Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineer

Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineering

This is a remote position.

Position Title: Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineering

Base Salary: $77,000 to $126,000 annually DOE

Benefits:

Medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth, and education reimbursement programs.

Ziply Fiber is a local internet service provider dedicated to elevating the connected lives of the communities we serve. We offer the fastest home internet in the nation, a refreshingly great customer experience, and affordable plans that put customers in charge.

As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands, so does our need for team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

Our Company Values:

• Genuinely Caring: We treat customers and colleagues like neighbors, with empathy and full attention.
• Empowering You: We help customers choose what is best for them, and we support employees in implementing new ideas and solutions.
• Innovation and Improvement: We constantly seek ways to improve how we serve customers and each other.
• Earning Your Trust: We build trust through clear, honest, human communication.

Job Summary

The Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineering is responsible for managing the quality, on-budget and timely completion of all construction projects across residential and commercial segments. The Project Manager, OSP Construction & Engineering will work closely with our vendor partners and will ensure adherence to all company and government guidelines.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

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

• Responsible for the day-to-day management of projects using project management tools, processes, and methodologies to ensure projects are delivered on-time, on budget and with excellent quality. Serve as point of contact for everything involving a project’s organization and timeline.
• Must have the ability to provide status across all ongoing projects at any given time.
• Create long and short-term plans, including setting targets for milestones and adhering to deadlines.
• Coordinate and host regular meeting series to ensure communication and alignment of initiatives, information sharing and implementation of best practices.
• Ensure that all team members have the required information and resources to carry out their tasks effectively.
• Demonstrate consistent ownership and accountability for the delivery of projects.
• Continuously perform risk assessment and resolve issues as they arise or quickly engage others to resolve to reduce adverse timing and quality impacts of the project schedule.
• Coordinate with relevant internal team members to coordinate action items and realistic timelines to meet business goals.
• Gather and provide feedback on lessons learned, best practices and innovations on process/procedures and tools to improve efficiencies and cycle time.
• Coordinate and facilitate with internal and external resources to affect the timely completion of projects.
• Drive processes and automation to support LEAN process approaches to solve problems.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation and provide regular streamlined reports to leadership.
• Performs other duties as required to support the business and evolving organization.

Required Qualifications:

• High school diploma or GED.
• Minimum five (5) years of Telecommunication experience or equivalent project management experience.
• Experience managing large scale projects.
• Demonstrated experience meeting project commitment deadlines.
• Familiarity with Outside Plant (OSP) architectures consisting of underground, direct buried, aerial, and building applications.
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Adobe.
• Understand LEAN concepts.

Preferred Qualifications:

• PMP certification

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Ability to influence others to meet project objectives.
• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
• Ability to multi-task and collaborate effectively with other personnel to meet deadlines.
• Strong verbal and written communication, attention to detail and organizational skills.
• Ability to work within critical deadlines.
• Ability to adjust to rapidly changing priorities and schedules.
• Ability to provide excellent customer service.