Construction Project Administrator

Position Title:
Construction Project Administrator

$70,200 to $113,400 annually DOE

Comprehensive health benefits include: medical, dental, vision, 401k, flexible spending account, paid sick leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and education reimbursement programs.

The Construction Project Administrator (CPA) role is critical to ensuring outside plant (OSP) construction work is performed to industry standards and meets requirements for cost and engineering expectations. The CPA is responsible for both inspecting the work of Ziply Fiber OSP contractors and guiding the work efforts of contract inspectors in the CPA’s region to ensure all OSP work meets cost, timeline, and quality expectations for customers.

• Perform aerial and underground inspections along with audits of contractors performing inspections, corrections, and foreign pole transfers in accordance with the NESC and Ziply standards.
• Assign and dispatch work to contract inspectors via email or through online database applications, with the ability to assist the contract inspectors in resolving NESC or FPT complex issues.
• Involved in the development, trials, and implementation of new processes, process documentation, web applications, and field software involving NESC inspections and corrections, and pole transfer work.
• Perform training of contract personnel in the accepted aerial plant inspection and correction methods used by Ziply, as well as the associated field software applications.
• Issue/dispute resolution: partner with vendor team to resolve issues that arise during the construction process. Bore-throughs, tree trimming, and other complaints with citizens impacted by the fiber deployment.
• Serve as a Municipality liaison, working with various municipalities regarding permitting, traffic control, and other concerns regarding the overall impact of OSP work within the community.
• Perform invoice processing, work within project workflow databases to review and process vendor invoicing adhering to Ziply accounting guidelines.
• Act as the first-level field approval for necessary changes found in field. Partner with Engineering and vendor team regarding potential solutions.
• Support Ziply Fiber values, works with team members across several disciplines including Business and Consumer, Network Services, various customer groups including homebuilders, general contractors, and sub-contractors.
• Perform other duties as required.

• High school diploma or GED required.
• College degree preferred, but not required.
• Minimum five (5) plus years’ experience in OSP construction and or OSP engineering.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Word, and PowerPoint; and proficient/comfortable with Microsoft Excel to include the development of forms, the use of internal and external hyperlinks, as well as simple functions and their structure (i.e. COUNT, COUNTIF, SUBTOTAL, SUM, etc.).
• Must possess and maintain a valid State Driver's License and satisfactory driving record.
• Must complete a pre-employment drug screening.

• Knowledge of the NESC, OSP construction techniques, telecom industry OSP best practices, and overall maintenance of a safe job site is a must; with the ability to determine cost effective solutions to bring into compliance complex aerial cable problems.
• Ability to work with other team members to assure timely completion, quality work and safe working practices throughout the labor and billing cycle.
• Ability to learn the current Ziply construction unit coding is required in the contract inspection position.
• Ability and desire to continuously learn new systems and applications.
• Intermediate understanding of the as-built process for closing out OSP construction projects.
• Basic understanding of the NJUNS database and familiarity of joint use processes.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess strong leadership and decision-making skills.
• Ability to influence others to meet project objectives.
• Ability to work independently and apply sound judgment and reasoning skills to a variety of situations.
• Ability to multi-task and…