Sarah Simmons
Goodyear,AZ
Summary
Committed job seeker with a history of meeting company needs with consistent and organized practices. Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
PERMIT TECHNICIAN
CALIFORNIA POOLS & LANDSCAPE
Chandler, AZ
10.2023 - Current
- As a Permit Technician, I perform administrative and technical work related to commercial building permits, including submitting, processing, reviewing, and dispersing permits, and providing customer service. Other duties may include:
- Telephone work, database tracking, and maintenance, report preparation, and making payments to Jurisdictions.
- Scheduling inspections and plan checking: Reading and interpreting blueprints, maintaining financial reports and records
- Plan review status: reaching out to the jurisdictions for the status of permits that I have submitted for customers.
- Processing inspection requests: Recording activities and entering them into computerized databases
- Building Safety records: Maintaining and archiving
CENTER ENGINEER - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Verizon Wireless
Silver Springs, MD
02.2020 - 08.2022
- I Acted as a liaison between all stakeholders to include Verizon Operations Techs, Turf & Installation Vendors, Internal Field Operations, Detail Engineering, Implementation Engineering & Planning. Duties to include,
- Hiring turf vendors, reviewing firm price quotes & creating purchase orders to cover vendor labor costs and materials.
- Equipment tracking for the various site builds, i.e. Millimeter Wave, ROADM, IDN,/VGMN, IEN Infrastructure Build (Ciena NGM Satellite) , & Card Adds.
- Dispatching for site surveys, equipment receives, & equipment installs.
- Use knowledge of Local/LD optical networks as well as Project Management skills and knowledge of PM tools and technique.
- Plan and execute work independently using my own initiative and judgment to handle non-routine matters and challenging issues.
- Work in a fast-paced work environment using multiple tools and information databases.
- Participate in or conduct periodic project status meetings and joint working sessions with both internal and external teams and/or vendors.
- Meet schedule commitments to ensure timely delivery.
PROJECT MANAGER - NETWORK
AT&T
Hanover, MD
03.2019 - 11.2019
- Supporting site acquisition for the small cell initiative, including:
- Leasing, zoning & permitting. Conducting industry related research. Maintaining project files.
- On site visits for small cell initiative with members of the construction team. Performing data entry.
PROJECT MANAGER - LAND MANAGEMENT
American Tower Corp
Woburn, MA
06.2017 - 03.2019
- Coordination of wireless site development & land management, including:
- Forecasting, reporting, cultivating productive relationships with landowners & tenants.
- Synthesizing relationships between internal & external stakeholders. Ensuring legal compliance.
- Team building with internal legal, leasing, operations & accounting departments.
- Problem identification & resolution. Negotiating land rights & leasing.
PROJECT COORDINATOR, SITE ACQUISITION
VeloTera Services Inc.
Costa Mesa, CA
10.2015 - 03.2017
- Coordination of Real Estate acquisition and development projects, including:
- SCIP’s for AT&T, Verizon Wireless and TelePacific Communications. Serving as liaison between all involved parties.
- Interfacing with multiple jurisdictions in CA, NV, & TX to obtain plan checks, zoning approval, & permitting.
- Site visits to existing & potential rooftop, tower, water tank, & land sites with associates & the RF engineering team.
- Procuring additional documents such as LOA’s, structural analyses, & construction drawings.
- Monitoring job progress & providing status reports to customers, project team, & management.
Education
Some College (No Degree) -
Penn State University
State College, PASkills
- Research abilities
- Microsoft Office
- Document Review
- Interpersonal Skills
- Team Collaboration
- Adaptability and Flexibility
- Professionalism
- Application Review
- Legal Documentation
- Legal Terminology
- Purchasing
- Money Handling
- Effective Communication
- Data Entry
- Analytical Skills
- Document Management
- File Management
- Researching skills
- Professional correspondence
- Adaptability
- Problem-solving abilities
- Interpersonal Communication
- Continuous Improvement
- Written Communication
- Time Management
- Attention to Detail
- Problem-Solving
- Multitasking
- Active Listening
- Self Motivation
- Customer Service
- Reliability
- Organizational Skills
- Public Service
- Time management abilities
Timeline
PERMIT TECHNICIAN
CALIFORNIA POOLS & LANDSCAPE
10.2023 - Current
CENTER ENGINEER - PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Verizon Wireless
02.2020 - 08.2022
PROJECT MANAGER - NETWORK
AT&T
03.2019 - 11.2019
PROJECT MANAGER - LAND MANAGEMENT
American Tower Corp
06.2017 - 03.2019
PROJECT COORDINATOR, SITE ACQUISITION
VeloTera Services Inc.
10.2015 - 03.2017
Some College (No Degree) -
Penn State University
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