Responsibilities
- Create and plan outside plant facilities for copper and fiber infrastructure, including aerial, buried, and conduit systems.
- Generate and review engineering drawings, loop loss calculations, and switch serving area designs.
- Perform field measurements for poles, conduits, and buried facilities to support network design.
- Develop project budgets, track actual costs, and conduct job inspections for quality assurance.
- Prepare, organize, and submit permit packages to relevant agencies, including Township, County, State, DNR, Railroad, and Pipeline.
- Ensure designs comply with permitting regulations and engineering standards.
- Meet with municipal and government officials to coordinate around road projects, with travel required and 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.
- Coordinate with SSP contractors to ensure timely and budget-conscious project completion.
- Assist with make-ready work and joint-use coordination for company-owned poles.
- Conduct site surveys, support PUC complaint investigations, and create capital projects, such as for cell towers or plant repairs.
- Address and resolve plant damage requests, cable count changes, and other network service needs.
- Maintain records, update engineering files, and process departmental documentation.
- Draft and type correspondence, reports, and engineering support documents.
Work Arrangement
Remote (City/Region)
Other
- Willingness to travel locally for fieldwork and meetings, with mileage reimbursed.
- Preferred candidates located in the Pacific Standard Time (PST) zone.
- Highly qualified candidates in the Mountain Standard Time (MST) zone may also be considered.