Project Manager Network Deployment

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Full-Time Greater St. Louis Region, St Peters, MO, US

5 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $ Annually

The Project Manager – Network Deployment is responsible for coordinating, tracking, and driving the deliverables required to activate telecommunications cabinets across remote and geographically diverse sites. This role does not have direct reports; instead, it relies on strong project coordination, follow-up, communication, and issue resolution across internal teams, contracted crews, third‑party service providers, utilities, and permitting jurisdictions.

This Project Manager serves as the central point of coordination and accountability for cabinet activation efforts, ensuring stakeholders understand responsibilities, deadlines, dependencies, risks, and next steps. This position supports consistent execution by maintaining visibility to project status, escalating blockers, and helping move work forward across all stakeholders.

• Manage cabinet activation projects from initial readiness through completion by organizing milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and target dates
• Develop and maintain clear project plans that define required work streams, owners, timelines, risks, and next steps
• Track progress across multiple geographically dispersed sites and identify items that may affect schedule, scope, or execution
• Drive project momentum by following up on open items, clarifying ownership, and escalating blockers when needed
• Support consistent execution by ensuring stakeholders understand priorities, deadlines, and project expectations

• Serve as the primary project coordination point for internal teams, contracted crews, third‑party providers, utilities, and permitting jurisdictions
• Coordinate work across groups that may not report directly to the company by maintaining clear expectations, commitments, and due dates
• Facilitate alignment between Design, Permitting, Supply Chain, Network Engineering, Construction Managers, external engineering providers, and field construction contractors
• Promote accountability by documenting decisions, action items, ownership, and unresolved issues
• Identify and track project risks, dependencies, constraints, and issues that may impact cabinet activation timelines
• Coordinate resolution of blockers related to permitting, utilities, materials, engineering, construction readiness, jurisdictional approvals, or external dependencies
• Escalate schedule, scope, or dependency concerns with clear context, recommended next steps, and decision needs
• Monitor recurring issues and process gaps, and recommend improvements to reduce delays or improve project predictability

• Provide timely project updates to leadership and stakeholders regarding progress, risks, priorities, decisions, and upcoming milestones
• Prepare and maintain status reports, action item lists, meeting notes, escalation summaries, and other project documentation as needed
• Facilitate meetings and working sessions that keep stakeholders aligned on timelines, responsibilities, and required outcomes
• Communicate project requirements and blockers clearly across technical, operational, construction, permitting, utility, and external stakeholder groups

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Construction Management, Engineering, Business, Operations, Project Management, or equivalent experience
• 5‑8+ years of relevant experience in construction, OSP, utilities coordination, infrastructure deployment, network rollout projects or related expertise.
• Experience coordinating utility, construction, engineering, or infrastructure projects
• Proven ability to manage project schedules, dependencies, risks, and action items while driving stakeholder follow‑up without direct authority
• Strong experience managing multiple concurrent projects across geographically dispersed locations
• Ability to read and interpret basic construction, engineering, site, or…