Director of Construction

Lightpath is building the fiber infrastructure the digital economy depends on - owning, operating, and expanding dense, high-performance networks for enterprises, public institutions, carriers, and cloud innovators. Our all-fiber network supports mission-critical environments, from financial markets and healthcare systems to AI platforms and next-generation cloud architectures. As we expand across the Northeast and into high-growth markets nationwide, we invest ahead of demand - building infrastructure with precision, resilience, and accountability.

To support that growth, we’re building a team of people who take ownership, think long-term, and take pride in tackling complex work with care and integrity. At Lightpath, every role contributes to infrastructure that powers critical systems and real-world outcomes. We look for individuals who value precision, accountability, and collaboration and who want to help build networks, processes, and partnerships that are engineered to last.

The Director of Construction leverages deep telecommunications construction knowledge and experience to lead a team of Managers in the on-time and on-budget completion of telecommunications infrastructure construction projects. The Director of Construction’s responsibility may extend across a geographic territory or over a specific construction function. The Director of Construction must be able to analyze data and metrics to ensure the team is performing at peak productivity.

Mentor, train, develop and manage a team of managers to ensure they are focused on the timely installation of telecommunications infrastructure in urban and/or rural environments. The Director must be able to maximize team efficiency to enable it to function in a high growth, high demand environment. The Director must be able to collect and interpret performance metrics and use that data to improve processes and maximize efficiency.

The Director of Construction must possess an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the outside and inside plant construction process for fiber optic cable and wireless infrastructure in urban and/or rural environments. The Director of Construction must also be able to motivate, mentor, train and develop a team of managers that operate in a hybrid working environment. Proven customer relationship skills, strong organizational skills and fanatical commitment to customer satisfaction are necessary for the role.

The Director of Construction will lead teams performing the following functions:

• Assemble detailed and accurate cost estimates for upcoming construction projects.
• Administrate the project budget: ensuring visibility and accountability to on-budget performance throughout the project life cycle.
• Prepare detailed scopes of work and follow company processes for bids and vendor awards.
• Establish project timeline and oversee daily activities of vendor and/or internal resources to deliver on-time performance for our customers.
• Ensure project visibility is sufficient through diligent application of company systems and tools such as Oracle and Netcracker.
• Demonstrate superior customer service skills, maintaining the highest standard of professionalism at all customer-facing meetings, surveys, inspections, etc.
• Support the ROW team in the timely acquisition of municipal and utility licenses and permits.
• Ensure the timely processing of project documentation in accordance with all internal policies and procedures: PO’s, Invoices, as-builts, etc.
• Secure any Certificates of Insurance required from vendors.
• Provide regular accurate updates on construction status to key internal stakeholders, customers, and within Lightpath systems and tolls such as Netcracker or a GIS based…