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Lincoln, Gb

Responsible for the DICI of BT EE Special Projects' Indoor DAS, TfL rollout, Corporate macro & Railway (Transport) Special Projects sites. This includes financial tracking for all elements of the workstreams within the SP area for Nokia, including ACR / ICR creation & justification to both BT and Nokia. Liaison and reporting into BT EE Delivery managers, as well as Nokia management. Cultivation and nurturing a working & professional relationship, whilst still maintaining the personal… Show more Responsible for the DICI of BT EE Special Projects' Indoor DAS, TfL rollout, Corporate macro & Railway (Transport) Special Projects sites. This includes financial tracking for all elements of the workstreams within the SP area for Nokia, including ACR / ICR creation & justification to both BT and Nokia. Liaison and reporting into BT EE Delivery managers, as well as Nokia management. Cultivation and nurturing a working & professional relationship, whilst still maintaining the personal touch whilst also not losing sight of the ability and requirement to just get the job done.Indoor DAS: The installation, upgrade and tech add at locations including shopping centres, office blocks and warehouses.TfL rollout: Installation of BT EE onto the London Underground network through a series of base station hotels, with up to 23 x individual BTS co-located at each one.Railway macro: Sites have centred on the West coast main line from Birmingham to north of Crewe, and out to Anglesey IslandCorporate macro: Any site deemed not to fit the BAU budget or plan is allocated to the Special Projects team for completion. Show less

Huntingdon, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the DICI of BT EE Special Projects' Indoor DAS, TfL rollout, Corporate macro & Railway (Transport) Special Projects sites. This includes financial responsibility for all elements of the 4 workstreams within the SP area for Iris, including ACR / ICR creation & justification to both BT and Nokia. Iris borne costs have been kept to a minimum due to diligence and a conscientious team ethos reflecting Iris' "Right First Time" mantra. Nokia costs where raised, have also been mostly… Show more Responsible for the DICI of BT EE Special Projects' Indoor DAS, TfL rollout, Corporate macro & Railway (Transport) Special Projects sites. This includes financial responsibility for all elements of the 4 workstreams within the SP area for Iris, including ACR / ICR creation & justification to both BT and Nokia. Iris borne costs have been kept to a minimum due to diligence and a conscientious team ethos reflecting Iris' "Right First Time" mantra. Nokia costs where raised, have also been mostly sellable back to the customer.Set up of the Iris element of the Special Project team from inception. Creation and / or adaptation of all procedures and standards now used by the team. Liaison and reporting into BT EE Delivery managers, as well as Nokia counterparts and Iris senior management. Cultivation and nurturing a working & professional relationship, whilst still maintaining the personal touch whilst also not losing sight of the ability and requirement to just get the job done.Indoor DAS: The installation, upgrade and tech add at locations including shopping centres, office blocks and warehouses.TfL rollout: Installation of BT EE onto the London Underground network through a series of base station hotels, with up to 23 x individual BTS co-located at each one.Railway macro: Sites have centred on the West coast main line from Birmingham to north of Crewe, and out to Anglesey IslandCorporate macro: Any site deemed not to fit the BAU budget or plan is allocated to the Special Projects team for completion. Show less

Huntingdon

Deployable Worldwide

Currently the Troop Staff Sergeant, managing up to 30 people and responsible for Troop training & administration.

Planning & managing of Event Weeks for O2 Telefonica GBR.Creation of relevant work packages.Reviewing surveys prior to planned works, with particular attention to any H&S issues enabling correct equipment to be deployed.Review Traffic & Pedestrian management requirements and actioning of solutions.Compilation of various required schedules for O2, VF & the suppliers.Ensure outages, access, required materials and other dependencies are raised for project delivery.Daily… Show more Planning & managing of Event Weeks for O2 Telefonica GBR.Creation of relevant work packages.Reviewing surveys prior to planned works, with particular attention to any H&S issues enabling correct equipment to be deployed.Review Traffic & Pedestrian management requirements and actioning of solutions.Compilation of various required schedules for O2, VF & the suppliers.Ensure outages, access, required materials and other dependencies are raised for project delivery.Daily troubleshooting and assisting the Field Engineers on site.Customer conference call updates for planned sites.Managing field calls from engineers, dealing with any issues, regarding access and outages that may arise whilst on site.Tasking the support vehicles for any sites requiring support on the day.Running schedules to allow the suppliers to plan their scope of works in time for the event, ensuring changes are advised in a timely manner.Closing down of Work packages at the end of each event, enabling purchase orders to be raised and suppliers to be paid.Compilation and issuing of Event Summary reports to O2.Additional experience in RL40>50 LTE upgrade & 2G Modernisation sites for DE34 Cabs being replaced and upgraded to Flexi Modules.MSV planning and scheduling for proposed new site locations. Show less

East Midlands

Business Installs Team manager for 20+ skilled engineers working on the Virgin media Network in the East Midlands.Duties include:Scheduling all new jobs and tracking until completed and ready for closure. Completing QC checks for majority of works completed along with H&S audits and Risk assessments,Responsible for collating all reports from completed jobs and signing off any contractor invoices along with other admin duties.Responsible for the recruitment of new engineers… Show more Business Installs Team manager for 20+ skilled engineers working on the Virgin media Network in the East Midlands.Duties include:Scheduling all new jobs and tracking until completed and ready for closure. Completing QC checks for majority of works completed along with H&S audits and Risk assessments,Responsible for collating all reports from completed jobs and signing off any contractor invoices along with other admin duties.Responsible for the recruitment of new engineers into our team along with maintaining and improving good codes of practice from existing engineers.Currently controlling many simultaneous projects from start to finish along with a large amount of Network Upgrades, including the installation of cabling for all of the new 4G upgrades in the East Midlands for MBNL which includes working in many BT exchanges and high rise buildings to access the masts. Show less

Mod Worldwide

Responsible for a workforce of 20 tradesmen, from junior workers through to supervisors. Accountable for training, deployment readiness and scheduling of work from inception through to close out including production of BoM production, planning, trouble shooting on task and subsequently all records showing routing and capacities of infrastructure, both copper and fibre.Infrastructure included installation and termination of Cat5e, multi core Telco, and single and multi mode fibre optics… Show more Responsible for a workforce of 20 tradesmen, from junior workers through to supervisors. Accountable for training, deployment readiness and scheduling of work from inception through to close out including production of BoM production, planning, trouble shooting on task and subsequently all records showing routing and capacities of infrastructure, both copper and fibre.Infrastructure included installation and termination of Cat5e, multi core Telco, and single and multi mode fibre optics, complete with associated containment. Installations were completed in both office and brown field conditions, from single occupancies through to multi-user environments. Show less

Gibraltar

Responsible for the processing of Change Requests from a workforce of approx. 2000 users on a network that spanned the whole of Gibraltar.Tasks included logging and tracking of all requests from initial request reception through to completion and transferring to the next department as each part of the task is completed.I subsequently checked that the task was completed within parameters and that the customer received what they originally requested.I also assisted with the re-write… Show more Responsible for the processing of Change Requests from a workforce of approx. 2000 users on a network that spanned the whole of Gibraltar.Tasks included logging and tracking of all requests from initial request reception through to completion and transferring to the next department as each part of the task is completed.I subsequently checked that the task was completed within parameters and that the customer received what they originally requested.I also assisted with the re-write all of processes and procedures which led to greater accountability and approx. 20% upturn in productivity across the department. Show less

Gibraltar

Responsible for all fixed ground communication cable for the MoD in Gibraltar.Production of projects and then implement work packages and adapt on site without compromising the end users original request and remit.This work included:The move of the telephone exchange from inside the Rock to the Naval base, complete with live change-overs with an update and generation of new cabling records saving the Garrison over £1m per annum; Installation of a School LAN with over 250 outlets… Show more Responsible for all fixed ground communication cable for the MoD in Gibraltar.Production of projects and then implement work packages and adapt on site without compromising the end users original request and remit.This work included:The move of the telephone exchange from inside the Rock to the Naval base, complete with live change-overs with an update and generation of new cabling records saving the Garrison over £1m per annum; Installation of a School LAN with over 250 outlets which allowed the site to connect their new IT system to the outside world.Upgrade of the garrison wide CATV network in conjunction with BFBS engineers which led to an increase in reliability and service distribution. Show less