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Osmose Utilities is seeking a highly experienced Lead GIS Engineer to support the planning, engineering, design, integration, testing, and troubleshooting of Telecommunications/Utilities, OSP, and ISP networks.

This position is located in Westborough, MA

• Developing network designs for Greenfield, Brownfield, and Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) environments; preparing detailed network specifications, diagrams, charts, and equipment configurations using GPON and XGS-PON technologies; and utilizing GE Smallworld, SpatialNet, and AutoCAD GIS to develop and maintain telecommunications network designs and GIS solutions.
• Installing, commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting OSP/ISP fiber networks; designing wire centers for copper, HFC, and coax networks; planning, integrating, testing, and troubleshooting telecommunications/utility switching, transmission, routing, and switching equipment; implementing, monitoring, and managing customized end-to end customer networks using multiple applications;
• Installing and commissioning optical transport switches, routers, and NGDLC equipment; and designing and developing automated tools for GE Smallworld, SpatialNet, and AutoCAD GIS software.
• Software build and release management, including software release testing, validation, and troubleshooting.
• Lead and manage GIS-based telecommunications network planning, design, and data management activities for FTTH, OSP, ISP, HFC, backbone, and other fiber-optic network projects.
• Analyze, process, manipulate, validate, and maintain complex spatial and network data using enterprise GIS platforms and telecommunications network databases.
• Develop, maintain, and update GIS databases and physical network inventory records, ensuring accuracy, completeness, consistency, and compliance with established data standards.
• Perform data conversion, data conflation, work-order posting, and integration of legacy, design, and as-built network data into GIS and network inventory systems.
• Create and maintain detailed telecommunications network maps, electronic construction prints, layouts, and spatial representations of fiber routes, cables, splice enclosures, terminals, conduits, equipment, and related infrastructure.
• Utilize GE Smallworld, ArcGIS Desktop, ArcGIS Pro, ArcFM, AutoCAD, MicroStation, MapInfo, and other GIS/CAD applications to perform network design, spatial analysis, mapping, and data-management activities.
• Design and implement GIS data models, including conceptual, logical, and physical data models, feature classes, hierarchies, tables, relationships, attributes, and metadata.
• Perform advanced spatial and network analysis to evaluate fiber routes, network connectivity, capacity, redundancy, infrastructure availability, and geographic constraints.
• Conduct GIS data-quality assessments, including topology validation and correction, attribute verification, spatial consistency checks, and identification and resolution of data discrepancies.
• Utilize GIS quality-control tools, including Data Reviewer, topology tools, and automated validation processes, to identify and correct errors and improve network-data accuracy.
• Develop and implement GIS automation workflows using ModelBuilder and other applicable tools to improve data-processing efficiency, reduce manual effort, and increase data quality.
• Analyze field, engineering, customer, and construction inputs and incorporate applicable changes into GIS and network databases.
• Review and process design changes, redlines, construction updates, and as-built information to ensure that GIS records accurately reflect the physical telecommunications network.
• Perform network analysis and spatial modeling to support route optimization, network expansion, infrastructure planning, and project-specific design requirements.
• Coordinate with telecommunications engineers, designers, project teams, field personnel, customers, and other stakeholders to resolve GIS, network-data, and design-related issues.
• Provide technical guidance and mentoring to GIS analysts and design personnel on GIS applications, data-management procedures, network modeling, quality control, and telecommunications GIS workflows.
• Establish and maintain GIS data-management procedures, standards, and quality-control practices to ensure consistency across projects and customer requirements.
• Investigate and resolve complex GIS and network-data issues involving spatial relationships, connectivity, topology, data integrity, and database performance.
• Support the development, testing, implementation, and enhancement of GIS applications, automated tools, and workflows used for telecommunications network planning and design.
• Evaluate new GIS technologies, applications, and tools and recommend process improvements to increase productivity, accuracy, and operational efficiency.
• Prepare technical documentation, GIS reports, data-quality reports, project documentation, and other materials supporting network design and GIS operations.
• Lead GIS-related activities for complex projects and coordinate priorities, deliverables, and technical requirements with cross-functional teams
• Ensure GIS deliverables comply with customer specifications, engineering standards, project requirements, and established company procedures.
• Perform quality reviews of GIS and network-design deliverables and implement corrective actions to minimize errors, rework, and discrepancies between design, construction, and as-built records.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting for GIS applications, telecommunications network databases, and related design and mapping systems.

• Bachelor’s degree (or foreign equivalent) or higher in Computer Science, Information Technology Management, Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Engineering, or a related field, and must possess 12 years of experience in the job offered or in a related role.
• Experience planning and engineering Telecommunications/Utilities, OSP, and ISP networks according to engineering specifications using GE Smallworld;
• Creating Telecommunications/Utilities network designs for Greenfield, Brownfield, and Fiber-to-the-Home environments;
• Preparing detailed network specifications, including diagrams, charts, and equipment configurations using GPON and XGS-PON technologies; installing, commissioning, testing, and troubleshooting OSP/ISP fiber networks designing wire centers for copper, HFC, and coax networks; planning, integrating, testing, and troubleshooting
• Telecommunications/Utilities switching, transmission, routing, and switching equipment; implementing, monitoring, and managing customers’ customized end-to-end networks using multiple applications; installing and commissioning optical transport switches, routers, and NGDLC equipment; designing and developing automated tools for GE Smallworld, SpatialNet, and AutoCAD GIS software; and performing software build and release management, including software release testing and validation.

Osmose is the market‑leading provider of critical resiliency, assessment, and restoration services for electric transmission, distribution, and telecommunications companies. Our field technicians, professional engineers, scientists, and corrosion experts utilize their expertise to identify and solve issues to make utility infrastructure safer, longer lasting, and more resilient.

Come grow with us! Full‑time employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that includes:

• Medical Insurance and Health Savings Account with company contribution
• Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, STD, LTD, Critical Illness Plan and more!
• 401(k) with excellent company match
• Paid time off

Osmose is an Equal Opportunity employer. EOE M/F/Disabled/Vet