Senior Planning Engineer
Lumen Technologies•Remote, OR
•$84,629 - $124,122•Remote
About The Position
The Senior Planning Engineer supports planning and execution activities for Lumen's Custom Network migration programs, including various projects, and future initiatives. This role works across multiple organizations to develop migration plans, manage dependencies, identify risks, and support customer commitments while balancing operational and business priorities. The position is a fully remote role available from anywhere in the US, with a typical Monday-through-Friday, 8:00-to-5:00 schedule.
Requirements
- Experience supporting telecommunications, network migration, infrastructure, or transformation programs.
- Knowledge of network planning, implementation, and operations.
- Experience coordinating cross-functional projects and stakeholders.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and organizational skills.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and work effectively in complex environments.
- Customer-facing experience communicating technical concepts to diverse audiences.
- Knowledge of project management, reporting tools, and performance metrics.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with Custom Networks Transport and Dark Fiber migration programs.
- Experience supporting large-scale customer migration initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain migration plans, schedules, and roadmaps.
- Support route prioritization and execution activities.
- Identify dependencies, constraints, and readiness requirements.
- Coordinate activities supporting network migration delivery.
- Partner with Planning, Engineering, Construction, Implementation, Operations, vendors, and customer-facing teams.
- Facilitate issue resolution and stakeholder alignment.
- Participate in program reviews and governance activities.
- Identify, track, and mitigate risks to migration schedules and customer commitments.
- Support resolution of planning, implementation, capacity, and operational issues.
- Escalate critical concerns and recommend corrective actions.
- Communicate migration plans, schedules, risks, and requirements.
- Support customer meetings, planning reviews, and issue resolution efforts.
- Support occasional overnight customer migrations.
- Build strong relationships with customers and internal stakeholders.
- Maintain migration trackers, metrics, and status reporting.
- Provide schedule forecasts, risk assessments, and program updates.
- Support executive reporting and continuous process improvement initiatives.
Benefits
- Health, Life, Voluntary Lifestyle benefits and other perks that enhance your physical, mental, emotional and financial wellbeing.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
