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Network Engineer, Outside Plant

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Brightspeed

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United States , Stephenville, TX

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Brightspeed is searching for a Network Engineer, Outside Plant to join our team! As a Network Engineer, Outside Plant, you will be responsible for the design and preparation of engineering work orders for land developments, new buildings, single line requests, rehab, DSL, FTTN, FTTH, FTTT, road relocations, augmentation projects and special circuit requests. You will be utilizing the following tools; NDS, AutoCAD, Fireworks/Bid master, JDS, FORTE, WFMT, ARMOR, TIRKS, LFACS, and the full suite of Microsoft Office. As an outside plant field engineer you will be assigned a geographic area and will be responsible for all Outside Plant (OSP) job requests. In this role you will design and acquire civil permits, maintain positive interaction with internal and external customers, maintain open conversation with planning and all company departments providing a high quality of service to Brightspeed customers.

Job Responsibility:

  • Developing/defining plans for the implementation of new plant construction or modifications to existing facilities
  • Preparing plans and specifications, to include gathering field data
  • Assuring that the most feasible, practical, and economical means to complete the work are utilized
  • Providing cost data to support capital planning and budgeting
  • Monitoring and controlling project expenditure
  • Overseeing the installation/construction and testing of plant facilities
  • Analyzing local and wide area network systems and/or customer network environment, including planning, designing, evaluating, selecting operating systems and protocol suites, and configuring communication media with concentrators, bridges, and other devices
  • Resolving interoperability problems to obtain operations across all platforms including e-mail, files transfer, multimedia, teleconferencing and the like
  • Configuring systems to user environments
  • Supporting acquisition and implementation of hardware and software as well as subcontractor services as needed

Requirements:

  • OUTSIDE PLANT EXPERIENCE
  • Associate degree or equivalent education and relevant experience
  • 8 years related experience in telecommunications, engineering, network planning, or equivalent outside plant engineer experience
  • Knowledgeable and skilled in planning and/or engineering
  • Knowledgeable and able to work in appropriate systems and Microsoft Office
  • Ability to work with Planning, Operations, and all internal and external customers, maintain budget, and assist with forecasting budgets
  • Ability to maintain positive interaction between all governing authorities
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
What we offer:
  • competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
  • employee assistance program
  • 401K plan with company match
  • host of voluntary benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
January 31, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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