ISP Designer

Duties / Responsibilities

• Create designs based on current and past network architectures, including concentration with as-builts.
• Use consistent and independent discretion to ensure designs meet company requirements.
• Proficiently identify aerial, buried and underground design and construction methods including but not limited to, conduit, manholes and hand holes etc.
• Communicate requirements to drafting and encoding personnel for the generation of customers’ engineering work order.
• Use CAD and other software to develop engineering designs.
• Perform route analysis and develop aerial and underground fiber route maps.
• Verify fiber and mapping activities.
• Maintain records of fiber splicing and topography.
• Develop mitigation and restoration procedures for emergencies conditions such as fiber damage, power failures and other disasters.
• Perform construction and maintenance of ISP infrastructure according to industry standards.
• Maintain safety and security of ISP facility.
• Determine scope, budget and schedules for ISP projects.
• Monitor and control expenses within allotted budget.
• Communicate project status and updates and provide weekly reporting.
• Complete the assigned projects within the defined scope and timelines.
• Perform routine inspections of ISP networks.
• Collaborate with construction teams, including fiber splicers to ensure fiber optic cables and new underground network facilities are aligned with company standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent; college level courses in AutoCAD drafting/CATV design or equivalent experience.
• At least 3 years hands-on/field experience designing and construction of outside plant copper and fiber optic cable (UG, Aerial, Buried, BICS) and manhole and conduit design.
• Strong background in fiber plant support services.
• Knowledge of permitting process.
• Understand the underlying theories and concepts of broadband communication, including fiber optics and Metro Ethernet networks.

BENEFITS

• Comprehensive Healthcare/Dental/Vision Plans
• 401K Retirement Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacation, Sick Time, and Additional Holidays (including your Birthday!)
• Paid Volunteer Time
• Paid Parental Leave
• Hotwire Service Discounts – for employees who live on a property serviced by Hotwire.
• Exclusive Entertainment Discounts/Perks