Telecom Project Manager Jobs in Tennessee (NOW HIRING)

Overview

Cannon & Cannon, Inc. (An Ardurra Company) is seeking a Project Manager in our Tennessee office's!
This Project Manager will oversee complex telecommunication and broadband projects while serving as a trusted partner to our utility and telecommunication clients. This role blends technical leadership, project execution, and customer success, ensuring projects are delivered on time, on budget, and aligned with client expectations.

The ideal candidate brings deep knowledge of telecommunication and broadband design and construction, strong cross-functional leadership skills, and a customer-first mindset.

Primary Function:

The Project Manager (PM) manages the full life cycle (proposal-initiation-execution/control-closeout) of projects and assumes full responsibility for achieving the project goals. This includes managing activities related to project planning, scope, schedule, cost, cash flow, quality, communications, resources, procurement, profit/loss, corrective actions, and risk elements required to optimize client service, quality, and fiscal responsibility. The Project Manager’s overall objective is to deliver value to our clients and to Ardurra, build and maintain a positive client relationship, and achieve or exceed the estimated profit margin for the project.

What You’ll Do

• Lead end-to-end execution of broadband projects.
• OSP Fiber Design of new and existing networks for telecom, utility, and municipal clients.
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, risk, and quality across multiple concurrent projects
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and cost forecasts
• Ensure compliance with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and company procedures
• Act as the primary point of contact for clients throughout the project lifecycle
• Build strong, long-term client relationships by proactively managing expectations and resolving issues
• Translate customer needs into actionable technical and project requirements
• Drive customer satisfaction, retention, and repeat business opportunities

Required Qualifications

• 5-10 years in OSP Engineering experience in fiber and copper design of FTTH, HFC, Middle Mile, and other Broadband expansion projects.

• Proficiency in reading and marking up OSP construction drawings, splicing plans, and technical documentation

• Strong understanding of utility standards, NESC, NEC and applicable codes
• Excellent communication, leadership, and client-facing skills
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, and risk
• 30% Travel Required

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP or equivalent project management certification
• RCDD or coursework beneficial for structured cabling and broadband design.

Why Ardurra?

While Ardurra offers competitive compensation and rich benefits programs, it is our culture that truly sets us apart from our peers. We nurture a family-like culture, striving to create a work environment that is enjoyable, challenging and rewarding but also fun. We are acutely focused on developing our staff, whether through our internal Ardurra Academy or through our industry-leading Leadership program. We have made a deliberate and focused commitment to nurture a people-centric culture where people are: valued as individuals; supported in their professional and career development with multiple, varied career paths; provided the tools and resources to be successful, engaged, and satisfied in their work; and positive benefits, time-off programs, and flexibility to help maintain a healthy balance between work and home.

Ardurra is an Equal Opportunity/ Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, gender identity or sexual orientation.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

Ardurra does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Agency Agreement, Ardurra will not consider or agree to payment of any referral compensation or recruiter fee. If a resume or candidate is submitted to any hiring manager without a previously signed agreement, Ardurra reserves the right to pursue and hire those candidate(s) without any financial obligation to the recruiter or agency. These candidates will be considered property of Ardurra. We’re not currently looking to add any more agencies to our list of approved vendors, so please do not contact any of our managers or recruitment team with sales calls or details of your candidates.

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