Engineering and Construction Manager

Summary

Join Brightspeed's Texas team as a Manager of Engineering and Construction! You will manage the Engineering and Construction team, overseeing network building, and interacting directly with customers. Responsibilities include managing budgets, staff, and projects, collaborating with internal and external partners, and ensuring adherence to established practices. The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree or equivalent, 5-7 years of telecommunications experience, and 2+ years of supervisory experience. Strong communication and computer skills are essential. Brightspeed offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a 401k plan, and paid time off.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and training
• 5-7 years of telecommunications engineering and construction knowledge and experience
• 2+ years of previous supervisory or leadership experience
• Strong customer service and communication skills
• Strong computer skills required, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering / construction practices and procedures, including underground, buried and aerial construction of copper and fiber facilities, road moves experience required

Responsibilities

• Managing engineering & construction responsibilities for Texas
• Managing people, budgets, and customer commitments for a designated territory
• Managing and supervising staff by appraising performance, training, administering salaries, and communicating department objectives
• Driving continued training on new systems, improve processes and procedures and pushing initiatives throughout the organization
• Helping to support the Brightspeed Fiber Build Teams engineering and construction process via collaboration and impediment mitigation to support productivity
• Participating in the process of negotiating and or bidding of projects with vendors/contractors for the construction/installation of OSP facilities
• Taking responsibility for capital and expense budgets to support area along with meeting and exceeding required build schedules for FTTT, Ethernet, GPON, MDU, and business as usual work including growth, rehab, road moves and preservation work
• Communicating results of cost analysis and providing direction on implementation and the network impact related to major plant additions and rearrangements
• Continuing an outstanding working relationship with the Operations Team along with leading/support Market Meetings
• Driving decisions to lowest level possible to drive towards a local model
• Managing and directing plans and specifications to provide high quality service within established time frames and to meet defined financial criteria
• Serving as the interface on construction matters helping to ensure conformance to established practices and procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or Telecommunications
• Telecom/Cable/Internet Service Provider industry experience

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Comprehensive benefits
• Competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• An employee assistance program
• A 401K plan with company match
• A host of voluntary benefits
• Paid time off programs