Position Summary

Entry level role responsible for coordinating all functions of Horizon’s Fiber To The Premise (FTTP) market deployment lifecycle. Responsible for overall project timelines, reporting, and coordination of POP site acquisition, fiber construction, network installation, and other associated functions required to successfully launch a fiber-to-the-premises market on time and under budget.

Essential Job Functions

• Manages multiple groups internally and externally, directing the activity and ensuring the quality output of all functions.
• You will collaborate with OSP Design Engineers, OSP Inspectors, Construction Managers, Joint Use & Permitting Coordinators, vendors, and Horizon leadership to track and provide status updates to all team members as needed to keep the project timeline on track.
• Oversee and coordinate with team members to achieve maximum success and efficiency in delivery of engineering designs, related market data points, permitting approvals and construction completion.
• Identify and deploy necessary resources to accomplish work while managing the stability of the project and customer account.
• Review, understand, and explain multiple telecom deployment technologies (FTTH, FTTP, FTTN, etc.), telecom terminology, and the various telecom infrastructure environments (aerial, buried, underground, wireless).
• Communicate project and account status to senior management, customers, and other partners.
• Develop and strengthen relationships with all project stakeholders.
• Manage and track performance across schedule, budget, and quality parameters
• Track and report on project schedule, milestones and provide status reports on a weekly basis
• Pro-actively identify potential project risk factors, communicate these with our partners, and work with team members to address and resolve them.
• Facilitate regular or ad-hoc team meetings to discuss projects, challenges and determine project schedules, budgets and forecasts; and selecting materials, equipment, project staff, and external contractors
• Complete understanding of project scope, capabilities, risk, and sourcing appropriate vendors that meet project requirements and state licensing requirements
• Manage contract terms, purchase orders, and change orders with the vendor partners
• Strong attention to quality construction practices and ensuring timely closeout and delivery of the project schedule.

Knowledge and Abilities

• 1+ years of Project Coordination / Project Management experience desired, not required
• PMP Certification desired, not required
• 6+ months of experience telecom design, delivery process, OSP fiber lifecycle, or equivalent experience in another type of construction project.
• Working knowledge of OSP fiber-optic construction is a plus
• Effective written and verbal communication skills and excellent interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed
• Flexibility for travel up to 10% may be required.
• You must have a clean driving record and have reliable transportation

Key skills

• Must have strong leadership, critical thinking, and organizational development skills
• Excellent communication skills
• Attention to detail
• Time management

Equal Opportunity Employer

Horizon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, mental or physical disabilities, military or veteran status or any other legally protected status. Equal access to programs, services, and employment is available to all persons. Those applicants requiring reasonable accommodation to the application and/or interview process should notify Horizon’s Department of Human Resources.

Physical Requirements

Light work. Light work involves lifting no more than 20 pounds at a time with frequent lifting or carrying of objects weighing up to 10 pounds. Even though the weight lifted may be very little, a job is in this category when it requires a good deal of walking or standing, or when it involves sitting most of the time with some pushing and pulling of arm or leg controls. To be considered capable of performing a full or wide range of light work, you must have the ability to do substantially all of these activities. If someone can do light work, we determine that he or she can also do sedentary work, unless there are additional limiting factors such as loss of fine dexterity or inability to sit for long periods of time.

Note: The statements herein are intended to describe the general nature and level or work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified.