Construction Planner

Job Title: Construction Planner

Location: North Las Vegas, NV, 89031- Hybrid

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.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinates with other utilities for permits, joint trench, pole applications, and service issues.
• 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, coordinate and/or obtains permits, access, or ROW agreements where applicable, distributes design prints and other necessary working documents.
• Negotiates and approves design or construction changes.
• Researches and reviews plans, gathers necessary data and listing material requirements for 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 the project.
• Perform some of the basic tasks within the function; some impact at the job or department level Problem Complexity.
• Performs simple, routine work, selects correct processes from clearly prescribed rules, past practices, or instruction, and seeks advice and guidance on non-routine or problem areas from supervisor.
• Any deviations from the norm are cleared by the supervisor/manager Autonomy.
• Under close supervision, exercises limited latitude/independent judgment.
• Work typically involves detailed checks or close review of output by a senior co-worker and/or supervisor/manager Knowledge.
• Assignments require minimal knowledge beyond the assigned work.
• Demonstrates correct understanding of routine aspects of work

Requirements:

• Valid driver's license.
• Must have own transportation, and have own hand tools.
• Knowledge of outside plant coax and fiber.
• Able to identify a tab, node, amplifier etc.
• Experience in Excel, Word, Adobe Acrobat
• Excellent communication skills and preferably Project Management experience.
• Experience with Fiber.