Telecom Field Engineer

Job Title: Telecom Field Eng.

Location: Fort Washington PA, Collegeville PA, or West Chester PA.

In office schedule will vary (some weeks might be 100% in field, some weeks might be only 20% in field).

Central Office (CO) installation experience

MUST HAVE SKILLS (Most Important):

College degree with focus in area of engineering or other technical discipline or relative experience. Highly motivated, self-supervised, customer focused individual with organizational and leadership skills to push all projects to completion, using conflict resolution, facilitation, solution-driven analysis, superior communication and project methodology in combination with technical expertise in telecom network engineering. Military experience a strong plus. Excellent Excel, Word and other MS application skills a must.

JOB DUTIES:

Perform Field Engineering and Vendor Management responsibilities for various build initiatives in the Intelligent Edge and video networks.

Candidate will engineer and manage multiple simultaneous projects. The position requires involvement throughout the life cycle of a build, in particular to resolve technical issues as they present themselves. The Engineer will utilize Verizon Capacity Creation Process (CCP) system, CoFEE system, Capital Management system, vSAP, and other internal systems to document all technical solutions and ensure a timely deployment of all builds.

Functional Responsibilities Include:

• Engineering details will include but not be limited to project-specific installation instructions, engineering database (ICON, CCP) updates, equipment configurations, card/port assignments/requirements, power mapping, cable running lists, floor space and rack placement, and detailed Bill of Material (BOM).
• Coordinate and drive Engineering issues to resolution
• Manage multiple Capacity Creation Requests for new hardware deployments, reconfigurations, decommissions, and First Office Application (FOA) projects.
• Negotiate and coordinate overall project schedules for Engineering activities, Construction start and completion dates.
• Accurately identify, monitor, report, escalate, and resolve technical issues encountered throughout the build process
• Visit locations for the end-of-job (EOJ) walk through / audit of build for installation practice adherence.
• Maintain excellent communication with Project Manager, Functional Team Members and Direct Management to ensure early identification of issues and timely reporting of status.

Job Type: Contract

Salary: $40.00 – $50.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Computer networking: 1 year (Preferred)
• LAN: 1 year (Preferred)

Security clearance:

• Confidential (Preferred)

Work Location: Multiple Locations