Damage Prevention Manager - Miami, FL

Zayo•Doral, FL

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Zayo is seeking a Damage Prevention Manager to be responsible for the performance of their team and for the goals of their assigned territory. This role will be responsible for managing a regional team. Our ideal candidate will be located in the Miami, FL metro area. The Manager is required to be on call and/or work various shifts (such as weekends and/or evenings.) Travel as needed. Work outdoors in various environments, weather conditions, temperatures, exposed to local flora and fauna. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Must live within 30 minutes of the Miami, FL metro area.
Minimum of five (5) years of experience in utility locating and field construction tasks required.
Minimum of one (1) year of experience leading a team required.
Previous experience in site development, underground installations, utility locating, fiber optic cable builds are required.
Ability to maintain eligibility to operate a company issued vehicle per our policy (no more than 2 moving violations within the past 3 years); this includes possession of a state-issued driver's license for the state in which you live.
High school diploma or equivalent required.
Bachelors degree in engineering or construction or similar field or equivalent work experience required.
Telecom training, required.
OSHA or other Safety Certifications required.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis. This position is not eligible for employer-sponsored work authorization, such as OPT, TN, H1B or any other type of work visa, now or in the future.

Responsibilities

Hire, develop, and retain a high performing team of Damage Prevention Technicians.
Document interactions, site information and utilities in organizational software.
Assign and balance workload across team.
Identify and foster the growth of talent on the team.
Communicate with clients, engineers and management to resolve and prevent outages.
Manage locating to ensure all locates are accurate, completely located, and performed on time according to state laws.
Develop and manage relationships with construction contractors known to be working on projects in each market raising their awareness of the location of our cable plant and make certain they are using best practices to avoid strike damage s. This includes private company projects as well as civil infrastructure projects such as road widening, water, sewer, gas, tree trimming etc.
Work closely with Zayo market OSP personnel to understand the status of inflight relocations they are working on and other activities that could represent risk to the cable plant as well as strike damage documentation.
Work closely with damage strike cost recovery personnel OSP and Finance to ensure maximum recovery from 3rd party construction parties and locating vendor.
Work closely with tools development personnel and other State Damage Prevention Manager to recommend feature enhancements and develop preventive/predictive best practices.
Provide training and development of Damage Prevention Technician to maximize their effectiveness in use of tools, OSP inspection skills, strike damage documentation and other required duties.
Identify, develop, and drive improvements to processes and procedures utilizing root cause analysis.
Interview and identify candidates for the Damage Prevention team.
Daily review of the Damage Prevention Technician hand-off report to ensure that dispatches, tasks, and maintenance projects are consistently completed on time.
Administer performance reviews.