Long Haul Deployment Project Manager
Zayo Group
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $77,100 - $118,600 per year
About the role
- Draft, review, and negotiate OSP construction contracts.
- Collaborate with legal teams to ensure contract terms and conditions comply with project specifications and legal standards.
- Diligently monitor project activities to ensure compliance with contractual obligations throughout the life of each contract.
- Evaluate and process change orders.
- Assess impacts to project budget, schedule and scope.
- Facilitate effective communication between project stakeholders, legal teams and contractors to promptly address contractual issues.
- Manage and resolve any disputes that may arise.
- Evaluate project status against the contract schedule.
- Issue contract notices and monitor recovery plans.
- Work closely with contractors to ensure project progress aligns with schedule expectations.
- Actively manage schedules and production forecasts through project execution.
- Manage complex regulatory/permitting issues such as NEPA, CPUC, Tribal Lands, etc.
- Plan and manage project major materials including planning, ordering, receiving and dispersal.
- Provide project-level and executive project reporting including regular updates to key customers.
- Maintain accurate and organized records of all contract related documents, correspondence and changes.
- Manage budgets and accurate spend forecasts throughout project execution.
- Proactively mitigate risks to stay within budget constraints.
- Deliver project as-builts to the support teams in a timely manner to ensure route is protected and properly captured in inventory systems.
- Evaluate project invoicing against progress metrics, identify and resolve any anomalies or discrepancies.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and as per construction standards.
Requirements
- Bachelor's Degree preferred, preferably in Engineering, Construction Management or other related technical field, or equivalent work experience.
- Minimum of 7 years in the telecommunications industry with outside plant, fiber optics, telecommunication architectures, optical transport equipment, and project management experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of contract and capital management experience, preferably with specific long haul OSP or other large project construction experience.
- Familiarity with all types of outside plant construction methods and best practices.
- Working knowledge of OSP construction standards, fiber specifications and optical network design principles.
- Understanding of different contract types and payment terms (unit rate, fixed, etc.).
- Ability to read and interpret construction documents.
- Familiar with all facets of OSP project management including quoting, construction and delivery.
- Experience managing large capital projects including writing purchase requisitions and receiving/reconciling invoices.
- Experience with NTIA (or similar) program requirements such as Davis-Bacon, BABA and EA a plus.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills.
- Detail-oriented with the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Demonstrated exceptional problem solving skills.
- Ability to communicate technical topics clearly and effectively with both internal and external customers.
- Business minded and able to maintain a commercial focus.
- Proficient with Email, MS Suite (Excel, Word, etc.), G Suite (Sheets, Slides, etc.) and Google Earth.
- Advanced knowledge of MS Excel a plus.
- Experience with Site Tracker or other project management software a plus.
Benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
OSP construction contractscontract managementproject managementfiber opticsoptical network designconstruction document interpretationbudget managementrisk mitigationchange order evaluationproject invoicing
Soft Skills
negotiationcommunicationproblem solvingdetail-orientedmultitaskingcommercial focusstakeholder communicationdispute resolutioncollaborationreporting