FTTH Network Engineer III

LanceSoft, Inc. is a company that specializes in telecommunications solutions, and they are seeking an FTTH Network Engineer III. This role is responsible for the engineering design and quality control of fiber to the home deployments, working closely with various departments to ensure project success.

Responsibilities:

• Must have experience engineering fiber to the home deployments
• Engineering design for outside plant projects
• Proactive review of outside plant facilities to determine necessary upgrades and enhancements
• Communicate with state, county, city and national indices to gain information on planned projects that involve growth and changes
• Coordinate with all utilities for project design and construction to utilize joint trench
• Communicate with all peers and departments to insure proper project planning
• Maintain accurate cable records and updates
• Apply for permits as required (State, DNR, City, County, Townships)
• Maintain and investigate right of ways and easements for releases
• Land base into FROGS/Spatial Engineer (AutoCAD based GIS) system
• All other activities with respect to the needs of the business

Requirements:

• B.S. or B.A. in Engineering or equivalent preferred, or a minimum of 3 to 5 years' experience related to outside plant, preferable in a local exchange environment
• Must have outside plant construction, project management, and inventory management experience
• Must demonstrate knowledge with heavy emphasis on outside plant design, cable count layout, and capacities
• Must have experience in right of way, private easement and permitting with local, state and federal entities
• Must have detailed knowledge of outside plant activities
• Must have knowledge of engineering tools to include the following, FROGS/Spatial Engineer (Frontier AutoCAD based GIS), Adobe, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, email and other vendor software
• Must be able to participate and lead project teams to achieve team objectives and goals
• Strong interpersonal skills are very important in discussions and meetings with engineering team, regional managers, vendors, local supervisors and technicians