Fiber Construction Manager - WY

Company: VISIONARY COMMUNICATIONS LLC
Location: Cheyenne
Posted on: March 15, 2023

Job Description:

Fiber Construction Manager
Visionary Broadband seeks a qualified individual to fulfill the role of Outside Plant (OSP) Fiber Construction Manager. This full time, salaried position will join the Fiber team at Visionary Broadband, a division of Visionary Communications, Inc., one of the top service providers in the region. This position will be based out of Cheyenne, Wyoming.
Job Overview:
As the Fiber Construction Manager, you will work closely with Visionary's Fiber Engineering team to oversee construction on Fiber designs, both for individual jobs and larger builds. This includes, but is not limited to, reviewing construction prints and Bills of Material (BoMs), working with inventory to track arrival dates for materials, review, creation, and implementation of Central Office, Powered Building, and Powered Cabinet specifications, managing contractor schedules, performing site visits to assure quality of build, reporting and managing redline changes to builds with Engineering, and ensuring Visionary standards are maintained through project completion.
A candidate must have experience with fiber underground and aerial construction and methodologies, including NESC code, local, state, and federal construction code, and best-practices for fiber construction. A strong candidate will bring project experience in both long-haul and fiber to the premise deployments, splicing best practice, aerial deployments, and crew management.

Duties and Responsibilities:
--- Work with a team of experienced engineers to execute construction on fiber designs and central office technology, including reading through prints and ensuring contracted or in-house crews are following them, knowing materials and material locations and ship dates, and ensuring issues during construction are clearly communicated and worked through
--- Create and manage tracking documentation for elements of fiber projects such as inventory, construction, and more, in conjunction with a project management team and within project management software(s)
--- Review redlines submitted by contractors and Visionary teams/crews for accuracy before submitting to Engineering to update mapping databases
--- Perform some on-site field work, including measuring, picture taking, pole analysis, and more
--- Strong emphasis on accountability and action-item-follow-through specifically related to the deployment of fiber OSP projects
--- Communicate with Engineering team
--- Comply with and respond to federal, state, and local regulations
--- Work with construction teams to maximize schedule allotments, including coordination with contracted splicers, aerial construction crews, underground construction crews, Visionary internal Engineering and splicing, and potentially affected customer(s) as necessary to ensure a streamlined and expedited construction process
Qualifications:
A qualified candidate must possess the following skills, or have equivalent experience and/or qualifications:
High school diploma or equivalent education experience.
3 years or more of fiber optic construction experience, with an emphasis on underground and aerial placement and methodologies.
Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
Excellent organizational skills and must be detail oriented.
Good knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications, as well as ability to quickly learn and work within proprietary computer applications.
Flexibility to work outside of standard 8am-5pm hours and be willing to travel to job sites within Visionary territory.
Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with demonstrated problem solving abilities
Physical Requirements:
This position requires sitting to complete work with a computer using a variety of software & GIS applications and telephone.
50%+ / - of the time will be spent walking and standing in the field with various weather conditions, as well as occasional lifting and / or carrying and / or pushing / pulling of items less than 50lbs.
Visual and audio acuity is essential to this position.

Visionary is often on the cutting edge of new technology deployments and works in a multitude of different situations with many different entities. A successful candidate will be a critical thinker, willing to both come up with new solutions and work with existing team members to collaborate on a best way forward in unique situations.

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