OSP Planning Assistant - Telecommunications

Pearce is a leading technology-enabled provider of asset management solutions for mission-critical electromechanical infrastructure throughout North America. Pearce provides technical maintenance, repair, operations, and engineering services for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems, backup power generators, battery energy storage systems (BESS), critical cooling systems, and other electrical and mechanical infrastructure across end markets such as renewable energy, telecom, and data centers. Founded in 1998, Pearce has more than 4,000 employees and 28 locations across the U.S. Pearce is a wholly owned subsidiary of CBRE Group, Inc.,

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The OSP Planning Assistant is responsible for planning, executing, and overseeing multiple telecommunications projects, with a focus on Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) initiatives. This role requires strong project management and analytical skills, including extensive use of spreadsheets to organize, sort, and analyze raw data to determine project priorities, resource allocation, network usage, and performance metrics. The ideal candidate has a solid understanding of telecommunications, engineering concepts, and applies data-driven insights to manage complex, cross‑functional FTTH deployments.

• Plan, manage, and deliver multiple telecommunications projects, including FTTH network deployments
• Support project goals, milestones, timelines, and success metrics aligned with engineering and business initiatives
• Coordinate cross‑functional teams including engineering, construction, network operations, vendors, and external partners
• Manage scope, schedule, budget, and quality while ensuring compliance with technical and regulatory requirements
• Identify risks, dependencies, and issues related to engineering design, permitting, construction, and network activation

• Utilize spreadsheets (e.g., Excel, Google Sheets) to collect, clean, and analyze raw engineering, construction, and usage data
• Sort, filter, and manipulate large datasets to identify priority FTTH projects based on demand, usage forecasts, readiness, cost, and resource availability
• Develop scoring or ranking models to evaluate and prioritize build areas, network expansions, and upgrade initiatives
• Analyze network usage information, take rates, and performance data to support data‑driven recommendations

• Create and maintain project trackers, dashboards, and reports covering deployment status, usage of metrics, and engineering progress
• Translate complex technical and data‑driven insights into clear summaries for leadership and non‑technical stakeholders
• Maintain accurate project documentation, schedules, engineering milestones, and decision logs

• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery, data collection, and reporting processes for FTTH programs
• Standardize tracking tools, templates, and workflows across engineering and project teams
• Support continuous improvement initiatives using insights derived from network and project performance data

• Serve as a primary point of contact for project updates, prioritization discussions, and issue resolution
• Facilitate technical and project review meetings with engineering, operations, and leadership teams
• Present recommendations and trade‑offs supported by engineering data and usage analysis

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Telecommunications, Business, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
• Proven experience as a Project Manager in a telecommunications, engineering, or infrastructure environment
• Must have working knowledge of telecommunications principles and network infrastructure
• Familiarity with FTTH technology, including fiber network design, construction phases, and activation processes
• Strong proficiency with spreadsheets (Excel, Google Sheets), including formulas, pivot tables, data sorting, and analysis
• Experience working with raw data to determine priorities, usage patterns, and…