Network Construction Estimator

Summary:

Are you an experienced outside plant telecommunications planner? Do you have experience building and maintaining metro fiber routes in CAD and GIS Based systems for a telecom provider? Do you thrive while planning a network (pre-existing or greenfield) and ensuring that its always available and can grow with demand? Do you love a fast-paced environment that includes construction and trouble management responsibilities for all aspects of physical fiber optic plant? If so, Everstream wants you for the position of Network Construction Engineer!

Primary Responsibilities:

Design & Cost Estimating

• Working directly with sales to provide detailed pre-sale cost estimates to include overall design for existing and new customer accounts and opportunities.
• Performing desktop quotes from satellite imagery to determine the most optimal fiber routes and costing for customer laterals and internal backbone
• Developing an accurate bill of material (BOM) package to include cost estimates, outside and in-building fiber routes (primarily in 3GIS or Google Earth formats)

Administrative

• Salesforce: Update opportunities, quotes, estimates and projects assigned with all relevant information to include building requirements, cost, dates and notes
• Direct communication via Teams chat, email and phone with sales and customers in the carrier, enterprise, partner and wholesale divisions.

Requirements:

• 2+ years designing, planning, and estimating pre-sales and building out of carrier-grade metro fiber networks through route design, selection, construction and deployment
• Intermediate hands-on knowledge of fiber construction methods and splicing
• Previous experience using inside/outside plant topology software such as ESRI 3GIS or Google Earth desktop software
• Intermediate to expert knowledge of Microsoft Office suites to include Outlook, Word, Excel, Visio, and PowerPoint

Preferred Qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of Bellcore/Telcordia standards, construction and utility rules and regulations
• Strong Knowledge of NESC standards in relation to OSP construction
• Current Fiber Optic (FOT) or BICSI Certifications (Installation and Testing) and Low voltage license
• Intermediate to expert knowledge of CWDM, DWDM, PON, SONET, ATM, and Ethernet architecture, operation, and hardware
• 1+ years procuring Federal, State, or Local permits and Private Right of Way/Use agreements to support Fiber Optic Network construction activities
• 1+ years using GIS (Geographical Information Systems) and Shapefile based systems to manage the design of Wide Area, Metro, and In-Building based fiber networks and related structural components
• 1+ years installing/troubleshooting Fiber Optic and Ethernet physical transport in a service provider environment; specifically, in an Outside Plant capacity while managing all aerial and underground construction components

Benefits:

Everstream offers competitive compensation as well as a generous employee benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance policies. Employees are also provided with ample paid time off for both personal and sick time. After 90 days of employment, full time employees are eligible to participate in our 401(k)-retirement plan with generous employer match contribution.