Microwave Engineer
Longview, Washington
• Responsible for engineering, and maintaining entire microwave network for the Northwest region which includes OR, WA, and CA markets consisting of over 300 hops.• Created and managed a budget of $6.4 million and was successful to be within .5% by end of 2007. • Engineered/designed all microwave paths, coordinate frequencies, build spec packages, create BOM’s, & order all equipment for every microwave job.• Project management of all microwave change-outs which includes issuing quotes to multiple vendors, awarding bids, managing tower crews, and scheduling installation. • Assessed, and either approved or denied all inbound collocation applications if carrier wants to place microwave antenna on tower.• Analyzed current tower loading conditions and responsible for reserving future microwave needs when determining collocation applications.• Collaborated with RF Engineers to create new microwave cell sites and ensure proper placement of the sites.• Established positive relationships with all warehouses, vendors, tower crews, and internal departments.• Responsible to run budget reporting in SAP to track the microwave budget.• Utilized MS Excel for the following tasks: annual budget creation, budget balancing, service disruption reports, after action reports, spec packages, bill of materials, etc.