Fiber Project Manager

Project Manager- Fiber requirements

Contract: 12+ months

Exp: 15+

Remote 100%

• Demonstrated expertise in utility-grade Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside Plant (ISP) fiber construction, including aerial and underground deployments, permitting, environmental compliance, and right-of-way coordination.
• Proven experience managing project schedules, budgets, scope, risks, issues, and stakeholder communications throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong knowledge of both waterfall and agile project management methodologies and their application to infrastructure and capital deployment projects.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and documentation skills with the ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization.
• Experience coordinating contractors, engineers, construction managers, inspectors, utility operations personnel, and external agencies.
• Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and analytical capabilities with the ability to identify and mitigate project risks.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple projects, assignments, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Self-starter with the ability to quickly learn new tools, technologies, processes, and organizational practices with minimal supervision.
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams, and project management tools.
• Experience developing executive presentations, project reports, dashboards, schedules, forecasts, and process documentation.
• Strong observational and analytical skills, including the ability to collect, organize, analyze, interpret, and present large amounts of information with a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Experience tracking project performance metrics, budget forecasts, schedule performance, resource utilization, and risk mitigation activities.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to deliver projects safely, on schedule, within scope, and within budget.

OSP Engineer- Fiber requirements

• Three (3) or more years of experience in fiber-optic, telecommunications, utility, or infrastructure engineering.
• Experience developing engineering designs, specifications, and construction packages.
• Experience supporting field construction activities.
• Two (2) years of experience with AutoCAD

Outside Plant (OSP)

• Utility industry experience.
• Telecommunications industry experience
• Fiber network design experience.
• Experience supporting major capital infrastructure projects.
• Familiarity with utility transmission, distribution, and substation environments.
• Experience with engineering change management and construction support activities
• Duct-Grade Fiber Systems
• Underground Fiber Infrastructure
• Aerial Fiber Infrastructure
• Fiber Splicing Design
• Fiber Route Engineering
• Fiber Path Diversity Planning
• Utility Joint Pole Environments

Inside Plant (ISP)

• Fiber Distribution Units
• Patch Panels
• Optical Transport Systems
• Telecom Shelters
• Communication Rack Design
• Structured Cabling Systems
• SCADA Communication Infrastructure
• Operational Technology Networks

Civil Infrastructure

• Conduit Design
• Duct Bank Systems
• Vault and Handhole Design
• Directional Drilling
• Micro-Trenching
• Trenching Methods
• Railroad and Highway Crossings
• Traffic Control Considerations

Tools and Processes

• GIS Mapping Systems
• KMZ/KML Development
• Engineering Drawing Development
• Fiber Testing and Commissioning Practices
• Construction Package Development
• Utility Permitting and Environmental Review Processes