OSP Engineer

Hi, Hope you are doing well, My name is Nikhil Gupta. I’m with Innova Solutions (Formerly ACS Group), a leading information technology services and workforce solutions company, and I’m contacting you about an opportunity with one of our clients. Innova works closely with Fortune 1000 firms throughout the US and provides top talent for various staffing needs across industries Job title: OSP Engineer Location: Altoona-PA (Hybrid) Duration: 30 Months This individual is a Telecommunications Professional with Field Engineering experience and must be capable of engineering routine and specific outside plant work prints. The candidate must be capable of driving out into a specific geographic territory, meeting with customers, taking field notes, designing the facilities and working in several databases to input field notes, price the project, review final design and submit for construction. Also provide administrative and field support to the outside plant work forces for current projects. The candidate will be required to report to the office 2 days a week but could be more days during the first few weeks for training. Also responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing Verizon’s network infrastructure in specific geographic locations including but not limited to the Altoona and Johnstown area. This work will include designing upgrades, repairs, and enhancements to the Outside Plant telephony network which includes all structures (such as poles and conduit systems), cable (copper & fiber) and associated equipment for aerial, underground, buried, and customer premise equipment for single and multi-tenant buildings. Also will be meeting with customers and completing Site Surveys for HBW/FTTP/Fiber to the Cell tower projects along with placement of customer premise equipment for multiple types of buildings and structures. The engineer will design HBW/FTTP/FTTC service order requirements within a geographical turf and design solutions to extend fiber or copper service solutions to customer locations. The candidate will coordinate with a variety of Verizon departments and also have direct customer contact. The candidate needs the ability to work in a diverse environment, handling business and residential customers, and must be able to solve complex problems with innovative solutions. The candidate must be able to price out solutions and select the most effective design. The candidate will work with an Engineer and will have the authority, up to a set dollar limit, to choose and implement solutions independently. The candidate will perform the following work functions: Respond to service requests for HBW/FTTP/FTTC and Hi-Cap circuits by reaching out to customers both over the phone and by conducting site visits. Responsible for field engineering the placement of OSP structure, facilities and electronics to meet service demand. During physical field visit, the candidate must be able to identify/recognize incorrect or unsafe conditions (e.g. missing anchor/guy) and design proper corrective plant configurations. Design Engineering Work Orders in ICGS/IDDS and other CAD programs Tracking and monitoring construction and other departments, which may include contractors, to assure timely completion of the engineering work orders and plans issued. Required Skills/Experience: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or technical/science/mathematics fields or prior work experience in the Telecommunications Field Engineering at least 2 years. Prior working experience and basic knowledge of Outside Plant Engineering Practices, Proficient computer skills (windows-based programs and google systems). Excellent analytical, communication, and leadership skills. Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously. Customer contact skills and good written and oral communications skills are necessary. Desired Skills/Experience: (valuable, but not required to obtain the position) 3-5 years of prior working field engineering experience and knowledge of Outside Plant Engineering Practices. Prior working experience and basic knowledge of TIRKS, Canvas, LFACS and IDDS/ICGS, CAD Experience with the CAD program as well as high proficiency with MS Excel and/or MS Access, Google sheets would be particularly useful. Thanks & Regards, Nikhil gupta