MDU Construction Manager
In one of the most innovative joint ventures in the Telecommunications space, AT&T has joined forces with BlackRock to launch the nation’s largest open access fiber provider. This multi-billion dollar venture will fuel significant fiber investment across 1.5 million locations across the nation serving residential, commercial and especially MDU properties.
Job Description:
Build and manage national team of MDU coordinators responsible for oversight of MDU FTTP fiber construction projects. Responsible for overall program oversight of general contractor progress, quality and timelines of all MDU overbuild and greenfield projects. Oversee and responsible for construction portfolio timelines to property owner satisfaction. Assists MDU coordinator/direct reports with roadblock and remediation support such as general contractor contract execution and accountability, quality control, overall project budget and invoice management, and back=office IT/system support. Review high level design job estimates for accuracy and may recommend design alternatives to optimize budget to meet build pricing thresholds. Oversee & perform onsite inspections of in-progress and completed fiber cable and fiber inside wire placement, and associated construction quality and restoration work.
Top Skills:
- Direct supervisory experience
- Self-directed, self-starter & self-motivated
- Strong attention to detail and highly organized (computer skills including MS Outlook, Excel, Word and Powerpoint a must.)
- OSP construction and quality standards
- Construction unit pricing and financial acumen
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Confidence to make and support recommendations
- Ability to work in and adapt to dynamic start-up environment
Job requirements include working knowledge of underground and aerial fiber construction practices, OSP safety and quality procedures, ability to interpret and execute engineering work prints and knowledge of ROW and municipal permitting requirements.
- Manages construction funnel across 8 markets, 3 time zones, and 100’s of MDU apartment buildings.
- Position is highly collaborative working with project management, finance, sales, and general contractors to manage data flow needed to create/update reporting to monitor and track job and program level (MDU property) status, reviewing and remediating issues impacting progress with general contractors, internal departments, and providing regular overall program status to leadership.
- Manage market coordinators and life cycle vendors to build fiber into MDU apartment buildings ahead of schedule and under budget
- Provide reports and financial updates to leadership
- Must have confidence to make and support recommendations
- Requires understanding and work experience in MDU FTTP premises distribution design and inside wiring installation standards, including fiber jack and ONT activation processes.
- Position also ensures proper tracking and oversight of construction and inside wiring acceptance testing along with internal coordination to trigger activation of property living units to sales.
- Practical experience in managing MDU construction project completions to budget and to customer’s satisfaction is a must.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Must be highly independent, self-starter, self-motivated
- Ability to work in dynamic and constantly changing environments
- Must have strong attention to detail and highly organized
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
- Must have confidence to make and support recommendations
Should also have computer skills to include, but not limited to, email, Microsoft Word, & Microsoft Excel."