OSP Field Engineer - Temporary

At PEARCE SERVICES, we've got a career for you.

Join the nation's leading independent service provider for critical telecommunication and renewable energy infrastructure. With over 2,000 team members nationwide, Pearce delivers comprehensive engineering, maintenance, repair, and repowering solutions, ensuring the seamless operation of our nation's wireless and wireline telecom, commercial and utility-scale solar and wind projects, EV charging stations, as well as large-scale power generation and energy storage assets.

Your Impact:

The TEMP OSP Field Engineer provides supportive engineering services through a highly detailed collection of telecommunications information from the job site. This position requires a working level of knowledge in all technical aspects of fiber networks. The successful candidate is responsible for in-person validation of the existing field design and layout of the OSP telecommunications network to include aerial, buried, and underground fiber network design and layout, underground conduit, handhole, building entrance, and riser facilities. This is a 6-month temporary position with the potential to transition to a full-time, benefits-eligible position based on performance and need. The six-month timeline is subject to change based on client demands and workload volumes.

Core Responsibilities:

• Understand the City, County, State, & Railroad permit application process.

• Identify, photograph, & document detailed information on required facilities, including cables, poles, terminals, pedestals, handholes, & other Outside Plant (OSP) infrastructure.

• Capture accurate measurements of attachment heights, span distances, utility structures, & distances from existing/proposed Outside Plant (OSP) facilities to centerlines, property lines, & curb lines.

• Identify power and communication facilities & ownership on utility poles.

• Record bonding, grounding, guying, & anchor information.

• Deliver detailed field notes & photographs to the engineering team.

• Identify relevant obstructions to fiber placement & provide a proposed mitigation strategy.

• Effectively utilize tools like measuring wheels, height sticks, pull finders, GPS devices, MH/HH hooks, & laser rangefinder.

Specific duties may vary or evolve based on business and client needs.

Core Experience

• 2+ years of experience in the fiber-optic/telecommunications/telecom construction industry.

• Knowledge of outside plant activities (Fiber Cable Design, Pole Line Construction, Conduit System design)

• Experience fielding & engineering road moves is highly desired.

• Knowledge of aerial, buried, underground copper & fiber facilities.

• Understanding of OSP construction techniques.

• Ability to read and understand digital GIS maps, conduit records, & layout drawings.

• Working knowledge of AutoCAD (a plus)

• Must have a valid driver's license, reliable transportation with an acceptable driving record, and be able to pass a pre-employment drug screen. (we have the prescreen questions)

Physical/Work Environment

At Pearce, safety is our number one concern. Candidates must be able to comply with OSHA Standards.

• Ability to frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Ability to work outdoors 95% of the time.

• Ability to travel up to 70% of the time by air or vehicle and may require overnight stay up to two weeks at a time.

• Ability to travel on short notice.

• Ability to follow OSHA/State/Local Safety Standards (already stated above)

• Ability to walk up to 3 miles per day on terrain such as gravel, pavement, grass, etc

Compensation: $21.00-$29.00 hourly/DOE

Pearce Services believes in strength through diversity. We are an equal-opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.