Pearce Services
Outside Plant Engineer III
- Location:
- Salem, OR
- Salary:
- $34 – $36 hourly
- Full-time
Job Summary
- Core Responsibilities Planning, Design & Technical Leadership:
- Own engineering scope for multi-site/complex OSP builds (fiber & copper; aerial/UG; pole, direct-buried, and conduit).
- Produce and seal (where applicable) engineering plans, splicing diagrams, loss budgets, BOMs, and construction work prints.
- Perform advanced loop-loss and electronics sizing; plan field-mounted switch serving areas and network segmentation.
- Lead constructability reviews, value engineering, and route optimization; resolve clearance, capacity, and alignment conflicts. Field Validation, Standards & Compliance:
- Direct and perform field surveys: pole, conduit, and buried-facility measurements; verify NESC clearances and make-ready needs.
- Ensure compliance with NESC, client specifications, and Pearce standards; conduct feasibility/economic analyses.
- Author redlines/as-builts; drive corrective actions from field QA findings to closure. Permitting, ROW & Joint Use:
- Oversee complete permit packages (municipal/county/state) and coordinate ROW/easements to approval.
- Lead joint-use engineering (pole attachments, loading, and make-ready); coordinate with IOU/co-op/municipal utilities.
- Interface with agencies and utilities to resolve conflicts, accelerate approvals, and de-risk schedules. Budgeting, Tracking & Quality Assurance:
- Build job budgets and forecasts; track actuals, changes, and variance drivers; recommend cost/schedule mitigations.
- Establish project KPIs (cycle time, rework rate, punch-list aging) and run continuous-improvement actions.
- Conduct periodic site inspections and formal QA/QC gates from design release through closeout. Documentation, Systems & Cross-Functional Coordination:
- Maintain authoritative records (designs, permits, ROW, accounting/property records, as-builts).
- Prepare executive-ready reports/status dashboards; keep internal/client systems current.
- Partner with PMs, construction, permitting, and vendors to align milestones and dependencies; lead technical touchpoints.
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