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Project Manager, OSP

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Reports To: Project Sponsor
Travel Potential: Potential for Domestic Travel
Compensation: $100k - $125k Annually

Company Profile:

Congruex provides digital infrastructure solutions through engineering and construction services that connect communities nationwide. This includes wireline, wireless, data centers, and utility services from initial concept to market go-live.

With employees across the United States and India, the work we do enables essential infrastructure for the future of communications.

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Job Summary:

As the Project Manager, OSP, you will ultimately be responsible for managing outside plant (OSP) telecommunications projects, coordinating project teams, and ensuring successful project execution from planning through completion. You will lead project activities, manage schedules, budgets, resources, and customer expectations while delivering high-quality project outcomes. As the Project Manager, OSP, your customers are telecommunications clients, vendors, contractors, and internal engineering and construction teams, and you will make meaningful contributions to the company's success through project leadership, operational excellence, and exceptional customer service.

Key Responsibilities (Including, but not limited to):

  • Lead project teams within designated project areas, including vendors, subcontractors, and internal stakeholders
  • Define project scope, objectives, schedules, resource plans, budgets, and project deliverables
  • Manage project tasks to ensure timely completion while meeting production, capacity, quality, and cycle time expectations
  • Conduct internal meetings with project teams and leadership to review project status, identify risks, and implement corrective actions
  • Attend customer meetings, provide comprehensive project status updates, and resolve customer concerns or project issues
  • Maintain accurate project documentation and tracking within company project management systems
  • Develop and improve project processes and procedures to increase efficiency and streamline workflows
  • Identify opportunities to reduce project cycle times while improving quality and customer satisfaction
  • Retrieve, analyze, transform, and report project data to support business intelligence and project decision-making
  • Perform additional responsibilities within functional scope based on business needs

Required Qualifications:

Education, Licensing, and Certifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Architecture, Building Science, or a related field
  • Valid driver's license
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Experience

  • Minimum of 5 years of project management experience
  • 1–3 years of experience in construction or project coordination roles
  • Experience managing Outside Plant (OSP) and Inside Plant (ISP) telecommunications projects
  • Experience with FTTx, Long Haul, and DCC turnkey builds
  • Experience managing large-scale telecommunications construction projects
  • Experience with fiber optic, carrier, and colocation products and services in operational, engineering, or implementation environments
  • Previous experience as an Assistant Project Manager, Field Engineer, Estimator, Scheduler, or similar role

Skills and Abilities

  • Strong leadership and project management skills with the ability to coordinate multiple teams and priorities
  • Excellent verbal, written, interpersonal, and customer service skills
  • Strong organizational, time management, and problem-solving abilities
  • Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment
  • Ability to develop effective working relationships with customers, contractors, government agencies, and internal stakeholders
  • Critical thinking skills with the ability to analyze problems and implement effective solutions
  • Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering White Glove customer service
  • Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Excel, SQL, Visio, Google Earth, and other project management software
  • Knowledge of civil construction and telecommunications infrastructure

Qualifications:

  • Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
  • Experience supporting broadband, telecommunications, or utility infrastructure projects
  • Civil construction and telecommunications construction background
  • Experience with fiber optic network deployment and carrier implementation projects

Physical Requirements:

  • Ability to work indoors and outdoors in varying weather conditions
  • Ability to maintain visual and audible awareness of personnel, equipment, vehicles, and worksite activities
  • Ability to safely work around heavy equipment and construction machinery
  • Ability to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
  • Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, squat, climb, push, pull, twist, and work in physically demanding positions for extended periods
  • Ability to wear required personal protective equipment (PPE), including safety boots, hard hat, safety glasses, and other required safety gear
  • Ability to travel domestically as business needs require

Congruex Culture & Benefits:

Congruex's culture of safety and performance is built on the 4X Factor core values of Be Safe, Be Accountable, Be Respectful, and Earn Trust. These values guide how we work with one another and how we interact with our customers.

We are committed to building a workplace where employees feel supported and recognized. We invest in employees through a comprehensive approach, including the benefits below with eligibility on Day 1 of employment:

  • Medical, Dental & Vision benefits with 70% paid by the company
  • 401(k) with company match up to 4% and immediate vesting
  • Flexible PTO for exempt roles & competitive PTO accrual for non-exempt roles
  • 10 company paid holidays (9 standard and 1 floating)
  • Company Paid Short-Term and Long-Term coverage
  • Company Paid Maternity & Parental Leave options
  • Company Paid Basic Life Insurance (with employee paid voluntary options)
  • Annual Safety Boot Program of up to $150 per eligible field employee per year
  • Safety Points Program for eligible field employees redeemable in the company store
  • Free wellness benefits like counseling, financial planning, and more

Additional Employment Information:

We will determine salary based on skills and experience in relation to the function of the role, as well as equity to employees in similar roles. Some benefits have eligibility criteria. All requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.

This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at-will" employment relationship. Conditions to hiring may include but are not necessarily limited to background checks and drug testing.