Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineer

Ziply Fiber

$77K — $126K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • High school diploma or GED required.
  • 5+ years of telecommunications or project management experience.
  • Proven experience managing large-scale projects.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines.
  • Familiarity with Outside Plant (OSP) architectures.
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office and Adobe design software.
  • Understanding of LEAN concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Manage day-to-day project operations using established methodologies to ensure quality and timely delivery.
  • Develop and implement short and long-term project plans, adhering to deadlines.
  • Maintain comprehensive project documentation and provide updates to leadership.
  • Coordinate communication across teams through regular meetings and ensure resources are available for project tasks.
  • Conduct risk assessments; facilitate issue resolution to minimize project impacts.
  • Gather feedback to drive process improvements and enhance operational efficiency.
  • Perform additional duties as needed to support business objectives.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401k plan with company contributions.
  • Flexible spending account options.
  • Paid sick leave and vacation days.
  • Parental leave for new parents.
  • Quarterly performance bonuses based on contributions.
  • Training and education reimbursement for career advancement programs.
Full Job Description
Job Description
Position Title: Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineering

Base Salary: $77,000 to $126,000 annually DOE

Benefits: Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off,

parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth, and education reimbursement

programs.

Job Summary

The Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineering is responsible for managing the quality, on-budget

and timely completion of all construction projects across residential and commercial segments. The

Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineering will work closely with our vendor partners and will

ensure adherence to all company and government guidelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee

and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

Project Management and Delivery
• Responsible for the day-to-day management of projects using project management tools,

processes, and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on-time, on budget and with

excellent quality. Serve as point of contact for everything involving a project's organization

and timeline.
• Create long and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to

deadlines.
• Demonstrate consistent ownership and accountability for the delivery of projects.

Project Status, Documentation, and Reporting
• Must have the ability to provide status across all ongoing projects at any given time.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation and provide regular streamlined reports to

leadership.

Communication, Coordination, and Resource Alignment
• Coordinate and host regular meeting series to ensure communication and alignment of

initiatives, information sharing and implementation of best practices.
• Ensure that all team members have the required information and resources to carry out their

tasks effectively.
• Coordinate with relevant internal team members to coordinate action items and realistic

timelines to meet business goals.
• Coordinate and facilitate with internal and external resources to affect the timely completion

of projects.

Risk Management and Issue Resolution
• Continuously perform risk assessment and resolve issues as they arise or quickly engage

others to resolve to reduce adverse timing and quality impacts of the project schedule.

Process Improvement and Operational Efficiency
• Gather and provide feedback on lessons learned, best practices and innovations on

process/procedures and tools to improve efficiencies and cycle time.
• Drive processes and automation to support LEAN process approaches to solve problems.

Other Duties
• Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Required Qualifications:
• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum five (5) years of Telecommunication experience or equivalent project management

experience.
• Experience managing large scale projects.
• Demonstrated experience meeting project commitment deadlines.
• Familiarity with Outside Plant (OSP) architectures consisting of underground, direct buried, aerial,

and building applications.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe.
• Understand LEAN concepts.

Preferred Qualifications:
• PMP certification

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
• Ability to influence others to meet project objectives.
• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of

situations.
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within critical deadlines.
• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.
• Effective conflict resolution skills.
• Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends when applicable to meet

deadlines.
• Must be organized and accountable.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available

for this position.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to

successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to

enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary for bending,

stooping, sitting, walking, or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in a

comfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee must occasionally lift and/or

move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision,

color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work Environment

Work is performed in an office setting with exposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a

computer, keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily a modern office

setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be your primary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees

may not hold outside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writing from Ziply

Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employees should ensure that participation

does not conflict with responsibilities to Ziply Fiber or its business interests.

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