OSP Engineer - II - Apex Systems

Job#: 2028807

Job Description:

Apex Systems is seeking an OSP Engineer - II to work a hybrid work model with a leading telecommunications company in the Livingston, NJ area! Please see listed job description below. If interested and qualified, please send your resume to r[email protected]. 

Pay Range: 32-35.50$/hourly based off experience and background

NonIT-Network Engineer - OSP ENGINEER II

This individual is a Telecommunications Professional and must be capable of engineering routine and specific outside plant work orders for fiber based FiOS, HiCAP, Ethernet services as well as copper based POTS and special services. Candidate must be capable of providing administrative and field support to the outside plant technicians and Operations team. This candidate must be able to project manage a high volume of work activities, have visibility of customer needs, and ability to work assignments independently.

The Outside Plant Engineer is responsible for designing, maintaining, and optimizing the clients network infrastructure in specific geographic locations in the Northern District of New Jersey. This work will include designing upgrades, repairs, and enhancements to the Outside Plant fiber optic network which includes all structures (such as poles and conduit systems), cable (copper & fiber) and associated equipment for aerial, underground, buried, and customer premise equipment for multi-tenant buildings. The engineer will monitor and analyze service order requirements within a geographical turf and design solutions to extend fiber or copper service solutions to customer locations. He/she will coordinate with a variety of the clients departments and also have direct customer contact. The engineer needs the ability to work in a diverse environment, handling business and residential customers, and must be able to solve complex problems with innovative solutions. The engineer must be able to price out solutions and select the most effective design. The engineer has the authority, up to a set dollar limit, to choose and implement solutions independently.

Required Skills/Experience:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or technical/science/mathematics fields or prior work experience in the telecommunications field.
• Proficient computer skills (windows-based programs and corporate db systems).
• Superior analytical, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to manage multiple assignments simultaneously.
• Customer contact skills and good written and oral communications skills are necessary.

Desired Skills/Experience: (valuable, but not required to obtain the position)

• Prior working experience and basic knowledge of Outside Plant Engineering Practices & knowledge of LFACS, LEAD, and ICGS
• Experience with the CAD program as well as high proficiency with MS Excel and/or MS Access would be particularly useful.

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