OSP Engineer

Lumos is looking for a full‑time OSP Engineer! If you have experience preparing drawings for the construction of new overhead or underground links, cables, and conduits—and you're eager to thrive in a fast‑paced environment, contribute to our growth, and drive process improvements that maximize our technology while expanding our service capabilities—we want to hear from you!

Lumos’s OSP Engineer plans and prepares drawings for the construction of new overhead or underground links, cables, and conduits to obtain optimum and economical utilization of communications facilities. You select the most cost‑beneficial route for all lines and equipment for projects—ensuring our network continues to expand throughout the regions we’re privileged to serve. You will also prepare detailed construction and installation drawings and provide estimates of labor and material costs.

Lumos is on a mission to deliver lightning‑fast, 100% Fiber Optic internet to the communities that need it most. After the merger of Lumos Networks and North State in 2022, we quickly rose to become a leading fiber internet provider. And as of April 1, 2025, we’ve joined forces with T‑Mobile to launch T‑Fiber—a joint venture that blends Lumos’ infrastructure expertise with T‑Mobile’s national reach to bring fiber to more homes than ever before.

We currently connect over 475,000 homes, businesses, and multi‑family buildings across nine states in the East and Midwest. With major growth in markets like Ohio, Alabama, Florida, and Georgia—and a shared goal of reaching 12 to 15 million homes by 2030—Lumos is playing a vital role in closing the digital divide.

At Lumos, we are driven by our commitment to a brighter tomorrow
. We take pride in being the first to deliver 100% Fiber Optic Internet for families, small businesses, and communities. We know the possibilities of tomorrow can’t be built on the infrastructure of yesterday. And when we deliver uninterrupted Internet and limitless capacity, we create new opportunities for everyone.

We believe that the past is over, and the future is fast. That’s why we are who we are: the disruptors of the status quo. Guided by our purpose and startup mindset
, we step up, move first, and adapt as we go. Here, there’s no hierarchy, only hustle.

We are all servant leaders
, confident in our purpose and humble enough to pay close attention to the details. We all have the power to help solve problems and find solutions for our customers and teammates – and we do – by putting people first and doing whatever it takes to build loyalty with our customers and within our team.

We’re passionate about our customers’ experience
. Their futures don’t stand still, and neither do ours. We’ll never stop reinventing ourselves to meet our customers’ evolving needs – because we know that our work, delivering 100% fiber optic internet, truly changes people’s lives.

• Designs fiber cable fields, splicing sequences, planning and prepares cost estimates and design loss calculations to accomplish OSP construction projects; delivering FTTH network from source to the point at which Service Operations Technicians can turn up service.
• Maps and drafts utilizing CAD and manual processes & research and updates International Construction Measurement Standards (ICMS) records, appropriate permits, and ISP designs.
• Manages and tracks OSP work schedules to ensure alignment with project requirements and timelines develops cost studies, performs estimates, reports on project progress, as well budget forecasting, tracking, & reporting.
• Liaise with city officials to manage permitting processes and ensure compliance.
• Liaises with customers regarding land acquisitions for easements.
• Provides real‑time direction to colleagues to meet project timelines & contractual obligations.
• Communicates and appropriately escalates contractual, technical, or scheduling requirements that are in jeopardy.
• Notifies leadership of any sensitive issues that could affect customer or project progress.
• Reviews of all permits, rights of way, easements, and negotiations needed for project completion.
• Tracks and follows up on all…