Senior Fiber Network Construction Engineer – Remote Lead

Apex Systems; Virginia; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

ESPP

401K match

HSA

EAP

Job summary

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a Senior Construction Engineer to lead complex telecom network infrastructure projects on a remote basis in the United States. You will guide teams from estimating and design through construction, acceptance, and handoff, coordinating with contractors, vendors, and partners to deliver reliable fiber networks.

Your role involves planning, risk management, and ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining budget and quality standards across multiple sites.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or at least five years of relevant professional experience.
• Knowledge of Outside Plant engineering standards, practices, and construction methods.
• Experience with aerial and underground telecommunications construction, including boring, trenching, duct installation, fiber pulling, and overpulling.
• Experience across the full life cycle of Outside Plant or civil construction projects, including estimating, engineering, permitting, and construction.
• Experience leading vendors, contractors, or cross-functional project teams.
• Strong Microsoft Word, Excel, and Project skills, with experience using mapping applications.
• Strong organizational, prioritization, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects while maintaining schedule, scope, budget, and quality expectations.

Responsibilities

• Develop and review comprehensive project plans, including phased delivery, resource requirements, schedules, costs, risks, governance, reporting, and budgets.
• Lead cross-functional teams of engineers, construction managers, contractors, consultants, and internal partners through planning and execution.
• Establish vendor accountability and drive contractors to meet quality and milestones.
• Oversee network architecture, construction methodologies, material selection, field installation, testing, and project acceptance.
• Deliver projects within scope, schedule, and budget.
• Set performance metrics and provide status updates to stakeholders.
• Identify risks, develop mitigations, and resolve issues affecting construction or delivery.
• Coordinate customer and operational handoffs for deployment and operations.

Skills

Organizational skills

Prioritization

Written communication

Verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree or 5+ years experience

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Everforth Apex Systems is seeking a Senior Construction Engineer to lead complex telecom network infrastructure projects on a remote basis in the United States. You will guide teams from estimating and design through construction, acceptance, and handoff, coordinating with contractors, vendors, and partners to deliver reliable fiber networks.

Your role involves planning, risk management, and ensuring on-time delivery while maintaining budget and quality standards across multiple sites.