What are the responsibilities and job description for the Construction Planner position at Motion Recruitment?
Job Title: Construction Planner
Location: Scottsdale AZ 85255
Duration: 12 months Contract
Job Summary:
Constructs, builds, repairs, and inspects Hybrid Fiber Coax (HFC) networks to provide voice, video, and data to residential and commercial customers. Coordinates with other utilities for permits, joint trench, pole applications, and service issues.
Responsibilities:
- Performs field engineering of proposed projects and ensures alternative routing delivers the most cost-effective design for construction.
- Coordinates all customer implementation activities including site walk-throughs, node placements and subcontract labor.
- Coordinates contractor work, coordinates and/or obtains permits, access, or ROW agreements where applicable, and distributes design prints and other necessary working documents.
- Negotiates and approves design or construction changes.
- Research and review plans, gather necessary data and list material requirements for the project.
- Coordinates with public works personnel, developers, commercial customers, building owners, and utilities on joint trench projects.
- Maintains workflow databases and updates schedules.
- Participates in managing and estimating (revenue-delete) cost forecasts, material planning, capital, and expense budgets.
- Estimates construction costs, prepares budgets, and tracks expenses.
- Participates in managing and estimating revenue forecasts, material planning, capital, and expense budgets.
- Verifies serviceability, surveys proposed service routing, and estimates material, construction, and labor costs.
- Initiates customer contacts, coordinates and/or secures access or ROW agreements, completes route designs, and takes necessary steps to meet customer needs.
- May order materials or coordinate with administrative personnel; may verify and reconcile invoices.
- May plan and allocate fibers for splicing and activation.
- May inspect construction work or coordinate inspection assignments.
- Releases addresses as serviceable and notifies other departments of serviceability.
- As projects are completed, perform tasks to close tasks in the database/tool, reconcile assets, and generate reports to ensure proper closure of project.
Requirements:
- Hybrid Fiber/Coax experience.
- Construction experience.
- Cable TV experience is preferred.
- Able to read construction maps.
- Proficient in computers and using MS Office.
