Director of Fiber Design – Job Description

Visionary Broadband seeks a qualified individual to fulfill the Director of Fiber Design role. This full-time, salaried position will join the Fiber team at Visionary Broadband, a division of Visionary Communications, LLC, one of the top service providers in the region. This position is located in Gillette, Casper or Cheyenne WY and is a direct report to the VP of Fiber.

Job Overview:

• As the Director of Fiber Design, you will set standards, provide leadership and guidance, and give clear and concise oversight to a Design oriented team. This includes but is not limited to, designing and reviewing FTTX OSP networks, staking, high-level material projections, coordinating and overseeing design vendors and contractors, managing a fiber-specific GIS mapping tool, quality control, financial accountability, escalations, safety, and risk management. You will lead complex, multi-disciplinary projects, including most facets of the outside plant, from software to actual in-field execution. Your ability to efficiently manage a team, process, and vendors will produce high-quality deliverables.
• A successful candidate will possess a strong understanding and experience with telecom OSP principles and procedures, GIS-based tools, FTTx architecture and topology, general permitting, aerial and underground construction, fiber splicing, and tracking of projects. You may be asked to utilize this experience to engineer service solutions, create logical plant architecture, and serve as a company representative when talking with structure and landowners.
  
  

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee a large, diverse team of qualified Engineers focusing on producing top-quality, achievable projects with a strong total cost of ownership.
• With other senior fiber leadership, develop and adhere to FTTX project plans, with a focus on scope, time, cost, quality, communications, risk, procurement, and stakeholder management
• Coordinate, manage engineering workload, and oversee vendors, contractors, and assigned stakeholders for multiple OSP projects
• Design, review & approve FTTX OSP networks, which include internal and external partners
• Administer meetings and ensure proper accountability for project-related activities
• Develop new initiatives for network design process improvements and work cross-functionally to make decisions about priorities
• Develop and maintain a high standard of quality control for the design process, including prompt troubleshooting and creative problem-solving for equipment and design issues identified
• Provide mentorship and guidance to less senior OSP Engineering team members
• Strong emphasis on accountability and action-item-follow-through specifically related to the deployment of FTTX OSP projects
• Collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure overall project success
• Comply with and respond to federal, state, and local regulations
• Analyze and develop internal processes and implement procedural changes as appropriate to enhance Visionary Broadband’s success
• Assist in the procurement of materials, standards, and specifications for OSP and company resources, including making recommendations based on experience
• Manage and ensure data integrity for Visionary’s fiber management tool
• Successfully close out projects and define successes and opportunities for future projects to include process and operational improvement

Qualifications:

A qualified candidate must possess the following skills or have equivalent experience and/or qualifications:

• High school diploma or equivalent required
• Five or more years of telecom experience, with an emphasis on fiber construction and design
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Excellent organizational skills and must be detail-oriented.
• Strong knowledge of all Microsoft Office applications and ability to quickly learn and work within proprietary computer applications.
• Flexibility to work outside of standard 8 am-5 pm hours and be willing to travel on a limited basis.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with demonstrated problem-solving abilities

A Strong Candidate May Have:

• 5 or more years of field experience installing and/or splicing fiber
• Team management skills of 5 or more individuals
• Knowledge of project management concepts
• Ability to create and maintain accurate forecasts for staffing and vendor needs