Senior Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer

About the role

The Senior Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer at Ziply Fiber is responsible for executing fiber OSP projects, ensuring capacity, constructability, and scalability alignment. This role involves technical oversight of OSP infrastructure, serving as a subject matter expert (SME) for engineering, and managing permitting and ROW processes.

Responsibilities

• Proactively review outside plant facilities for necessary upgrades and enhancements.
• Produce and/or review HLD and LLD documents.
• Communicate with peers and departments to ensure proper project planning.
• Attend pre-construction meetings for project designs.
• Prepare cost estimates based on project type and needs.
• Review vendor designs and perform QA/QC audits.
• Maintain accurate cable records and update according to As-Builts.
• Manage the full permitting lifecycle (State, DNR, City, County, Townships).
• Coordinate with utilities for project design and construction to utilize joint trenching.
• Investigate and manage ROWs and easements for releases.
• Support leadership with reporting and escalations.
• Provide guidance, support, and training to internal FTEs and external vendors.
• Collaborate with sales, marketing, operations, and regulatory teams as needed.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent work experience, with a minimum of five (5) years of OSP Engineering experience or an outside plant position.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in telecommunications outside plant project management and/or fiber design, including inventory management.
• Minimum of three (3) years’ experience in ROW, private easement, and permitting with local, state, and federal entities.
• Knowledge of outside plant design, cable count layout, and capacities.
• A valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and satisfactory driving record.
• Completion of a pre-employment drug screening.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of outside plant activity and engineering tools, including Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, GIS (QGIS/ArcGIS), IQGEO, etc.
• Organizational skills, communication skills (written and verbal), and customer relations.
• Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration with Engineering team, regional managers, vendors, local supervisors, and technicians.
• Ability to manage multiple projects in various stages of activity and meet critical deadlines.
• Ability to drive on behalf of the company in a safe and responsible manner.

Skills

• Knowledge of outside plant activity and engineering tools.
• Organizational skills, communication skills (written and verbal).
• Strong interpersonal skills for collaboration.
• Ability to manage multiple projects.
• Ability to drive on behalf of the company.

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.

Pay

$88,000 to $115,000 annually.

Schedule

Regular business hours Pacific Standard Time, with availability for on-call, evenings, and weekends as needed.