Jack Newman
Melbourne,Australia
Summary
Hardworking team player with construction experience across multiple trades. With 9 years experience in Telecommunications as a Field Engineer, I have gained valuable transferrable skills which have enabled me to progress in the construction industry in Australia. I’m eager to expand and apply these skills in my next role.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Installer
Simon Lang Projects
Melbourne
06.2025 - Current
- Installed office furniture with attention to detail and quality standards.
- Collaborated with team members to troubleshoot installation/delivery issues and ensure timely completion.
- Conducted routine maintenance checks on installed systems, ensuring optimal performance for clients.
Handrail Installer
Moddex
07.2024 - 05.2025
- Site Measures – measuring of sites prior to installation in order for design to create the correct site layout
- Read and interpret plans and technical drawings
- Install handrails securely on staircases/ramps in align with Australian building codes and site safety regulations
- Measure, cut and assemble handrail components using power and hand tools
- Adjust installation when required due to changes on site
- Liaise with site supervisors, clients and other trades to clarify requirements and provide progress updates
- Maintain clean and safe work environment in align with OH&S practices
- Transport materials to and from job sites as required
- Co-ordinating the job and team to ensure seamless installation
- Attended sites in regional Victoria when required
Labourer
1300Tempfence / J & T Wolff LTD
01.2023 - 07.2024
- Temporary Fence Labouring for the Australian Grand Prix
- Loading and unloading of trucks with forklift
- Daily dealings with customers and site managers
- Intense and hardworking days to meet deadlines for the customer
- Configuring truck with correct stock each morning
- Planning and logistics of route and stock needed for each day
- Problem solving at sites where various problems arise
Field Engineer
Indigo Telecom Group
09.2020 - 09.2022
- Working for various customers including Meta, Google, Nokia, Infinera, NTT, Vodafone and ADVA, providing excellent field maintenance work or project work on all types of devices within Data centres, customer sites or street cabs.
- Covering remote hand and eyes requests which could vary from: Reboots, hard-drive swaps, cross connect troubleshooting, installations, patching, tape swaps, configuring, conference calls whilst troubleshooting equipment or circuits.
- Installing equipment in racks eg servers, switches, chassis, routers, firewalls, checkpoints etc and to patching diagrams included. All at a high standard of presentation and within SLA's.
- Troubleshooting general hardware equipment under remote hands and eyes or pre scheduled work order.
- Installed fibre optic and cat5/6/6a on a daily basis to a high standard, this would include testing, labelling, addressing cables, terminating and connecting to the customer equipment with their permission to access the rack.
- Working with test equipment, such as OTDR, JDSU, BERT tester and power meters.
- Knowledge of Linux and Windows Operating System
- Supervising sub-contractors, organising permits to work and isolating areas due to hot works. Method statements and Risk assessments.
- Working on a 24/7 call out rota one week a month
- Responsible for sending back all customer parts and making sure they are recorded, processed and shipped back correctly.
General Labouring
Melbourne & Sydney
01.2020 - 01.2021
- BCD Demolition
- Labourer for a Sydney based demolition company
- Duties included – using jackhammer safely, various other power tools to deconstruct parts of buildings, floor grinding, compiling rubbish
- Leading team of other labourers to get job site cleared safely and correctly.
- Ferguson irrigation
- Labourer for irrigation company based in Mildura
Switch and Transmission Engineer/ Telecoms Field Technician
BT Group London
01.2011 - 01.2018
- Working on System X and AXE10 Switch equipment
- PDH and SDH transmission equipment
- Worked with copper, fibre, Ethernet and cat5
- 21cn and NGS switches. (Huawei, Ericsson, Alcatel, Cisco)
- Worked in Data centres maintaining equipment and fault finding
- Cable providing and cable hauling
- Small amount of build and install work including running in GEA circuits
- Worked and dealt with customers at customer sites.
- Worked on a weekly call out rota
- Worked on several continuous improvement projects
Trade Assistant
SAMAC Construction
01.2009 - 01.2011
- General/ Skilled Labouring
- Trade Assistant to carpenter assisting him in hanging doors, kitchen fitting, first fixes etc
- Painting and decorating, including big project outdoor paint renovation of several houses in London, including painting walls, windows and door frame, using filler, rubbing down and painting.
- General build work
- Plasterer trade assistant
Education
GCSE's - undefined
St Columbas Boys School
01.2010
AS Levels - undefined
Blackfen Sixth Form
01.2011
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Hardworking
- Team Player
- Installation and maintenance
- Troubleshooting and resolution
- Installing equipment
- Safety practices
- Hardware maintenance
- Device installation
- Data center operations
- Data cabling installation
- Reliability
Certification
- Forklift - Worksafe High Risk Licence
- White Card
- RIW – Rail Industry Worker
- Working With Children Check
- Full Drivers Licence
- BT Apprenticeship
- BTEC Level 3 in ICT systems and principles
- BTEC Level 3 Diploma in professional competence for IT and telecoms professionals
- Advanced Level Apprenticeship in IT Software Web & Telecoms Professionals
Timeline
Installer
Simon Lang Projects
06.2025 - Current
Handrail Installer
Moddex
07.2024 - 05.2025
Labourer
1300Tempfence / J & T Wolff LTD
01.2023 - 07.2024
Field Engineer
Indigo Telecom Group
09.2020 - 09.2022
General Labouring
01.2020 - 01.2021
Switch and Transmission Engineer/ Telecoms Field Technician
BT Group London
01.2011 - 01.2018
Trade Assistant
SAMAC Construction
01.2009 - 01.2011
GCSE's - undefined
St Columbas Boys School
AS Levels - undefined
Blackfen Sixth Form