OSP Network Engineer I

Overview:

The OSP Engineer will support the project teams with varying degrees of direct project responsibilities while developing a baseline knowledge of the telecommunications site development process. Project work will focus on new site development of macro and small cell sites, the modification of existing telecommunications facilities, fiber optic networks, and other project types as required. Responsibilities will focus on engineering tower and

compound as well as creating fiber optic network designs while developing an understanding of client-specific telecommunications equipment and their usage.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for fielding varying types of information and data from numerous environments, including public rights of way along roads, the interior space of buildings, and throughout private campuses, such as offices or universities.
• Gathers data using digital cameras, observations, notes/reports, GPS enabled data collectors, and other measuring devices.
• Uses various technologies and applications, including phone, email, and web-based
• applications including Google Earth/ArcGIS/DCadtel or equivalent, to effectively compile data from the field or to modify/adjust preliminary plans
• Uses face-to-face communication to convey information accurately and efficiently to
• Provides scheduling, status reporting, and other documents as necessary and coordinates the same information with less experienced staff
• Works in handholes, accesses duct systems, and traverses landscapes that range from city streets to steep, unpaved rights of way, locating, and marking of underground ducts/cables, sticking/measuring utility poles, or other physical activities
• Track assigned tasks and prioritized completion of tasks accordingly
• Learn conduit design from client-specific standards
• Read and analyze blueprints, structural building drawings, construction drawings, and plans
• Evaluate the design for constructability
• Learn fiber optic specifications, equipment, and usage

Qualifications:

• Technical degree or appropriate commensurate experience required, B.S.
• Civil/Structural Engineering, Building Construction preferred
• 0 to 3 years' experience with the production of engineering drawings
• Proficiency in AutoCAD and Microsoft Office Suite
• Ability to work autonomously without supervision required
• Experience with the production of structural and/or civil engineering drawings for telecommunications new site builds, upgrades and fiber optic networks (or similar site engineering drawings) required
• Telecommunications and/or utility experience preferred
• Ability to review site documentation and gather necessary information to complete the assignment
• Ability to drive to meet with customers and others as needed

We are deeply committed to attracting talented team members in the US from all backgrounds regardless of race, age, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, disability status, or nationality. However, at this time, we are not sponsoring any Visas.

Frontier Communications is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.