OUTSIDE PLANT ENGINEER
(Houston, TX)

The essential functions of our plant engineer are to:
-Direct/coordinate manhole conduit, direct buried & aerial facilities; including research of all facilities;
-Assignments to all service orders, including, but not limited to: plant field, fiber cable & optical equipment assignments, as well as facility coordination;
-Create/maintain plant records, including staking sheets, splicing & building schematics and preliminary facility design records;
-Assist department head in directing/monitoring all plant department engineering, provisioning & construction;
-Establish/maintain good working relations with local, county & state officials;
-Establish/maintain good working relations with ILEC's & other CLEC's engineering/management staff;
-Create origination, completion & corresponding detail for work orders;
-Post all plant activity to staking sheets & schematics.  Includes preliminary drawings to red-lines to as-builts;
-Direct CAD work updates to staking sheets & schematics;
-Coordinate with department head staking and/or sizing of facility based elements;
-Direct/coordinate with department head all cut-over activity;
-Coordinate with COE personnel on optical installations & configurations;
-Coordinate, create & maintain ASR, DLR & FOC documentation.

At least five (5) years telecommunications experience in engineering & outside plant; fiber installation, fiber splicing and optical equipment experience required; electrical code specification experience required; manhole, handhole & conduit system experience required. College degree in telecommunications preferred.