Make Ready Engineering Manager

Position Overview
The Make Ready Engineering (MRE) Manager oversees all make-ready engineering projects and crews. The MRE Manager works with management, contractors, vendors, and clients on a regular basis. The MRE Manager coordinates inspections, documents and maintains foundational trackers for each project, based on the project needs and provides quality assurance on projects while maintaining project schedules, budgets and providing continuous engineering solutions.

This position is either remote or hybrid depending on your proximity to an office location. Kansas City, KS or Denver, CO

Duties & Responsibilities

• Perform pre-construction field inspection to ensure completion of make-ready and existing aerial facilities owned by various power companies
• Verify utility measurements on existing utility poles in order to prepare pole attachment applications for submission to governing utilities
• Coordinate with various power and communications entities to devise a plan that will allow AEG to construct facilities in a cost effective, efficient, and timely manner
• Provide field information to the permitting offices to ensure that permits and applications required for make ready and construction are filed accurately and timely
• Provide regular project status reports to the Project and Construction Managers and Community Liaisons including daily and weekly status reports
• Responsible for coordinating with others to ensure the completion of make-ready work of existing aerial facilities owned by various power, telephone, and CATV companies
• Forecast material needs and budgets and tracks all invoices associated with the completion of the make-ready work; Monitor cost controls for the company and client
• Ensure make-ready invoices are accurate and work invoiced is complete, specifications are met and the material usage is correct
• Monitor schedules and timeline production noting possible delays and addressing those proactively
• Ensure all easement and ROW permits received when poles fall outside of existing easement or ROW
• Establish and maintain crucial relationships both internally within project teams and externally with vendors, power companies, and clients
• Drive overall project goals, production, quality, and schedule with the MRE Team
• Accurately forecast monthly Make Ready production and submissions and communicate any variances throughout the month
• Plan, facilitate, and document meetings with Power company, internal make ready teams, and contractors
• Escalate and report on obstacles and potential issues along with proposed solutions to senior & project management, construction teams, and clients as appropriate
• Accurately coordinate, update, and maintain the Make Ready Resource and project data trackers at all times
• Develop, train, and coach MRE Team Leads, supervisors, and MR Engineers
• In collaboration with project and Joint Use managers, set target completion dates for MRE activity to facilitate overall project and team schedule; report on packages available for make ready construction activity
• Communicate all changes to processes or general make ready approaches with the team and contractor
• Other projects or duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent required
• 4-5+ years of FTTX/telecommunication network experience required
• Fundamental understanding of network architecture required; Experience working for an electric utility and/or with utility pole owners is preferred
• Must be able to read, interpret and extrapolate aerial and underground FTTH plans, drawings, and specifications
• Must be able to analyze, comprehend, and present complex information in various forms
• Knowledge of utility attachments, pole attachment agreements, ROW permitting, construction, quality control, and reading and interpreting construction prints required
• Strong computer skills; experience with Microsoft Office & Google Suite applications; ArcGIS, AutoCAD, Katapult, OCalc, SpidaCalc experience a plus
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written, are required; ability to clearly, professionally, and effectively communicate and interpret technical information
• Exceptional people skills to work with and motivate a diverse technical and operations group as well as to build confidence with multiple AEG clients
• Positive, solutions-oriented self-starter with strong analytical, and innovative problem-solving skills; Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to completion in a fast-paced environment while ensuring attention to detail

Physical Requirements

• Prolonged periods sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• May experience long hours of standing and moving
• Must be able to lift up to 15 pounds at times

All candidates interested in employment with Atlantic Engineering Group, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Atlantic Engineering Group, LLC does not offer sponsorships for current or future employment visas (e.g., H-B1 employment visa).

Atlantic Engineering Group, LLC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.