Field Construction Supervisor / Telecom

What You Will Do

• Provide day-to-day leadership, technical oversight, and administration of telecom construction crews.
• Oversee the installation and construction of telecommunications network elements in both Inside Plant (ISP) and Outside Plant (OSP) environments.
• Manage field construction activities to ensure projects are completed safely, on time, within budget, and to customer specifications.
• Cookordination crews, subcontractors, materials, schedules, and project priorities across multiple active construction projects.
• Review work maps, prints, and construction designs to ensure quality execution and productivity.
• Monitor daily production, quality performance, and time reporting for field teams.
• Provide technical guidance, troubleshooting assistance, and operational support to construction personnel.
• Lead, coach, mentor, and develop field technicians and team leads to drive accountability and performance.
• Promote a strong culture of safety, quality, urgency, and customer satisfaction.
• Identify construction challenges and roadblocks and implement effective solutions in real time.
• Regularly communicate project status, risks, timelines, and resource needs with project management and leadership teams.
• Support workforce planning, hiring, onboarding, retention, and employee development initiatives.
• Collaborate with training teams to support employee growth and operational excellence.
• Ensure compliance with all company policies, customer requirements, OSHA regulations, DOT standards, and industry safety practices.
• Act as a subject matter expert and escalation point for elevated field or operational issues.

What We're Looking For

• Proven experience supervising telecom construction projects in fiber optic and telecommunications environments.
• Hands-on experience with fiber optic splicing, testing, troubleshooting, and network activation.
• Experience reviewing and interpreting OTDR results, power meter testing, and splice loss documentation.
• Strong knowledge of Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside Plant (ISP) construction practices.
• Experience supporting aerial, underground, and buried fiber network construction.
• Ability to lead and motivate teams in a fast-paced, evolving construction environment.
• Demonstrated ability to solve technical issues, operational challenges, and field escalations effectively.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.
• Experience reviewing construction prints, work maps, and project documentation.
• Understanding of supervisory techniques, employee relations, coaching, and performance management.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Moderate computer proficiency including Microsoft Office and project reporting tools.
• Able to identify and address safety and quality concerns proactively.

Physical Requirements And Working Conditions

• Ability to sit, stand, climb, kneel, bend, lift, crawl, squat, reach and utilize both hands and feet in an aerial and underground capacity.
• Drive and operate a vehicle, and/or bucket.
• Environmental conditions: exposure is heat, cold, dust, wet, vibration and very loud noise.
• Requires the ability to sit for extended periods, stand, bend, walk, communicate via telephone, computer and/or face-to-face contact, vision to monitor, and use basic office equipment such as a personal computer, copier and fax machines regularly during the course of work.
• Work is performed in and out an office environment.