OSP Design Engineer I/II/III

🕒 March 24

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

🏖️ New Jersey – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

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Utilities One Group

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 2016

🏗️ Construction

📦 Logistics

📡 Telecommunications

Construction • Logistics • Telecommunications

Utilities One Group is a full-service Utility and Telecommunications Contractor that emerged as a leader in infrastructure solutions since its founding in 2016. Evolving from its sister company MoldCable, Utilities One provides comprehensive services across various sectors, including Telecommunications, Power Utilities, Renewable Energy, Water Utilities, and Wireless Carriers. The company supports telecom service providers with engineering, design, and construction services for wireline projects and offers expertise in wireless networks, site builds, and smart grid solutions. Committed to sustainability, Utilities One also provides design/build services for solar systems and EV networks while ensuring safe and reliable water utility solutions for communities.

📋 Description

• Lead the planning, design, and optimization of large-scale FTTH/FTTP fiber optic networks, ensuring compliance with client requirements, permitting constraints, budget goals, and engineering best practices; • Oversee and review High Level Designs (HLDs) and Low-Level Designs (LLDs), providing technical guidance and approvals for route proposals, splice point placement, and network architecture; • Manage advanced GIS and CAD workflows including data validation, integration, and QA/QC across multiple platforms such as ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Katapult, and Google Earth; • Supervise and mentor junior design engineers, ensuring quality control, adherence to standards, and skill development across the OSP engineering team; • Coordinate across departments and stakeholders (survey, permitting, GIS, construction, and project management) to lead technical discussions, remove project blockers, and ensure alignment from design through construction; • Analyze and resolve complex field conflicts and design issues discovered during aerial and underground surveys, proposing cost-effective and compliant alternatives; • Ensure full compliance with NESC/NEC codes, state and local regulations, and client-specific design standards, proactively managing risk and constructability concerns; • Serve as a subject matter expert in fiber optic network design, contributing to the continuous improvement of engineering standards, templates, and best practices; • Lead technical design reviews, audits, and sign-offs, ensuring consistency, constructability, and long-term scalability of the network infrastructure.

🎯 Requirements

• 2–5 years of experience in OSP fiber network engineering and design; • Proven ability to lead complex design projects across multiple markets or utility types; • Deep knowledge of FTTH, centralized and distributed split architecture, and hybrid tap models; • Advanced proficiency with ESRI, ArcGIS, AutoCAD, IQGeo, Vetro, 3-GIS, Katapult, or similar engineering software; • Strong understanding of permitting workflows, jurisdictional design standards, and constructability best practices; • Excellent documentation, organizational, and project tracking skills; • Effective leadership, mentoring, and communication skills in remote or hybrid team environments; • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, GIS, Telecommunications, or related field preferred. • Preferred Qualifications: • Experience designing for major carriers such as AT&T, Lumen, Verizon, or Frontier; • Familiarity with pole loading analysis, easement research, and joint-use coordination; • Experience supporting BEAD, RDOF, or other grant-funded broadband initiatives; • Active Professional Engineer (PE) license (a plus, not required).

🏖️ Benefits

• - Competitive weekly pay and compensation package; • - Health Insurance plans (health, dental, vision); • - Whole Life Insurance; • - 401k Plan; • - PTO/Paid Holidays; • - Long-term, career-track employment with growth opportunities into technical or leadership roles .