Sr. Construction Coordinator - Engineer

Ritter Communications is the largest privately held telecommunications provider serving exclusively the Mid‑South, offering world‑class broadband fiber, telecom, video, cloud and data center services. The company has grown rapidly over the years, investing millions recently in technology infrastructure and is now serving 155 communities and more than 57,000 customers in Arkansas, Texas, Missouri and Tennessee. Headquartered in Jonesboro, Arkansas, Ritter Communications invests heavily in the communities it serves by deploying proven, best‑in‑class infrastructure and technology, while coupling it with a world‑class customer‑focused experience.

The Sr. Construction Coordinator – Engineer oversees and coordinates standard to complex engineering and construction activities associated with Enterprise customers. This role provides advanced level oversight to stakeholders by ensuring efficient preparation and implementation occurs with forecasts, estimates, budgets, plans, inspections, testing, and other related activities.

The Sr. CCE serves as a subject matter expert and provides guidance, training, and mentorship to Enterprise Construction team members. Additionally, the Sr. CCE maintains close working relationships with key internal and external partners to support and oversee build activities within the network.

• Independently oversees complex construction projects, ensuring adherence to timelines, budgets, and quality standards;
• Provides ongoing training and guidance to team members, facilitates knowledge transfer and skill set growth within the department;
• Plans and prepares detailed drawings and staking sheets for new Enterprise customers which include any removal or rearrangement of existing aerial or underground lines, cable, and conduits;
• Ensures compliance with Ritter and industry specifications by staking all lines to be built, organizing and filing necessary paperwork and staking sheets;
• Selects routing of lines and determines equipment requirements as appropriate;
• Prepares detailed construction and installation drawings and estimates equipment, labor, and material costs;
• Supervises inspection of work orders and verifies tabulation of contractor staking sheets;
• Ensures accurate and up‑to‑date facility maps for Ritter mapping systems;
• Advises and researches new technologies and identifies areas of the plant that need to be upgraded; provides EMAP with findings and recommendations;
• Attends various meetings with management, departments, and vendors to ensure company objectives are met;
• Participates in inter‑departmental planning meetings to coordinate and communicate activities related to the successful completion of projects;
• Manages contract OSP engineer(s) when contract work is required;
• Ensures the product provided by contract engineering partners adheres to the planned concept and quality standards; conducts quality audits on contract engineered work;
• Monitors and shares accountability for project spend;
• Assesses, approves, or denies changes requested from contract personnel;
• Designs electronic records in the database utilized by the company;
• Prepares regular progress reports, project status updates, and performance metrics for management and stakeholders;
• Serves as the point of contact for civil authorities with respect to detailed planning and designs surrounding new customer builds;
• Supports OSP construction team in representation of Ritter Communications at municipal, civil, government, DOT meetings as requested;
• Makes job safety a primary objective in all duties;
• Frequent travel required to project areas and job sites;
• Assists other team members as requested with planning and preparing detailed drawings and staking sheets for new construction, removal or rearrangement of existing aerial or underground lines, cable and conduits;
• Other related duties and projects as assigned.

• Advanced knowledge of telecommunications construction and engineering practices and principles;
• Advanced knowledge of industry regulations affecting engineering projects;
• Advanced knowledge of company products, services, policies and procedures;
• Skill in operating…