Assoc Director-Construction & Eng

AT&T•Columbia, SC

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered. Join AT&T and help shape the future of communications and technology that connect the world. We value innovators who seek to explore the unknown and challenge the status quo. Bring your bold ideas and fearless spirit to redefine connectivity and transform how people share stories and experiences. At AT&T, you won’t just imagine the future—you’ll build it. What you’ll do: Team Leadership and Supervision: Supervise and manage teams of technicians, leading regular huddles, assigning tasks, providing feedback, training, and coaching, and evaluating performance. Project Management: Plan, coordinate, and oversee construction and engineering projects, working with dispatch to apportion work orders, ensuring work allocation, and maintaining schedules to meet deadlines and budgets. Compliance and Safety: Conduct in-field safety and quality inspections, ensuring all activities comply with regulations and enforcing safety protocols. Resource and Inventory Management: Oversee the flow and distribution of inventory and supplies, manage tool budgeting, and procure necessary materials and equipment, coordinating with suppliers for timely delivery. Documentation and Reporting: Maintain detailed documentation of project plans, budgets, and resource allocation, reviewing work order close-out narratives, key metric reports, and time entries, and generating project status reports. What you’ll need: Oversee and provide expert consultation in the management of contract resources for construction and digital electronics activities, ensuring the efficient installation, maintenance, and optimization of Outside Plant (OSP) and digital facilities. What you’ll bring: Oversees operational aspects of the department, focusing on the day-to-day management of related initiatives. This role is primarily concerned with the implementation and execution of strategies developed by higher management. Typically leads entry-level and career-level staff within the organization. Responsible for influencing decisions regarding the hiring, firing, disciplinary action, promotional activity, and pay decisions for subordinates. Environmental Requirements: This position may be responsible for contributing to AT&T compliance with environmental laws and regulations as applicable to its job function. This may include, but is not limited to, work related to fuel tanks, emergency and stand-by generators, boilers, hazardous waste, hazardous materials, batteries, manholes and vaults, water wells, linear and other construction projects, water discharge, or air emissions.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree (BS/BA) desired.
5+ years of related experience.

Responsibilities

Supervise and manage teams of technicians, leading regular huddles, assigning tasks, providing feedback, training, and coaching, and evaluating performance.
Plan, coordinate, and oversee construction and engineering projects, working with dispatch to apportion work orders, ensuring work allocation, and maintaining schedules to meet deadlines and budgets.
Conduct in-field safety and quality inspections, ensuring all activities comply with regulations and enforcing safety protocols.
Oversee the flow and distribution of inventory and supplies, manage tool budgeting, and procure necessary materials and equipment, coordinating with suppliers for timely delivery.
Maintain detailed documentation of project plans, budgets, and resource allocation, reviewing work order close-out narratives, key metric reports, and time entries, and generating project status reports.
Oversee and provide expert consultation in the management of contract resources for construction and digital electronics activities, ensuring the efficient installation, maintenance, and optimization of Outside Plant (OSP) and digital facilities.
Oversees operational aspects of the department, focusing on the day-to-day management of related initiatives.
Responsible for influencing decisions regarding the hiring, firing, disciplinary action, promotional activity, and pay decisions for subordinates.
This position may be responsible for contributing to AT&T compliance with environmental laws and regulations as applicable to its job function.

Benefits

Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
401(k) plan
Tuition reimbursement program
Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
Paid Parental Leave
Paid Caregiver Leave
Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
Adoption Reimbursement
Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
Life and Accidental Death Insurance
Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
Extensive employee wellness programs
Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories, AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.