Project Manager

About the Role

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee OSP engineering and design projects from initiation through closeout.
• Align deliverables with Amdocs and AT&T stakeholders through collaborative project management.
• Leverage AT&T systems including ARAMIS, Waldo, IWM, MIC, and IQ CAD Design.
• Ensure data integrity across systems and maintain complete project documentation.
• Lead vendor coordination, permitting, material sourcing, and compliance with AT&T SOPs.
• Monitor KPIs, anticipate risks, and implement mitigation strategies using Amdocs PMO tools.
• Familiarity with site walk requirements to evaluate good engineering judgement, constructability, safety, permitting, and environmental readiness.
• Review fiber engineering designs, applying engineering judgment to optimize layouts, validate feasibility, and enforce standards.
• Guide continuous improvements and process enhancements across engineering workflows.
• Work as a trusted advisor to customers in their fiber expansion programs.
• Engage with senior customer leaders and technical stakeholders.
• Provide best practice guidance to internal and external customers.
• Work in conjunction with project teams to manage and deliver client expectations.
• Provide recommendations on cost, engineering efficiency, and design optimization.
• Identify, document, and drive resolution for any program issues.
• Document business process flows and functional business requirements.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of telecommunications experience focusing on fiber optics, OSP construction, and network architecture.
• Experience with OSP construction including trenching, boring, aerial builds, and splicing.
• Expertise in FTTX design and deployment (GPON, Aerial, Buried, and Underground applications).
• Working knowledge of AT&T Switched Ethernet (ASE) service planning, engineering, and design.
• Strong engineering judgment in reviewing fiber engineering designs for constructability, compliance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
• Experience conducting site walks to identify construction challenges and assess design viability.
• Depth of knowledge in OSP fielding requirements, including CAD interpretation, pole/conduit verification, GPS/mapping data collection, and build obstacle identification.
• Proficiency in AT&T systems: IQ, ARAMIS, Waldo, IWM, MIC.
• Proficiency with GIS mapping, AutoCAD, and handling KMZ files for design validation.
• Skilled in project documentation, compliance reporting, and cross-team coordination.
• PMP or Agile certification preferred.
• Experience managing telecom deployments across urban, suburban, and rural areas with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Proven track record managing large-scale fiber deployment projects, capital budgets, and vendor relationships.
• Skilled in construction permitting, ROW acquisition, and compliance across jurisdictions.
• Experience overseeing QA/QC workflows, risk mitigation plans, and detailed progress reporting.

Nice to Have

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Telecommunications, or Construction Management (preferred).
• BICSI OSP certification.

Benefits & Perks

• Work on large challenging and complex programs.
• Collaborate with industry-leading professionals across accounts and regions.
• Opportunity to work with the most advanced technologies in the industry.