Engineer-Transport - II

Responsibilities

• Collaborating with planning, provisioning, standards, and sales teams as well as equipment vendors on network and customer solutions.
• Partnering with field operations and other implementation organizations to obtain information such as space, power, and fiber availability required to complete project engineering.
• Creating install specifications (ISPECS) and applicable diagrams and drawings required for installation, turn-up, inventory, and configuration of Metro transport equipment deployed into the client's network.
• Developing project Bill of Material (BOM) and placing orders for network equipment, rack, and hardware requirements.
• Defining cable requirements, creating cable running lists, and ordering all cables.
• Ensuring all engineering documentation is accurate and up to date.
• Ensuring work meets all applicable engineering, financial, planning, and operational standards.
• Managing deployment of projects to achieve targeted and measured business goals and key objectives.
• Identifying, monitoring, reporting, and escalating project-related issues to achieve timely resolution.
• Implementing corrective action plans to mitigate impact to project schedules and overall business objectives.
• Utilizing project tracking tools and systems to accurately document milestones completions, project issues, corrective action plans, project jeopardies, and overall project completions.
• Maintaining excellent communication with Project Sponsor, Functional Team Members, and Direct Management to ensure early identification of issues and timely reporting of status.

Qualifications

• Three or more years of relevant work experience.
• Direct working knowledge of Tellabs 7100, Fuji 9500, Fuji CDS, Fuji 4100 and/or ROADM technology.
• Experience performing detailed engineering and creating technical documentation.
• Strong knowledge of both Outside Plant and Inside Plant facilities and characteristics.
• Experience installing telecommunications equipment.
• Experience using CAD based software tools.
• Knowledge or familiarity with the following systems: FIM, ICON, TCOMS, COFFEE, CCP, SRM/nSAP.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, partner across organizations, and proactively address issues in a fast paced, high volume environment.
• Skilled in the Google Workplace suite of tools (Sheets & Docs).
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated excellent time management skills.
• Proven ability to be highly motivated, customer focused with organizational and leadership skills to push projects to completion.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team as well as individually.

Desired Skills

• Associate's degree or two or more years of work experience.
• Direct working knowledge of Tellabs 7100, Fuji 9500, Fuji CDS, Fuji 4100 and/or ROADM technology.
• Experience performing detailed engineering and creating technical documentation.
• Strong knowledge of both Outside Plant and Inside Plant facilities and characteristics.
• Experience installing telecommunications equipment.
• Experience using CAD based software tools.
• Knowledge or familiarity with the following systems: FIM, ICON, TCOMS, COFFEE, CCP, SRM/nSAP.
• Demonstrated ability to multitask, partner across organizations, and proactively address issues in a fast paced, high volume environment.
• Skilled in the Google Workplace suite of tools (Sheets & Docs).
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated excellent time management skills.
• Proven ability to be highly motivated, customer focused with organizational and leadership skills to push projects to completion.
• Demonstrated ability to work well in a team as well as individually.

Benefits

Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.