Senior Manager, Outside Plant (OSP) Construction

Ziply Fiber; Lynnwood (WA); Presencial; USD 130 000 - 180 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Paid time off

Parental leave

Quarterly performance bonus

Training & education reimbursement

Career growth

Resumo da oferta

Ziply Fiber is seeking a Senior Manager, Outside Plant (OSP) Construction to lead all OSP construction activities across Ziply’s territory from our Lynnwood, WA area. The role emphasizes staffing, budgets, schedules, and safety oversight, with accountability for contract management and cross-functional alignment.

You will mentor OSP Construction Managers, coordinate with Engineering, municipalities, and vendors, and standardize best practices to shorten project durations and improve performance.

Qualificações

• High school diploma or GED.
• Ten years OSP experience, including splicing and construction.
• Five years of leadership/people management experience.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Advanced understanding of fiber splicing and installation practices, safety and network topology.
• Permitting experience (railroad, DOT, cities, counties, pole owners).
• Valid driver’s license, auto insurance, and clean driving record.

Responsabilidades

• Staffing, budgeting, scheduling, and ensuring safety and quality of work on OSP construction projects.
• Coordinate and execute project schedules with contractors, property management, customers, vendors, internal stakeholders, municipalities and government agencies.
• Oversee bids, negotiations and approvals of construction contracts.
• Standardize construction practices across the company and build programs.
• Align internal and external construction teams with Engineering to improve efficiency and reduce change requests.
• Provide leadership and mentorship to OSP Construction Managers and Contract Administrators.
• Participate in meetings to ensure alignment and implementation of best practices.

Conhecimentos

Leadership experience

Budget management

Project coordination

Fiber splicing

Safety practices

Communication

Multi-tasking

Customer service

Formação académica

High school diploma or GED

Ferramentas

MS Word

MS Excel

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Senior Manager, Outside Plant (OSP) Construction

Lynnwood, United States | Posted on 09/18/2026

• Department Name Fiber Design & Construction
• Industry Telecommunications
• City Lynnwood
• Country United States
• State/Province Washington

About Us

We're building the fibernetwork you deserve. Consistently fast, refreshingly straightforward and givingyou control. From our home base in Kirkland, Washington, we're connecting overone million homes and businesses across the states we serve with fiber internetthat works the way it should. No gimmicks, no gotchas. Internet shouldn’t getin the way of life: it should make it better.

Job Description

PositionTitle: Senior Manager, Outside Plant (OSP) Construction

Benefits: Medical,dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid timeoff, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth andeducation reimbursement programs.

ZiplyFiber is a local internet service provider dedicated toelevating theconnected livesof the communities we serve. We offer the fastest homeinternet in the nation, arefreshingly great customer experience,andaffordableplansthat putcustomersin charge.

Asourstate-of-the-artfiber network expands, so does our need for teammembers who can help us grow and realize our goals.

OurCompanyValues:

• Genuinely Caring: We treat customersand colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
• Empowering You: We help customerschoose whatisbest for them,andwesupportemployeesin implementingnew ideasand solutions.
• Innovation and Improvement: Weconstantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and eachother.
• Earning Your Trust: We build trustthrough clear, honest,human communication.

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, OutsidePlant (OSP) Construction will be responsible for leadership and oversight forall aspects of Outside Plant construction activities across Ziply’s territory.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range ofduties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all dutiesperformed.

Project Oversight & Execution

• Accountable for the staffing, budgets(capital/expense), schedules and compliance associated with OSPconstruction projects, along with the safety and quality of workperformed.
• Oversee the development, coordination, andexecution of project schedules with contractors, property management,customers, vendors, internal stakeholders, municipalities, and governmentagencies.
• Oversee all phases in the bidding,negotiation, and approval of construction contracts.

Strategic Alignment & Standardization

• Standardize construction practices/approachesacross the company and across all build types/programs.
• Size the contractor workforce for the futureto support the build types/programs.
• Align the internal and external constructionteams with the Engineering Teams to drive more efficiencies, shortenproject durations and reduce change request.

Leadership & Team Development

• Provide leadership and mentorship to OSPConstruction Managers and Contract Administrators through coaching,feedback, development goals and performance management.
• Coordinate and participate in various internalmeetings to ensure communication and alignment of initiatives, informationsharing and implementation of best practices.

Other Duties

• Performs other duties as required to support the business andevolving organization.

Required Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum of ten (10) years of OSP experience,including splicing and construction.
• Minimum of five (5) years leadership/peoplemanagement experience.
• Experience managing budgets.
• Advanced understanding of fiber splicing andinstallation practices, proper safety construction practices and networktopology.
• Advanced understanding of the permittingprocess for railroad, DOT, cities, counties, and pole owners.
• Must have and maintain a valid driver’s license,auto insurance, and satisfactory driving record.
• Must complete a pre-employment drug screening.
• Developed leadership skills, with the ability to mentor and lead others.
• Abilityto work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to avariety of situations.
• Knowledgeand experience in outside plant engineering and installation/construction.
• Abilityto multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meetdeadlines.
• Strongverbal and written communication, attention to detail, and organizationalskills.
• Abilityto work within critical deadlines.
• Abilityto adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
• Abilityto provide excellent customer service.
• Provenability to lead, facilitate, develop, and motivate a cross-functional team in acompetitive environment.
• Possessa general understanding of utility accounting practices.
• Experiencewith bargained for contracts and employees.
• Must beknowledgeable in all aspects of R.U.S (515) contract policies and procedures.
• Intermediateknowledge/experience of engineering support systems and highly skilled inMicrosoft PC applications such as Word, Excel.

Work Authorization

Applicants must be currently authorized towork in the US for any employer. Sponsorship is not available for thisposition.

Physical Requirements

The physical demands describedhere are representative of those that must be met by an employee tosuccessfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonableaccommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to performthe essential functions.

Essential and marginal functions may requiremaintaining physical condition necessary for bending, stooping, sitting, walking,or standing for prolonged periods of time; most of time is spent sitting in acomfortable position with frequent opportunity to move about. The employee mustoccasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilitiesrequired by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision,peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Work is performed in an office setting withexposure to computer screens and requires extensive use of a computer,keyboard, mouse, and multi-line telephone system. The work is primarily amodern office setting.

At all times, Ziply Fiber must be yourprimary employer. Unless otherwise prohibited by law, employees may not holdoutside employment nor be self-employed without obtaining approval in writingfrom Ziply Fiber. In holding outside employment or self-employment, employeesshould ensure that participation does not conflict with responsibilities toZiply Fiber or its business interests.

Ziply Fiber requires a pre-employment backgroundcheck as conditions of employment. Ziply Fiber may require a pre-employmentdrug screening.