Project Manager, Joint-Pole Engineering

The Program Manager, Joint-Pole Engineering leads the engineering team responsible for evaluating and processing communications company requests to attach facilities to jointly used utility poles and developing make-ready engineering solutions required to accommodate those attachments. The program includes review of wireline, wireless, and overlash attachment applications to ensure compliance with utility standards, safety requirements, clearance criteria, structural loading requirements, and applicable regulations.

What You Will Do

As Program Manager, Joint-Pole Engineering, your role will encompass the following: lead and support engineering personnel performing attachment application reviews and make-ready design activities to ensure safe, timely, and cost-effective project delivery; manage program performance, resources, budgets, schedules, and workloads to achieve established service-level objectives; oversee engineering review of wireline, wireless, and overlash attachment applications to ensure compliance with utility standards, operating agreements, codes, and other program-specific requirements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

The Program Manager serves as the primary liaison among utility owners, telecommunications providers, broadband developers, and construction organizations to ensure the timely, accurate, and cost-effective execution of the joint-use engineering process. This position requires a strong understanding of utility construction standards, NESC requirements, and joint-use practices, as well as excellent organizational and written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Requirements

• PE license preferred; PMP certification may be considered in lieu of PE licensure.
• Bachelor's degree in related field.
• 7+ years of utility, telecommunications, joint-use, or related engineering experience.
• 3+ years of experience leading engineering teams.
• 2+ years of project or program management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing pole attachment review programs and make-ready engineering design activities.
• Strong understanding of utility construction standards, NESC requirements, and joint-use practices.
• Ability to collaborate effectively across multidisciplinary teams and stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational and written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success.
• Medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.
• Employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success.