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Brightspeed

Location:
United States, Johnson City

Category:
IT - Administration

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Job Description:

Brightspeed is searching for an Outside Plant Fiber Engineer to join our team! As an Outside Plant Fiber Engineer, 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 OSP field engineer you will be assigned a geographic area and will be responsible for all 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
Conducting on-site field survey reviews with customers and vendor / contractors.
Supporting acquisition and implementation of hardware and software as well as subcontractor services as needed

Requirements:

Associate degree or equivalent education and relevant experience
3 to 5 years related experience in telecommunications, engineering, or network planning or equivalent
Knowledgeable and skilled in planning / engineering and reading construction drawings / prints
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
Understanding of fiber transport and backhaul technologies and protocols.
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Ability to manage small to medium sized projects with cross functional and vendor interaction

What we offer:

competitive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
an employee assistance program
a 401K plan with company match and a host of voluntary benefits

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 06, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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