Primary location: USA with potential oversight of projects in different states in the west coast.
Qualifications and Education
Academic background
- Preferably a Higher or Technical Degree in Telecommunications Engineering Electrical Engineering or Civil Engineering
- Exceptional candidates without formal academic credentials but with demonstrable relevant experience will be considered.
Professional Experience
5 10 years in fiber optic network deployment with hands on expertise in:
- External and internal plant cable laying and ducting.
- Fiber and micro duct blowing.
- Splicing and link certification using OTDR and optical power meters.
- Minimum 2 years in team leadership and subcontractor management within telecommunications projects.
- Experience liaising with technical departments and clients to monitor and report on project progress.
Languages
- English: Native or C1 professional working proficiency.
- Spanish: Advantageous but not essential.
Project and team management
- Coordinate human and material resources for large scale roll outs.
- Manage permit acquisition processes.
- Act as primary liaison with clients for daily operations and progress meetings.
- Monitor timelines budgets and provide regular progress reports to senior management.
- Plan and monitor daily cable laying production targets.
- Manage production costs travel accommodation and logistics for workforce crews.
- Oversee fiber optic cable installation using blowing splicing and jointing techniques.
- Ensure correct installation labelling and protection of fiber at all stages.
- Prepare technical and economic feasibility studies.
- Guarantee compliance with national and international safety and technical standards.
- Perform end to end signal quality testing and operational verification.
- Produce comprehensive documentation of designs routes connections and test results.
- Diagnose and resolve network incidents.
- Deliver technical training to personnel.
- Ensure proper use and maintenance of company assets (vehicles machinery tools).
Client relationship reporting and Internal coordination
- Manage the daily interlocution with the client onsite.
- Elaborate weekly/monthly progress reports for both client and internally.
- Assistance to the local meetings with the client representing the company.
- Coordination of internal issues with other departments.
Remuneration and Conditions
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience.
- Full geographical mobility.