Senior Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer

Zohorecruit; Waukegan (IL); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental/Vision

401k

Flexible spending account

Paid sick leave and paid time off

Parental leave

Quarterly performance bonus

Training and education reimbursement

Job summary

Ziply Fiber seeks a Senior Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer to lead fiber OSP projects from planning through execution in Lake County, IL. The role covers design validation, budget adherence, and schedule management, with field travel and a valid driver’s license required.

The engineer serves as SME for OSP facilities, ensuring constructability, permitting, and scalability while coordinating with internal teams and external vendors. Strong project management and regulatory knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent work experience, or minimum five (5) years of OSP Engineering experience.
• Minimum five (5) years of experience in telecommunications outside plant project management and/or fiber design, including inventory management.
• Minimum three (3) years’ experience in ROW, private easement and permitting with local, state, and federal entities."

Responsibilities

• Proactive review of outside plant facilities to determine necessary upgrades and enhancements.
• Produce and/or review HLD and LLD.
• Communicate with peers and departments to ensure proper project planning.
• Attend preconstruction meetings for project designs.
• Prepare cost estimates based on project type and needs.
• Review vendor designs and perform QA/QC audits.
• Maintain accurate cable records and update according to as-builts.
• Coordinate with utilities for joint trench and manage full permitting lifecycle.

Skills

OSP knowledge

Project management

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Organizational skills

Driving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent

Tools

AutoCAD

GIS

IQGEO

Microsoft Office

Job description

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 Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer

Location & travel requirement: This position is based in Lake County, Illinois. Candidates must currently reside in the area or be able to relocate to Lake County before their start date. Relocation assistance is not guaranteed and, if requested, will be evaluated in accordance with company policy.This position requires regular field travel throughout the assigned territory. A reliable personal vehicle is required for business travel, with reimbursement provided in accordance with company policy.

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 customerexperience,andaffordableplans that putcustomersincharge.

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 Outside Plant (OSP) Engineer is responsible for executingfiber OSP projects created by the Planning department, including designvalidation, budget adherence and schedule management. This includes technicaloversight of OSP infrastructure ensuring capacity, constructability permitting,and scalability alignment.

The Senior OSP Engineer serves as subject matter expert (SME) ofEngineering for all technical aspects of outside plant facilities andassociated work such as cable sizing, cable counts, cable records andpermitting for ROW’s and easements. They ensure projects are progressingthrough the required programs in a timely manner and within the required budgetfor implementing the best network solution.

This role works as a special point of contact (SPOC) with various ZiplyFiber departments, internal, external team members and vendor resources.

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 Planning & Design

• Proactivereview of outside plant facilities to determine necessary upgrades andenhancements.
• Produceand/or review HLD and LLD
• Communicatewith all peers and departments to ensure proper project planning.
• Attendpreconstruction meetings for project designs.
• Preparecost estimates based on project type and needs.

Engineering Quality and Records

• ReviewVendor designs and perform QA/QC audits
• Maintainaccurate cable records and update according to As-Builts.

Permitting, ROW, and External Coordination

• Communicatewith state, county, city, and national entities to gain information on plannedprojects that involve growth and changes.
• Coordinatewith all utilities for project design and construction to utilize joint trench.
• Managefull permitting lifecycle (State, DNR, City, County, Townships).
• Maintainand investigate ROW’s and easements for releases.

Leadership, Support, and Cross-Functional Partnership

• Supportleadership with reporting and escalations.
• Provideguidance, support and training to internal FTE’s and external vendors,including mentorship and quality enforcement
• Supportsales, marketing, operations and regulatory as needed.

Other Duties

• Must beavailable to work regular business hours Pacific Standard Time.
• Mustalso be available to work on-call, evenings and weekends as needed.
• Performsother duties as required to support the business and evolving organization .

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering orequivalent work experience, or a minimum of five (5) years of OSP Engineering experienceor an outside plant position.
• Minimum of five (5)years of experience in telecommunications outside plant project managementand/or fiber design, including inventory management.
• Minimumof three (3) years’ experience in ROW, private easement and permitting withlocal, state, and federal entities.
• Must be able to demonstrate knowledge of outside plantdesign, cable count layout and capacities.
• Must have and maintain a validdriver’s license, auto insurance, and satisfactory driving record.
• Must complete a pre-employment drug screening.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Knowledgeof outside plant activity and engineering tools to include Microsoft Office,AutoCAD, GIS(QGIS/ArcGIS), IQGEO, etc
• Organizationalskills, communication skills (written and verbal) and customer relations willbe utilized in achieving desired results.
• Stronginterpersonal skills to collaborate with Engineering team, regional managers,vendors, local supervisors, and technicians.
• Abilityto manage multiple projects in various stages of activity and meet criticaldeadlines.
• Abilityto drive on behalf of the company in a safe and responsible manner.

Work Authorization

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

Physical Requirements

The physicaldemands described here are representative of those that must be met by anemployee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilitiesto perform the essential functions

Essential andmarginal functions may require maintaining physical condition necessary forbending, stooping, sitting, standing, or walking for prolonged periods of time,including walking up to 2 miles when in the field performing duties. Theemployee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently usehands and repetitive motions to drive stakes into ground using a hammer.Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distancevision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability toadjust focus. This role requires driving and requires the ability to performall functions of operating a motor vehicle regularly and safely.

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.