Regional Cable & Splicing Manager - Vancouver, WA

Essential Job Functions

• Prepare and manage schedule for cable placing, splicing, terminating and testing of all OSP fiber plant.
• Recruit, evaluate, pre-qualify and select contract splicers to augment any available company resources to meet project requirements.
• Review test results and provide recommendations to release newly constructed OSP plant for service.
• Accurately interpret splice documents, assign to contractors or in-house personnel and schedule all activities to meet company objectives for new customer service.
• Coverage with project and construction managers to deploy resources into completed network service areas and complete splicing work within market schedules.
• Coverage with company splicing resources and contract splicers, if necessary, to assure adequate resources are available to pull, splice, terminate and test installed plant within the project schedule deadlines.
• Oversee field construction activities, including quality assurance.
• Ensure on-site jobsite safety.
• Interact with CADD Operators – verify completion of accurate engineering drawings and as-built drawings.
• Maintain day-to-day communication with the Construction and/or Engineering Managers.
• Produce quality results in an efficient and cost effective manner.
• Represent Metronet professionally to satisfy immediate customer needs and to foster return business.
• Respond clearly and effectively to spoken requests over the phone or in person, and to verbal or written instructions.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with co-workers, supervisors and the general public.

Job Qualifications & Requirements

• Supervision of construction and/or splicing crews, familiarity with instruments used to splice, test and/or run trouble on outside plant fiber cabling, and knowledge of management reporting fundamentals mandatory.
• Familiarity with OSP design, fiber configuration and assignments and ability to read and interpret splicing documents and OSP construction drawings a must.
• 5+ years of experience in the fiber / telecommunications / telecom construction industry.
• Bachelor of Science degree in construction management, civil or electrical engineering is beneficial.
• BICSI Certification preferred.