OSP Engineer — Field Design, Permitting & Coordination

Pearce Services; Fort Collins (CO); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Company vehicle

Job summary

Pearce is seeking an OSP Engineer to support design, permitting, and construction readiness for telecommunications networks. You will work with project managers, permitting teams, utilities, and vendors to ensure accurate, constructible OSP designs and documentation across hybrid field and office settings in Colorado.

Responsibilities cover design updates, field validation, permitting, and data integrity within client systems, with emphasis on meeting standards and project schedules.

Qualifications

• Experience performing OSP engineering within the telecommunications industry.
• Knowledge of aerial, underground, buried, conduit, fiber, and/or copper OSP infrastructure.
• Experience developing or reviewing OSP designs, work prints, routing plans, splicing information, and related engineering documentation.
• Working knowledge of NESC standards and telecommunications OSP engineering requirements.
• Experience performing or interpreting field surveys, measurements, and existing-condition information.
• Knowledge of permitting, ROW, easements, pole attachments, joint use, and make-ready processes.
• Experience identifying constructability issues, utility conflicts, clearance concerns, and other field conditions affecting OSP designs.
• Experience with telecommunications engineering databases, record systems, CAD/design platforms, mapping tools, and client portals.
• Ability to accurately perform data entry and maintain engineering records within Lumen systems and databases.

Responsibilities

• Perform all aspects of OSP engineering for aerial, underground, buried, conduit, fiber, and copper telecommunications infrastructure.
• Develop and update OSP engineering designs, construction work prints, routing plans, splicing information, bills of materials, and supporting engineering documentation.
• Support work-order engineering, including road moves, relocations, network modifications, and new construction.
• Review proposed routes for constructability, existing infrastructure, capacity, clearances, and potential conflicts.
• Support fiber and copper network planning, including loss-budget, splicing, and network-design considerations.
• Identify design conflicts and recommend practical engineering solutions that support project requirements, cost, and schedule.
• Perform field surveys and measurements for pole lines, conduit systems, buried facilities, and proposed OSP routes.
• Verify field conditions and ensure designs comply with NESC and Pearce requirements.
• Coordinate with permitting teams, ROW, utilities, and project stakeholders to resolve issues affecting approvals.
• Maintain accurate engineering records within Lumen systems and client portals.

Skills

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Independent work

Coordination abilities

Tools

CAD

GIS

Mapping tools

Drafting

Electronic markup tools

Job description

Pearce is seeking an OSP Engineer to support design, permitting, and construction readiness for telecommunications networks. You will work with project managers, permitting teams, utilities, and vendors to ensure accurate, constructible OSP designs and documentation across hybrid field and office settings in Colorado.

Responsibilities cover design updates, field validation, permitting, and data integrity within client systems, with emphasis on meeting standards and project schedules.