Manager, Outside Plant; OSP Engineering

Manager, OSP Engineering

Tract Capital adopts a unique approach to digital infrastructure investment. Leveraging experience and strategic insights honed over three decades of creating successful companies in the space, we excel in nurturing and advancing leading-edge digital infrastructure enterprises. Our team of specialized experts are united by a singular purpose: to support the growth of digital infrastructure. Tract Capital goes beyond simple investment by acting as a strategic partner and catalyst for innovation within the sector.

We ensure our engagements not only generate strong financial results but also develop essential digital infrastructure to meet growing demands.

The Manager, OSP Engineering leads the Outside Plant engineering discipline within Tract Capital's Site Communications & Network Infrastructure organization, owning the pre-construction design and construction-phase delivery of all physical outside-plant connectivity that links the company's data center campuses to carriers, to each other, and to the outdoor coverage environment. This role is accountable for the engineering and field delivery of campus fiber pathways, conduit and duct-bank systems, aerial and underground routes, outdoor distributed antenna systems (DAS), CBRS/Private 5G outdoor coverage, site survey and permitting, and the as-built record of record across every campus.

Reporting to the VP, Site Communications & Network Infrastructure, this leader manages a team that includes the Senior OSP Engineer, the RF & DAS Engineer and the Site Survey & Permitting Lead. The Manager translates campus design intent into constructible, code-compliant, schedule-certain OSP packages, drives external engineering firms and construction contractors to deliver against Tract Capital standards, and ensures clean commissioning handover to the Daily Operations chain.

This is a player-coach leadership role: the Manager sets direction and standards, makes sound engineering judgment calls, and holds vendors accountable for quality and schedule — while leaning on the team's specialists for deep technical work in fiber, RF/DAS, and permitting.

Job Responsibilities

• Directly lead, manage, and develop a small team of three specialists — the Senior OSP Engineer (fiber pathways, conduit/pole and underground design, as-builts), the RF & DAS Engineer (outdoor DAS and CBRS RF), and the Site Survey & Permitting Lead (surveys, ROW/AHJ coordination, permits) — owning hiring, onboarding, goal-setting, and performance management for the group.
• Allocate work across the team, balance workloads against the campus build schedule, and serve as the technical escalation point when specialties intersect (e.g., route design, RF coverage, and permitting) — while coaching each member and building cross-coverage so the small team can support multiple concurrent campuses without single points of failure.
• Own the Outside Plant engineering function end-to-end — fiber pathways, conduit/duct-bank, aerial and underground routes, entrance facilities, outdoor DAS, and CBRS/Private 5G coverage — from pre-construction design through construction, commissioning, and as-built turnover.
• Guide OSP fiber route design and construction-method selection (trenching, directional boring, aerial and underground placement), and establish OSP design standards and QA/QC criteria for consistent, repeatable campus builds.
• Manage permitting, right-of-way/easement, and AHJ/utility coordination on the critical path, treating jurisdictional approvals, pole attachment, and make-ready as key schedule risks.
• Oversee outdoor DAS and CBRS RF deliverables (coverage modeling, RF propagation, link budgets), relying on the RF & DAS Engineer for specialist depth.
• Review and validate engineering and contractor deliverables (drawings, BOMs, redlines, as-builts) for accuracy, constructability, and code compliance (e.g., NESC, NEC, TIA-942, BICSI, Division 27/28).
• Drive external engineering firms and construction/splicing/test contractors to deliver on time and to quality, managing scope, schedules, budgets, and vendor performance.
• Ensure acceptance testing and commissioning (e.g., OTDR, OLTS/power meter,…