OSP Engineer III

🕒 May 20

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Pearce Services

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1001 - 5000 employees

📡 Telecommunications

⚡ Energy

🤝 B2B

Telecommunications • Energy • B2B

Pearce Services is a national provider of mission-critical infrastructure engineering, operations, and maintenance solutions. The company designs, commissions, constructs, and maintains telecom networks (wireless, wireline, and fiber), renewable energy assets (commercial and utility-scale solar, wind, energy storage), EV charging networks, and data center/critical facility systems. Backed by CBRE and a large nationwide field workforce, Pearce delivers preventive and predictive maintenance, remote monitoring, rapid-response repairs, HVAC and electrical services, and turnkey uninterrupted power solutions to keep assets online and optimized.

📋 Description

• Own engineering scope for multi-site/complex OSP builds (fiber & copper; aerial/UG; pole, direct-buried, and conduit). • Produce and seal (where applicable) engineering plans, splicing diagrams, loss budgets, BOMs, and construction work prints. • Perform advanced loop-loss and electronics sizing; plan field-mounted switch serving areas and network segmentation. • Lead constructability reviews, value engineering, and route optimization; resolve clearance, capacity, and alignment conflicts. • Direct and perform field surveys: pole, conduit, and buried-facility measurements; verify NESC clearances and make-ready needs. • Ensure compliance with NESC, client specifications, and Pearce standards; conduct feasibility/economic analyses. • Author redlines/as-builts; drive corrective actions from field QA findings to closure. • Oversee complete permit packages (municipal/county/state) and coordinate ROW/easements to approval. • Lead joint-use engineering (pole attachments, loading, and make-ready); coordinate with IOU/co-op/municipal utilities. • Interface with agencies and utilities to resolve conflicts, accelerate approvals, and de-risk schedules. • Build job budgets and forecasts; track actuals, changes, and variance drivers; recommend cost/schedule mitigations. • Establish project KPIs (cycle time, rework rate, punch-list aging) and run continuous-improvement actions. • Conduct periodic site inspections and formal QA/QC gates from design release through closeout. • Maintain authoritative records (designs, permits, ROW, accounting/property records, as-builts). • Prepare executive-ready reports/status dashboards; keep internal/client systems current. • Partner with PMs, construction, permitting, and vendors to align milestones and dependencies; lead technical touchpoints. • Provide technical guidance and mentorship to OSP Engineers I/II, designers, and permit staff.

🎯 Requirements

• Extensive OSP Engineering: Proven leadership delivering complex, multi-discipline OSP projects (design → permit → construction readiness → closeout). • Project Manager experience • Design Mastery: Expert in work order engineering (including road moves), loss budgets, splicing plans, constructability, and value engineering. • Field & Standards: Hands-on field measurement experience; deep working knowledge of NESC and client/industry OSP standards. • Permitting/ROW/Joint Use: Track record obtaining permits and ROW/easements; leading pole attachment, loading, and make-ready coordination. • Financial & QA Discipline: Building/tracking job budgets and performing structured QA/QC and site inspections. • Tools & Systems: Proficient with PC apps and record/CAD systems; capable with measuring wheel, height stick, pull finder, and laptop in the field.

🏖️ Benefits

• health and life insurance • 401k with employer match • paid time off • tuition reimbursement • professional development courses • performance and referral bonuses • production incentives • tool/equipment and fuel stipends • company vehicle • per diem