Manager, Engineering and Construction

Company Description

At Brightspeed, we are reimagining how people live, work, play and connect by providing fast, reliable internet connections and an awesome customer experience in twenty states throughout the Midwest and South.

Backed by funds managed by Apollo Global Management, our vision is to accelerate the upgrade of copper to fiber optic technologies, bringing faster and more reliable internet service to many rural markets traditionally underserved by broadband providers, while delivering best-in-class customer experience.  

Be a part of the team that will make this vision a reality….designing and building a world class fiber network and creating a customer experience second to none.

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Job Description

Brightspeed is searching for a Manager Engineering and Construction to join our team in Texas!  At Brightspeed we are committed to being a leader in defining a new way to work because we recognize the changing mindset of today's workforce. As a Manager Engineering and Construction, you will be responsible for managing our Engineering and Construction team. Our Engineering and Construction team is responsible for building our network in each territory and will be in a highly visible position as well as being customer-faced. Responsibilities will include Inside Plant and Outside Plant Engineering and Construction and will have direct reports that are a combination of Network Engineers, Sr Engineers, Program Managers, Specialists, and construction personnel. This position will require navigation through internal and external partners, driving implementation of activities for complex projects.  This role requires strong business acumen, the abilities to define and implement groundbreaking ideas, to work within a fast-moving environment to rapidly deliver support and services that have a broad business impact, and desire to have an industry wide impact.

As Manager, Engineering & Construction you will have the following responsibilities:

• Managing engineering & construction responsibilities for Texas.
• Managing people, budgets, and customer commitments for a designated territory
• Managing and supervising staff by appraising performance, training, administering salaries, and communicating department objectives
• Driving continued training on new systems, improve processes and procedures and pushing initiatives throughout the organization
• Helping to support the Brightspeed Fiber Build Teams engineering and construction process via collaboration and impediment mitigation to support productivity
• Participating in the process of negotiating and or bidding of projects with vendors/contractors for the construction/installation of OSP facilities
• Taking responsibility for capital and expense budgets to support area along with meeting and exceeding required build schedules for FTTT, Ethernet, GPON, MDU, and business as usual work including growth, rehab, road moves and preservation work 
• Communicating results of cost analysis and providing direction on implementation and the network impact related to major plant additions and rearrangements
• Continuing an outstanding working relationship with the Operations Team along with leading/support Market Meetings
• Driving decisions to lowest level possible to drive towards a local model
• Managing and directing plans and specifications to provide high quality service within established time frames and to meet defined financial criteria
• Serving as the interface on construction matters helping to ensure conformance to established practices and procedures

Qualifications

WHAT IT TAKES TO CATCH OUR EYE:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience and training
• 5-7 years of telecommunications engineering and construction knowledge and experience
• 2+ years of previous supervisory or leadership experience
• Strong customer service and communication skills 
• Strong computer skills required, including experience with Microsoft Office Suite
• Comprehensive knowledge of engineering / construction practices and procedures, including underground, buried and aerial construction of copper and fiber facilities, road moves experience required

BONUS PONTS FOR:

• Master’s Degree in Engineering or Telecommunications
• Telecom/Cable/Internet Service Provider industry experience

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Additional Information

WHY JOIN US?

We aspire to contemporary ways of working.

We are committed to being a leader in defining a new way to work because we recognize the changing mindset of today's workforce. We are opening a new, state-of-the-art corporate HQ in Charlotte, NC and