Manager, OSP Engineering

Job Summary

The Manager, Outside Plant (OSP) Engineering will oversee OSP Engineering activities, ensuring quality standards are met and projects are completed on time and within budget. This role involves leading a team, managing permits, coordinating stakeholders, and financial oversight.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead an Outside Plant (OSP) Engineering team and provide leadership and mentorship through coaching, feedback, development goals, and performance management.
• Accountable for the staffing, schedules, and compliance associated with OSP engineering and construction activities, as well as the safety and quality of work performed.
• Oversee production of all engineering work orders within an assigned geographic area, ensuring they are designed in compliance with company standards, NESC, and municipal requirements.
• Confirm project cost estimates are accurate and release work orders to Construction in time to meet commitment dates.
• Manage the Engineering process and documentation through project completion.
• Identify permitting authorities, develop, coordinate, and execute project schedules, and coordinate with various stakeholders, including municipalities and utilities.
• Verify contractor's invoices for accuracy and process them to Accounts Payable in a timely manner.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of eight (8) years of outside plant (OSP) experience, including quoting, permitting, and other pre-construction activities.
• Developed leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and lead others.
• Experience using fiber optic network documentation tools.
• Advanced understanding of the permitting process for railroad, DOT, cities, counties, and pole owners.
• A valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and satisfactory driving record.
• To complete a pre-employment drug screening.

Required Qualifications (continued)

• Experience managing capital budgets.
• Knowledge, skills, and abilities including computer competency, typing speed, customer service, multitasking, collaboration, and communication.
• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
• Strong interpersonal skills with an ability to work effectively with a diverse range of individuals, teams, managers, supervisors, and external customers, as well as cohesively across departments.
• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
• Ability to maintain a professional manner and appearance.
• Ability to travel occasionally overnight.

Physical Requirements

• Maintain physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

• Office setting with exposure to computer screens and extensive use of a computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system.
• Modern office setting.

Company Values

• Genuinely Caring: Treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
• Empowering You: Help customers choose what is best for them, and support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.
• Innovation and Improvement: Constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.
• Earning Your Trust: Build trust through clear, honest, human communication.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.

Physical Demands

• Maintain physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.