Overview and Essential Functions

This position supports engineering manager and is responsible for ISP and OSP engineering and is responsible for coordinating, processing, and acquiring all permits required to facilitate and assist construction throughout the construction process. The employee will be well trained in the telecommunications and/or utility infrastructure industry. Should also be able to utilize practical production knowledge that is critical ensuring a smooth and efficient flow of deliverables to the regulatory agencies and back to the field for utilization. A strong candidate will be familiar with local permitting protocols and procedures and will be the link between engineering and construction.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under general supervision, performs field engineering of proposed projects in order to provide optimum routing alternatives ensuring the most cost-effective designs are developed for construction projects.

• Provides suggested cable routings and proposed/actual equipment l locations and other topographical data intended to provide construction the most effective plant placement.

• Provides field investigation of construction projects both aerial and underground construction.

• Provides Auto Cad or hand drawn drawings depicting pickup locations and proposed routings .

• Review, coordinate, process, and verify compliance with rules, regulations, and legal requirements applicable with permits required from approving agencies for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

• Prepare timeline schedules for obtaining approved permits from agencies and distribute to project managers and engineers.

• Research and obtain required permit data such as plans, quantities, statements, etc.

• Confer with project managers and engineers to ensure accuracy of project data.

• Prepare and submit all required permit applications and associated documents to approving agencies for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

• Communicate with permit approving agencies as required to confirm timelines and proper procedures and documentation are met.

• Obtain approved permits from agencies and distribute copies to construction, project managers and engineers.

• Track all documents associated with the permit process from initial review through final permit approval to ensure timelines/schedules are met and to provide timely follow-up as required.

• Manage all documents associated with the project permit process from initial review through final permit approval .

Qualifications

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Under general supervision, performs field engineering of proposed projects in order to provide optimum routing alternatives ensuring the most cost-effective designs are developed for construction projects.

• Provides suggested cable routings and proposed/actual equipment l locations and other topographical data intended to provide construction the most effective plant placement.

• Provides field investigation of construction projects both aerial and underground construction.

• Provides Auto Cad or hand drawn drawings depicting pickup locations and proposed routings .

• Review, coordinate, process, and verify compliance with rules, regulations, and legal requirements applicable with permits required from approving agencies for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

• Prepare timeline schedules for obtaining approved permits from agencies and distribute to project managers and engineers.

• Research and obtain required permit data such as plans, quantities, statements, etc.

• Confer with project managers and engineers to ensure accuracy of project data.

• Prepare and submit all required permit applications and associated documents to approving agencies for water and wastewater infrastructure projects.

• Communicate with permit approving agencies as required to confirm timelines and proper procedures and documentation are met.

• Obtain approved permits from agencies and distribute copies to construction, project managers and engineers.

• Track all documents associated with the permit process from initial review through final permit approval to ensure timelines/schedules are met and to provide timely follow-up as required.

• Manage all documents associated with the project permit process from initial review through final permit approval .

Benefits and Company Summary

Who we are...

We are a company united in our vision of connecting America. Our culture is grounded in and shaped by our values. These values act as our behavioral compass and guide how we interact with each other, our customers, and the communities in which we operate. Across our teams, we strive to treat each other with respect, value different perspectives and experiences, keep our and others, safety top of mind, and uphold the highest ethical standards. Our company supplies the single most critical resource telecom service providers need: skilled people.

We serve the nation from more than 500 field offices and are unparalleled in scope and scale. Our talented workforce of over 15,000 employees provides a wide array of specialty services including construction, engineering, underground facility locating, fulfillment, and program management.

We provide opportunities for our people to learn and develop the skills and knowledge to be successful in their current role as well as to prepare them for future growth within the company. Join us!

EEO

Our Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind including, based on disability and protected veteran status. The Company's policy is not to discriminate against any applicant or employee based on race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. The Company also prohibits harassment of applicants or employees based on any of these protected categories. It is also the Company's policy to comply with all applicable state and federal laws respecting consideration of unemployment status in making hiring decisions. Please visit the following URL to view the EEO is the Law poster and the Supplement. (https://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/ofccpost.htm)

The Company also does not consider criminal convictions to be an absolute bar to employment and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories.

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