Field Manager, Fiber Construction

• 10+ years of experience in telecommunications, fiber optic construction, utility construction, or a closely related infrastructure industry.
• Established relationships with fiber construction crews and subcontractors.
• Experience with fiber construction for major telecommunications carriers, utilities, municipalities, or broadband providers.
• Experience with directional boring, fiber placement, splicing, aerial construction, underground construction, and restoration is a plus.
• Experience managing multi-site or geographically dispersed fiber construction projects.
• Knowledge of OSP fiber construction standards and industry best practices.
• Experience working with subcontractors, construction crews, or third-party field contractors.
• Ability to read and interpret construction plans, specifications, and project documentation.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, crews, and priorities simultaneously.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and Outlook.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project locations and job sites as required.
• Valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record.

• Identify, recruit, qualify, and develop relationships with fiber construction crews and subcontractors.
• Maintain a network of qualified crews capable of performing aerial, underground, directional boring, fiber placement, splicing, restoration, and related construction activities.
• Evaluate crews based on experience, production capabilities, safety performance, quality, availability, equipment, and geographic coverage.
• Obtain and evaluate crew pricing and production rates for new and existing projects.
• Negotiate crew/subcontractor pricing, schedules, scopes, and expectations within established company guidelines.
• Coordinate crew mobilization and ensure crews have the necessary information, materials, equipment, permits, and project documentation to begin work.
• Monitor crew availability and proactively address staffing gaps before they affect project schedules.
• Build long-term relationships with high-performing crews while addressing performance issues with underperforming subcontractors. 

• Manage fiber construction projects from mobilization through completion.
• Provide direction and oversight to assigned crews and subcontractors.
• Establish project expectations related to production, schedule, quality, safety, documentation, and customer requirements.
• Monitor daily and weekly production against project goals and schedules.
• Track quantities installed, completed work, outstanding work, and projected completion dates.
• Identify production issues, delays, material shortages, permitting issues, access issues, and other project obstacles and develop corrective action plans.
• Conduct regular communication with crews, project managers, customers, and internal leadership regarding project status.
• Ensure construction activities are performed in accordance with customer specifications, approved plans, company standards, and applicable codes and regulations.
• Monitor restoration activities and ensure work areas are properly restored upon completion.
• Review field documentation, daily reports, production reports, photos, tickets, and other required project documentation.
• Coordinate with internal safety, quality control, engineering, warehouse, and administrative teams to resolve project issues.
• Assist with change orders, scope changes, customer requests, and additional work opportunities.
• Escalate significant project risks, cost issues, safety concerns, and customer issues to leadership in a timely manner.

• Monitor project costs, crew costs, production rates, and overall project profitability.
• Identify opportunities to improve productivity and reduce unnecessary project costs.
• Review and validate subcontractor invoices and production quantities.
• Ensure crews are performing work within agreed-upon pricing and scope.
• Identify potential change-order opportunities and assist in documenting additional work

• Promote and enforce a strong safety culture across all assigned projects.
• Ensure crews and subcontractors follow company and customer safety requirements.
• Monitor compliance with applicable OSHA, DOT, MUTCD, utility, municipality, and customer requirements, as applicable.
• Address safety and quality deficiencies promptly and hold crews accountable for corrective action.
• Ensure construction work meets required quality standards and customer specifications.
• Participate in field audits, site visits, safety meetings, and quality inspections as needed.

Triad Associates Inc. is a division of Concordia Group. Triad Associates Inc. is a drug and alcohol free workplace including marijuana. Triad Associates Inc is an equal opportunity employer.  We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.