Edward Nicholls

Experience

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  Air Training Cadet Corps

  Aug 2016 - May 2018

  Air cadet

  In the ATC, I was a first class cadet which consisted of weekly sessions of training the rules and standards of the royal airforce. Whilst being in the ATC, I learnt many life skills. For example, teamwork: communication and how to work in groups. Discipline: how to march and perform drill under command.

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  Alpha communications ltd

  Feb 2019 - Feb 2023

  Lead engineer/site supervisor on Virgin media’s project lightning (network expansion) building VMs infrastructure in multiple areas across the south west of England, working to deadlines, attending meetings with project managers to give dates and Agree with SLAs.Currently work on the Truespeed communications contract. Building FTTP in rural areas of South Bristol and Somerset. Working to Openreach’s PIA standards and completing work in line of BT’s infrastructure requirements. Working on Joint user Poles (JUP) mainly on Western power distribution network. Excellent knowledge of PIA and JUP rules and regulations. Show less

  • Fibre jointer/splicer

    Feb 2021 - Feb 2023

  • Trainee Telecoms engineer

    Feb 2019 - Feb 2021
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  Avonline

  Feb 2023 - now

  PMO - Programme planner

  Working in the PMO (project management office) team being trained up in managing the delivery of Greenfield and Infill projects in the SW&W and SE for major CPs.Building baseline programmes, scheduling release profiles to work towards our YTD numbers, updating and managing programmes to make sure works are on schedule and to be delivered to agreed dates to the client.Managing all risk and change movement to programmes to make sure that clients and SLT are aware of changes. This would also include risk mitigation to see what programmes can be brought it to align with YTD. Show less