Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
CUST
Timeline
ProjectManager

Mitchell Varney

Decatur,IN

Summary

  • Excellent communication techniques.
  • Develop technical training materials for project specifics.
  • Knowledgeable in telecom engineering, and Construction methods, and procedures.
  • Projects completed in the OSP field: FTTC, FTTH, FTTB, RUS, FTTX, and copper/ FON for residential.
  • Business, government, RT Sites, Cell Sites, Small Cell, long haul fiber, CO.
  • Designed FTTH fiber backbones residents, & businesses.

Overview

23
23
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Manager

Excel Utility
05.2025 - Current
  • Managed the project schedule, budgeting, quality coordination.
  • Ensured successful project.
  • Distributed and communicated effectively with team members (direct reports) and customers.
  • Coordinated all work with crew members (direct reports) and contractors.
  • Attended weekly permit, project meetings, and provided input when necessary.
  • Ensured contractors called in locates for each project.
  • Coordinated and run progress project reports daily.
  • Material tracking, purchasing, receiving, distributing, for managing three warehouses (Chicago, IL, Ft Wayne, IN, and Columbus, OH).
  • Coordinated trucks for shipping and receiving.
  • Managed weekly safety meetings, audits with team members and contractors.
  • Managed the collection of daily job site observations reports and distributed to the customer.
  • Managed kick-off meetings with new projects, and contractors.
  • Performed project ride outs with contractors at start of all projects to eliminate future project roadblocks during construction phase.
  • Created quality control punch lists with contractors at the end of each segment.

Field Construction Representative-Senior (AEP)

Techserv Consulting & Training Ltd.
07.2021 - 05.2025
  • Mentoring (FCR) field construction representatives.
  • Field site visits to monitor safety, to ensure contractors in compliance with our client specifications, policies and procedures.
  • Monitoring in progress projects.
  • Quality Auditing.
  • Quality Control.
  • Field site visits to monitor safety to ensure crews are following all appointed traffic laws, in compliance with the state and local government’s standard procedures.
  • Field site visits to monitor R.O.W. issues, to ensure compliance with our client specifications.

Field Construction Representative-Senior (AEP)

Edgar Trent Construction
10.2016 - 07.2021
  • OSP Construction Safety, QA/QC Inspector.
  • Mentoring (FCR) field construction representatives.
  • Field site visits to monitor safety, to ensure contractors in compliance with our client specifications, policies and procedures.
  • Field site visits to monitor safety to ensure crews are following all appointed traffic laws, in compliance with the state and local government’s standard procedures.

Field Engineer (Google)

TrueNet Communications
06.2015 - 10.2016
  • Surveyor/Mapper (GPS) mapping to record FON Assets locate technician.
  • Daily download back-office GIS latitude & longitude to update maps.
  • Field engineer OSP FTTH QA/QC Inspector.
  • Field site visits to monitor safety to ensure crews are following all traffic laws, and in compliance with the state and local government’s standard procedures.
  • Field site visits to monitor restoration cleanup process.
  • Field site visits to monitor the depths of our client infrastructure.
  • Field site visits to monitor R.O.W. issues, to ensure crews follow our client’s specifications.

OSP Engineer (CBT)

Sigma Technologies
08.2014 - 06.2015
  • Evaluation of route location.
  • Performed field designs, measuring heights on poles, wheeling distances and note taking.
  • Produced bill of materials.
  • Prepared OSP engineer drawings.
  • Draw permits and easements as required for permitting.
  • Communicating with permitting agencies.
  • Field potholes.
  • Prepare As-Built Drawings.

OSP Construction Inspector (Lumos Networks)

MOUNTAIN LIMITED
03.2013 - 08.2014
  • Initial site survey to look for any roadblocks, and pre-construction pictures.
  • Ride out with the Engineer to white flag and review customer site.
  • I held a pre-construction meeting with contractor.
  • I completed a daily OSP field progress report for construction supervisor.
  • Final inspection walks through to create a punch list for site cleanup and final construction photos.

Utility Locator Lead Technician

UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. (USIC)
03.2003 - 03.2013
  • Locates underground electric, fiber, water/wastewater, telephone, gas, utilities to facilitate.
  • Underground construction.
  • Used electronic locater devices.
  • Also wrote field notes and/or surveys existing underground facilities to develop accurately.
  • As-built drawings.
  • Videotapes and/or takes photographs of completed work.
  • Participates in damage investigation process following damages to utility.

Education

High School Diploma - Additional Skills and certifications

Huntington North High School
Huntington, IN

Skills

  • Construction management
  • Management Leadership
  • Ability to engage in projects (Self Starter)
  • Understanding construction prints
  • Interpersonal skills to work effectively with team members, clients, and contractors
  • Problem solving
  • Communication
  • Proficient with computers and computer programs (Microsoft Office, Edge, 365, Excel, Power points, Word)
  • OSHA 30 (12/2016)
  • Construction Safety and Health CPR/AED 2/2024-2/2026

CUST

References available upon request.

Timeline

Project Manager

Excel Utility
05.2025 - Current

Field Construction Representative-Senior (AEP)

Techserv Consulting & Training Ltd.
07.2021 - 05.2025

Field Construction Representative-Senior (AEP)

Edgar Trent Construction
10.2016 - 07.2021

Field Engineer (Google)

TrueNet Communications
06.2015 - 10.2016

OSP Engineer (CBT)

Sigma Technologies
08.2014 - 06.2015

OSP Construction Inspector (Lumos Networks)

MOUNTAIN LIMITED
03.2013 - 08.2014

Utility Locator Lead Technician

UNITED STATES INFRASTRUCTURE, INC. (USIC)
03.2003 - 03.2013

High School Diploma - Additional Skills and certifications

Huntington North High School

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