Pearce Services
OSP Engineer
- Location:
- Muskegon, MI
- Salary:
- $30 – $38 hourly
- Full-time
Job Summary
- Responsibilities: Engineering & Design:
- Design and plan outside plant facilities for copper and fiber infrastructure (aerial, buried, conduit).
- Prepare and review engineering drawings, loop loss calculations, and switch serving area designs.
- Conduct field measurements for poles, conduits, and buried facilities to support network design.
- Develop project budgets, monitor actual costs, and conduct job inspections for quality assurance. Permitting & Compliance:
- Prepare, organize, and submit permit packages to relevant agencies (Township, County, State, DNR, Railroad, Pipeline, etc.).
- Ensure designs meet permitting regulations and engineering standards. Field Coordination:
- Meet with municipal and government officials to coordinate around road projects (travel required; mileage reimbursed).
- Collaborate with other utilities to coordinate relocations, minimize conflicts, and avoid project delays.
- Support service orders, subdivision expansions, road relocations, dark fiber MDUs, and more.
- Update FROGS (CAD), Varasset, and SiteTracker tools as required. Project & Construction Support:
- Coordinate with SSP contractors to ensure timely and budget-conscious project completion.
- Assist with make-ready work and joint-use coordination for Frontier-owned poles.
- Conduct site surveys, support PUC complaint investigations, and create capital projects (e.g., for cell towers or plant repairs).
- Address and resolve plant damage requests (DOR/PDR), cable count changes, and other network service needs. Administrative Support:
- Maintain records, update engineering files, and process departmental documentation.
- Draft and type correspondence, reports, and engineering support documents. Core Experience:
- 3–5+ years of hands-on experience in copper and fiber optic network engineering.
- Minimum 5 years in network…
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