Jon Metzler Email & Phone Number

Cashmere, Wa, Us

Cashmere, Wa, Us

Manage fiber design engineers

• Documenting as-builts in OSP Insight • Documenting customer circuits and creating customer report packages • Assist in troubleshooting fiber circuits and other services • Create and maintain appropriate technical documentation

• Field Walkout/Engineering for Fiber to the Home projects in several majormarkets, including detailed site survey drawings.• Pole Permit Surveying for Fiber to the Home projects in several major markets.• Field Walkout/Engineering for fiber fed Small Cell site locations in major urbanarea including fiber routing and detailed site survey drawings.• Field Walkout/Engineering for pre-construction of Commercial sites.• Fielding Manager for the above mentioned projects.

• Documenting as-builts in OPS-Insight• Documenting customer circuits and creating customer report packages• Assist in troubleshooting fiber circuits and other services• Create and maintain appropriate technical documentation

Tukwilla, Wa

- Supervisor for System Maintenance Technicians in Seattle as well as Chelan and Lewis County, WA. Overseeing a noticeable drop in the amount of outages and service calls due to solid implementation of preventive maintenance programs, FCC testing and repair, and increased training. - Supervisor for “Wave G” Residential Gigabit Service installers and service technicians.- Supervisor for Broadband Technicians in Chelan and Lewis County, WA.- Project Manager for the design and implementation of Power Supply replacement project in Chelan, WA - Project Manager for the design and implementation of node segmentations for Seattle, WA including the node placements, coax design, and activation.

Greater Seattle Area

System Tech 3, April, 2014 - February, 2015- Senior Technician for Seattle East- Trained new system technicians- Help plan/implement HFC Node segmentation projects on coax side- Design new coax projects/routes when needed for new buildings, upgrade areas.- Troubleshoot and repair problems associated with RF, AC, DC, portion of the forward and reverse plant, such as transmission levels, signal losses, off-air interference, including troubleshooting of optical power- Perform routine balancing, aligning, and adjustment of components and equipment used to amplify and process signals - Test main trunk lines using signal level meters, volt-OHM meters, spectrum analyzers and other related test equipment on a regular basis, compare findings in the field with documentation. - Test power supply on a regular basis and perform field engineering walkout as required- Monitor and record system leakage and repair drop leakage; comply with requirements outlined in applicable regulations (such as: OSHA/FCC/NEC)- Complete and maintain accurate records including work orders, daily logs and other necessary paperwork- Collect, analyze and present information on an accurate and timely basis; compile data for inclusion in FCC reports; maintain records, conduct tests, and prepare reports as required in a timely and accurate manner- Forward/Return Sweep

Greater Seattle Area

- Troubleshoot and repair problems associated with RF, AC, DC, portion of the forward and reverse plant, such as transmission levels, signal losses, off-air interference, including troubleshooting of optical power- Perform routine balancing, aligning, and adjustment of components and equipment used to amplify and process signals - Test main trunk lines using signal level meters, volt-OHM meters, spectrum analyzers and other related test equipment on a regular basis, compare findings in the field with documentation. - Test power supply on a regular basis and perform field engineering walkout as required- Monitor and record system leakage and repair drop leakage; comply with requirements outlined in applicable regulations (such as: OSHA/FCC/NEC)- Complete and maintain accurate records including work orders, daily logs and other necessary paperwork- Collect, analyze and present information on an accurate and timely basis; compile data for inclusion in FCC reports; maintain records, conduct tests, and prepare reports as required in a timely and accurate manner- Forward/Return Sweep

Edmonton, Alberta

- Senior Technician for HFC turn-key build.- Splicing and activating from Node to end of line. Includes trunk and distribution troubleshooting, repair, and TDR.- Sweep of over 120 Nodes including activation of node, troubleshooting of forward and reverse path sweep.- Power Supply installation and repair with Alpha power supplies in the 6 and 8 battery configuration- Responsible for oversight and work planning for up to 4 other techs as well as activation andtroubleshooting of their work; forward and reverse.

Dallas, Tx

- Prepare work for approximately 20-25 coax splicers on large city upgrade; including pulling parts,assigning work, and preparing maps- Responsible for material reconciliation and as-built mapping in preparation for billing.- Responsible for preparing daily reports pertaining to fiber construction crews, cable splicers and sweep techs for use in billing.- Responsible for sweep QC for up to ten techs- Splicing HFC coax when needed.- Performed forward and return sweep alignment with documentation when needed.- All work performed for Cable MSO Time Warner Communications in Dallas/Arlington, Texas

Alpena, Mi

- Located Electric, Gas, Telephone, and Cable TV utilities- Self-routed over a 200 mile daily route with 100% On-time completion record- Supervisor group recognized for safety performance- Trained and performed duties as Certified Damage Investigator

Sioux Falls, Sd

- Mapped major metropolitan area for new telecommunications company.- Learned basics of HFC Cable TV design while on job.- Learned and performed pole height surveys.- Performed drafting of information collected while mapping.- Splicing of active and passive devices in aerial and underground applications- Splicing of active and passive telephony devices with active data subscribers- Use of signal meter to activate as well as insure proper end of line levels. - Use of volt/oHm meter to test for proper AC/DC levels