Local Manager

Frontier Internet; Buckhannon (WV); On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO & holidays: 20+10

Day-one benefits

401k match

Tuition assistance

Wellness support

Employee Resource Groups

Domestic partner benefits

Parental leave

Adoption program

Caregiver leave

Job summary

Frontier Communications is seeking a Local Manager to lead a field technical workforce supporting residential and business services, with emphasis on safety, performance, and community relations.

You will drive service activation, repair commitments, and budget adherence while partnering with HR and marketing to ensure competitive local responses and customer satisfaction.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED is required.
• CCNA, PMP or CWNP are a plus.
• Valid state driver’s license with clean driving record.

Responsibilities

• Meets service activation and repair dates and budget targets.
• Manages a P&L budget to hit revenue goals.
• Provides feedback and trains the team to exceed goals.
• Partners with HR to apply policies fairly and timely.
• Maintains a safe work environment with regular safety meetings and training.
• Represents Frontier in the community and engages with stakeholders.
• Coordinates with marketing for competitive local responses.
• Responds to issues identified in customer surveys.

Skills

Leadership

Field Technician experience

Supervisory experience

Customer relations

Communication

PC skills

Education

High school diploma or GED

CCNA, PMP or CWNP a plus

Valid driver’s license

Job description

Verizon recently acquired Frontier and plans to transition non-union Frontier employees into Verizon compensation and benefits programs. This position will be part of that planned transition.

Local Manager

Summary

Frontier’s Local Managers will focus on operational proficiency, employee, customer, and community relations. By driving performance and delivering results through customer contact and community involvement, the Local Manager will impact Frontier’s ability to exceed our market growth targets and deliver 100% employee and customer satisfaction.

This position will provide leadership to a workforce of field technicians that install and maintain both residential and business lines, OSP cable facilities, multi-line CPE equipment, hi-cap access services, broadband services, central office/transmission equipment and digital loop carrier equipment.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to

• Meets service activation and repair commitment dates, maintains revenue and expense budget objectives and promotes new and existing company products.
• Manages a P&L budget to ensure revenue goals and expense targets are met.
• Provides feedback, ongoing training, and motivates their team to exceed department goals
• Partners with Human Resources to ensure firm, fair and consistent application of practices/policies and labor agreements in a timely manner.
• Maintain a safe work environment by conducting regularly scheduled safety meetings, applicable safety training and reinforcing state/federal safety requirements within the work place.
• Positively represents Frontier through active engagement and involvement in the community.
• Partners with marketing to act as the “eyes” and “ears” of the local market to ensure an appropriate competitive response.
• Responds to issues identified on Customer Surveys.

What we offer

Nothing is more important to our success than the team that built it. That’s why we provide benefits to keep you and your family well. Some of which we’re most proud to offer includes:

• 20 PTO (Paid Time Off) days + 10 paid holidays per year
• Day one medical, dental, vision and prescription drug plan
• 401k match of 50% on 6% of eligible compensation
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Personal & Work Life Balance Resources & Wellness Support Assistance
• Employee Resource Groups
• Same-sex spouse and domestic partner benefits coverage
• 10 weeks of paid parental leave, & a phased return to work program for new parents
• Up to $10k in adoption program assistance
• 3 weeks of paid caregiver leave

Skills and Abilities

• Field Technician work experience preferred.
• Supervisory experience in an operations environment or equivalent work / military experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate and collaborate with internal and external customers as well as labor unions
• Ability to lead a team while working under pressure with deadlines.
• Basic knowledge of engineering, plant service center, outside plant functions, electrical circuitry, network installation, maintenance and testing of central offices, as well as HSI/DSL installation, FTTH and data networking.
• Must possess basic PC skills: Excel, Word, Power Point and Outlook.
• Must be available 24/7 to support off-shift technicians and emergency situations as needed.
• Must be able to work in inclement weather.

Training/ Education Required

• High school diploma or GED required
• CCNA, PMP or CWNP a plus
• Must possess a valid state driver’s license with a clean driving record.

Frontier Communications does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, citizenship status, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status or any other protected class.

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.

Connecting communities is at the heart of what we do. We are committed to building a team that reflects the communities we serve. If your background and experiences are aligned with our passion to improve digital access across America, we encourage you to apply and help us achieve our mission to #BuildGigabitAmerica.