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Sydney, Nsw, Au

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

→ Managing the end-to-end delivery of the Optus Vision program involving the swap out of 4G technology and upgrade to 5G, in addition to eJV upgrades, lending expertise to support Ericsson in meeting its obligations.→ Planning complex site builds including crane lifts, EWPs, road closures, steelwork, and AC/DC power upgrades, contributing to field team dimensioning, and ensuring smooth execution of plans to deliver desired outcomes.→ Liaising regularly with representatives of the other carriers involved in the project, VHA, Telstra, and GRN, to efficiently coordinate outage requirements, COW deployments, and construction access applications. → Collaborating with the design and solutions team to thoroughly review site designs, identify deficiencies, and capitalise upon opportunities to enhance deployment quality and reduce associated costs.→ Maintaining responsibility for encouraging compliance with WHS policies and procedures, providing clear and up to date WHS guidance to teams and intervening in the case of any recognised non-conformance. → Organising the engagement of suitable third-party contractors and closely appraising their performance, guaranteeing that customer expectations are satisfied and milestones are achieved. → Working alongside the acceptance team to swiftly clear dependencies and close out NCRs, removing all obstacles to the issue-free submission of handover documents while adhering to First Time Right principles.

Sydney, Australia

→ Coordinated the timely high-quality delivery of project milestones through strategic collaborations with diverse stakeholders including SAED, Supply, Acceptance, Field Services Operations, ASPs, and suppliers. → Prepared thoroughly for projects by collating and submitting BOM orders to suppliers and comprehensively reviewing site designs, preventing delays and errors from arising and detrimentally impacting progress.→ Conducted analysis of FC and plumbing diagrams to gain an understanding of outage requirements, site labels and non-generic consumables, and incorporating knowledge into relevant plans and schedules.→ Provided expert guidance to internal, ARP, and ASP field teams, maximising their awareness of program guidelines, work instructions, and key specifications and appropriately allocating tasks across workforce.→ Directed the requests and queries submitted by application service providers (ASPs) to the relevant stakeholders and quickly escalating the issues they raised to drive prompt resolution and maintain strong relationships.→ Monitored progress in consideration of known milestones and expectations, provided regular updates to senior stakeholders and confirmed that deviations to the initial plans were accurately recorded.→ Supplied additional support to implementation managers and project managers on an ad hoc basis and leveraged network to engage third party contractors and facilitate progress with little notice.

Sydney, Australia

→ Optus - Nokia SA3 Project - delivered critical Optus site upgrades and greenfield builds on-time, on-budget, and in line with customer expectations by building and applying a strong understanding of specific project requirements.→ Prepared complete budget after reviewing contract, sub-contractor quotes and construction drawings and conducting targeted site visits, ensuring that all factors were considered and preventing oversights.→ Developed and maintained full awareness of Optus/Nokia guidelines and specifications, and optimised performance within those constraints, in addition to consistently following industry best practices.→ Managed the procurement of FIM and non-FIM equipment after identifying needs from construction drawings and liaising directly with the logistics team to increase efficiency of supply chain processes. → Controlled the utilisation of resources in accordance with operational demands, maintained equipment to increase reliability and functionality, and addressed performance issues quicky without disrupting progress.→ Maintained excellent standards of organisation throughout project execution, tracking performance using Project Management Systems and discussing progress productively in cross-department meetings.→ Conducted in-depth risk identification and analysis prior to critical activities, implemented appropriate mitigation strategies, and evaluated the effectiveness of those measures to determine the need for changes.

→ Managed a broad range of greenfield, eJV, BAU, SLM, and network rollout programs, upgrades, and modifications of the mobile network, adapting approach as needed to handle the challenges presented by each.→ Planned and controlled project scopes from start to finish, attending to scheduling and budgeting functions, and recording changes in an up-to-date variation register, all while striving to meet client expectations.→ Developed robust communication and reporting measures for use across VASP Group Pty Ltd, Optus, and Vodafone teams, facilitating effective collaborations and strengthening unity towards reaching shared goals.→ Provided valuable support and guidance to individual staff members and the project team as a whole, equipping them with the skills needed to assist in delivering the project on-time and fixing any general weaknesses. → Prepared highly informative reports to management summarising team performance in consideration of customer SLAs and predetermined KPIs and incorporated their feedback to refine project coordination.→ Built a solid understanding of the legislation applicable to environmental, health, and safety (EHS) performance, and designed strategies to guarantee compliance with that legislation on an ongoing basis.→ Liaised with a wide variety of personnel, including site controllers, document controllers, logistics, internal field teams and third-party contractors, using excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills.

• Providing project support and coordination on installation and commissioning of transmission and BTS upgrade projects • Supervising field staff and providing support on day to day activities to meet the clients requirements to the highest quality• Coordinating on project budgets and invoicing• Providing site specific quotation to the clients based of technical site designs• Writing project reports and providing weekly report on project progress• Coordinating on site access among clients, project delivery team and equipments call offs• Updating project management system and client specific database with latest project reports• Submitting Change Requests to Vodafone Change Management System

→ Coordinating mobile network projects (valued over 5 million USD) from design to implementation→ Managing project teams involved in new/expansion nodes implementation (e.g. managing implementation team of Huawei soft switch nodes in one area of the network)→ Supervising project team members performance by applying time and communication management methodology→ Providing Gantt chart using MS Project to follow up the projects progress→ Preparing detailed reports of projects progress using Power Point and advanced Excel functions such as Vlookup and Pivot table

→ Preparing high level and detailed design→ Forecasting number of subscribers and analyzing mobile network needs→ Planning voice and signaling topology for the network→ Calculating capacity, number and location of network nodes→ Tendering the network needs→ Providing, checking and investigating tender documentation (RFI, RFP, RFQ and SOC)→ Analyzing and carrying out network development projects

Certificate Iv, Project Management

B.S., Electronic Engineering