James McEwan

Experience

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  Electricity Commission of NSW

  Feb 1986 - Feb 1990

  Apprentice Electrical Fitter
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  Almans Industrial

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1991

  Electrical Fitter
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  ADI

  Jan 1990 - Jan 1990

  Electrical Fitter
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  Metpol

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1992

  Ironworker
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  Email Westinghouse

  Jan 1991 - Jan 1991

  Electrical Fitter

  Design, construct and testing of electrical switch and control boards for domestic and export markets.

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  J.A. McEwan

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1993

  Milk Vender

  Stock management, delivery, accounts and debt collection, forecasting and staff management.

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  Globe Australia

  Jan 1993 - Jan 1994

  Warehouse Supervisor
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  Galaxy

  Nov 1994 - Jun 1995

  Installer

  Responsible for Installation of fixed Wireless, Satellite pay TV solutions as well as the training of new Installers and trouble shooting of installation issues across Sydney.

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  Optus

  Jul 1995 - Mar 2000

  Engaged in the supervision of junior staff and high level fault rectification on the maintenance of the Optus Customer Access Network. This involved equipment in the exchanges through to the Customer premises and the High level fault investigation and rectification on HFC and Transmission networks Deployed and Commissioned the HFC Customer Access Network for Optus Communications network. This included:Sub Contractor managementTeam Management• Fault rectification on HFC network from exchange to Customer premises.• Customer relations• Installation and commissioning of HFC network• Training of Contractors for work on HFC network

  • Network Engineer

    Jan 1999 - Mar 2000

  • Splicer/Activator

    Jul 1995 - Jan 1999
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  Lucent Technologies

  Mar 2000 - Mar 2007

  Role activities Provide onsite and remote technical lead to optical deploymentsProvide onsite and remote technical support for Optical products.Co-Ordination of Field Staff.Install and commission Optical SDH/DWDM equipment.Inter-op testing with Lucent Optical equipment and Third party equipment.Provide training on Lucent SDH/DWDM equipment to customers.Provide Technical assistance to Project Teams during planning and deployment stages of projectsAssist in pre-sales stage of Sales Bid. Develop and maintain relationships with key operational staff in customer organisations.Provide Contractors with technical direction Show less Provided technical support for TRT range of Microwave products For OneTel and Telstra. This range included the MDL radio used by OneTel and the IRT and SWING platforms used on Telstra Remote Telephony.Role activitiesDeployment support for new projects. Install and commission TRT equipment.Manage third party repair group relationship.Provide onsite technical support.Provide remote technical support.Provide Technical assistance to Project Teams during planning and deployment stages of projectsConduct customer update meetings Conduct weekly update meetings with third party and customer groupsParticipate in New product introductions Show less

  • Infrastructure Manager

    Aug 2004 - Mar 2007

  • Optical Support Engineer

    Jan 2002 - Aug 2004

  • Technical Support Engineer, TRT

    Mar 2000 - Jan 2002
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  AAPT

  Jul 2007 - Jul 2012

  Network Infrastructure Engineer

  Deploying DSLAM, MBE Platforms with SDH and WDM backhuals in Telstra Exchanges to support Business and Wholesale customers.

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  Nbn™ Australia

  Jul 2012 - Jul 2019

  Spearheaded the successful delivery of Fibre to The X Service Area Modules across Northern NSW by leveraging technical expertise to address critical challenges, resulting in reduced time to ready for service. As a Detailed Design Specialist at NBN, I leveraged extensive technical project delivery knowledge to support successful project outcomes.

  • Project Manager RD NSW

    Jan 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Project Officer Regional Deployment - Northern NSW

    Sept 2013 - Jan 2018

  • Detailed Design Specialist - Utility and Carrier

    Jul 2012 - Sept 2013
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  JLE Group

  Oct 2024 - now

  Electrical Fitter