MANAGER, OSP CONSTRUCTION Ohio, USA * Virtual Req #1753 Thursday, August 29, 2024 Company Overview We're Lumos, a provider of 100% Fiber Optic Internet, Total-Home Wi-Fi, voice and streaming services across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. We believe that the possibilities of tomorrow cannot be built on the infrastructure of yesterday. That's why we're building a 100% Fiber Optic network from the ground up for families, small businesses and communities, backed by local, expert customer service. An Internet built for that most hopeful of all things - the future. Because whatever the future holds, we make it faster. Learn more at Lumos | High-Speed Fiber Internet Provider in NC, VA and SC (lumosfiber.com) The Position This position provides leadership to the entire OSPC team. This position provides technical expertise and leadership to all OSPC Supervisors, ensures standardized and improved processes (ongoing) for all of OSPC, and establishes relationships and infrastructure to support new markets. Acts as primary interface with local jurisdictions for franchises, with utilities for pole attachment and conduit agreements, with each state's one-call system, DOH/DOT, Railroad companies, and other utility owners. Manages construction contracts, RFQ's, to ensure best pricing, standards and emergency responsiveness needs are maintained. Primarily the job holder is responsible for daily management of OSP construction, installation and maintenance of the Lumos OSP network (poles, aerial, buried and underground fiber & copper network facilities) within their assigned area. The Construction Manager serves as a single point of contact for all OSPC work in their area that has been assigned to either company or contract line-crew and splicers. Manager ensures all projects are completed in a safe, accurate, timely and efficient manner. The Construction Manager manages all OSPC CAPEX (up to $15M), and OPEX budgets, (up to $5M), in assigned areas. This position controls the OSP material inventory levels in multiple warehouses to remain in accordance with corporate guidelines and SOX compliance. On-call 24/7/365: ready to respond to service outages; among the first responders for emergency OSP events. * This position is remote, yet candidate must reside within the U.S. State of Ohio. * Duties & Responsibilities Job coordination and scheduling of new build activity of OSP facilities. Provides technical leadership and expertise to OSPC; establishes, standardizes and improves OSPC processes; establishes relationships to launch new markets (ongoing). On behalf of Lumos interfaces directly with municipalities for construction activities, meets with utilities for coordination on large projects Scheduling/coordinating maintenance, repair, and upgrade of existing OSP facilities, including rehab work, customer complaints response, OSP generator routines, and emergency call-outs Direct support of cable/fiber splicing technicians, linepersons and contract labor forces. Maintain construction fleet of vehicles and tools. Safety monitoring and quality control audit verification. CAPEX, OPEX , and Inventory tracking to meet departmental budget parameters. Manage and ordering of PP equipment and tools. Approving company timesheets in EBS, credit card receipts, vacation scheduling, contractor labor & material invoices, managing work order system projects, PR's and PO's, and closing of OSP projects. Qualifications Education: Bachelor's degree in a technical field or equivalent job experience Experience: Minimum of ten (10) years technical experience working in Engineering, Construction or Operations. Previous supervisory experience or proven demonstrated ability to lead technicians and contractors within a telecom maintenance & construction environment. Strong understanding of OSHA rules; National Electric Safety Code