Brian Voorhees
Leesville,SC
Summary
Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong worth ethic, adaptability and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Mechanic
Lexington Medical Center
West Columbia, SC
05.2005 - Current
- Read technical service manuals and blue prints
- Makes routine and emergency repairs on a variety of mechanical/electrical equipment
- Makes general installation and repairs of water, steam, vacuum, compressed gases, sewerage drainage, and automatic sprinkler lines and systems.
- Respond to alarms from building automation system for issues involving HVAC, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, medical gas, pneumatic tubes, conveying equipment, refrigeration, fire alarm, fire sprinkler and troubleshoot
- Installs, maintains, and repairs plumbing systems, plumbing fixtures, and such as apparatus as pumps and gauges.
- Works on both low and high temperature and pressure piping and equipment. Works on 120/208 and 277VAC equipment and circuits.
- Inspects work sites and responds to work orders
- Works with minimal supervision on projects
- Operates a variety of tools and equipment indigenous to facilities construction and maintenance
Outside Plant Technician/Lineman
Verizon Communications Inc
, NJ
03.2005 - 08.2022
- Participate in all phases of FTTP to convert copper wire to fiber optic network
- Buried lines and construction and aerial line construction
- Lay fiber optic cable for connection of fiber to the premise network to customer premises.
- Install FiOS adn basic plant construction.
- Connect, rearrange, repair, transfer, bond, ground and maintain aerial, underground and buried fiber optic network cable, wire, and circuit facilities.
- Climb poles and ladders, working aloft and underground in manholes and ditches.
- Use hand tools and test equipment
- Provide supervisory and administrative support in absence of bosses. Make supervisory decisions, delegate and schedule work assignments, manage jobsite contractors.
- Reading blue prints
Facilities Technician
Verizon Communications Inc
, NJ
06.2002 - 05.2005
- Installed state of the art fiber optics technology for digital voice, internet and TV. Troubleshot, installed, maintained and repaired conventional copper lines, telecommunications wiring and equipment.
- Tested circuits and troubleshoot on inside wire and CPE from terminal to apparatus.
- Worked in attics, basements, crawl spaces, roofs, manholes, etc.
- Worked in all weather conditions
- Complied with OSHA standard.
- Kept detailed records
- Established excellent rapport with supervisors as a result of demonstrated hard work.
- Built customer relationships by offering customers clear explanations of status reports.
Cable Splicer
Verizon Communications Inc
, NJ
01.2000 - 06.2002
- Performed installation, splicing and maintenance of fiber optic cables.
- Prepared detailed documentation for all cable splicing activities.
- Inspected existing cables to identify any potential issues or faults.
- Tested and verified performance of newly installed cables using specialized tools.
- Conducted routine maintenance on underground and aerial cabling systems.
- Maintained accurate records of all work performed, including testing results and repairs made.
- Analyzed technical data related to cabling projects, such as drawings, diagrams, network schematics.
- Provided technical support for other technicians working on cabling projects.
- Ensured that all materials used comply with safety regulations.
Education
High School Diploma -
East Brunswick Vocational Technical High School
East Brunswick, NJ05-1989
Skills
- Leader-oriented Telecommunications Technician with 22 years of fiber/copper experience
- Expertise in outside plant, construction, cable splicing, installation and maintenance
- Leader in engineering maintenance
- Experienced in skilled tasks which includes but is not limited to construction and maintenance of facilities and work sites
- Focused on effective completion of all work assignments
Affiliations
- Enjoy being outdoors, working in the yard, hunting and fishing
Timeline
Engineering Mechanic
Lexington Medical Center
05.2005 - Current
Outside Plant Technician/Lineman
Verizon Communications Inc
03.2005 - 08.2022
Facilities Technician
Verizon Communications Inc
06.2002 - 05.2005
Cable Splicer
Verizon Communications Inc
01.2000 - 06.2002
High School Diploma -
East Brunswick Vocational Technical High School
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