OSP Network Engineering Manager

Frontier Communications•Redlands, CA

1d•$110,000 - $140,000•Onsite

About The Position

This position is responsible for managing the engineering of telecommunications outside plant in a serving exchange environment. Subject matter expert for all technical aspects of outside plant facilities and associated work such as cable sizing, cable counts, cable records, and permitting for ROW’s and easements. This position works as a lead team member with Network Planning, Central Office, Transmission, and Operations to support the growth, replacements, and upgrade of telecommunications plant facilities. This person provides frontline managing and direction for construction activities associated with outside plant. This position also supports sales, marketing, operations, and regulatory as needed. Experience in engineering fiber-to-home deployments is a requirement. In this in-person role, you will be required to report to 9 S 4TH STREET, REDLANDS, CA 92373 or 32477 HAUN ROAD, MENIFEE, CA 92584 to complete your work responsibilities.

Requirements

Knowledge of outside plant design.
Financial investment guidelines. Steward of the company resources.
Knowledge of tools utilized by OSP Engineering leadership to include Site Tracker, Infinium, Varasset, FROGS
Demonstrate excellent organization and communication skills
Ability to effectively train and educate employee
Data Analysis software and tools
B.S. degree and/or a minimum of 5 years experience in an outside plant support position.
Must be able to work with senior management to meet timely, accurate, and meaningful requirements.
Must be able to demonstrate knowledge with a heavy emphasis on outside plant design, cable count design, and capacities.
Strong interpersonal skills are very important in discussions and meetings with the Engineering team, regional managers, vendors, local supervisors, and technicians.

Nice To Haves

Experience in engineering fiber-to-home deployments is a requirement.

Responsibilities

Leadership and management of company and contract work resources
Meet Company and department goals
Oversees Engineering design for outside plant
Proactive review of outside plant facilities to determine necessary upgrades and enhancements
Communicate with state, county, city, and national indices to gain information on planned projects that involve growth and changes
Communicate with all peers and departments to ensure proper project planning
Ensures the accuracy of cable records and updates.
Prepare project justifications for approval
Prepare loop studies as needed
Review and approve contractor invoices
Assist in annual budget design
BAU Engineer: Performs all aspects of OSP Engineering including Development Design (greenfield and brownfield), Circuit Design, DOR, BDT Estimates, Road Work for a given Turf
Project Administration: Manages Multiple Contract Engineers, performs quality review of work, and interacts with DOT and municipalities as required.
Circuit Design: Designs solutions to circuit orders for Carrier, and retail. Both Copper and Fiber designs, for DSO to large ethernet orders
Obligatory Engineer: OSP Engineers who specialize in Road Work Projects, Relationships with local DOT
Site Walk: Performs site visits for Circuit orders
Circuit Gatekeeper: Manages M6 Tasks and queues to ensure orders are flowing and supports field engineers for M6
BDT: Estimates Costs and network design to provide solutions to sales opportunity
Pole Administration: Tracks NJUNs tickets and distributes work to OPCEN and Engineering
Drafting

Benefits

Salary Range: $110,000 to $140,000
20 PTO (Paid Time Off) days + 10 paid holidays per year
Day one medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
401k match of 50% on 6% of eligible compensation
Tuition Assistance Program
Personal & Work Life Balance Resources & Wellness Support Assistance
Employee Resource Groups
Same-sex spouse and domestic partner benefits coverage
10 weeks of paid parental leave, & a phased return to work program for new parents
Up to $10k in adoption program assistance
3 weeks of paid caregiver leave