Andy Hines Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Liaise with Colocation sites to arrange best working practice for customer installationsCo-ordinate engineering resource and equipmentWeekly & Monthly Project Reporting Internal and ClientQA Returned Test Documents and Red Lined DesignsRaise PO’s and Access Requests for Service PartnerRequest the support of Internal OEM technical resources where requiredAttend project initiation meetings with project managers and other stakeholders prior to network implementation stage

Midlands/National

Contracting with Global Light currently working on Virgin Media/TalkTalk/Tesco/GEO projects, supervising teams installing and commissioning new network elements upto 100G capacity, using Transmode and Ciena DWDM NE, auditing build and documentation. Liaising with project managers to achieve required standards. Co ordinating staff work plans, updating project plans attending stakeholder meetings.

Uk

A reliable and commercially aware Senior Engineer with a wealth of experience working within large and small teams, supervising where required.Works well under pressure delivering programs of work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining an excellent level of serviceOutstanding ability to develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with individuals at all levels of an organisation. Highly motivated, reliable and conscientious aiming to deliver to the highest… Show more A reliable and commercially aware Senior Engineer with a wealth of experience working within large and small teams, supervising where required.Works well under pressure delivering programs of work to tight deadlines whilst maintaining an excellent level of serviceOutstanding ability to develop and maintain constructive and cooperative working relationships with individuals at all levels of an organisation. Highly motivated, reliable and conscientious aiming to deliver to the highest standards. Key Skills:17 Years experience at Virgin Media in the following disciplines :-Able to clearly articulate technical concepts and solutions for network engineering and installation functions. Strong technical experience involving the delivery of multi-disciplined and leading edge technology projects including Local Government, NationalBrand High Street Retailers, DVLA to name a few.Proficient understanding of PDH, SDH, DWDM and Amplified optical transmission systems across multiple vendor platforms. (Nortel, ECI, Transmode, Ciena).Optical Transmission SLA testing (GIGE,10G,OSA,100G,SDH,PDH)Knowledge of fibre schedules and diagrams.Full working knowledge of Optical Safety Rules.Good knowledge of Microsoft Office to including Visio. A sound understanding of the fundamentals of Virgin’s business processes.Excellent written and oral communication skills.Technical site and network infrastructure delivery in a carrier scale telecommunications or I.T. environmentConstant upgrade of the VM Broadband network meeting consumer demand speeds now upto 200MBInvolved in the National TalkTalk 10G upgradeAided Third Party Supplier Intergration into VMBuilt the H3G backbone network in Northern Ireland Show less

Aerial Erector with 16 yrs experience within the Royal Air Force.I have worked a wide and varied career in communications, Supervising teams of up to ten personnel covering, installations, and recovery, training, servicing and speciality tasks.This includes all types of HF,VHF,UHF antenna, support structures, radomes, fibre optics also pre-site surveys, testing and commissioning and installing aerial equipment