OSP Engineer

Overview: Job Summary The Outside Plant Engineer will be responsible for the application engineering of telecommunications outside plant in a local serving exchange environment. The Outside Plant Engineer is a 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 team member with Network Planning, Central Office, Transmission, and Operations to support the growth, replacements, and upgrades of telecommunications plant facilities. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and are not intended to reflect all duties performed.

• Frontline project management for all construction activities associated with outside plant activity.
• Engineering design for outside plants.
• 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.
• Coordinate with all utilities for project design and construction to utilize a joint trench.
• Communicate with all peers and departments to ensure proper project planning.
• Maintain accurate cable records and updates.
• Attend pre-construction meetings for project designs.
• Apply for all permits as required (State, DNR, City, County, Townships).
• Maintain and investigate ROW’s and easements for releases.
• Prepare cost estimates for BDT’s.
• Respond to DOR’s as needed.
• Update records according to As-Builts.
• Support sales, marketing, operations,…