Job Description
Job Description
Position Summary
Are you a highly technical and experienced Outside Plant Engineer with hands-on experience in aerial and underground fiber construction for carrier-grade fiber networks? Do you thrive in a fast-paced environment that includes construction and trouble management responsibilities for all aspects of physical fiber optic plant? Are you a road warrior comfortable with being out in the field up to 70% of the time to manage and support Michigan's fastest fiber optic network and its customers and facilities? If so, you may be the perfect candidate for the position of Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer at Everstream!
Primary Responsibilities
- Manage multiple fiber plant construction projects to include overseeing permitting for your projects and construction activities and vendors as well as materials procurement organizations and partners.
- Perform pre-construction walk outs to determine most optimal fiber routes for customer laterals and backbone
- Develop accurate Statement of Work (SOW) packages to include cost estimates and Outside and In-Building Fiber routes (primarily in CAD or Google Earth formats)
- Perform fiber optic and Ethernet line testing in relation to accepting newly installed plant or trouble repairs. Testing will include the use of OTDR, Power Meter, CAT 5 & 6 Cable Verifier, and/or other similar Test Sets
- Perform Post construction Quality Assurance of contractors work to ensure work is met to Standard Telecommunication Construction Standards and has met the Scope of Work requirements
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and Visio, CAD, and Google Earth Software
- Availability to perform on-call work as prescribed to include after-hours (nights and weekends) call-outs
Requirements
- 2+ years installing/troubleshooting Fiber Optic and Ethernet Physical transport in a service provider environment
- 1+ years testing and delivering high speed telecom services using test units such as OTDR, Fusion Splicer, Power Meter, and other Fiber Optic test Sets
- 1+ years directly managing inside and outside plant construction projects, capital budgets, and contractors
- 1+ years developing fiber routes for both outside placement and in-building placement
Preferred Qualifications
- Current Fiber Optic (FOT) or BICSI Certifications (Installation and Testing)
- Previous facilities management experience
- Previous experience using inside/outside plant topology software such as Nexus and Granite
Physical Requirements
- Ability to work in all climates
- Ability to lift 60lbs
- Ability to be on-call/rotation
Company DescriptionAbout KCI:
As a professional service-based partnership, we offer reliability, expertise, and peace of mind for all your network infrastructure management needs. As a resource partner our clients can trust, we offer Legacy Network Care and Support, Professional Network Optimization, Transformation and Deployment Services, and Technical Staffing Resources for Telecommunications Service Providers and OEMs.
Company Description
About KCI:\r\nAs a professional service-based partnership, we offer reliability, expertise, and peace of mind for all your network infrastructure management needs. As a resource partner our clients can trust, we offer Legacy Network Care and Support, Professional Network Optimization, Transformation and Deployment Services, and Technical Staffing Resources for Telecommunications Service Providers and OEMs.