Nicholas Williams

Led crews of up to 6 workers building new construction cellular sites

• Operated heavy equipment including skid-steer and excavator.
• Performed all associated civil work such as excavation, running conduit, concrete, and dirt work.
• Installed all telecommunications equipment including cabinets, servers, routers, fiber optic gear, PDU's, DC powerplants, -48V and +24V battery systems, generators, AC load centers, transfer switches, and alarming systems.

Worked with small crews or alone on carrier network upgrade projects

• Installed network equipment and power systems for carrier 5G upgrades during carrier service windows.
• Programmed and integrated servers, routers, and other networking equipment.
• Assisted in troubleshooting network issues.

Complied with contractor, carrier, and tower owner safety protocols

• Compiled daily reports including JHA's, equipment inspections, and PPE inspections.
• Ensured everyone on site was within compliance with all applicable safety protocols.

Compiled various reports and maintained open lines of communication

• Produced various close-out packages using Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel.
• Provided arrival, in-progress, and completion photos of every job using Dropbox.
• Worked with project managers, construction managers, engineers, and various NOC centers to assist in troubleshooting, verify site was operating within specific parameters, and ensure entire scope of work was performed to industry standards.

Led crews on the construction of new build cell sites

• Installed all telecommunications equipment including cabinets, racks, cable tray, grounding systems, generators, transfer switches, AC load centers, -48V & +24V DC power distribution systems, networking equipment, GPS systems, and alarming/monitoring systems.
• Created detailed reports including safety protocols taken, daily progress reports, close-out packages, and EMIS forms.

Installed DAS systems

• Worked with crews on the installation of distributed antenna systems in various industrial environments.
• Installed antennas, co-axial cabling, DC power systems, and PoE systems.

Responded to emergency call-outs

• Deployed at all hours of the day/night to respond and restore outages.
• Spliced cut or broken fiber optic cable.
• Restoring/replacing inoperative DC power systems.
• Building/deploying temporary and mobile cell sites due to storm damage.

Complied with company, carrier, and tower owner safety protocols

• Compiled daily reports including JHA's, equipment inspections, and PPE inspections.
• Ensured everyone on site was within compliance with all applicable safety protocols.

Compiled various reports and maintained open lines of communication.

• Produced various close-out packages, EMIS forms, and other reports using Microsoft Word, Powerpoint, and Excel.
• Provided arrival, in-progress, and completion photos of every job.
• Worked with project managers, construction managers, network and RF engineers, and various NOC's to assist in troubleshooting, verify site was operating within specific parameters, and ensure entire scope of work was performed to industry standards.

Trained new technicians

• Worked with new technicians teaching them proper safety protocols, helping them understand networking and power systems, and showing them construction best practices.
• Constructed a mobile miniature cell site cabinet to help better explain all the function of all equipment.

Installed fiber optic cable

• Blew or hand pulled fiber optic in underground conduit.
• Installed aerial fiber optic on poles.
• Worked in a timely manner to finish projects on schedule.

Assisted directional drilling crews

• Assisted crews with the set up and operation of directional drilling machines.
• Worked with crews on locating and marking existing utilities.