About the Role:
The Technical Program Manager administers the qualification and validation of new products, and of retrofits and engineering changes to existing parts, for use in large-scale data center environments. The program spans inside plant (ISP) and outside plant (OSP) optical fiber cable, connectivity, and pathway products from candidate identification through validated, released configuration. The position owns the technical content of the program: product selection and evaluation criteria, test methodology, acceptance limits, measurement integrity, and the qualification record that supports product approval and release. The Technical Program Manager serves as the technical interface between design engineering, construction and installation crews, component manufacturers, and test equipment suppliers, and is accountable for validated, documented, and field-reproducible connectivity products on schedule.
What You'll Do:
• Validation Program Planning and Execution: Develop and own integrated validation program plans covering both new product introduction and retrofits or engineering changes to existing parts - qualification sequence, entry and exit criteria, material and laboratory dependencies, and decision gates - holding the critical path and driving programs to documented closure.
• Inside Plant and Outside Plant Infrastructure: Manage ISP structured cabling across backbone and horizontal distribution, riser and plenum pathways, main and intermediate distribution frames (MDF/IDF), cabinet and rack-mounted patch fields, fiber distribution frames, splice and termination enclosures, cassette-based modular patching, cable tray, basket and innerduct pathway, and firestopping and pathway segregation; and OSP placement across duct bank and conduit, microduct and air-blown fiber, maintenance holes and handholes, aerial and direct-buried routes, building entrance facilities and points of entry (MPOE), transition splice points, armored and dielectric constructions, and environmental and ingress protection at the ISP/OSP demarcation.
• Fiber Cable, Connectivity, and Termination Scope: Qualify single-mode (OS2, 9/125 bcm) and multimode cable across the full range of standard counts in general industry use, from 24-fiber distribution cable through 3456-fiber high-count backbone, in loose tube, central core, ribbon, rollable ribbon, and 200/250 bcm coating designs, evaluating diameter, bend radius, pulling tension, duct fill, and mid-span access against pathway and installation constraints. Own connectivity across LC and LC duplex, MTP/MPO single-row and dual-row arrays (8, 12, 16, and 24 fiber), and very-high-density MMC arrays (16 and 24 fiber), including pinned (male) and unpinned (female) configurations, UPC and APC endface geometries, gender and key orientation, and polarity schemes spanning TIA-568 Method A, B, and C and the conventions applicable to multi-row arrays. Define and validate patch panel, cassette, adapter plate, and shelf configurations for port density, fiber management, bend radius protection, slack storage, labeling access, and serviceability, and evaluate breakout, fanout, harness, trunk, and pigtail assemblies against port mapping and channel performance requirements.
• Test, Measurement, and Acceptance: Establish and govern optical test programs - Tier 1 optical loss test set (OLTS) insertion loss and return loss certification, Tier 2 OTDR characterization, bidirectional testing, length and continuity verification, polarity and fitment verification, and endface inspection and cleaning to recognized criteria such as IEC 61300-3-35 - controlling test reference cord (TRC) grade, referencing method, and calibration state so results are repeatable and defensible. Reconcile measured channel performance against design acceptance criteria and transceiver link specifications, and drive corrective action where acceptance limits are not met.
• Supplier Qualification and Test Equipment Capability: Lead technical qualification of cable, connectivity, and pathway manufacturers through sample submission, first-article inspection, mechanical and optical evaluation, failure analysis, root cause determination, and corrective action closure, maintaining a defensible qualification record and a clear statement of remaining gaps per supplier. Evaluate, select, and introduce fiber test and inspection platforms end to end, covering technical evaluation against requirements, procurement support, asset control and inventory, calibration and reference cord management, operator training, and fleet distribution to regional field crews.
• Documentation and Standards: Produce and sustain installation work instructions, test procedures, golden samples, first-of-kind build documentation, labeling and administration schemes, and as-built records, maintaining them so methods are applied consistently by field crews and subcontractors without procedural drift.
• Program Governance and Risk Management: Maintain accurate program status, ownership, target dates, and documented reasons for schedule movement, and produce recurring technical status reporting for client and internal leadership, surfacing aging, blocked, and unassigned work rather than allowing it to persist. Identify technical, schedule, supply chain, and capability risks in advance, quantify impact, drive mitigation to a named owner and committed date, and escalate with a recommendation.
• Safety and Regulatory Compliance: Champion a zero-injury culture in laboratory and field environments, ensuring personnel and subcontractors understand and apply laser safety, confined space, excavation, aerial work, and fiber handling requirements, and that work complies with OSHA and other applicable regulations and site access requirements.
What You'll Need:
• Knowledge and use of basic telecom hand tools.
• Must understand customer service.
• Cleared understanding of job safety requirements.
• Should be familiar on wiring schemes and wiring test.
• Reports to Operations Manager and take daily directions from Technician, Technician II, Lead Technicians, Senior Technicians and Advance Senior Technicians.
• Perform 4 pair continuity testing
• Pull all types of low voltage cable including copper telecom cable
• Performing all types of copper field terminations
• Install ladder racking and seismic bracing
• Patch network equipment
• Read and Understand Port Maps/Matrices
• Read and understand job floor plan and TC drawings
• Should understand and be capable in performing field terminations and labeling.
• Install Copper and Fiber Cabling and labeling
• Affixing Labels to cabling and Power Cords
• Affix bar coding to equipment
• Affix free printed label
• Cut and install threaded rod
• Cut and install Uni-strut
• Cut and install fiber trough
• Create/test Bonding whips, straps, and connections
• Understand the basics of "FIM" and operate scanner
• Install and test coax cabling (series 6 & 11)
• Install OSP cables through conduits and maintenance
• Install pull strings through conduits, in ceilings
• Install ISP cables through conduits, in ceilings,
• Install box eliminators (mud rings) in drywall
• How to install/maintain firestopping
• Understanding/Usage of fiber types (SM/MM/Ribbon)
• Install and Service Network Equipment
• Install ISP/OSP into cable enclosures (OSE)
Relocation assistance and sign-on bonuses may be available on select positions only, for qualified candidates based on role requirements and experience
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CBRE carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, and experience. The minimum salary for the Foreman position is $120k annually and the maximum salary for the position is $135k annually. The compensation offered to a successful candidate will depend on their skills, qualifications, and experience.
This role will provide the following benefits: 401(K), Dental insurance, Health insurance, Life insurance, and Vision insurance.
