Access Network Design Manager

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Description

• Manage access network design staff to ensure quality and efficiency of work.
• Maintain and develop quality assurance standards.
• Build talent within the design team by educating team members on design standards and continuous improvement.
• Able to manage team members whether in the office or working remotely.
• Create and maintain design standards that balance costs and network quality to best support the business and be able to adjust strategies as needed.
• Oversee walk-out and design contractors as supplemental staff when needed for large projects.
• Design and draft fiber or coaxial access networks throughout the Midco footprint in new or existing systems while utilizing industry and Midco standards.
• Advanced understanding of design concepts, including creating spec files, and interacting with engineering staff on implementing new design architectures.
• Support all types of access network designs including greenfield, extensions, as-builts, node splits, and upgrades.
• Interpret redline drawings and information from field personnel.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and field staff to innovate new design standards.
• Edit, manipulate, and maintain geographic data using GIS software.
• Support new services and technologies through access network design.
• Perform quality assurance to ensure design and drafting standards are being maintained.
• Maintain documentation showing design and drafting standards.
• Train and educate other Midco team members on access network design principles and techniques.
• Participate in all phases of a project’s life-cycle. Document project activity, communication, schedules and progress.
• Support ongoing data development and special analysis for telecommunication projects.
• Provide weekly, monthly and annual reports.
• Support project design schedules, meetings and resources effectively.
• Adhere to Midco’s privacy guidelines to ensure each customer’s privacy.
• Develop and direct staff, by carrying out the essential elements of company and departmental standards, policies and procedures, and by creating a positive work environment.
• Follow and serve as a role model in displaying Midco’s Core Values and Leadership Success Drivers.
• Maintain regular attendance to be available for your team and as required by your position.

• Serve as a positive mentor by supporting team members in their professional and technical career development.
• Function as an effective team member while supporting the efforts, strategies, initiatives and projects of other departments.
• Support the mission, vision, and values of Midco.
• Apply personal ethics, honesty, initiative, flexibility, responsibility, and confidentiality in all areas of responsibility.
• Possess an enthusiastic, energetic, self-motivated, and detail-oriented approach towards work and all work projects.
• Possess strong problem-solving, critical-thinking and decision-making skills while using good judgment.
• Multi-task without loss of efficiency or composure.
• Maintain a positive work atmosphere by acting and communicating in a manner that develops positive relationships with team members, customer and leadership.
• Adhere to and actively follow Midco policies and procedures.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in designing coaxial and/or fiber access networks is required.
• Minimum 2 years of management experience is preferred.
• Degree or certificate program in GIS technologies or equivalent experience preferred.
• Advanced level of skill in using ESRI and ArcGIS software solutions and applications is preferred.
• Extensive working knowledge with GNSS data collection, GIS principles and methodologies is preferred.
• Read and comprehend other design architectures using GIS based tools.

• The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch
• The noise level in the work environment is moderate
• Employees may be required to work in excess of 40 hours per week and other than normal business hours, such as holidays, evenings and weekends as business demands
• Be available to travel to locations across Midco’s service footprint

• Is the leading provider of reliable, high-speed internet via fiber and fixed wireless technology, serving 460,000 homes and businesses in 400 communities across the Midwest.
• Provides exceptional customer experience and a superior network, while being a force for good in the communities we serve.
• Delivers TV services including Midco Sports (a regional sports network), phone, data center and advertising services, plus wholesale networking solutions.

• Free Midco internet & TV
• Great opportunities to get involved in volunteerism
• Generous 401(k) match and paid time away from work programs
• And many more