Engineering Planner

Reporting to Lead OSP Network Planning the Engineering Planner owns upfront market-level planning before a market is handed off for detailed design. This role establishes feeder routes active cabinet locations and FDH boundary structure ahead of vendor engagement ensuring each market enters detailed design with a validated plan rather than being designed in isolation FDH by FDH. This is a full-time with travel as-needed for market reconnaissance and business planning.

The Engineering Planner works ahead of the Market Engineering Lead team and sometimes alongside it. The goal is a market that arrives at detailed design already grounded in real terrain and access constraints reducing rework and boundary revisions once vendor design work begins.

Key Duties

Market Pre-Planning

• Establish feeder routes active cabinet locations and FDH boundary structure for new and re-opened markets prior to detailed design handoff.
• Incorporate field reconnaissance where necessary incorporating existing utility and incumbent feeder placement terrain and known access constraints into initial planning packages.
• Partner with GIS to validate boundary and feeder data before a market is released to Market Engineering Leads and vendors.

Initial Design and Handoff

• Produce high-level design packages defining FDH boundaries cabinet placement and feeder logic for incoming markets.
• Package and hand off validated market plans to Market Engineering Leads and engineering vendors with design intent and known constraints clearly documented.
• Flag jurisdictional access or terrain risks identified during planning before they reach detailed design or permitting.

Standards and Consistency

• Apply Omnis planning standards consistently across markets including cabinet sizing feeder capacity and spare-capacity guidelines.
• Document planning decisions and rationale for each market in the system of record.
• Identify representative FDHs for early limited permitting submission to confirm jurisdiction-specific requirements before full-market design begins.

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Coordinate with Business Development on new market intake timing priority and known constraints to align planning work with the pipeline.
• Coordinate with backhaul and network engineering teams to obtain high level understanding of available routes in and out of market areas
• Partner with Market Engineering Leads to ensure planning packages reflect actual sequencing and delivery priorities.
• Provide planning-level context to the Director of Market Engineering and Market Engineering Leads on associated markets

Qualifications

• 3 years of relevant experience in an Engineering capacity for FTTH/Fiber telecommunications broadband and market analysis
• Experience in OSP/fiber network planning feeder design or GIS-based market analysis.
• Proficiency with GIS/Esri and CAD-based planning tools. VETRO proficiency a plus.
• Strong analytical and spatial reasoning skills; comfortable evaluating cost coverage and future proofing tradeoffs at the market level.
• Ability to synthesize field reconnaissance GIS data and jurisdictional requirements into a clear actionable plan.
• Strong written documentation skills.
• Must have and maintain a valid drivers license and a reasonable driving record.
• Willing to travel for market reconnaissance and business planning meetings as needed.

Omni Fiber offers a variety of perks and benefits

Compensation

• 401(k) with employer matching contribution up to 4%
• Professional development reimbursement and advancement opportunities
• Annual bonus

Time off

• Company paid holidays (8 days)
• Floating holidays (3 days)
• Paid time off (15 days)

Benefits

• Medical dental and vision
• Life insurance
• HSA enrollment option with employer contribution
• Monthly internet and cell phone allowances

Omni Fiber provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants and employees and administers all aspects and conditions of employment without regard to the following: Race Color Age Sex Sexual orientation Gender Gender identity Religion National origin Pregnancy Physical or mental disability Military or veteran status or Genetic information. Equal employment opportunity applies to but is not limited to employment status training promotion demotion transfer leaves of absence and termination.

Required Experience:

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