- Must-Haves: Telecom background with an understanding of project management.
- Technical Skills: Prior experience in OSP construction, fiber splicing, testing, and analysis.
- Tools: Proficiency in MS Office and OTDR is required. Experience with Fast Reporter is highly desired but not mandatory.
- Remote, but must be based in Utah. Salt Lake City or Northern Utah is preferred, but any major Utah city or the Idaho border is acceptable. Occasional site visits may be required (not often).
Summary
- This position is primarily responsible for providing end-to-end customer support, solutions, planning and implementing fiber connectivity solutions, managing customer orders, handling customer service requests, coordinating installations, executing and serving as single point of contact for customers, post-sale, providing direction and project ownership by leading the implementation, execution and communication of projects / orders for customers.
- Responsible for daily management of splicing vendors across multiple projects to expedite the splicing and testing of fiber optic routes.
- Assess and validate requirements (routing, fiber counts, hut spacing, etc.) for new route planning to ensure route objectives are clearly defined and meet stakeholder requirements.
- Coordinates access to customer and network points of presence for fiber splicing and testing vendors.
- Provides specialized telecommunications technical expertise related to fiber optic splicing & testing.
- Collaborates with internal project managers to refine project schedules and budgets. Actively manage schedule, vendor process and documentation requirements and budget throughout project execution.
- Ensure compliance with splicing activity maintenance scheduling and customer notification processes
- Provides direct interface with customers, subcontractors, jurisdictional authorities and interoffice personnel. Supports customer meetings as necessary which requires in person meetings and travel to client and/or construction sites.
- Oversees procurement of equipment and materials required for project implementation. Actively monitor material stock and order lead times to negate material delays.
- Proactively identify and mitigate project risks and develop contingency plans.
- Conduct construction resource planning to ensure project objectives are met.
- Develop RFPs for the splicing & testing of routes. Manage the RFP process and negotiate with bidders to ensure the lowest qualified awards are made.
- Diligently manage the contract terms throughout the life of each contract.
- Provide project-level and executive project reporting including regular updates to our key stakeholders.
- Ensure routes are delivered on time, on budget and as per construction standards.
- Deliver splicing documents to the support teams in a timely manner to ensure route is properly documented.
Qualifications
- Experience in the telecommunications industry with outside plant, fiber optics, telecommunication architectures, optical transport equipment, and project management experience.
- Must be conversant/have working knowledge of structured cabling and fiber splicing experience (or management of fiber splicing)..
- Familiar with Email, MS Excel, Word, Google Earth, and Exfo FastReporter
- Must be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
- Must be able to understand and read construction documents.
- Familiar with all facets of OSP management, including quoting, construction and delivery.
- Business minded and able to maintain a commercial focus.
Company Description
WAVSYS is a national solutions company offering contract, permanent and turnkey staffing solutions by leveraging its international network of 20 offices covering USA, Canada, and the UK.