I value my position in whatever it is and make it a challenge to overcome all obstacles, do the best that I can and fit in to keep a team related environment the whole time.
Debi Foster
Objective
To gain work with a company on long-term basis, to bring the best of my abilities and to fit in and grow to an excellent employee as a Manager / Op or Project manager or where my skills are best needed in a team leadership manner.
Nov. 2007 thru May 2008 Underground Const Co Benecia, CA
Operations Manager
Managed 3 supervisors and 70 cable Splicers for a project for AT&T called F2 Conditioning Project. At start up- coordinated crews and jobs, pre-field for material and work conditions.
Full involvement with local area job bids and estimates. Responsible for billing, status and tracking.
Responsible for interacting with clients and pick up and delivering of all Work order prints, staying within completion percentages during work procedures.
Keeping labor costs within the budget.
Field visits for safety inspections and work quality. Conducting Safety meetings, structure staff meetings, client meetings, and conferences.
Motivated team effort and full involvement in all conflicts.
Working with Internet calendars for spreadsheets, tracking and timesheets, Corresponding with client to include field inspections and final job costing.
Feb 2006 to Nov 2007 Volt Information Sciences Corona, CA
Operations Manager/ Billing Manager
Assisted in starting up southern Cal F2 conditioning Project with AT&T.
Hired, trained, coordinated crews, conducted morning meetings and job assignments.
Created a multitude of spreadsheets to track job performances and timesheets.
Involved in weekly conference calls on production and problems in the field and areas.
Worked with AT&T inspectors.
Hired supervisors and inspectors as work increased.
Reviewed all completed As-builts. Downloaded job pictures.
Ordered material and equipment for jobs as needed.
Sat up satellite offices and hired officials to operate facility and trained staff to be consistent with project.
Finished assignment as a billing manager.
Compiling all billing for the local area and simulating piecework timesheets to proper billing invoice methods.
May 2004 to Feb 2006 Gulbranson Excavating Orange, CA
Project Manager
Started with 5 employees and built workload and employees to 80 personnel.
Reviewed all As-builts and submitted to AT&T.
Built spreadsheets to track all jobs and hours worked.
Created invoices weekly for all work performed. Involvement with job bids and estimates. Responsible for interacting with clients and pick up and delivering of all Work order prints, staying within completion percentages during work procedures.
Keeping labor costs within the budget. Field visits for safety inspections and work quality.
Conducting Safety meetings, structure staff meetings, client meetings, and conferences.
Motivated team effort and full involvement in all conflicts.
Working with Internet calendars for spreadsheets, tracking and timesheets, Corresponding with client to include field inspections and final job costing. Sat in on weekly meetings and coordinated crews as needed.
Feb 2002 to May 2004 Homeland Solutions Carlsbad, CA
Project Management
Worked and supervised inside and outside infrastructure on Government military bases in southern Cal. Reviewed workloads and job status daily. Held annual background clearances at all bases.
Estimated and wrote field-work proposals.
Worked along with construction crews pulling inside and outside cabling to include terminating jacks and wiring up network frames.
Tested and turned up equipment. Estimated jobs, sat in on meetings, set up meetings, ordered material, and held weekly safety meetings.
July 2001- Dec 2001 Telco Technical Solutions Ontario, CAN
Air Pressure Designer / Project Manager
Research and analyze design and monitoring of Air Pressure of Ameritech’s underground Plant. Manage daily operations with engineers, designers, and field crews covering 5 states to implement fiber runs and upgrades.
Enhanced Ameritech’s underground facilities. Modified records for construction.
Worked with City, County, and state Dept. of Trans for acquiring Permits, and field workers to locate and audit all information for Design. Then 9-11 hit and all systems stopped and completed all the designs up to that date for storage.
Nov 2000-June 2001 Fluor Daniels Aliso Viejo, CA
Outside Plant Engineer II
Routing a path for fiber optic cable links and connections.
Interfaced, negotiated, and submitted for all permits.
Ensure construction contractors remain in compliance with city, county and environmental conditions along with all safety practices.
Executed management duties and coordinated construction crews on right of ways, highways, freeways and railroad right of ways on daily safety and trenching procedures.
Reported daily all functions completed in field.
1999-2000 Foster Telcom Lake Elsinore, CA
Owner/ Operator
Purchased California Business Division of Ray Welch & Associates.
Developed strategic business relationships
Managed operation daily
Marketed, involved with all contracts and negotiations towards business office and fieldwork.
Negotiated agreements with Clients
Recruited and managed 70 Contractors simultaneously from OSP crews to Central Office technicians
Interfaced w/Client on all accounts to include Safety, Emergency and Quality Control issues.
1998-1999 Ray Welch & Associates Denver, CO
Director of Operations
Founded and built RWA’s California Business Division from the ground up.
Implemented Corporation, Bonds, insurances, tax ID, brokers, office, personnel, and business.
Hired, fired, marketed, created paperwork such as timesheets, spreadsheets, setup payroll, billing, employee benefits, safety meetings, dispatch and etc.
Developed database of 1,000+ Telecommunications contractors to recruit for several types of positions in telecommunications
Developed business by canvas marketing clients
Managed Contractor Crews by creating a dispatch for some types of fieldwork.
Researched and Developed New Business opportunities
Certifications
Confined Space. Trenching and Excavation Training, Safety Supervision Workshop, Hazard Communication Awareness Training, Railroad Safety and others. Customer Service and Sales. Supervisor/ Management and Employee workshop.
Computer Experience
Applications such as: MS Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Access, Network Neighborhood, Outlook, Internet Explorer and others..
College
BSBA Trinity Lakes University Plano TX
Note:
There are a few jobs not listed on this resume that were in between other jobs
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