DS OSP Lead (Outside Plant)

General Dynamics Information Technology • Oklahoma City, OK

3d • Remote

About The Position

Advance how our customers operate while you advance your career. Join GDIT as a DS OSP Lead and build an impactful career in enterprise IT, collaborating with people who are driven and resourceful like you. The DS OSP Lead specializes in the design, survey, and implementation of Outside Plant infrastructure including conduit pathways, duct banks, poles, manholes/handholes, and exterior distribution facilities for AF/SF network modernization. This role includes overseeing GDIT, Agency, and Subcontractor OSP construction teams. MEANINGFUL WORK AND PERSONAL IMPACT • Conduct detailed OSP field surveys documenting cables, pathways, vaults, utilities, and routing • Produce engineering inputs for OSP layouts, trenching plans, duct bank designs, and aerial/underground routes • Manage Agency and Subcontractor construction labor for trenching, boring, conduit placement, and restoration • Coordinate excavation, locates, and construction safety requirements with base civil engineering • Ensure OSP designs comply with UFC, TIA/EIA, NEC, I3A, and DoD OSP standards • Support QA activities including inspections, testing, and as-built validation • Collaborate with FO, ISP, and CEL teams on integrated routing and design requirements • Participate in customer meetings, engineering reviews, and planning sessions WHAT YOU’LL NEED TO SUCCEED

Requirements

• 5+ years OSP engineering, construction management, or telecom infrastructure experience
• Hands‑on experience with conduit systems, duct banks, aerial/underground routing, and utility coordination
• Experience managing construction crews, subcontractors, or field labor
• Knowledge of excavation, trenching, boring, and OSP safety procedures
• Familiarity with DoD or large‑scale campus OSP infrastructure

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AF/SF installation processes or federal OSP projects
• Experience interpreting civil, utility, or telecom construction drawings
• BICSI OSP (Outside Plant Designer)
• FOA CFOT (Fiber Optic Technician)
• OSHA 30 or equivalent safety certification
• Security+ CE (DoD requirement for base network environments)

Responsibilities

• Conduct detailed OSP field surveys documenting cables, pathways, vaults, utilities, and routing
• Produce engineering inputs for OSP layouts, trenching plans, duct bank designs, and aerial/underground routes
• Manage Agency and Subcontractor construction labor for trenching, boring, conduit placement, and restoration
• Coordinate excavation, locates, and construction safety requirements with base civil engineering
• Ensure OSP designs comply with UFC, TIA/EIA, NEC, I3A, and DoD OSP standards
• Support QA activities including inspections, testing, and as-built validation
• Collaborate with FO, ISP, and CEL teams on integrated routing and design requirements
• Participate in customer meetings, engineering reviews, and planning sessions

Benefits

• Growth: AI-powered career tool that identifies career steps and learning opportunities
• Support: An internal mobility team focused on helping you achieve your career goals
• Rewards: Comprehensive benefits and wellness packages, 401K with company match, and competitive pay and paid time off
• Flexibility: Full-flex work week to own your priorities at work and at home
• Community: Award-winning culture of innovation and a military-friendly workplace
• Our benefits package for all US-based employees includes a variety of medical plan options, some with Health Savings Accounts, dental plan options, a vision plan, and a 401(k) plan offering the ability to contribute both pre and post-tax dollars up to the IRS annual limits and receive a company match.
• To encourage work/life balance, GDIT offers employees full flex work weeks where possible and a variety of paid time off plans, including vacation, sick and personal time, holidays, paid parental, military, bereavement and jury duty leave.
• To ensure our employees are able to protect their income, other offerings such as short and long-term disability benefits, life, accidental death and dismemberment, personal accident, critical illness and business travel and accident insurance are provided or available.
• We regularly review our Total Rewards package to ensure our offerings are competitive and reflect what our employees have told us they value most.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees