Andy Morrison Email and Phone Number

VMO2 enhancement & Technology upgrades

Telecommunications Professional

Upgrading the communications on the UK Rail Network infrastructure

• Management of suppliers to deliver to SLA’s • Review and quality audit HOP• The requesting of surveys on difficult sites for better progression into build.• The deployment of teams to sites from agreed program and escalation of sites in build issues to a timely resolution.• Management of Sub Contractors issues and risks, etc to ensure smooth project deliverables • Liaison with project teams to ensure project delivery• Co-ordination and management of site swap programme including communication and management of changes• Co-ordination of administrative staff and direction to cover all required activities• Compliance with CDM regulations, internal standards and client specifications and procedures• Co-ordinate the H&S of the team to ensure that they have the correct tools, processes and equipment to work safely• Ensuring Internal Database is accurate and up to-date • Monitoring staff workload to ensure maximum productivity• Liaison with Project Manager on project deliverables, risks and issues and escalating as required.• Conducting formal audits of sites for Quality, H&S, CDM compliance following swap completion as required• Liaison with client and customers

Supervise Telecoms test and commissioning engineering activity to deliver system development and implementation, including sub-contractors and test equipment. Production and implementation of test and commissioning documentation deliverables to meet GSM-R Telecoms project Test Strategy requirements. Provide test and commissioning knowledge to projects during testing as required. Support estimating for engineering projects and tenders with regard to test and commissioning engineering resources, plans, technology, risk and process. Witness testing where necessary, review and sign off test results to confirm successful testing completion. Checking that all plant and equipment required to be safety inspected, maintained or tested is currently certified and that site records are kept Identifying and reporting project scope chang. Maintain and develop own professional competence and encouraging and assisting persons working under their supervision similarly. Ensuring that persons working under their supervision are briefed on their duties and competent to carry out tasks assigned to them and that they accept personal responsibility for work done under the authority delegated to them. Ensuring GSM-R Telecoms test and commissioning tasks are delivered in accordance with Siemens Mobility Safety and Quality procedures and meet all applicable legislative, safety and customer requirements. Ensuring GSM-R Telecoms test and commissioning tasks are delivered and undertaken in accordance with customer Health and Safety procedures and requirements including main line rail. Maintain and develop good relationships with internal and external customers, industry associations, suppliers and Partners. Proven success leading and motivating a team of test and commissioning engineers for effective test and commissioning of telecommunications systems. Proven experience of supervising delivery of Operational Telecommunications systems test and commissioning activities in the rail environment

On a network trial as the Project Engineer installing multi-mode fibre optic LTE-Advanced technology in central London (Tech City). Liaising with the client on site Acquisition to enable legal access to site. Issuing instruction to build (civil, electrical and rigging) activities. Ordering of plant equipment (HiaB/Crane/specialist lifting equipment for manual handling). Ordering of equipment and consumables into warehouse and then picking (BoM) Bill of Materials for site specific Huawei install/swap. Technical support for Commissioning & Install engineers ranging from Huawei cabinet specific placement to cell/carrier issues.• Management of suppliers to deliver to SLA’s • Review and quality audit of survey reports prior to sign off and issue• Attending site by site reviews both pre survey and post solution approval and as dictated by the programme volumes• The requesting of surveys, quotations and ordering of plant and materials for site activities• The compiling of health and safety packs• Management of Sub Contractors issues and risks, etc to ensure smooth project deliverables • Liaison with I&C, electrical and rigging departments to ensure project delivery• Co-ordination and management of site swap programme including communication and management of changes• Co-ordination of administrative staff and direction to cover all required activities• Compliance with CDM regulations, internal standards and client specifications and procedures• Co-ordinate the H&S of the team to ensure that they have the correct tools, processes and equipment to work safely• Ensuring Internal Database is accurate and up to-date • Monitoring staff workload to ensure maximum productivity• Liaison with Project Manager on project deliverables, risks and issues and escalating as required• Conducting formal audits of sites for Quality, H&S, CDM compliance following swap completion as required• Liaison with client and customers

Liaising with the client on site Acquisition to enable legal access to site. Issuing instruction to build (civil, electrical and rigging) activities. Ordering of plant equipment (HiaB/Crane/specialist lifting equipment for manual handling). Ordering of equipment and consumables into warehouse and then picking (BoM) Bill of Materials for site specific Huawei install/swap. Technical support for Commissioning & Install engineers ranging from Huawei cabinet specific placement to cell/carrier issues.• Management of suppliers to deliver to SLA’s • Review and quality audit of survey reports prior to sign off and issue• Attending site by site reviews both pre survey and post solution approval and as dictated by the programme volumes• The requesting of surveys, quotations and ordering of plant and materials for site activities• The compiling of health and safety packs• Management of Sub Contractors issues and risks, etc to ensure smooth project deliverables • Liaison with I&C, electrical and rigging departments to ensure project delivery• Co-ordination and management of site swap programme including communication and management of changes• Co-ordination of administrative staff and direction to cover all required activities• Compliance with CDM regulations, internal standards and client specifications and procedures• Co-ordinate the H&S of the team to ensure that they have the correct tools, processes and equipment to work safely• Ensuring Internal Database is accurate and up to-date • Monitoring staff workload to ensure maximum productivity• Liaison with Project Manager on project deliverables, risks and issues and escalating as required• Conducting formal audits of sites for Quality, H&S, CDM compliance following swap complotion.

Part of the survey Install & Commissioning team on a modernisation project on the Vodafone, O2 Networks.Surveying sites for proposed RRU,MRFU or Hybrid solutions on Greenfield,rooftop and street work sites. Part of the Survey Audit QA team checking Survey quality before upload to Team Space for HUAWEI inspection. Installing and commissioning sites on the deployment stage of the network swap out with HUAWEI DBS3900, BTS3900L and Alifab cabinet parasitic convertions. Site audit inspections after site installation for hand over.Ordering of equipment and consumables into warehouse and then picking (BoM) Bill of Materials for site specific install/swap. Checking surveys and ordering of plant equipment (HiaB/Crane/specialist lifting equipment for manual handling). Lieasing with the customer regarding site specific access/install issues on a regular basis to eliminate customer concerns.

A member of the GSM-R team,an engineer on commissioning, Intergrating on the GSM-R UK network roll out. •Currently building completion areas onto the network management system via OMC-R and backing up data onto CRAMER and STaPD data bases.•Commission and Integrate SDH, HDSL & PDH equipment.•Commission, Integrate and chain test GSM-R BTS Radio equipment into the management system via remote on site network access.•Commission, Integration and Incident document controller.•Commission and Integration qaulified trainer.•Fault diagnosis on BTS Radio and associated TX/RX equipment via Anritsu site master.•Qaulified Anritsu site master trainer •SCADA alarm tests on GSM-R remote REB cabins.•NFA (Network Functional Acceptance) & regression tests on all functionality on the network once software patches have been implemented.

A member of the utran/WiMax technical diagnostic Investigation team, reporting to the Programme manager. Also managing the support to Installation and commissioning teams during the rollout of the 3g network for Orange3G and WiMax field trials.

A member of the trouble shooting team climbing mast’s and towers (Full advanced climber certified), reporting back to area Programme manager. Main Duties:•Working on the 3g network for 3, eliminating trouble tickets raised on the Iu (CS & PS), Iub and Uu interface.•My responsibilities where for node-b issues and associated feeder and antenna faults on a regional network implementation rollout for 3.•Quality control on Integration certification reports submitted by sub-contractors.•Process information supplied monthly to assist Finance to produce individual customer invoices for services supplied.