Charles McClelland

Experience

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  Mid-State Consultants

  Jun 1980 - Dec 1989

  OSP Engineer; Resident Engineer (Formerly MidSouth Consulting Engineers)

  REA 515 projects; Staking of buried, aerial and underground copper plant;Drafting construction drawings (pencil, ink); Construction inspection; Splicing diagrams; Cutsheets, to include cutover sequences; T1 circuit, repeater design

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  Windstream

  Dec 1989 - Nov 2005

  Daily OSP engineering projects; Design of serving areas and remote switching cutovers; TrainOSP engineers in intermediate practices; Managed contract engineers and inter companyconstruction inspectors to implement the companies CLEC network start up. Daily OSP engineering, subdivisions, commercial properties; Design serving areas, implementDMS remotes; Supervise 16 assignment clerks in daily service orders and central office digitalswitch cutovers.

  • Sr OSP Engineer/CLEC OSP Manager (Formerly CT Communications)

    Mar 1997 - Nov 2005

  • OSP Engineer/Assignment Supervisor (Formerly Alltel Communications)

    Dec 1989 - Mar 1997
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  Byers Engineering Company

  Nov 2005 - now

  -Field Engineering, construction inspection of RUS Stimulus project (FTTH) 216 miles, for client Yadtel, Yadkinville, NC (11/2005 to 03/2009) -Construction Management of Fiber Optic network (FTTH) 42 miles, for client Wilkes Telephone, Wilkesboro, NC (3/2009 to 6/2011) -Project Management of Fiber Optic feeder plant to cellular towers for client DukeNet, Charlotte, NC (6/2011 to 8/2013) -Field Design aerial plant on Light Gig project for client AT&T in Charlotte, Raleigh and Goldsboro, NC (8/2013 to 5/2015) -Construction Management of Fiber Optic ring(s) (47 miles) around Charlotte, NC and Spartanburg, SC for client Level3 (5/2015 to 9/2016) Show less

  • Resident Engineer

    Nov 2005 - now

  • Sr. OSP Engineer/Project Manager

    Nov 2005 - Sept 2016
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  Google Fiber

  Sept 2016 - May 2018

  Field Construction Manager OSP/MxU

  Management of placing, splicing and wiring of ISP and OSP to multiple dwelling (apartments,condos) units (MdU) and multiple tenant (office) units (MtU); Liaison between the propertymanagement and Google Fibers operations group; Supervised placing vendors and QualityControl staff, approving invoices, job site safety and customer relations.Vendor supervision of OSP placing projects utilizing Traditional and Microtrench methods; Closedaily interaction with city DOT management and competing providers; Coordination of allnecessary close out documents to include approving vendor invoices, job site safety andcustomer relations; Performed OSP Engineering functions such as revisions and additions toongoing projects (design-build). Show less

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  Mead & Hunt

  May 2018 - Jun 2020

  Utility Coordinator

  Position scope:In depth identification of utilities utilizing SUE reports and utility as-built records on State and Municipal DOT highway and bridge projects. Study of Civil Engineering design plans to identify any potential conflicts with utilities such as:PowerWaterSewerTelecommGasCreating CAD Mark up/Call out of potential utility conflicts on design plans, send to owners.Hold Utility Coordination meetings on each project.Investigate deeds and encroachments to determine prior rights of utilities.Assist utility owner engineers with concerns in their relocation plan design.Monitor relocation by owners. Show less