Planner II

Lumen Technologies • Remote, OR

12h • $67,703 - $99,297 • Remote

About The Position

Lumen is hiring a remote-based, full-time Planning Engineer II individual contributor for its Local/ILEC Edge Planning team within the North American Operations group. The role creates plans that enable Lumen’s network to support multi-gig services and products for residential and business customers. It manages network elements, evaluates capacity utilization, forecasts bandwidth growth, identifies capacity triggers for bandwidth relief, and submits projects based on those triggers. The work supports Inside and Outside Plant planning activities in assigned wire centers.

The position also develops project estimates and planning handoff packages, analyzes network architecture to support funding decisions, and performs other strategic and operational planning activities as business needs dictate.

Requirements

• At least 2 years of experience in Inside Plant, Outside Plant, and Passive Optical Network.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent education and relevant experience.
• Experience with GSA (GE Smallworld) or other GIS-based planning tools.
• Knowledge of Outside Plant copper and fiber-optic cable, including underground, aerial, and buried plant, as well as manhole and conduit design.
• Knowledge of Fiber to the Tower, Fiber to the Business, Fiber to the Node, and Fiber to the Home architectures and technologies.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel or an equivalent program.
• Ability to use systems including GSA, Google Earth, and Fireworks.
• Strong writing, analytical, and presentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with people at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to work independently with little or no oversight, self-manage workload, and deliver projects to SLA and other deadlines.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with Metro/Ethernet networks.
• Master's degree.
• At least 3 years of related experience.
• Experience in an engineering role that included a substantial business financial focus.

Responsibilities

• Research, plan, and release projects to engineering.
• Develop electronics, fiber feeder, and distribution desktop costing estimates for new residential and overbuild projects.
• Develop lit and dark fiber desktop costing estimates for cell tower projects.
• Develop planning handoff packages for engineering partners.
• Anticipate network capacity requirements using forecast, existing network inventory, and strategic planning data.
• Perform network analysis and reviews to determine optimal network architecture for funding.
• Perform strategic planning activities, including grants and RDOF, as business needs dictate.
• Provide support for road moves, rehabilitation, DSI growth, and HSI augmentation.

Benefits

• A comprehensive package featuring health, life, and voluntary lifestyle benefits, plus other perks supporting physical, mental, emotional, and financial wellbeing.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level