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Charter Communications / Spectrum Cable, formerly Time Warner Cable - Columbus, Ohio - March, 1988 to July, 2018 POSITIONS HELD: Senior Project Manager, Senior Construction Coordinator, Engineering Coordinator, Damage Prevention & Claims Specialist, Line Technician, Service Technician, Underground Plant Locate Technician JOB DUTIES: * Managed projects with budgets exceeding $500,000, including cost forecasting & time estimate analysis * Coordinated the activities of contractors to ensure proper safety procedures were followed * Managed crews & safely performed excavations in adherence to industry best practices * Set up work zones, traffic control & flagging operations to ensure compliance with required safety measures * Investigated plant damages, assigned liability, produced invoices & managed collections * Used test equipment to troubleshoot line faults & made necessary repairs or replacements * Constructed, troubleshot & spliced fiber-optic lines * Worked with plant designers to re-design, relocate, extend & improve infrastructure * Surveyed job-sites, submitted pre-plan designs & as-builts upon project completion * Determined the location of buried facilities & marked them prior to excavation activities * Analyzed the concerns of employees & management in order to improve safety protocols * Implemented new ideas & policies in order to create a safe and productive work environment * Worked with irate customers to ensure final resolution to ongoing service problems * Attended pre-construction meetings with design firms, other utilities, contractors, property owners & municipalities to assess the needs of the project & requirements for safety, as well as the interests of the company & its budget constraints via cost analysis & job cost forecasting * Performed pole attachment surveys for pending pole replacements & transfer work * Worked with the Ohio Utilities Protection Service & underground line-locating contractors TIM timbaumgardner93@gmail.com BAUMGARDNER (614) 832-6721