Outside Plant Design Engineer

Essential Functions:

• Implement and maintain network design through Company’s fiber management platform.
• High acuity with the development and management of estimating tools, templates and practices.
• High degree of knowledge within the OSP construction discipline.
• Familiarity with Fiber Optic construction planning, utilities, and infrastructure projects.
• The ability to derive cost effective engineering solutions for network design and techniques that meet relative internal and government standards for design and safety.
• Evaluate perspective projects for feasibility and cost effectiveness using walk out data and cost estimating tools.
• Ability to provide visual presentations, charts, templates and cost models.
• Deliver fiber optic route designs to include loss budgets and splice matrix.
• Develop Tabulations and Bills of Materials for designs.
• Specification and ordering of materials to complete projects.

Essential Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Highly skilled in Fiber to the Premises design concepts including efficient routing, PON boundaries, fiber management, cable sizing, fiber assignments, QA/QC testing requirements, link budgets, testing protocols, optical elements including distribution cabinets, splitters, passive devices with evolution to active electronics, etc.
• Working knowledge of a GIS platform and Microsoft Word, Excel and Power point.
• Conversant in a variety of digital data formats including both vector and raster GIS formats, various CAD formats such as .DWG, .DXF, and. DGN, and additional other formats such as .GPX, .XLS, .DBF, .CSV. and able to integrate various data formats.
• Ensure data integrity, accuracy, and consistency across all databases and applications.
• Monitor and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies, enduring timely resolution and proactive management.
• Assist with business development and proposal preparation for OSP projects.
• Provide forecast growth data modeling using GIS tools and templates.
• Identify and drive continuous service improvements to enhance performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
• Monitors QA/QC program and upholds industry construction standards.
• Passionate about working collaboratively with others, taking ownership of your work, and using your talents to help constructively move the Company forward, and genuinely enjoy working to make a positive impact in our communities.
• Management of outside contractors for maintenance and support