire qualified personal, responsible for purchasing of tools and OSHA approved equipment for tower crew.
Performed all sweep testing using the ANRITSU Site Master
Responsible for developing new customer data base, cold call sales of companies abilities to provide quality installation, and maintenance of cell sites
Responsible for managing in house tower crews and scheduling there daily work as well as reporting to upper management on crew progress.
Performed bid walks, attended customer scheduled site meetings to determine customer installation needs.
Developed vendor list which contained qualified sub-contactor contact as well as suppliers
Scheduled and managed qualified sub-contractors, developed construction schedule for civil subs, while adhering to customers site completion schedule
Scheduled QC/punch-out for completed installations, attended meeting to insure 100% customer satisfaction
Managed three 4 man in house tower crews, and up to 6 civil sub crews
EDUCATION
GED
Basic Emergency Medical Technology/ EMT
ANDREW Certified
COMSCOPE Certified
ANRITSU/SITE-MASTER Certified
FLASH/ITL Certified
COM-TRAIN/ INSTRUCTOR Certified
BASIC FIRST AID/ ADVANCED FIRST RESPONDER/ CPR