Richard Buker
Plymouth,MA
Summary
Proven electrician & project management professional offers expertise in electrical design & implementation, project planning, execution, monitoring, and resource balancing for medium to large regional initiatives. Adept in supporting multiple simultaneous wireless telecommunications projects in a matrix organizational structure. Excel at developing relationships and partnering with customers, project sponsors, stakeholders, and resource providers in building project plans and leading teams structured to execute high quality deliverables and service within aggressive deadlines and budgets. Known for having an extensive knowledge of the electrical field, broad range of skills, experience, and ability to perform jobs from start to finish with a willingness to go above and beyond to make sure jobs are performed right.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Site Development Manager
DISH
Boston, Massachusetts
10.2022 - Current
- Managed program budgets and timelines, ensuring projects stayed on track and within allocated resources.
- Developed project plans, identified risks, set objectives and monitored progress towards completion.
- Coordinated with internal stakeholders to ensure successful implementation of the program initiatives.
- Communicated regularly with external partners to ensure alignment of strategies and goals.
- Collaborated with teams across departments to develop effective strategies for executing programs.
- Conducted regular meetings with team members to review progress and address any issues or concerns arising from the program execution process.
- Identified areas of improvement in existing processes, procedures and systems related to the program delivery cycle.
- Provided guidance and support to team members in order to achieve targets within defined deadlines.
- Analyzed data collected during the course of the program operations and reported results accordingly.
- Maintained positive relationships with vendors by monitoring their performance against agreed upon contractual terms.
- Prioritized tasks and managed teams throughout multiple projects.
- Oversaw program compliance with requirements, schedule and budget.
- Managed external client and business partner relationships.
- Maintained accurate records of employee performance, attendance, leave requests, and disciplinary actions.
- Conducted weekly meetings with team members to discuss upcoming tasks and project deadlines.
- Recruited, hired, trained, mentored, coached, evaluated, and terminated staff as necessary.
- Provided guidance and direction to subordinates regarding job duties and responsibilities.
- Evaluated employee performance through periodic reviews and documented results accordingly.
Senior Construction Project Manager
DISH
Boston, MA
04.2022 - 10.2022
- Monitor daily construction and evaluated project progress, contract compliance and safety.
- Coordinate construction planning, material resources and staff scheduling for multiple simultaneous jobs.
- Provide leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.
- Conduct site pre-inspections and coordinated post-construction audits.
- Monitor job sites to analyze problems and recommend and implement solutions.
- Develop and coordinate construction schedules to meet or exceed company goals.
- Communicate safety standards to laborers and sub-contractors and enforced safety regulations on job sites.
- Delegat work to staff, setting priorities and goals.
- Coordinate phases of construction projects from inception to completion.
- Prepare and plan worksites to help jobs run smoothly.
- Inspected sites before and after construction projects.
- Read and interpreted drawings and assessed construction against plans.
Market Manager
Tilson Technology Management Inc.
Bow, NH
01.2021 - 03.2022
- Overall responsibility for market activities including safety, project scheduling & performance, area staffing, project & office best practices, and overall profitability of the office.
- Managed a team of PM’s, CM’s, administration, and technical support staff in day to day operations.
- Assisted team in recruiting and management of in-house staff as well as necessary sub-contractors to support high growth operation.
- Managed material ordering, inventory, & warehousing in conjunction with Procurement team.
- Provided oversight to work pipeline including outreach to existing and new customer contacts, bid stream, estimate development, proposal generation.
- Provided oversight to project team to coordinate all required permits and regulatory approvals, safety compliance and construction schedule.
- Experience managing multi-discipline construction operation team.
- Strong problem solving, negotiating, influencing, facilitation, organization, prioritization, decision making, and conflict resolution skills.
- Self-motivated and action orientated with a strong results & deliverables focus and the ability to work on multiple issues simultaneously and follow up on issues with minimal direction.
- Ability to pro-actively identify opportunities & risks to P/L excellence, to communicate these to the operational team, and work with stakeholders to address them.
Construction Manager / NH DOT FEET QA/QC Manager
Tilson Technology Management Inc.
Bow, NH
10.2020 - 01.2021
- Quality control & quality assurance for all installations associated with NH DOT FEET project.
- Maintained a safe environment and ensure all Tilson safety standards are met.
- Worked directly with Market manager, Director of Construction, & Proposal Development Team in the bidding and proposal process including but not limited to the pricing of national RFP for multiple customers.
- Oversee construction field operations with supervision and oversight of in house crews, subcontractors.
- Forecasted construction start and completion dates as well as identify issues that will cause delays. Report issues or challenges to the Market Manager and propose solutions to keep projects on track.
- Directly responsible for the overall success of construction projects including meeting project schedules and budget.
- Identify additional subcontractors/resources to support various construction projects and oversee their quality and schedule.
- Demonstrated attention to quality construction practices and ensuring timely close out and delivery of project schedule.
- Work within a team management structure with other departments and entities to ensure a timely and profitable build schedule.
Director of Electrical Services & Project Manager
Atlas Innovative Services
Pembroke, MA
01.2017 - 10.2020
- Responsible for large project management and day-to-day operations of electrical department including: job costing & reporting, budgeting, resource planning, & scheduling.
- Daily scheduling/coordination of in-house crews & departments and subcontractors. Material management, permitting, estimating, etc.
- Business development and customer relations.
- Featured Project: Ericsson/AT&T LTE carrier upgrades.
Director of Electrical Services & Project Manager
Top Tier Site Development
Lakeville, MA
09.2013 - 01.2017
- Responsible for large project management and day-to-day operations of electrical department including: job costing & reporting, budgeting, resource planning, scheduling of resources & assets.
- Daily scheduling/coordination of in-house crews & departments and subcontractors. Material management, permitting, estimating, etc.
- Business development and customer relations.
- Featured Project: 600+ sites completed for MetroPCS Decommissioning Project (post T-Mobile purchase) in 18 months from RFP to project completion. Routinely recognized for efforts and lessons learned, as New England was the first/test “Decomm” market.
- Worked to leverage our outstanding performance relative to the "Decomm" project in the New England market to be included into other RFP for other markets. Was awarded a large portion of the project in the Central Florida market.
- Worked to stand up a new office and facility in Lakeland FL to support our porjects.
Project Manager
T-MOBILE via GREEN MOUNTAIN COMMUNICATIONS
Pembroke, NH
04.2012 - 09.2013
- Managed 200+ site portfolio for T-Mobile Modernization Project.
- Took candidate sites through the entire scoping & build process: Identify correct SOW to be utilized on site by site basis, order necessary engineering & drawings, review/redline engineering documents, act as customer point of contact with landlords & property owners, manage site construction, and complete site handoff to customer with punch walk & corrections completed.
- Large wireless communications project management, relation development & reporting. Budgeting, resource planning, scheduling of resources & assets.
Construction Manager
SAI Communications
Salem, NH
01.2010 - 04.2012
- Managed Construction & Engineering for AT&T 4G LTE, UMTS, & New Site Builds in New England.
- Scheduled & completed construction of 120+ sites.
- Role as construction manager included, but was not limited to: scoping, generating BOM’s, ordering materials, providing customer updates, schedule & coordinate general contractors, oversee construction, and provide closeout & audit deliverables to customer.
Education
Journeyman Electrician -
NATIONAL JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING COMMITTEE
Springfield, MA01.2004
High School Diploma -
Lee High School
Lee, MA09.1997
Skills
- First Aid CPR OSHA 30 Hour CPR OSHA Hazardous Materials
- Advanced Microsoft Office & Office 365 (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, SharePoint, OneDrive, Skype, etc) Adobe Acrobat Experience in various carrier/client databases: Siterra, InSite, Element, Sage (formerly Timberline Software), etc)
- Employee assessment
- Performance monitoring
- Cross-functional team development
- Staff empowerment
- Coaching and mentoring
- Staff training
- Supply coordination
- Resource coordination
- Staff presentations
Timeline
Site Development Manager
DISH
10.2022 - Current
Senior Construction Project Manager
DISH
04.2022 - 10.2022
Market Manager
Tilson Technology Management Inc.
01.2021 - 03.2022
Construction Manager / NH DOT FEET QA/QC Manager
Tilson Technology Management Inc.
10.2020 - 01.2021
Director of Electrical Services & Project Manager
Atlas Innovative Services
01.2017 - 10.2020
Director of Electrical Services & Project Manager
Top Tier Site Development
09.2013 - 01.2017
Project Manager
T-MOBILE via GREEN MOUNTAIN COMMUNICATIONS
04.2012 - 09.2013
Construction Manager
SAI Communications
01.2010 - 04.2012
Journeyman Electrician -
NATIONAL JOINT APPRENTICESHIP TRAINING COMMITTEE
High School Diploma -
Lee High School
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