Facilities Construction Project Manager

About Lightpath

Lightpath is building the fiber infrastructure the digital economy depends on—owning, operating, and expanding dense, high-performance networks for enterprises, public institutions, carriers, and cloud innovators. Our all-fiber network supports mission-critical environments, from financial markets and healthcare systems to AI platforms and next-generation cloud architectures. As we expand across the Northeast and into high-growth markets nationwide, we invest ahead of demand—building infrastructure with precision, resilience, and accountability. We look for individuals who take ownership, think long-term, and take pride in tackling complex work with care and integrity. At Lightpath, every role contributes to infrastructure that powers critical systems and real-world outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of facility engineering, construction, and infrastructure buildout, including setting up maintenance contracts with vendors to perform quarterly, semiannual, and annual maintenance on the critical infrastructure once complete.
• Work with Architectural/Engineering firms to design facilities across the country.
• Work with construction firms to solicit proposals for the construction of facilities and make awards to build these sites to meet schedules.
• Attend municipality, county, or city zoning meetings with consultants to present and gain any required approvals.
• Build a team of engineers and project managers to cover day-to-day work throughout the country.
• Plan and maintain preventative schedules.
• Develop emergency response procedures in case of power outages or failures.
• Maintain compliance with safety, environmental, and regulatory standards.
• Manage facility infrastructure upgrades and projects from a construction vendor perspective.
• Oversee all aspects of external colocation spaces, including quarterly reviews with colocation vendors to assess uptime performance, maintenance records for critical infrastructure, and Lightpath fiber capacity.
• Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders on maintaining and upgrading systems.
• Provide planning and leadership for all colocation network growth and augmentation activities within Lightpath facilities and external vendor facilities.
• Continually innovate to improve facility, network cost, efficiency, resiliency, and reliability.
• Support install and activation teams on fiber connectivity-related questions, design, and architecture.
• Assist with customer installs in Lightpath colocation facilities.
• Act as an escalation point for anything colocation-related.
• Interface with customers, potential customers, vendors, and suppliers as needed.
• Be available for after-hours, nights, weekends, and holidays in case of a facility outage or issue.

Requirements

• 3 to 10+ years’ work experience in telecommunication colocation facility engineering, construction, and operations, including maintenance, planning, and infrastructure deployment.
• Experience designing and building telecommunications facilities.
• Mechanical, electrical design, and construction experience is necessary.
• Familiarity with colocation inventory systems, BMS systems, biometric access, video surveillance systems, electrical and cooling infrastructure systems, OSP networks, and cross-connect understanding.

Skills

• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Strong technical training and mentorship abilities.
• Highly organized and communicative with colleagues and leaders.
• Ability to adapt to a changing environment.
• Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time effectively.