Director, Outside Plant and Engineering

Overview

Position Title:

Director, Outside Plant & Engineering

Base Salary: $145,000 to $190,116 annually DOE

Leave and paid time off, parental leave, quarterly performance bonus, training, career growth and development opportunities are available.

At Ziply Fiber, our mission is to elevate the connected lives of our communities every day. We are delivering the fastest home internet in the Northwest, with a focus on areas traditionally underserved by mainstream internet companies. As our state-of-the-art fiber network expands in WA, OR,  MT, we seek team members who can help us grow and realize our goals.

We may be building internet, but we are reaching real people. We strive to build relationships and provide customers and communities with refreshingly great experiences. We emphasize our values in all our interactions:

• Genuinely Caring: Our customers and colleagues are people, and quite possibly our neighbors. We put ourselves in their shoes and give them our full attention.
• Empowering You: We empower our customers to choose the products that best meet their needs, and we support our employees to implement solutions that elevate the experiences of our customers and coworkers.
• Innovation and Improvement: We always look for ways to make the experiences of our customers – and each other – better.
• Earning Your Trust: We earn trust by communicating simply and transparently as real people, not as a corporation.

The Director of Outside Plant & Engineering leads teams responsible for designing and building scalable, cost-effective fiber networks, ensuring all designs meet technical and regulatory standards. This role oversees the entire engineering design process, manages internal teams and external partners, and drives innovation and operational excellence. The Director is accountable for delivering high-quality, construction-ready designs and maintaining accurate OSP records to support Ziply Fiber’s mission of expanding state-of-the-art fiber networks.

Strategic leadership, vendor management, and expertise in fiber network engineering are essential for enabling large-scale deployment and long-term network sustainability.

The position is based in either Kirkland, Washington or Everett, Washington.

The Essential Duties and Responsibilities listed below are a range of duties performed by the employee and not intended to reflect all duties performed.

• Provide the end-to-end program direction to organize, develop, and execute a program build across multiple functional teams.
• Develop and execute the fiber engineering design strategy in alignment with business expansion and network deployment goals.
• Oversee end-to-end design processes, including route planning, permitting, and compliance with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Ensure designs are optimized for scalability, cost efficiency, construct-ability, and long-term maintainability.
• Establish and enforce engineering design standards, documentation practices, and quality control measures, and oversee adherence to industry best practices and evolving standards in fiber.
• Lead and mentor a team of engineering managers, designers, and support staff to deliver high-quality network designs on schedule.
• Manage relationships with external engineering vendors, contractors, and consultants, ensuring alignment with company standards and project timelines.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the organization.
• Partner with construction, operations, product, and finance teams to align engineering design with deployment readiness and business objectives.
• Provide input into long-term network strategy, capacity planning, and emerging technology; support market analysis diligence required for expansion initiatives.
• Ensure engineering work orders are designed in compliance with all company standards, NESC, Utility Pole Agreements, municipal requirements, public ROW or utility easements, and ensure compliance with permitting requirements, safety standards, and environmental regulations. Mitigate risks by proactively identifying engineering challenges and implementing solutions.
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