Overview
The Fiber Optic Outside Plant Designer is responsible for the design, documentation, management, budget, and standards of outside plant assets across the assigned territory.
Reports To: Director of OSP Engineering
Department: Network & OSP Engineering
Job Status: Exempt
Responsibilities:
- Manage contract design and engineering resources
- Perform small scale design tasks for custom connections or smaller network extensions
- Assist in permitting by supplying technical information and attending meetings as required
- Work with the Network team to ensure timely information exchange in support of proper electronics deployment
- Work with Construction Managers and Project Managers to keep records up to date and accurate
- Assist in improving automation and streamline processes
- Effectively interface and professionally communicate with colleagues across departments under tight timelines
- Create simple ad-hoc or presentation-quality maps, depending on the situation, for executive decision makers, sales engineers, account executives and peers
- Prepare information in various formats (e.g., maps, spreadsheets, slides) for executive management, sales, construction project management, field operations, and network operations when requested
- Balance priorities with consideration for importance and urgency of projects. Quickly switch between numerous small projects, requiring immediate response, and larger projects having multiple steps and longer deadlines
- Manage multiple projects with the ability to travel to project within the territory
- Support Outside Plant peers across all territories based on overall team workloads
