Underground Fiber Manager

Competitive salary, dependent on experience and qualifications.

The Underground Fiber Manager oversees underground fiber-optic construction projects throughout Wyoming and surrounding areas. This position is responsible for field operations, crew supervision, subcontractor coordination, safety compliance, scheduling, quality control, permitting support, project documentation, and business development activities related to fiber infrastructure construction.

The ideal candidate has hands-on knowledge of underground utility construction, including trenching, plowing, directional drilling, conduit installation, fiber placement, handhole and vault installation, restoration, and utility-locate procedures. This role requires regular travel to project sites and the ability to manage work in diverse terrain and weather conditions.

• Manage underground fiber construction projects from pre-construction through final closeout.
• Supervise internal crews, subcontractors, equipment operators, and field supervisors.
• Coordinate daily construction activities, crew assignments, equipment, materials, and production goals.
• Review construction plans, route maps, permits, utility records, bore profiles, and project specifications.
• Conduct pre-construction meetings, site walks, safety briefings, and daily production meetings.
• Oversee trenching, plowing, directional boring, conduit installation, fiber placement, handhole and vault installation, and site restoration.
• Ensure compliance with company safety policies, OSHA requirements, traffic control plans, environmental requirements, and project-specific standards.
• Verify utility locates are requested, documented, maintained, and properly marked before excavation begins.
• Enforce safe excavation practices and address locate conflicts, utility exposures, and field hazards.
• Monitor production, labor utilization, equipment usage, material consumption, and subcontractor performance.
• Track project schedules, identify delays, and develop recovery plans when work falls behind.
• Coordinate with project managers, engineers, inspectors, customers, municipalities, counties, state agencies, landowners, and utility representatives.
• Verify completed work meets design requirements, depth and separation standards, customer specifications, and applicable codes.
• Manage testing, punch list completion, redlines, as-built documentation, bore logs, photo records, and project closeout packages.
• Review field quantities, subcontractor invoices, timecards, change-order documentation, and production reports.
• Support budgeting, forecasting, procurement, and workforce planning activities.
• Protect existing utilities, private property, public rights-of-way, and environmentally sensitive areas.
• Investigate incidents, utility strikes, quality issues, and customer complaints, and implement corrective actions.
• Recruit, train, coach, and evaluate field personnel while promoting accountability, teamwork, and professional conduct.
• Respond to changing field conditions, emergencies, weather delays, and customer priorities.

• Minimum 5 years of underground utility or telecommunications construction experience.
• Minimum 2 years of supervisory, superintendent, foreman, or construction management experience.
• Demonstrated experience managing underground fiber construction methods and equipment.
• Strong understanding of utility locating, excavation safety, traffic control, and damage prevention practices.
• Ability to read construction drawings, maps, utility prints, staking sheets, and technical specifications.
• Experience managing multiple crews, subcontractors, schedules, and active job sites.
• Strong leadership, communication, conflict resolution, and problem-solving…