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Pearce is a leading technology-enabled provider of asset management solutions for mission-critical electromechanical infrastructure throughout North America. Pearce provides technical maintenance, repair, operations, and engineering services for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, backup power generators, battery energy storage systems (BESS), critical cooling systems, and other electrical and mechanical infrastructure across end markets such as renewable energy, telecom, and data centers. Founded in 1998, Pearce has more than 4,000 employees and 28 locations across the U.S. Pearce is a wholly owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm. To learn more about Pearce visit http://www.pearce-services.com .
Your Impact
As an OSP Engineer supporting Lumen , you will perform engineering activities supporting the design, documentation, permitting, and construction readiness of outside plant telecommunications networks. This position supports all aspects of OSP engineering, including aerial, underground, buried, conduit, fiber, and copper infrastructure .
You will work with project managers, construction teams, permitting teams, utilities, and other stakeholders to develop accurate and constructible OSP designs. You will also be responsible for maintaining accurate project and engineering information within Lumen databases, systems, and other required client platforms .
Success in this role requires strong OSP engineering knowledge, attention to detail, familiarity with field conditions and industry standards, and the ability to manage engineering documentation and data throughout the project lifecycle.
Core Responsibilities
OSP Engineering & Design
Perform all aspects of OSP engineering for aerial, underground, buried, conduit, fiber, and copper telecommunications infrastructure.
Develop and update OSP engineering designs, construction work prints, routing plans, splicing information, bills of materials, and supporting engineering documentation.
Support work-order engineering, including road moves, relocations, network modifications, and new construction.
Review proposed routes for constructability, existing infrastructure, capacity, clearances, and potential conflicts.
Support fiber and copper network planning, including applicable loss-budget, splicing, and network-design considerations.
Identify design conflicts and recommend practical engineering solutions that support project requirements, cost, and schedule.
Field Validation, Standards & Quality
Perform and/or review field surveys and measurements for pole lines, conduit systems, buried facilities, and proposed OSP routes .
Verify field conditions and ensure designs comply with NESC requirements, Lumen specifications, applicable utility standards, and Pearce engineering requirements .
Identify make-ready requirements, clearance issues, facility conflicts, and other conditions that may affect construction.
Review field changes and prepare or update redlines, as-builts, and related engineering documentation.
Perform QA/QC reviews to ensure engineering packages are accurate, complete, and construction-ready.
Permitting, ROW & Joint Use
Prepare and support permit packages for municipal, county, state, utility, and other applicable authorities.
Support right-of-way (ROW), easement, and joint-use activities associated with OSP construction.
Coordinate pole-attachment, make-ready, and utility requirements as applicable.
Work with permitting teams, utilities, agencies, and project stakeholders to resolve engineering or documentation issues affecting approvals.
Project Coordination & Tracking
Coordinate with Project Management, Construction, Permitting, vendors, and other engineering resources to maintain project schedules and resolve outstanding issues.
Track engineering deliverables, permit requirements, design changes, and other project dependencies.
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