Aerial Restoration Construction Supervisor

What's the role?

As an Aerial Restoration Construction Supervisor you will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership, safety, productivity, quality, and performance of Aerial Restoration Construction Technicians supporting Liberty Puerto Rico's Outside Plant (OSP) network.

The Supervisor leads field crews performing aerial construction, physical plant restoration, cable placement, lashing, pole attachments, transfers, relocations, rebuild activities, and other construction-related work associated with the HFC and fiber network.

The position plays an important role in both planned network construction and service restoration, ensuring crews are safely and effectively deployed to restore damaged aerial infrastructure and complete assigned construction work to established engineering and quality standards.

The Supervisor coordinates closely with Network Operations, Line Maintenance, Engineering, Construction, Dispatch, and other field organizations to prioritize work and ensure efficient restoration of the network.

• Provide direct supervision and daily leadership to Aerial Restoration Construction Technicians.
• Plan and assign daily work based on network priorities, restoration requirements, construction workload, available resources, and geographic coverage.
• Conduct field visits to monitor crew performance, safety, productivity, and quality.
• Provide technical and operational guidance to employees in the field.
• Ensure crews have the vehicles, tools, materials, equipment, and information required to complete assigned work.
• Coordinate crew deployment and resource allocation to maximize productivity and minimize travel and non-productive time.
• Monitor work progress throughout the day and adjust assignments based on changing operational priorities.
• Ensure completed work is properly documented and closed within applicable systems and processes.
• Perform miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned by the Supervisor, Manager, Director, or Vice President.
• Coordinate the deployment of construction crews during network outages involving damaged aerial infrastructure.
• Work closely with Line Maintenance and Network Operations to understand restoration priorities and construction support requirements.
• Mobilize crews to repair or replace damaged strand, cable, pole attachments, hardware, and other aerial infrastructure.
• Prioritize construction activities that enable Line Technicians and other technical teams to restore network services.
• Coordinate resources during major outages, weather events, commercial power events, vehicle damage, pole failures, and other incidents affecting aerial plant.
• Provide field status, estimated completion times, resource requirements, and restoration progress to operational leadership.
• Support escalation and emergency-response processes when additional crews, equipment, materials, or contractor resources are required.
• Participate in major incident and storm-restoration activities as required.
• Supervise aerial construction activities including:
• Ensure work is performed according to approved engineering designs, construction specifications, and company standards.
• Coordinate with Engineering and Construction teams to resolve field conditions that prevent work from being completed as designed.
• Identify and escape pole-access, make-ready, permitting, utility coordination, or infrastructure issues affecting execution.
• Establish and reinforce a strong field safety culture. Ensure employees comply with company safety policies and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Conduct regular safety observations, field inspections, tailboard/job briefings, and coaching to ensure proper use of PPE, fall-protection equipment, traffic-control devices, bucket trucks, ladders, and construction…