OSP Engineer

Role overview Design and prepare outside plant telecommunications networks for construction, covering aerial, underground, buried, conduit, fiber, and copper facilities. The work spans route planning, field validation, permitting support, and project documentation, with close coordination among engineering, construction, utilities, and permitting teams.

Responsibilities - Develop and update network designs, route plans, construction work prints, splice details, bills of materials, and related engineering records. - Review routes for constructability, capacity, clearances, existing facilities, and potential conflicts; recommend practical solutions. - Survey or review field conditions for pole lines, conduit, buried facilities, and proposed routes. - Identify make-ready work, clearance problems, and utility conflicts; update designs to reflect field changes and prepare as-builts. - Support permits, right-of-way and easement activities, pole attachments, joint-use coordination, and utility requirements. - Track deliverables, permit dependencies, design changes, and project impacts while performing quality checks on construction packages.

Requirements - OSP engineering knowledge spanning telecommunications infrastructure such as fiber, copper, aerial, and underground facilities. - Ability to interpret field conditions and produce accurate, constructible engineering documentation. - Familiarity with applicable safety and engineering standards, including NESC requirements and utility specifications. - Strong attention to detail and ability to coordinate work across project management, construction, permitting, and utility stakeholders. - Experience reviewing field surveys, identifying design conflicts, and maintaining project records through engineering and construction preparation.

Nice to have - Experience with a major carrier’s OSP engineering processes, databases, or client portals. - Background in both aerial and buried or underground design, joint use, pole attachments, and make-ready engineering. - Familiarity with CAD, GIS, mapping, drafting, or electronic markup tools. - Experience supporting projects through permitting, construction release, and closeout.

Benefits and work setup - Benefits include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, paid vacation and holidays, and a retirement plan with employer match. - Tuition reimbursement and professional development are available. Work equipment and safety tools may be provided as required by the role.