Your Impact

Pearce is seeking a talented and motivatedJoint Use OSP Engineer to support the planning, design, coordination, and delivery of outside plant (OSP) telecommunications projects. This position will focus heavily onjoint-use and pole-attachment engineering, including aerial fiber design, pole loading and make-ready requirements, utility coordination, field data review, permitting support, and construction-ready design packages.

The Joint Use OSP Engineer will work closely with telecommunications clients, electric utilities, municipalities, field teams, permitting specialists, construction teams, and other engineering professionals to ensure projects meet customer requirements and applicable utility and industry standards.

The ideal candidate has hands-on experience withaerial OSP fiber networks, pole attachments, joint-use applications, make-ready engineering, and utility coordination and is comfortable managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.

Core Responsibilities

• Design and supportaerial and underground OSP fiber projects, with a primary focus on joint-use and pole-attachment engineering.

• Prepare, review, and managejoint-use and pole-attachment applications for telecommunications facilities.

• Review field data, pole information, photographs, measurements, utility records, and existing attachment conditions to support engineering decisions.

• Perform or reviewmake-ready engineering to identify required pole modifications, transfers, replacements, guying, anchoring, or other corrective work.

• Evaluate proposed telecommunications attachments for compliance with applicableutility standards, NESC requirements, clearance requirements, and customer specifications.

• Perform or reviewpole loading analysis and identify potential structural or clearance issues associated with proposed attachments.

• Develop and review OSP engineering packages, includingwork prints, construction drawings, route designs, pole details, bills of materials, and supporting documentation.

• Coordinate with pole owners, electric utilities, telecommunications providers, municipalities, permitting agencies, and other stakeholders throughout the joint-use process.

• Track joint-use applications from initial submission through review, make-ready, approval, construction, and closeout.

• Respond to utility comments, application rejections, design changes, and requests for additional information.

• Coordinate with permitting teams to ensure designs meet applicableright-of-way, encroachment, traffic-control, and jurisdictional requirements.

• Identify existing utilities, pole ownership, attachment locations, easements, rights-of-way, and potential construction conflicts.

• Supportfiber route selection and constructability reviews for aerial and underground networks.

• Review engineering work completed by internal teams, contractors, vendors, or offshore/remote design resources for accuracy and compliance.

• Maintain accurate project documentation and provide regular status updates to project managers, customers, utilities, and other stakeholders.

• Work closely with field personnel to resolve discrepancies between field conditions and engineering records.

• Support redlines, design revisions, as-built documentation, and construction-related engineering changes.

• Manage multiple work orders and projects while meeting customer deadlines, service-level agreements, and quality expectations.

• Assist with quality-control processes and identify opportunities to improve joint-use engineering workflows and project delivery.

Core Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience inOSP engineering, telecommunications engineering, joint use, pole attachments, or a related field.

• Demonstrated experience withaerial fiber design and pole-attachment projects.

• Working knowledge of thejoint-use application and approval process.

• Experience withmake-ready engineering, including identifying pole modifications and attachment conflicts.

• Knowledge ofNESC requirements, utility standards, pole clearances, guying, anchoring, and telecommunications attachment requirements.

• Experience reviewing or performingpole loading analysis is strongly preferred.

• Ability to read and interpretOSP construction drawings, utility maps, field notes, pole data, work prints, and engineering specifications.

• Experience with OSP design and mapping platforms such asAutoCAD, O-Calc Pro, Katapult, IQGeo, ArcGIS, SpatialNet, or similar systems.

• Familiarity withGIS and utility mapping systems.

• Experience coordinating with electric utilities, municipalities, permitting agencies, telecommunications providers, and construction teams.

• Understanding ofaerial and underground fiber construction methods.

• Familiarity with permitting requirements, includingright-of-way, encroachment, excavation, and traffic-control permits, is preferred.

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects, applications, and deadlines simultaneously.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Ability to work independently in a remote or distributed-team environment while maintaining consistent communication and project-status reporting.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to producing accurate, construction-ready engineering deliverables.

• Ability to identify engineering or permitting issues and proactively develop solutions to keep projects moving forward.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting major telecommunications carriers, fiber providers, electric utilities, or broadband deployment programs.

• Experience working withILEC, CLEC, FTTH, FTTx, or broadband expansion projects.

• Experience with utility-specific joint-use systems and application portals.

• Experience performingpole loading analysis using O-Calc Pro or similar software.

• Knowledge ofGO 95, NESC, or state/utility-specific joint-use requirements, depending on assigned market.

• Experience supporting high-volume fiber deployment programs involving multiple utilities and jurisdictions.

• Associate's or bachelor's degree in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Telecommunications, Construction Management, GIS, or a related discipline is preferred; equivalent industry experience may be considered.