Details
Job Posting Title: OSP Engineer - II
Job Posting Start Date: 11/27/2023
Job Posting End Date: 05/26/2026
Site: Erie-PA-USA
Working Model: Hybrid - 2 days a week in the office
Description

• This individual is a Telecommunications Professional and must be capable of engineering routine and specific outside plant work orders for BAU and Rural BB services.
• The candidate must be capable of providing administrative and field support to the outside plant work forces.
• Also responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing network infrastructure in specific geographic locations including but not limited to the Central PA area near Erie, Bradford, Warren, Forest, McKean, Dubois areas.
• This work will include designing upgrades, repairs, and enhancements to the Outside Plant telephony network which includes all structures (such as poles and conduit systems), cable (copper & fiber) and associated equipment for aerial, underground, buried, and customer premise equipment for multi-tenant buildings.
• The engineer will design HBW and HiCAP service order requirements within a geographical turf and design solutions to extend fiber or copper service solutions to customer locations.
• He/she will coordinate with a variety of departments and also have direct customer contact.
• The engineer needs the ability to work in a diverse environment, handling business and residential customers, and must be able to solve complex problems with innovative solutions.
• The engineer must be able to price out solutions and select the most effective design.
• The engineer has the authority, up to a set dollar limit, to choose and implement solutions independently.

The Candidate Will Perform The Following Work Functions

• Respond to service requests for Hi-Cap/HBW circuits by reaching out to customers both over the phone and by conducting site visits.
• Responsible for engineering the placement of OSP structure, facilities and electronics to meet service demand.
• During physical field visit the individual must be able to identify/recognize incorrect or unsafe conditions (e.g. missing anchor/guy) and design proper corrective plant configurations.
• Design Engineering Work Orders in ICGS/IDDS and other CAD programs
• Tracking and monitoring construction and other departments, which may include contractors, to assure timely completion of the engineering work orders and plans issued.

Required Skills/Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or technical/science/mathematics fields or prior work experience in the telecommunications field.
• Proficient computer skills (windows-based programs and google systems).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Customer contact skills and good written and oral communications skills are necessary.

Desired Skills/Experience: (valuable, but not required to obtain the position)

• Prior working experience and basic knowledge of Outside Plant Engineering Practices & knowledge of TIRKS, Canvas, LFACS and IDDS/ICGS
• Experience with the CAD program as well as high proficiency with MS Excel and/or MS Access, Google sheets would be particularly useful.