Tanner Porter

Extensive training and aptitude for Outside Plant and Inside Plant Planning and Construction coupled with strong management, relationship building and problem-solving skills. Prepared to excel in the telecom field.

Fiber Construction and Splicing Manager at Astound Broadband (2021-07 – Present)

• Manage all business fiber, maintenance, and internal fiber transport projects within assigned areas.
• Budget and forecast fiber augment and maintenance work.
• Assign work to construction contractors, internal splicers, permit techs, and internal engineers.
• Maintain relationships with municipalities as well as business customers and internal HFC team.
• Conduct site walks to create scopes of work and design fiber routes.

Project Manager at Track Utilities LLC (2020-12 – 2021-07)

• Manage all construction and financial aspects of work assigned to me within a 3-state area
• Issue work to and manage all in house crews and subcontractors performing various portions of each job.
• Report to customer progress and roadblocks on a regular basis
• Manage end of month financials, approve invoices, create and cost purchase orders

Construction and Engineering Supervisor at Cablecom LLC (2020-09 – 2020-12)

• Oversee and manage all fiber construction jobs from start to finish.
• Schedule and manage fiber design, splicing, asbuilting, pre-construction and costing.
• Work with subcontractors, bid subcontracting, and update and work with the customer to meet deadlines.
• Design and manage node splits, out of service cuts, fiber transports, fiber to the business, and cell backhaul
• Design Fiber build transports as well as fiber to the business, home, and tower

SR. OSP/ISP Field Engineer/ FTTT Manager at Nexius Solutions (2018-02 – 2020-09)

• Pre-field OSP and ISP jobs for new build and expansion.
• Communicate with CenturyLink and EL06 contractors about customer needs and service requirements.
• Build OSP jobs (Boring/Trenching/UG and Aerial Placing) to CenturyLink satisfaction to provide service.
• Determine low voltage cabling and equipment needs on ISP jobs.
• Co-ordinate between Centurylink Fiber Engineers, Permitting, Marketing, Construction Contractors and Customer.
• Build Construction Packages using entire Microsoft suite,
• Review CADS and Work Prints in relation to permitting and construction contractor assignment.
• Review GIS software and records info to determine build type, size, and cost.

General Foreman- Linecrew /Copper & Fiber Splicer at Robinson Brothers Construction (2015-12 – 2018-02)

• Complete time sheets with billing and as-builts
• Hang and lash Copper cable and Fiber Optics to Print specifications and Frontier Requirements.
• Maintenance Work ( Pole Transfers, Removals, Replacements Etc,,).
• Pre-field jobs and communicate with customer engineers, inspectors, and supervisors.

General Foreman- Linecrew at CableCom LLC (2015-06 – 2015-12)

• Place fiber and coax to comcast specifications.
• Manage and schedule aerial and underground placing and maintenance jobs.
• Complete timesheets and unit billing to customer specifications.
• Run weekly safety meetings and yearly safety recertifications.

Aerial Foreman at Sefnco Communications (2014-03 – 2015-06)

• Place fiber and coax to Comcast specifications.
• Manage and schedule aerial and underground placing and maintenance jobs.
• Complete timesheets and unit billing to customer specifications.

Aerial Lineman at Potelco (2013-10 – 2014-03)

• Place new metal poles for Union Pacific railway communications.
• Place antennas, cable, splice in new cable & polyphasers and sweep signal.
• Retrofit existing wood poles with new comm equipment.

Groundman/Lineman at Sefnco Communications (2011-04 – 2013-10)

• Assist line crew foreman in placing and splicing new coaxial and fiber cables

Certificate-of-Completion in Electrical Line worker Training Program – Northwest Lineman College (2012 – 2012)

Diploma – Stanwood High School (2010 – 2010)